Dromara CC Club League - Round 12
Road Race - Drumaroad
18 June 2009

Heavy showers had swept the country through most of Thursday but by the evening some blue skies had appeared and 35 riders from Dromara Cycling Club decided to go ahead with the planned road race which was the 12th event in the 2009 club league.  The venue was the 6 mile Drumaroad  circuit which was also the 12th event last year.  Looking back to last year it was a better night but the club had only half the number of participants which is a good measure of the rapid growth of the club this year.  

The riders were split into four starting groups after Trevor, Nigel and Stephen had sorted out the time handicaps.  Among the riders were two juniors,Chris Weir and Connor Mallon, who competed over 2 laps of the circuit.  Chris won by just under 2 minutes.

The senior riders had 4 laps to complete in an evening which thankfully stayed reasonable dry if a bit windy.  With the Newry 3 day event at the weekend Ronnie Smyth had chosen to marshall and Darren Weir was "taking it easy".  This left Davy McKnight to set a charge from the off with hardly anyone to hold his wheel however a few did including the young talent Matthew Patterson and promising newcomer Damien McDonald but, most surprising, was Michael Pyper who had an excellent race finishing second.

Many thanks to all the marshalls who kept the course save among whom was Paul Smyth who won this event last year and seems to have recovered from his fall the previous week.



 Name
 Club
 Time
 Handicap
1 David McKnight Dromara CC 72.55 10:40
2 Micheal Pyer Dromara CC 73.30 3:30
3 Matthew Patterson (J) Dromara CC 73.33 8:30
4 Damien McDonald Dromara CC 73.38 8:30
5 Darren Weir Dromara CC 74.39 10:40
6 Ross Galway Dromara CC 74.40 8:30
7 Gavin Magowan Dromara CC 74.40 8:30
8Mark McKnightDromara CC74.4010:40
9 Chris Magowan Dromara CC 74.40 8:30
10 Stephen Heasley Dromara CC 74.40 8:30
11 Paul Mawhirt Dromara CC 74.52 8:30
12 Nigel Sudlow Dromara CC 74.56 10:40
13 Therese Smyth Dromara CC 75.03 3:30
14 Dennis McMullan Dromara CC 75.06 8:30
15 Stewart Moore Dromara CC 76.18 3:30
16 James Gilpin Dromara CC 77.38 3:30
17 David McClurg Dromara CC 77.39 8:30
18 Maeve Cahill Dromara CC 79.09 3:30
19 Kevin McDonald Dromara CC 80.06 3:30
20 Val O'Neill Dromara CC 80.16 3:30
21 Mary Hunter Dromara CC 80.59 0:00
22 Stephen Younge Dromara CC 81.10 0:00
23 Davy Robb Dromara CC 82.03 3:30
(J) = Junior

In the 2 laps junior race

 Name
 Club
 Time
1 Christopher Weir (J) Dromara CC 42:57
2 Connor Mallon (J) Dromara CC 44:54
(J) = Junior

List of those who did not finish (with number of laps completed)
HandicapRider(s)
3:30Ryan Mallon (J) (1 lap), Alan McMullan (2 laps), Stephen Wallace (2 laps), David White (0 laps)
8:30Jonathan McBride (0 laps), Marcus Magowan (1 lap), Paul Jess (1 lap)
10:40Noel Gibson (2 laps), Brian McGrath (2 laps), Gary Gibson (2 laps)


Timekeeper(s): Stephen Phillips, James McMaster & Trevor Annett
Marhalls: Sharon Weir, Ronnie Smyth, Tony Mallon, Gary Gray, Caroline Patterson, Andrew Wilson, Paul Smyth & Barry McCloy
Photography: Trevor Annett
Report: Martin Grimley

Photos by Trevor







James

Maeve





Mark and Darren
Jonathan

Therese, Stewart, Michael

Marcus
Stewart

Davy
Darren

Paul
Stephen

Davy
Paul

Damien and Davy

Val
Mary



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