Dromara CC Club League - Round 21
10 mile TT - Downpatrick Road, Ballynahinch (map)
20 August  2009

With torrential downpours throughout the day it was a pleasant surprise to see the dry tarmac on the Downpatrick Road Ballynahich. The route has an excellent road surface with a number of undulations. The hardest part of the course is just after the turn at Annacloy, as the riders have an uphill drag for just under half a mile. A total of twenty-nine cyclists took part in the event along with two time keepers, a must with so many taking part, and four marshals.

First away at 7.02 was Anne Maguire who was hotly pursued by Ross Galway and five of Dromara Cycling Club’s junior riders. On a fast night, even though there was a headwind on the return leg, three of the juniors, Chris, Connor and Zak, all managed their fastest personal best times over a ten-mile course.

Fastest on the night was a very determined Davy Mcknight with a super time of 23:07 and Ronnie Smyth on his new carbon time trail machine was just fourteen seconds behind. Both riders have been showing great form lately with Davy 4th in the Northern Ireland Road Race Championships in Carrickfergus and Ronnie 3rd in the Billy Stewart Cup at Derrymacash.

Visitor Anthony Haire of Apollo Cycling Team was third with Gavin Magowan getting ever closer to the twenty-four minute mark in fourth, with the overall Dromara CC League leader Damien McDonald in fifth. The battle of the Gibson and Magowan brothers has been close all year with places being swapped, but this week Noel and Gavin triumphed over Gary and Chris.

Seven riders were grouped together in the twenty-six minute bracket with Brian McGrath the fastest and Matthew, another junior, again recording a great time.

Sixty-seven Dromara riders have so far taken part in the Thursday evening league this year and total membership of the club now stands at 116. Dromara Cycling Club wish to continue to encourage others to join the club, both to enjoy cycling with others and for the insurance provided. Female membership is now at sixteen, but there are many others out cycling who would be more than welcome to come along and enjoy the club camaraderie.

Next Thursday we will be holding our last ten-mile time trial of the year on the Lurgan Road Dromore, starting at 6.50 pm.


10 mile time trial

 Name
 Club
 Time
 Ave Speed
1 David McKnight Dromara CC 00:23:07 26.0
2 Ronnie Smyth Dromara CC 00:23:21 25.7
3 Anthony Haire Apollo CT 00:24:11 24.8
4 Gavin Magowan Dromara CC 00:25:13 23.8
5 Damien McDonald Dromara CC 00:25:34 23.5
6 Ross Galway Dromara CC 00:25:48 23.3
7 Noel Gibson Dromara CC 00:25:56 23.1
8 Gary Gibson Dromara CC 00:26:12 22.9
9 Brian McGrath Dromara CC 00:26:19 22.8
10 Chris Magowan Dromara CC 00:26:22 22.8
11 Michael Pyper Dromara CC 00:26:29 22.7
12 Derek Hanna Dromara CC 00:26:30 22.6
13 Scott Daly Banbridge CC 00:26:37 22.5
14 Matthew Patterson (J) Dromara CC 00:26:58 22.2
15 Paul Mawhirt Dromara CC 00:27:22 21.9
16 Neill Fitzsimons Dromara CC 00:27:25 21.9
17 Stephen Heasley Dromara CC 00:27:29 21.8
18 Peter Swann Dromara CC 00:28:46 20.9
19 Peter Jamison Dromara CC 00:28:48 20.8
20 Stephen Wallace Dromara CC 00:28:50 20.8
20 Davy Robb Dromara CC 00:28:51 20.8
22 Alan McMullan Dromara CC 00:29:16 20.5
23 Ryan Mallon (J) Dromara CC 00:29:24 20.4
24 Paul Jess Dromara CC 00:29:33 20.3
25Jonathan McBrideDromara CC00:29:3420.3
26Zak Hanna (J)Dromara CC00:30:1419.8
27Christopher Weir (J)Dromara CC00:31:1919.2
28Connor Mallon (J)Dromara CC00:32:2918.5
29Anne MaguireDromara CC00:34:4017.3
(J) = Junior

The table below shows a new adjusted times with handicaps.
 
Well done to Connor Mallon for getting maximum points this round (40).

Name
Time
Handicap
New time
Connor Mallon (J) 00:32:29 00:16:34 00:15:55
Christopher Weir (J) 00:31:19 00:14:49 00:16:30
Zak Hanna (J) 00:30:14 00:12:57 00:17:18
Damien McDonald 00:25:34 00:07:36 00:17:58
Davy Robb 00:28:51 00:10:37 00:18:14
Michael Pyper 00:26:29 00:08:08 00:18:21
Alan McMullan 00:29:16 00:10:48 00:18:28
Gavin Magowan 00:25:13 00:06:41 00:18:32
Brian McGrath 00:26:19 00:07:44 00:18:35
Ryan Mallon (J) 00:29:24 00:10:38 00:18:46
Ronnie Smyth 00:23:21 00:04:24 00:18:57
Chris Magowan 00:26:22 00:07:18 00:19:04
Neill Fitzsimons 00:27:25 00:08:20 00:19:05
Noel Gibson 00:25:56 00:06:45 00:19:11
Matthew Patterson (J) 00:26:58 00:07:45 00:19:13
Derek Hanna 00:26:30 00:06:59 00:19:31
Gary Gibson 00:26:12 00:06:40 00:19:32
David McKnight 00:23:07 00:03:34 00:19:33
Paul Mawhirt 00:27:22 00:07:34 00:19:48
Peter Jamison 00:28:48 00:08:59 00:19:48
Stephen Heasley 00:27:29 00:07:38 00:19:51
Ross Galway 00:25:48 00:05:55 00:19:53
Anne Maguire 00:34:40 00:14:45 00:19:55
Peter Swann 00:28:46 00:08:39 00:20:07
Paul Jess 00:29:33 00:09:17 00:20:16
Stephen Wallace 00:28:50 00:08:33 00:20:17
Jonathan McBride 00:29:34 00:08:42 00:20:52
* Handicaps based on the average 10 mile time trial time minus 20 minutes.  For those with an asterisk, the handicaps were taken from 2008.  For those with a #, their handicaps were worked out by using the 10 mile equivalent time tonight and taking off 20 minutes.
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Timekeeper(s): Darren Weir
Marshalls:  Peter Bryson, Nigel Sudlow, Caroline Patterson, Phillip Wilson
Photography & Report: Trevor Annett
 Photos by Trevor



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Alan


Anthony



Michael
Davy

Deek

Gavin, Chris, Stephen
Michael

Noel
Davy

Gary
Damien




Catalogue models Noel, Gary and Brian


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