Dromara CC Club League - Round 22
10 mile TT - Lurgan Road, Dromore (map)
27 August  2009

Dromara Cycling Club held their last 10 mile time trial of their 2009 league at the Lurgan Road, Dromore which was a change from their planned circuit at Annahilt.  With blustery conditions all present were glad the rain stayed away to leave a bright evening.  The event got underway promptly at 7 pm with the junior riders Connor Mallon, Christopher Weir and Zak Hanna setting off first along the Lurgan Road separated by only 30 seconds each. Another 30 seconds behind these three was a visitor to the club Laura Casey.  The 30 second gaps continued on down the line for 17 of the 30 competitors in order to make maximum use of the available light.  After 9 minutes the gaps returned to the normal 1 minute with the faster men going off last.  

Final man away was 1st cat rider David McKnight who has been setting some great times recently and tonight was no exception with David finishing in 23 minutes and 27 seconds on a undulating course with challenging wind conditions.  Less than 20 seconds behind David was veteran rider Ronnie Smyth who, with his new time trial bike, had hoped to close the gap further on David.  Over 30 seconds behind Ronnie was race ace Darren Weir.  Setting a superb time was Ross Galway who finished fourth fastest just under 26 minutes.  Behind Ross was the first of the Magowan brothers, Gavin, who was only one second slower than Ross but still under 26 minutes.  Damien McDonald, our current league leader,was sixth fastest on the night with the other Magowan brother Chris in 7th place.

As per all of our time trials we have time handicaps and these are applied after the event to see who has improved on his/her average time.  With a repeat from last week's 10 mile time trial it was our youngest rider on the night Connor Mallon who finished top of the time adjusted table.  Connor has consistently improved over the course of the year shaving more than 5 minutes off his 10 mile time trial.  Behind Connor was one of our other youth riders, Christopher Weir who was also second this time last week. Christopher has also steadily improved over the season.  In third place in the adjusted table was Kevin McDonald.  Looking further down the finishers it was great to see Mary Hunter competing in her first 10 mile time trial with the club.

Many thanks to the timekeepers and marshals for doing a great job.  

10 mile time trial

 Name
 Club
 Time
 Ave Speed
1 David McKnight Dromara CC 00:23:27 25.6
2 Ronnie Smyth Dromara CC 00:23:44 25.3
3 Darren Weir Dromara CC 00:24:18 24.7
4 Ross Galway Dromara CC 00:25:58 23.1
5 Gavin Magowan Dromara CC 00:25:59 23.1
6 Damien McDonald Dromara CC 00:26:48 22.4
7 Chris Magowan Dromara CC 00:27:03 22.2
8 Gary Gibson Dromara CC 00:27:04 22.2
9 Matthew Patterson (J) Dromara CC 00:27:04 22.2
10 Derek Hanna Dromara CC 00:27:08 22.1
11 Noel Gibson Dromara CC 00:27:31 21.8
12 Stephen McCamley Castlereagh CC 00:27:40 21.7
13 Michael Pyper Dromara CC 00:27:52 21.5
14 Paul Mawhirt Dromara CC 00:28:11 21.3
15 Caroline Patterson Dromara CC 00:28:44 20.9
16 Peter Jamison Dromara CC 00:28:46 20.9
17 Kevin McDonald Dromara CC 00:29:32 20.3
18 Jonathan McBride Dromara CC 00:29:50 20.1
19 Peter Swann Dromara CC 00:29:53 20.1
20 Davy Robb Dromara CC 00:29:53 20.1
20 Stephen Wallace Dromara CC 00:30:02 20.0
22 Alan McMullan Dromara CC 00:30:18 19.8
23 James Gilpin Dromara CC 00:30:22 19.8
24 Laura Casey Unattached 00:30:56 19.4
25Stewart MooreDromara CC00:30:5719.4
26Mary HunterDromara CC00:31:2019.1
27Zak Hanna (J)Dromara CC00:31:5518.8
28Stephen YoungeDromara CC00:32:2718.5
29Christopher Weir (J)Dromara CC00:33:0918.1
30Connor Mallon (J)Dromara CC00:33:4517.8
(J) = Junior

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

Name
Time
Handicap
New time
Connor Mallon (J) 00:33:45 00:15:12 00:18:33
Christopher Weir (J) 00:33:09 00:13:57 00:19:12
Kevin McDonald 00:29:32 00:10:16 00:19:15
Matthew Patterson (J) 00:27:04 00:07:38 00:19:26
Damien McDonald 00:26:48 00:07:18 00:19:30
Ronnie Smyth 00:23:44 00:04:14 00:19:30
Gavin Magowan 00:25:59 00:06:28 00:19:31
Zak Hanna (J) 00:31:55 00:12:24 00:19:31
Davy Robb 00:29:53 00:10:20 00:19:33
Caroline Patterson 00:28:44 00:08:55 00:19:49
Peter Jamison 00:28:46 00:08:56 00:19:50
Alan McMullan 00:30:18 00:10:25 00:19:53
Chris Magowan 00:27:03 00:07:08 00:19:55
David McKnight 00:23:27 00:03:30 00:19:57
Michael Pyper 00:27:52 00:07:54 00:19:58
Ross Galway 00:25:58 00:05:54 00:20:04
Derek Hanna 00:27:08 00:06:53 00:20:15
Darren Weir 00:24:18 00:04:01 00:20:17
Mary Hunter 00:31:20 00:11:00# 00:20:20
James Gilpin 00:30:22 00:09:57 00:20:25
Gary Gibson 00:27:04 00:06:35 00:20:29
Paul Mawhirt 00:28:11 00:07:31 00:20:40
Stewart Moore 00:30:57 00:10:12 00:20:45
Noel Gibson 00:27:31 00:06:33 00:20:58
Jonathan McBride 00:29:50 00:08:51 00:20:59
Peter Swann 00:29:53 00:08:41 00:21:12
Stephen Wallace 00:30:02 00:08:39 00:21:23
Stephen Younge00:32:2700:10:4700:21:40
* 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): Trevor Annett
Marshalls:  Nigel Sudlow, Anne Maguire, Anne McNamara, Ryan Mallon, Brian McGrath
Photography & Report: Martin Grimley
 Photos by Martin


Peter

Determined

Michael

Davy

Gary



Jonathan
Mary

Stephen
Darren

Noel
Ronnie

Deek
Davy





One of the marshals


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