Dromara CC Club League - Round 3
2 up TT - Spa Road -> Seaforde
16 April 2009

A bright evening beside Spa lake was where the many white shirts of Dromara Cycling Club gathered for round 3 of the club's Thursday night league.  With 40 riders showing up to take part in the final 2-up 10 mile time-trial,  timekeeping duo Derek Hanna and Peter Bryson had their work cut out for them.  The first riders got away at 7:10 from the car park at Spa lake heading for the turn in Seaforde before returning along the undulating road back to the finish line.  There had been spots of rain on many windscreens on the way to the lake but thankfully the rain did not dull this enjoyable evening. 

The fastest on the night was the pairing of Ronnie Smyth and Paul Smyth.  Young Paul has set the fastest time in each of the three 2-up time trials this year and certainly the change of partner from John Ruddell to Ronnie did not upset this young man's desire to be the quickest.  Ronnie had made a great recovery from his fall at the Tour of the North the previous weekend.  Well done to both of them.  The Gibson brothers, Noel and Gary were next fastest but were over a minute slower than Ronnie and Paul.  Thirteen seconds behind the Gibsons was Nigel Sudlow and Davy McKnight.  Davy had also competed in the Tour of the North at the weekend.  Sixteen seconds behind Nigel and Davy were the strong pairing of Ross Galway and Phil O'Neill.  These two had last paired up two weeks earlier for round one and have again shown great strength to finish in the top 5.   Behind Ross and Phil was solo rider Marcus Magowan who was riding without his cycling partner, Neill Currie, who unfortunately was under the weather but still came along to help marshall the turning point.  Sixth quickest on the night was Brian McGrath who had teamed up with East Antrim's Stevie Baines.

It was not surprising then that the winner of the trophy sponsored by Versatile Windows NI was Paul Smyth and John Ruddell (Ards CC).  The trophy this year was based on the best 2 out of 3 2-up time trials and Paul and John had completed the first two in a time of 51 minutes and 29 seconds.  In second place were the Gibson brothers with their best joint time of 51m 55s and in third place was the new pairing of Ross Galway and Phil O'Neill with a time of 52m 29s.  Full details below.



 Name 1
 Name 2
 Time
1
 Ronnie Smyth
 Paul Smyth
 00:24:54
2
 Noel Gibson
 Gary Gibson
 00:26:01
3
 Davy McKnight
 Nigel Sudlow
 00:26:14
4
 Ross Galway
 Phil O'Neill
 00:26:31
5
 Marcus Magowan
00:26:49
6
 Brian McGrath
 Stephen Baines (East Antrim) 00:27:17
7
 Mark McKnight
 David White
 00:27:41
8
 Stephen Heasley
 Niall Cochrane
 00:27:58
9
 Alastair Kinghan
 Jonathan McBride
 00:28:20
10
 David McClurg
 Barry McCloy
 00:28:37
11
 Stewart Moore
 Alan McMullan
 00:28:39
12
 Gavin Magowan
 James Gilpin
 00:28:40
13
 Stephen Wallace
 Michael Pyper
 00:28:52
14
 Paul Jess
 Chris Magowan
 00:28:54
15
 Peter Swann
 Peter Jamison
 00:29:28
16
 Ryan Mallon (J)
 Matthew Patterson (J)
 00:30:19
17
 Dessie McIlwrath (Ards CC)
 Stephen Phillips & Andrew Wilson
 00:31:33
18
 Kevin McDonald
 Damien McDonald
 00:32:26
19
 Gary Gray
 Zak Hanna (J)
 00:34:18
20
 Darren Weir
 Christopher Weir (J)
 00:35:33
(J) = Junior

Timekeepers: Derek Hanna and Peter Bryson
Marshalls: Neill Currie and Michael Cassidy
Photography & Report: Martin Grimley


Joint times (best 2 out of 3)

 Name 1
 Name 2
 Joint Time
1
 John Ruddell
 Paul Smyth
 00:51:29
2
 Gary Gibson
 Noel Gibson
 00:51:55
3
 Ross Galway
 Phil O'Neill
 00:52:29
4
 Stephen Heasley
 Niall Cochrane
 00:55:10
5
 Dennis McMullan
 Alan McMullan
 00:56:02
6
 Alastair Kinghan
 Jonathan McBride
 00:56:10
7
 Gavin Magowan
 James Gilpin
 00:56:34
8
 Paul Jess
 Chris Magowan
 00:56:36
9
 Stephen Wallace
 Michael Pyper
 00:59:27
10
 Ryan Mallon (J)
 Matthew Patterson (J)
 01:00:29
11
 Kevin McDonald
 Damien McDonald
 01:02:51
12
 Anne Maguire
 Stephen Phillips
 01:09:02
13
 Darren Weir
 Christopher Weir (J)
 01:16:14
(J) = Junior





  


First away

  Rising stars

Alan and Stewart


Setting off


Michael and Stephen
James and Gavin

Peter J and Peter S
Chris and Paul

Jonathan and Alastair
Noel and Gary

  Phil and Ross
Barry and David

Niall and Stephen
Brian and Stevie

Paul and Ronnie
Marcus

Nigel and Davy
Des, Andrew and Stephen

Damien and Kevin
David and Mark

Returning


Stewart and Alan


Stephen and Michael
Gavin and James

Gary and Noel
Gary and junior

Peter J and Peter S
Weir family

Chris and Paul
Alastair and Jonathan

Marcus
Nigel and Davy

Damien
Kevin







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