Armstrong wins again at St.Columbs park

by Barry Kellett · October 29, 2018

Armstrong wins again in Derry

The Ulster cyclocross season headed to St.Columbs park on Sunday past for round 6 hosted by Foyle CC. A very chilly morning greeted the kids who made the long trip up, but undeterred they all wrapped up and headed off to practice their respective courses.

First off was the clubs highly competitive under 6 contingent. Anna Armstrong, Fiadh Kellett and Hugh Hetherington all put in great rides on a tough draggy course. Their sore little legs were rewarded with excellent Halloween themed goody bags at the finish line.

Our next rider off was Aoife Kellett in the under 10 category on a very tough loop with plenty of elevation and tricky forest sections. Aoife put in one of her best rides to date and was toughing it out in 3^rd place for the entire race until the very last corner when she narrowly lost out in a final sprint to the line to finish 4^th by less than a second.

Next up was the in form James Armstrong who put in the best ride for Dromara on the day with a superb effort to come away with first place again this week, with a comfortable gap at the end of 30 seconds. Well done James, an example for the rest of us to try and follow!

Martina Hawkins took a very respectable 6^th place in the elite ladies race with very consistent lap times. Andra Hamilton continued her return to racing just making it into the top 10 in the same race with a solid ride.

Our B race squad was light on numbers this week, but Paul Hamilton and Brian Kellett also continue to show form on the rise, slugging it out to take 13^th and 14^th respectively after a long hard close race. Both must be looking to make the top 10 before the league ends in 2 weeks time. John McGuigan came home in 38^th place, putting some distance between himself and a few target men. Michael Foley took an 8th place in the MTB Support race.

In the A race, Neil Armstrong was our top finisher with 21^st place. Jack Ferguson came in 26^th with a very noisy bottom bracket impeding his performace. Richard Cowan finished in 30^th place.

Next week the League series travels to Donard Park in Newcastle, hosted by Shimna CC.