Dromara CC - Club League 2008

Dromara CC
Club League
Round 4
Road Race - Old Belfast Road, Blacks Lane, Glassdrumman Road, Ballynahinch (2.24 mile circuit)

1 May 2008

Twenty-eight riders gathered for tonight's road race, the first of the season for Dromara Cycling Club and the fourth event in the club's 2008 calendar. The venue was the Old Belfast Road, Blacks Lane, Glassdrumman Road triangle just north of Ballynahinch. (map)

The sharp showers had disappeared for the start of the race but reappeared around the middle of the race to give both riders and spectators a good soaking. Other than the mechanical and physical problems experienced by some riders, the rain had helped a good few others to decide to call it a day with only 14 senior riders out of a possible 23 completing the 10 lap circuit. Thankfully the final laps were without rain for those 14 and it was MTB legend Ross Galway who finished first almost a minute ahead of the chasing pack. Well done Ross. The race was handicapped and riders were placed into starting groups. Details of the time handicaps are given in the table below. Derek Hanna and Stephen Phillips had a hard task of timekeeping this event with riders appearing almost constantly around the Glassdrumman/Old Belfast Road corner. Many thanks Deek and Stephen.

The juniors completed 5 laps with Zak Hanna taking the honours.

Position	Rider
1	Zak Hanna
2	Ben McKelvey
3	Matthew McKelvey
4	Christopher Weir
5	Nik McKelvey

Ross Galway's first race and he notches up a win. No doubt the race organisers will be adjusting his handicap for future races.

Name	Club	Handicap	Finish Time	Ave Speed #
Ross Galway	Dromara CC	00:11:00	01:22:21	18.8
Peter Bryson	Dromara CC	00:11:00	01:23:17	18.6
Gary Gibson	Dromara CC	00:13:00	01:23:17	19.1
Nigel Sudlow	Dromara CC	00:13:00	01:23:17	19.1
Paul Smyth	Dromara CC	00:11:00	01:23:24	18.6
Brian McGrath	Dromara CC	00:07:30	01:24:32	17.4
Ronnie Smyth	Dromara CC	00:15:00	01:24:34	19.3
Dennis McMullan	Dromara CC	00:11:00	unavailable	unavailable
Stephen Wallace	Dromara CC	00:07:30	unavailable	unavailable
Marcus Magowan	Dromara CC	00:13:00	unavailable	unavailable
Neal Wilson	Dromara CC	00:11:00	unavailable	unavailable
Trevor Annett	Dromara CC	00:07:30	01:35:30	15.3
Davy Ross	Dromara CC	00:07:30	01:35:30	15.3
Alan McMullan	Dromara CC	00:07:30	unavailable	unavailable

# = miles per hour (mph). This is based on the actual time taken to complete the event once the handicaps have been removed.

Other riders who did not complete the course were:

Handicap	Riders
00:00:00	Anne Maguire
00:11:00	Mark McKnight (seat fault)
00:13:00	Gary Gray (puncture), Neill Currie (back complaint)
00:15:00	Darren Weir, Adrian Finnegan (Banbridge), Liam McKiverigan (Banbridge), Richard Bell (Phoenix)

* Note: Richard Watters (Dromara CC) started the race late and finished early.

Timekeepers: Derek Hanna and Stephen Phillips
Marshalls: Bill McKelvey and father, Paul Green, Davy McKnight and Mrs Weir, Ann Annett
Photography: Martin Grimley
Road Cleaning: Nigel Sudlow spent time brushing the corner at Old Belfast Road / Glassdrumman Road both before and during the race !!

The starting groups

Group1: No time handicap	And they're off...
Group 2: +7 mins 30 seconds	Group 2 away
Group 3: +11 mins	Group 3 start
Group 4: +13 minutes	Group 4 head off
Group 5: +15 minutes	Visitors from Banbridge CC
Ronnie makes sure that Group 5 all start together, but he is the only one to reach the finish line

Random photographs throughout the race (individuals)

Group shots

Cornering

Timekeepers (and hangers on!)

The main race (Banbridge beating Dromara!)

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