9 June 2009
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Children's Gymkhana 9 June 2009 |
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| Tuesday 9 June 2009 Dromara Football Club Tuesday evening and Dromara Cycling Club were again busy this time with the annual free children's cycling event which the club host as part of the Dromara village festival. The warm evening sunshine certainly helped to attract a large crowd of 89 children from the local area aged from 1.5 to 15. They arrived on bicycles of all shapes and sizes with two wheels, three wheels or four wheels to the Dromara Football Club grounds. There the children were able to participate in five timed events which tested their skills in bike handling and speed. The excellent grass pitch was the perfect safe environment especially given the recent dry weather. The riders were each given a score card to have their times recorded and at the end the club members had the mathematics challenge of calculating the overall time taken. Representatives from the Belfast cycle shop, Bikedock, were on hand to show off some nice new bicycles as well as allowing the children to play on the four wheel pedal truck they had brought along for the occasion. Bikedock also sponsored the prizes for the five age categories with separate prizes for boys and girls. When all five events had been completed the children, tired from their efforts, were refuelled with drinks, chocolate and crisps which seemed to do the trick. A special thanks to Bikedock for supporting the event and providing the prizes. Also a big thank you to the Dromara Football Club for the use of their grounds and club house. The event would not have been possible without the time volunteered by the club members: Trevor Annett, Ross and Pauline Galway, Maeve Cahill, Peter Jamison, Davy Robb, Ann Annett, Alan Reid, Stephen Phillips, Julie Watt, Sonia McLoughlin and Bernie Monaghan.     |
Photos by the Grimley family
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| Age |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 3 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
| 4 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| 5 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
| 6 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
| 7 |
11 |
7 |
18 |
| 8 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
| 9 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| 10 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
| 11 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 12 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| 13 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 14 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 15 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Total |
47 |
42 |
89 |