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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:49 |
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Bann Wheelers’ Women are Ulster Team Time Trial Champs!
The Bann Wheelers Women’s Team of Kay Hack, Anne Paul and Alison Rankin took the Gold Medal in the Ulster Team Trial Championships on Tuesday evening on the Woodgreen Course between Ballymena and Antrim,
This is a unique but popular event in the Irish cycling calendar, in which teams of up to four riders must complete a 25 mile circuit. The clock stops when the third rider crosses the line, so it is important to work together as a team and make sure that no-one gets ‘dropped’. The most effective teams therefore form a ‘train’ with each rider taking it in turns to take the brunt of the wind.
For the first time in many years Bann Wheelers had enough female members to field a team, albeit with some members who were new to competitive cycling. On the night, they were without Paula Rainey, who had been practicing hard with the team but felt that she was not yet quite ready to be able to keep up with the other girls.
On paper then the Wheelers were up against it, competing against strong ‘four-man’ teams from Belfast Club, Phoenix CC, Chain Reaction Cycles-Ballymena Road Club and North Down CC. However, the Wheelers worked well together, and soon got a pattern established, completing the 25 miles in 64 minutes and 6seconds. They were shocked and delighted to hear that their nearest rivals Phoenix CC were 9s behind, giving the gold medal to the Wheelers women. Chain Reaction Cycles-Ballymena Road Club’s women took the Bronze whilst their men’s team took the gold in their event.
All in all, this was a fantastic achievement for the Bann Wheelers’ Women!
 
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:47 |
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Bann Wheelers’ APR
Tuesday evening (8th) saw the Hospital Australian Pursuit Race add a new name to the list of winners of this event - Adam Dorrans took the honour in the now obligatory sprint finish, followed closely by Ciaran Mullan in 2nd, Paul "Beefy" McAfee in 3rd, David Park in 4th and Ivan Goldsworthy in 5th. This is another great result for Adam.
The remaining positions were 6)Shane McDonald, 7) Bobby Kane, 8) Jason McIntyre, 9) Paul Boyle, 10) Robert Gaston, 11) James Thompson, 12) Graeme Montgomery, 13) Dominic Drumm, 14) Rhodri Evans Jones and 15) Ashley Moore.
Thanks to Gary Kendall and Derek McMenemy for keeping everyone safe and on the right course. As always, a big thanks to Ian Nevin for time keeping and sorting out the sprint finish-never an easy task!
A great evening’s racing
 
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:53 |
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Monday, 30 April 2012 10:54 |
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David armour Memorial
There was a fantastic turn out for the Bann Wheelers’ road race, The David Armour Memorial, at the Collins Circuit on Tuesday 24th April. Over 30 riders, including members of Ballymoney and Roe Valley Cycling Clubs, took part.
There was something of a photo finish for 1st place. After reviewing the photos taken it's still too close to call, so James Thompson and Adam Dorrans share the honours. In 3rd place was Michael Thompson, just returned from his foreign travels. The remaining places are: 4th Martin Carroll (BCC), 5th Rhodri Evans Jones, 6th David Park, 7th Graeme Montgomery, 8th Paul Boyle, 9th Anne Paul and 10th Kay Hack.
By all accounts it was a great race and the riders were blessed with much better weather conditions than on previous race evenings.
Once again, Ian Nevin demonstrated his uncanny ability to place and pace the groups. We couldn't do it without him. The marshals, Damien Hazlett, Paul McAfee, Konrad Kealey and Shane McDonald, were also superb, so big thanks there also.
It’s proving to be a great race season so far and the next event will be the Ballybogey 10 mile TT on Tuesday 1st May at 7pm.
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 April 2012 11:05 |
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Monday, 07 May 2012 21:23 |
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Bann Wheelers’ Time Trial 1/5/2012
There was another fantastic turnout at the Ballybogey Road 10 Mile Time Trial on Tuesday evening. It was a bit of a who's who of local cycling, with talent from several local clubs including Bann Valley, Ballymoney, Duffin Transport and Roe Valley.
The fastest man on the night was the ever improving Devon McIlwaine (DT) on 21:56, followed by his arch rival and erstwhile mentor Bryan McKinney (DT) on 22:25, then Niall O'Hagan (BCC) on 22:27. Fastest lady was Mary Boyd from Roe Valley CC on 26:06 followed by our very own Anne Paul on 28:02. Fastest Junior was Chris Sturgenor (U16) on 26:57.
The full list of results can be found on the website, www.bannwheelers.com.
Thanks to our marshals Graeme Montgomery and Stephen Kane for keeping everyone safe on a very busy night. As always, a huge thanks to Ian Nevin for sorting everyone out and recording the times-not easy with such a large field.
All in all, it was a great night's racing from everyone involved. The Bann Wheelers would like to extend their thanks to all of the local clubs who continue to support our club events.
The next event on the calendar is the 12 mile APR, which takes place next Tuesday (8th) at 7pm. |
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Saturday, 26 March 2011 12:27 |
Training Runs
Tuesday Nights:
1800, meeting at Strand Road Filling Station, Coleraine.
30-35 miles.
Thursday Nights:
1800, meeting at Strand Road Filling Station, Coleraine.
30-35 miles.
Saturday Mornings:
0900, meeting at Strand Road Filling Station, Coleraine.
40-60 miles.
Sunday Mornings:
0830, meeting at Strand Road Filling Station, Coleraine.
2 Groups: 1 group riding at a slower pace.
Both covering 45-60 miles. |
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