Ards veteran riders dominated in tonight’s 10 mile time trial in Millisle, taking the top four places. Conditions were a lot better than the first 10 miler 3 weeks ago, but there was still a niggling cross wind. Fastest was Ivan Robinson with 23:08, followed by Robin Millar on 23:44. There was another close battle between Niall Brown and Willy Gill, this time for 3rd place, with Niall once again getting the verdict by 3 seconds.
| Name | Club | Time | H’Cap | HC Pts | McF Pts | |
| 1 | Ivan Robinson | Ards CC | 23:09 | -24 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Robin Millar | Ards CC | 23:44 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Niall Brown | Ards CC | 24:17 | +41 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Willy Gill | Ards CC | 24:20 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Andrew Jess | Ards CC | 24:37 | -27 | 2 | |
| 6 | Michael Rowan | Northern | 24:44 | |||
| 7 | James Lemon | North Down | 25:04 | |||
| 8 | Ross Brennan | Northern | 25:05 | |||
| 9 | Mark Watson | Ards CC | 25:08 | -158 | 1 | |
| 10 | Roman Sarvas | Ards CC | 25:19 | |||
| 11 | Ian McClure | Northern | 25:24 | |||
| 12 | Mark Hodgins | North Down | 25:34 | |||
| 13 | Alan Rodgers | Ards CC | 25:41 | +11 | 2 | |
| 14 | Jamie McConnell | Ards CC | 25:59 | |||
| 15 | Dean Bradley | Ards CC | 26:08 | +45 | 5 | |
| 16 | Brian Wylie | Castlereagh | 26:29 | |||
| 17 | Stephen Beattie | Ards CC | 27:10 | +103 | 10 | |
| 18 | Timothy McCallion | Titanic | 27:17 | |||
| 19 | Owen Byrne | Ards CC | 27:29 | |||
| 20 | Colin Wilson | Ards CC | 28:22 | -191 | ||
| 21 | Gavin McBride | Ards CC | 28:50 | +74 | 7 |
In the 10 mile handicap cup, Niall maintains his lead, but there are a number of riders snapping at his heals, and all still to play for in the final 10 mile in July.
| Name | 25/4 | 16/5 | 25/7 | Total | |
| 1 | Niall Brown | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| 2 | Stephen Beattie | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3= | Alex Porter | 7 | 7 | ||
| 3= | Dean Bradley | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 3= | Gavin McBride | 7 | 7 | ||
| 6= | Alan Rodgers | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 6= | Willy Gill | 5 | 5 | ||
| 8= | Andrew Jess | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8= | Ivan Robinson | 1 | 1 |
And in the McFarlane trophy (calculated over all club 10 and 25 mile time trials on a scratch basis), Niall is also still leading, but this competition is even closer and there are still 3 counting events to come.
| Name | 25/4 | 16/5 | 23/5 | 25/7 | 13/8 | Total | |
| 1 | Niall Brown | 10 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 2= | Ivan Robinson | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 2= | Willy Gill | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Robin Millar | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Mark Watson | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Andrew Jess | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Alex Porter | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Alan Rodgers | 1 | 1 |
It was great to see former club chairman Mike “the bike” McConaghy down tonight. Mike will be riding at Eroica Britannia in the Peak District in June with his son Graham – it looks like a great event.
Finally – thanks as always to the timekeepers and marshals.