Ards Cycling Club

It was great to see Ards CC honorary member Martyn Irvine inducted into the Wall of Fame at the prestigious Ards and North Down Sports Awards back in March. Martyn famously won the scratch race at the 2013 World Track championships, along with silver in the pursuit. In recognition of these achievements he was also awarded the 2013 BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality… Read more »

Tonight’s club race was round 2 of the Inter Club League, a road race organised by North Down CC at Kirkistown. The riders were split into two groups, with a large limit bunch giving away 2 minutes to a smaller scratch group. The race was 40 minutes plus 3 laps. There was a strong headwind on the back straight, but… Read more »

A combination of poor weather conditions and tiredness from last week’s training camp in Spain meant that just 9 riders faced the timekeeper for tonight’s 10 mile time trial at the Saltwater Brig. They faced rain and wind on the way out, but as the wind eased the return leg was not as fast as expected. Fastest on the night… Read more »