Date: S?? ?? 1997
Event: NI MTB League Round 3
Location: Davagh Forest
Host club: Unknown
The good weather enjoyed at the Moneyscalp weekend was continued at Round 3 of the Northern Ireland Cross Country League the following week at Davagh Forest. The course contrasted massively from Moneyscalp in that most of the lap involved gravelled forest path.
A single descent through a tunnel of trees that was over much too quickly was one of only two off road sections, the second being a strip of boggy, tyre sucking marsh that led riders to the foot of a long, seriously steep, hairpinned, TARMAC climb. The inclusion of the climb certainly made the lap length more acceptable but the lack of singletrack in what is an enormous forest was somewhat disappointing. Please don’t let this be the future of mountain biking.
RESULTS
Seniors
1 Simon Loughlin – McConvey Cycles
2 Aiden McDonald – Apollo Cycle Team
3 Colin Starrett – Bann Wheelers CC
4 Davy Tommons – North West CC
5 Colin Loughrey – North West CC
6 Padraig Barme –
7 Ryan Hamilton – Phoenix CC
8 Eamonn Guilfoyle – McConvey Cycles
9 Dave Ward
10 Darren Quigg – Bann Wheelers CC-Not Just Sport
11 Owen Byrne – Mountain Cycles
12 P Roden
13 Andy Laverty – Giant UK
14 Clive Caldwell – North West CC
15 Stephen Burgoyne – Dave Kane / Northern CC
16 Paul Reid – McConvey Cycles
17 Andy McGibbon – Apollo Cycle Team
18 Sergio Henriques – Team Madigan
19 Colin Gregson
20 Jim Laird – Toyota North Down
21 Mark Bartley – Armstrong Bike Dock
22 Mark Forrester
23 Russell Callaghan – Bann Wheelers CC
24 N Parkhill
25 M Lown
26 B Russell
27 Nigel Farquhar – Apollo Cycle Team
28 Eamonn McConvey – McConvey Cycles
Vets
1 Knud Jensen – Sorrento
2 Eric Blaney – Toyota North Down
3 Geoff Coupland – Apollo Cycle Team
4 K ?????????
5 D Bell
6 M Murphy
Junior
1 Philip Geddis – Armstrong Bike Dock
Ladies
1 Gill Smith – Armstrong Bike Dock
2 Ciara MacManus – Armstrong Bike Dock
3 N Deane
Under 16
1 Michael Dempster – Toyota North Down
2 Keith Leinster – Toyota North Down
3 Ricky Blaney – Toyota North Down
4 Neil McCallum – Armstrong Bike Dock
5 Owen Jeffries
6 Conal Watson
Under 14
1 Grahame Laird – Belfast Belvior RC
2 Colin Ross – Armstrong Bike Dock
3 S Collins
4 Mark McKillop – Bamford Cycles / Glenarm CC
5 Jamie Scott
6 William Corry
7 Peter Lowry
Under 12
1 Philip McLaughlin –
2 Lewis Ferguson – Armstrong Bike Dock
3 Thomas Jensen – IMBRC
4 J Popham
5 James Wray – Bann Wheelers CC
6 Matthew Ferguson – Armstrong Bike Dock
7 Chris Jones – Armstrong Bike Dock
8 Lowell McCreadie – Toyota North Down
9 Owen Watson
10 Jessica Laird – Toyota North Down
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