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Welcome to the Phoenix websiteNew Members Welcome
Phoenix Cycling Club is a club for cyclists who enjoy many different types of cycling activities. These include weekend club runs, leisure sportive type events, mountain bike runs (every Tuesday evening), club road races and time trials aswell as open road races and time trials. Phoenix Cycling Club is the home club of David McCann who won the
Senior Irish Time Trial Championship in June for the fifth time and then went on
to break the 16 year old British 25 mile Time Trial record originally held by
Chris Boardman.
News and EventsDavid McCann takes Chris Boardman's long standing British 25 mile TT RecordIt has been a great end to the season for Phoenix. Following his win in the Senior Irish Time Trial Championship our top rider David McCann broke the 16 year old British Time Trial record held by Chris Boardman. After going within three seconds of Boardman's 1993 time on an adjacent but slightly slower course earlier this season, many expected In Gear Quickvit RT's Michael Hutchinson to beat the old record in the Port Talbot Wheelers event. But it was Belfast's David McCann who beat Boardman's time, the Phoenix CC rider clocking 45min 54sec and taking three seconds off the previous best time. Well done also to Fergus Rooney who came 2nd in the Irish B Championships in
Donegal to Mark Buchanan of North Pole CC on the tough Clonmany – Carndonagh
circuit. Fergus is now a senior 1 rider and proved his ability by taking
an excellent 6th place behind winner Thomas Martin of Clann Eirann in the Ulster
Senior Road Race Championships. For information on weekend club runs Click hereRAS Donegal 2009Phoenix riders Cathal Smythe, Fergus Rooney, Mert Thompson, Nick McGrath, Tonya Moran, Joe Henry, Paul Harbinson, and David Tweed all completed the tough RAS Donegal 3 day stage race on the last weekend of May. The race is based in Killybegs and was won by the outstanding junior Marcus Christie of the Usher IRC club. Cathal finished an excellent 6th overall, and this along with his 4th place in Stage 3 and the 5th place by Fergus in the final stage were outstanding results in a very high standard race. Cathal has now gained enough points to be upgraded to 1st Category status, reward for some excellent results over the last three seasons. Here is a link to a review of the race on the Cycling Ulster Site. Cathal showing his climbing skills in stage 3
David, Nick, Joe, Cathal, Paul, and Fergus, just after completing the final stage
Club League 2009The club league starts on Tuesday the 5th of April with 5 mile Time Trial at Ballydonaghy here is a link to the league spreadsheet click here. Davy McCann wins the John Haldane Memorial Race in Hilltown (8th March 2009), Finbar Cummins is runner up in the B RaceA good days racing for our riders in the John Haldane Memorial Race in Hilltown saw Davy McCann win the A Race from Liam Curran of Curran Racing. Finbar Cummins had a great ride coming 2nd in the B Race behind Noel Boyce of North Down CC, Fergus Rooney came 7th in the B race showing very encouraging early season form. For full results, pictures and race reports on the Cycling Ulster Site click here. Davy McCann winning at Hilltown in the John Haldane Memorial Race
Noel Boyce wins the John Haldane Memorial B Race ahead of Finbar Cummins
Phoenix CC promote a successful Phoenix GP on the first weekend of the racing season136 riders signed on for 3 races, the A race (6 laps) was handicapped with the first group made up of 2nd Category riders and juniors and vets who had points from the previous season. This group started 3 minutes ahead of the 1st Category riders. The B race (5 laps) was a 60 rider mass start made up of 3rd Category, veteran, women and junior riders. The womens only race (3 laps) had a very encouraging entry of 22 riders. Peter Hawkins just pipped Adam Armstrong to win the A race. Rory Devlin from the North Pole Cycling Club in Donegal was very impressive in the sprint finish to comfortably win the B race. The womens race was another very tight finish with Cathy Thompson just pipping Julie Mulligan on the line. There was a good turnout of Phoenix riders with John Neill having a very good ride to finish 7th in the A race. To read race reports and view results on the Cycling Ulster site click here Mert Thompson riding in the Phoenix GP A Race
Rory Devlin of North Pole Cycling Club taking the Phoenix GP B race sprint |
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NNavigationContact Telephone Numbers for newcomers wishing to join our club runs:
Larry Sheeran:
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David McCann winning the Irish TT Championships 2009
Fergus Rooney crossing the line for Silver in the Irish B Championships 2009
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