Blair wins opening Bann Valley road race event

THE first road race of the season took place on Tuesday 4 May, on the Ballynease circuit. A record number of 59 riders signed on and were set off in four groups.

All the groups rode well and didnt merge at all, however the handicap brought all to within a few seconds of each other at the finish.

The winner was Alan Blair BRC who took the sprint from Stephen Walsh Carn Wheelers with his club mate R O'Connor in third.

The Carn Wheelers club turned out in force for this event and managed to fill five of the top six places and had six riders in the top ten.This puts a marker down for the rest of the clubs taking part in the upcoming inter club league.

The first club rider home was Sean Kelly with Alan Donegan and Damian Convery making up the top three in the club standings.

Due to the numbers and gloomy conditions we were unable to identify some riders. Would anyone who can help fill in the blanks, provide first names or correct any errors please contact the club asap on [email protected].

Following the AWT Refrigeration 10 mile TT on the Kilrea Road on Tuesday 11th the next round of the GMC Electrical RR league will be on the Gortmacrane course in Kilrea on Tuesday 18 May.

The Club would like to thank the large number of marshals and those who drove the lead cars on the night, their help was invaluable.