No holiday for local cyclists

The best result of the past week was John Heverin’s ride in the Robinstown Grand Prix in County Meath on Sunday.

Away with the winning breakaway group that included some of the top southern riders, big John took the award for the best second category rider in the race.

Elsewhere, Brian Nugent put his name well up the result sheet last Saturday evening at Ballivor, another County Meath venue, taking eighth place for his first real road race result of the year.

John Heverin has been consistently the most successful Lurgan cyclist for the past month or so, and he was also in dominant form at last week’s Interclub hill climb at Glebe Hill near Tandragee, taking his second win in this year’s league. Clubmate Conor Grimes was second.

Other Clann cyclists who did well were Barry McConville fourth, Ryan Beagan ninth and Richard Anderson tenth. Next Tuesday’s league event is a ten miles time trial on the Dungannon Road.

Coming up this weekend is the Ards Club’s Portaferry Three Day, in which Clann Eireann have a five man team entered.

Barry and Martin McConville, Michael Murray, Conor Grimes join Heverin for what is the last weekend stage race in Ulster this year.

The first stage kicks off at 7.00 pm on Friday evening with a thirty five mile race on the Kirkistown motot circuit.