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McAllister takes the Billy Stewart

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:37:04 +0000

Derrymacash resembled the South of France at the beginning of the Apollo promoted Billy Stewart Cup as riders put on the suncream on what was one of the hottest days of the year. In total 58 riders signed on for the 7 lap event with the A4 riders receiving a 7 minute handicap. It was [...]

Lakeland 2-Day Pictures

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:50:47 +0000

Here’s some pictures by Derek King from the Lakeland 2-Day race. Unfortunately I’ve had no race report or results, but it’s good to see the guys turning up for these events, although I’m sure there’s an imposter in one of those pics

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Ballymoney 2-day

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:07:16 +0000

A full five man squad of Apollo riders took part in last weekends Loughguile 2 day cycle race promoted by Ballymoney cycling club. The format of the race was a circuit race on the Saturday morning followed by a 5km time trial in the evening, Sunday was to be a tough [...]

Newry 3 day, Marty’s Take

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:29:19 +0000

Well done to Tony Hare & Tony McConville for competing in the Newry 3 Day, the boys put in a great performance with Tony Hare in the Break of the stage on the first night only to be caught with 5 miles to go to the finish, he managed to hold on to the tail of the bunch as [...]

Team ‘Two Tonys’

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:37:37 +0000

Well done to Tony Hare & Tony McConville who competed in the Newry 3-Day over the weekend. Tony McC finished 34th overall, just over 8 minutes off 1st place. Unfortunately Tony H finished outside the finishing time for the last stage (Not sure of the reason as of yet). Well done guys!

Also, thanks to Marty R for organising [...]

Racing Update

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:29:38 +0000

Well, the club racing and Dave kane TT leagues have started, with Apollo riders already figuring in the results. Tony Hare & Davey Quinn placed first in the Dromara 2Up Time Trial (Good work lads!). Tony McConville posted a 23.41 @ Toome, with Junior doing 24.51 on a slighly changed but hard course. With these only being the first events of the season, [...]

Weekend Update – 13/14th March

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:18:05 +0000

Well, a quieter week was in store for Apollo results wise, however there were guys present in all 3 of the weekends races. Tony Hare & Kieran Mulholland were riding strongly and finished in the bunch in the John Moore Memorial. Unfortunately Junior had to pull out due to feeling unwell (Take it easy and get yourself better!).

On [...]

Weekend Update – Newry Carriageway Classic

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:11 +0000

Well, the Hare Bear’s good form seems to be building having gotten 4th at the weekend in Newry. The 3rd Cats & 2nd Cats were able to hold off the 1sts and with it comming down to a bunch sprint, Tony got 4th place. Marty also got 6th in the ‘B’ race sprint. This bodes well [...]

Weekend Update

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:14:21 +0000

Well, that’s the first weekend of racing over and things are looking promising for the season ahead. Tony Hare grabbed 8th in Annaclone in the ‘A’ race whilst Andy McGibbon took 4th 3rd at Nutts Corner in the ‘B’ race (Not bad for 10 years out!). Congrats to both guys and hope the form continues…

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