Carryduff - Ballygowan Race 4 (26th May 2009)

There was a good turn out again, despite the breezy conditions and rain showers. The early starters had an advantage as they missed the rain and the accompanying increase in the head wind, which was a factor on the home straight from Moneyreagh to the finish.

Honours again go to Enda Marron, who for the first time took over 30 minutes on this course. Performance of the night must go to Desi McHenry, who was just under a minute behind Enda. His good time was probably because he had rested up at lunchtime instead of doing his normal spin class! Third place went to Damien Eannetta and he was pleased as punch, considering he had barely been on the bike much over the winter as he was marathon training. At the beginning of the TT season, we thought Enda would be unbeatable but with Desi, coming within a minute a dink in his armour has been made. My money is on Vaughan with his new bike to give Enda some sleepless nights before the TT races wrap up in September.

On down the field there were quite a few close finish times and no doubt scores will attempt to be settled at the next outing at Killynure. If you would like to be a timekeeper, please register your interest on the Legends message board.

Stephen McKeown suffered bad luck just outside Ballygowan when his chain came off and got mangled – thanks to Jim Cooke for going to rescuing him. Stephen is off to compete in Ironman 70.3 in Switzerland in two weeks time so good luck for that one.

Finally, thanks to Willie Noteman and Heather Bamford for braving the elements and doing a great job in timekeeping.



1 Enda Marron 30.23
2 Desi McHenry 31.18
3 Damien Eannetta 31.3
4 Paul McGuire 31.41
5 Bill Rafferty 32.32
6 Brian Loughbridge 32.38
7 Glen Pollock 32.5
8 Jim Cooke 33.04
9 Gerry O'Neill 33.14
10 PJ McQuillan 33.16
11 John McManus 34.33
12 Tony McNulty 34.54
13 Peter McGuicken 35.09
14 Johnny Hooper 35.11
15 Davy Calvert 35.26
16 Carl King 35.55
17 Ricky Cowan 36.05
18 Peter Hunter 36.07
19 Ali McConnell 37.5
20 Emma Kerr 37.26
21 Stephen Mckeown DNF