John Beggs memorial 71 miles road race in Dromore

Sunday, August 16, 2015
Ballymena Road Club’s RR champion, Matthew Brennan, was racing at the John Beggs memorial 71 miles road race in Dromore where he finished eleventh.

The race was won by the recently crowned National road race champion Damien Shaw (Team ASEA) 
Shaw was part of a five-man break that got away early on and they were never seen again until the finish. In this break were runner-up Connor McConvey (Team 3M), Wallace Caldwell memorial winner Bryan McCrystal (ASEA), Mark Dowling (DID Dunboyne) and Sean McKenna (Aquablue); One commentator said that this group must rank as one of the best quality breakaways of the season. 
The Beggs memorial race was the penultimate round of the National Series (of which the Caldwell was also a round) which sees Bryan McCrystal lead from Dowling.

Afterwards Matthew said "There was a break of five riders. I was in the chasing group, two minutes down, with a further minute from us to the main bunch.”

"I am pleased enough with my race as I’ve been winding down on training during the past week. I have been training hard for the past four months so definitely due a break. So happy with that result and that I’m still holding some form!”