Emma wins Youth League!

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Emma Gordon from Fenagh road has won the Ballymena Road Club –  Chain Reaction Cycles – Dave Millar cup, youth racing league, for the 2012 season.

Thirteen year old Emma, a student at Cullybackey High School, proved once again that consistency is the key to winning any season long competition as she scored points in all but two races in the Northstone sponsored club race series. She amassed a total of 109 points for, in the end, a comfortable winning margin over second placed George Graham, who scored 94 points while Breandan McCavana finished third on 70 points. (4) Andrew Wallace 49 points (5) Ernie Graham 27 (6) Adam McCullough 10 (7) Stefan Wills 9 points (8) Josh Barr 8 points.

Emma also won the youth’s road racing league series for the McAuley and Kerr cup. In this competition, which had five rounds in 2012, she amassed 50 points. Andrew Wallace, who won the Clarkes tyres cup road race at Broughshane, took second with 39 while Breandan McCavana, the winner of the Sandy Spence cup RR at Glarryford, finished third overall on 36. (4) George Graham 34 (5) Adam McCullough 10 points.

All the youths will receive their awards at the club’s annual prize presentation dinner which will take place at Eaton Park on 30th November.