Open Racing - Claire 3rd at GP

Monday, February 25, 2013
The 2013 racing season started last Saturday with the Annaclone Grand Prix road races which were promoted by Banbridge cycling club. The Ballymena Road Club Chain Reaction Cycles team had four entrants: Karl Taylor, Quinton McFall, Matthew Brennan and C Grant who were in contention during the early laps but failed to achieve a top ten finish, early days! A Race Results - Annaclone GP - A1-A3(1) Marc Potts (Omagh Wheelers) (2) Aaron McBride (North Pole CC) (3) Peter Kennedy (East Anrim) (4) Mark Buchanan (North Pole) (5) Stephen Harkens (Madigan) (6) Andrew Stewart (Orchard) B Race Results - Annaclone GP - A4(1) David Hamilton (Curran Racing) (2) Mark Coleman (Orchard) (3) Paul Johnston (East Antrim) (4) Nathan Mullan (Dromara) (5) Graham Agnew (East Antrim) (6) Aaron Hanthorn (Orchard)On Sunday Phoenix promoted their Grand Prix events at Nutts corner.
 Ballymena’s best result came in the 25 miles ladies race which saw Claire Gillespie, from Broughshane, finish in an excellent third place in what was her first ever open race. Well done to Claire.