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Adam Matthews put in a great performance to win the junior Ulster title, clocking a time that would have secured him a medal in the senior event (Photo: Dany Blondeel)<\/p>\nAdam Matthews put in a great performance to win the junior Ulster title, clocking a time that would have secured him a medal in the senior event (Photo: Dany Blondeel)<\/p>\n
Less than a week after winning the inaugural McGinty Autumn Classic in Co Wicklow, and the \u20ac1,000 for victory, Gareth O\u2019Neill has extended his late season charge with victory today, Saturday, at the Ulster Hill Climb Championships.<\/p>\n
On a day with big gaps between the riders, O\u2019Neill (Athlete Nutrition Coach HD) blasted up the 5km ascent of Slieve Croob in Co Down \u2013 with 365m of elevation gain \u2013 in a time of 14:42 to emerged winner of the senior men\u2019s title.<\/p>\n
The event was Dromara CC\u2019s annual Slieve Croob Hill Climb doubling at the Ulster title race this year, with the senior men\u2019s event won by O\u2019Neill by 29 seconds from Conor Dooney (Foyle CC). Stuart Millar (Ards CC) claimed the bronze medal, at 56 seconds.<\/p>\n
The senior women\u2019s title was won by Rachel\u00a0Newell (McConvey\u00a0Cycles), in a time of 21:36, while Katrina Polack (Armagh City Cyclists) was crowned Masters women\u2019s champion, in a time of 25:43.<\/p>\n
In the junior men\u2019s race, Adam Matthews of Banbridge CC claimed the Ulster title with a time of 14:52, which was just 10 seconds slower than O\u2019Neill in the senior event and would have secured the junior rider the silver medal in that senior title race.<\/p>\n
Elliott McKeegan of Team Madigan, who has established himself as a junior track international this season, took the silver medal, some 59 seconds down on the flying Matthews. James Armstrong, the VC Glendale man who has had such a good season this year, claimed bronze and was just one second slowed than McKeegan.<\/p>\n
Stuart McCaughey (Phoenix CC) was crowned Masters 40 champion, in a time of 15:42, with Aaron Parks (Banbridge CC) taking silver in 17:14 and Simon Torrens-Spence (Crossgar CC) claiming the bronze medal in 19:21.<\/p>\n
Sat, Sept 20th | Ulster Hill Climn Championships<\/p>\n
Slieve Croob Hill Climb Challenge <\/p>\n
Slieve Croob (5km, 365m elevation gain)<\/p>\n
Promoted by Dromara CC<\/p>\n
Senior\u00a0Men<\/p>\n
Gareth\u00a0O\u2019Neill Athlete\u00a0Nutrition\u00a0Coach\u00a0HD 14:42<\/p>\n
Conor\u00a0Dooney Foyle\u00a0CC 15:11<\/p>\n
Stuart\u00a0Millar Ards\u00a0CC 15:38<\/p>\n
Ryan\u00a0Burke Old\u00a0Bleach\u00a0Cycle\u00a0Club 17:34<\/p>\n
Junior\u00a0Men<\/p>\n
Adam\u00a0Matthews Banbridge\u00a0CC 14:52<\/p>\n
Elliott\u00a0McKeegan Team\u00a0Madigan\u00a0C.C. 15:51<\/p>\n
James\u00a0Armstrong VC\u00a0Glendale 15:52<\/p>\n
Senior\u00a0Women<\/p>\n
Rachel\u00a0Newell McConvey\u00a0Cycles 21:36<\/p>\n
Master\u00a0Women<\/p>\n
Katrina\u00a0Polack Armagh\u00a0City\u00a0Cyclists 25:43<\/p>\n
Masters\u00a040<\/p>\n
Stuart\u00a0McCaughey Phoenix\u00a0CC 15:24<\/p>\n
Aaron\u00a0Parks Banbridge\u00a0CC 17:14<\/p>\n
Simon\u00a0Torrens-Spence Crossgar\u00a0Cycling\u00a0Club 19:21<\/p>\n
Masters\u00a050\u00a0<\/p>\n
Neil\u00a0McKenna AHC\u00a0Racing 16:31<\/p>\n
Des\u00a0Woods Inspired\u00a0Cycling 17:55<\/p>\n
Alastair\u00a0Gribbon Carn\u00a0Wheelers 18:03<\/p>\n
Geoff\u00a0Alderdice Dromore\u00a0CC 18:20<\/p>\n
Michael\u00a0Hegarty Old\u00a0Bleach\u00a0Cycle\u00a0Club 18:23<\/p>\n
Cathal\u00a0Smyth Phoenix\u00a0CC 18:27<\/p>\n
Shane\u00a0McNeill Inspired\u00a0Cycling 19:18<\/p>\n
David\u00a0Neil\u00a0Armstrong VC\u00a0Glendale 20:42<\/p>\n
Masters\u00a060<\/p>\n
Alan\u00a0Watson Dromara\u00a0Cycling\u00a0Club 20:24<\/p>\n
David\u00a0Nixon Shimna\u00a0Wheelers\u00a0Cycling\u00a0Club 24:11<\/p>\n
Masters\u00a070\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gold Michael\u00a0Currid Bann\u00a0Wheelers\u00a0CC 26:09<\/p>\n
Under\u00a016\u00a0<\/p>\n
James\u00a0Mackey Foyle\u00a0CC 15:38\u00a0(6th\u00a0overall)<\/p>\n
Open\u00a0Non-Championship<\/p>\n
Samuel\u00a0Luke Newcastle\u00a0West\u00a0Cycling\u00a0Club 16:20<\/p>\n
Patrick\u00a0McGrath Open 17:52<\/p>\n
Philip\u00a0Giles Ards\u00a0CC 19:09<\/p>\n
Cathal\u00a0McCabe Moynalty\u00a0Cycling\u00a0Club 20:25<\/p>\n
Dominic\u00a0McBride Phoenix\u00a0CC 28:08<\/p>\n
Richard\u00a0Nicholl Banbridge\u00a0CC 33:33<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Matthews put in a great performance to win the junior Ulster title, clocking a time that would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-150899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}