Jason wins Bonar cup road race at Broughshane

Monday, May 12, 2014
Ballymena Road Club - Chain Reaction Cycles – held their Rex Bonar cup road race at Broughshane last Wednesday evening as part of the Northstone club race series. There was a smaller than normal entry of 18 riders as the club also fielded a team of six riders in the Coleraine Giro Criterium event on the same night. The Bonar cup riders were set off in three groups with zero, three and six minutes handicaps and they faced five laps, 25 miles, of the hilly Lisnamurrican circuit.
Jason Burns and Richard Reid, from the limit group, rode clear of their bunch and managed to maintain their lead until the finish where Jason took the honours after 66 minutes racing. The first scratch rider to finish was third placed Aaron Swan (TSC) who was 50 seconds behind. Other results were (4) Ryan Bankhead (5) Tommy Wilson both at 1 minute 23 seconds (6) Gary Reid (7) Philip Morrison (8) Nigel Kernohan all at 1 minute 51 seconds (9) Breandan McCavana (10) Quinton McFall (11) Jim McConnell (East Antrim) (12) Uel Cunningham (Ballymoney) (13) Eileen Burns (14) Philip Wilson (15) Laura Blair.

10 miles Youth Race results 
(1) Shaun Byrne 22 minutes 
(2) B McAuley 26.04 
(3) Fergus Byrne 26.05 (all Bann Valley)