Dromara CC Trailquest League Round 2
23.11.2008
The weather then deteriorated with thunder, lighting and heavy hail showers. The proceeds of the five event league will be going to The Northern Ireland Children’s Home, Shimna Valley Newcastle. Twenty five teams had pre-entered which greatly helped the organising team of Bob Patterson and Trevor Annett to plan the event. Teams were from as far away Roe Valley near Limavady and Dublin. Once again the local cycling clubs Banbridge, Newry wheels, Apollo, Lantern Rouge, Phenoix, Ards and Dromara were well represented, as well as twenty eight unattached riders.
The headquarters for today was The Dolly’s Brae Inn Ballyward. Dromara CC would like to thank the owners for all their help and support as well as their excellent facilities.
The course was centred in Ballyward, heading north to Windy Gap, east to Castlewellan Forest and west to Katesbridge. The route included forest trails, bridle paths and farm lanes and included some excellent scenery. Each team had three hours thirty minutes to find as many of the twenty four control points as possible. Points were deducted if teams were outside their time limit. At a control point a marker was positioned. Each team had to answer a question at the control point. Each control point had a value ranging from ten to forty points depending of the difficulty on the location to reach. Three bonus points were included which required the teams to locate points from grid references which would test their map reading skills.
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