Ards Cycling Club

19/06/2026

Congratulations to the winners! It was great to see so many supporting the women’s event.

19/06/2026

Congratulations to all the medal winners!

🏆 𝐔𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🏆

What a night of racing in Newtownards.

A huge congratulations to all our newly crowned Ulster Criterium Champions and medal winners who battled it out on the fast town centre circuit hosted by Ards CC.
From the opening youth races to the championship events under the evening sunshine, riders delivered exciting racing and fantastic performances throughout the night.

A special thank you to Ards CC, the volunteers, officials, sponsors and spectators who helped make the event such a success. Congratulations to all medal winners and everyone who took to the start line.

Medal Winners

Senior Men: 1. Lindsay Watson 2. Travis Harkness 3. Gary Donaldson

Junior Men: 1. James Armstrong 2. Curtis McKee 3. Caleb McGreevy

Senior Women: 1. Gabrielle Fox 2. Elena Wallace 3. Jemma Speers

Junior Women: 1. Emer Heverin

WM40: 1. Rachel Jones

M40: 1. Stephen Hanna 2. Paul Smith 3. Martin Hughes

M45:1. Gerard Craig 2. Aaron Parks 3. Yesten Smith

M50: 1. Paul Ferguson 2. Glen Curry 3. David Armstrong

M55: 1. Ronnie Smith 2. Mark Baird 3. Adrian Moore

M60: 1. Alan Watson

M65: 1. Gerry Kelly

M70: 1. Tom Henry

M75: 1. Carl Fullerton

Girls U12: 1. Emily Jennings

Boys U12: 1. Thomas Crymble, 1. Jake O'Donovan, 2. Lewis Bell, 3. Rory Young

Girls U14: 1. Kiyomi Tosh

Boys U14:1. Billy Lord 2. Jamie Sherlock 3. Nathan Baker

Girls U16: 1. Aoife Craig 2. Ava Baker

Boys U16: 1. Dylan Finnegan 2. Darragh Young

Women's Exhibition Race: 1. Rachel Newell 2. Rachel Jones 3. Sam McNeilly

📸 the Belgian project

18/06/2026

Thanks for coming down and sharing your photos!

18/06/2026

Excellent photos of Ards Crit 2026 by David McVeigh

Explore this photo album by Current views 11.1 million on Flickr!

18/06/2026

David McVeigh at his best at the Ards CC Crit & Ulster Criterium Champs yesterday (Wed 18th June) Downloading this photos are completely free, but if used mention David or the project, thanks, Dany B

Explore this photo album by Current views 11.1 million on Flickr!

18/06/2026

Thanks to Dany and team for the coverage. Looks like he was up late sorting out the photos!

17/06/2026

We had a great evening at the Ards Town Centre Races supported by Ards and
North Down Borough Council.

There are many people to thank who played a part in making the night a success:

Ards & North Down Borough Council for their event grant support.

The Mayor for coming to support the event

Formation Works for event sponsorship
Black Quay Consulting for sponsorship of the Parents & Children's event.

Dino Jeffers from urbangravitybmx for the Flatland demonstration

Cycling Ulster for their support and event promotion

Ni4kids for event promotion

St. John's Ambulance for medical cover

Premier Traffic Systems for traffic management services

cafollasnewtownards for supplying the children's ice creams and marshal's coffees

Cycling Ulster Commissaires Jonny Beers, Mario Arrantz, along with Phil
Dickenson

Ian Barfoot for Finish Line photography

Dany Blondeel and the team from The Belgian Project for tunes, commentary
and photography

All the competitors who came and took part, both locally and from as far away as Co's
Monaghan and Donegal. We hope you all enjoyed our event.

And especially the army of volunteers who helped to marshal the event, along
with all those who worked behind the scenes to bring everything together.

It’s a long list. Apologies if we’ve forgotten anyone.

There were lots of people taking photos. We'll link media coverage as it
appears online.

📷 David McVeigh

17/06/2026

Start Lists for this evening. Not listed are riders in the U8 to U16 categories

17/06/2026

Family cycle event on closed roads at 6 pm. Free Registration in Ards Arts Centre (Town Hall) from 5:15.
BMX Flatland Demo iby Urban Gravity BMX in Conway Square 7pm.
Ulster Championships Races with riders from 7 to 70 from 6:15 pm
Supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council, with additional sponsorship from Formation Works and Black Quay Consulting
Looking forward to a great evening!