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Last Updated: Apr 7th, 2008 - 11:56:38 |
Hennessy / Burke win
By Gerard Cromwell
Michael Hennessy gave the promoting club a fine victory when he took the Silver Pail Grand Prix held over 110kms in Fermoy yesterday.
Hennessy was part of a nine man group that went clear on the opening lap but split shortly afterwards due to lack of cooperation. John O'Brien (Dan Morrissey), Comeragh's Peter Gator and Michael Stone (West Clare) forged ahe while the others looked at each other behind.
This quartet were joined by Michael Fitzgerald (Dan Morrissey) and last week's winner Michael Concannon (Killorglin) after a late chase and the new lead group opened up a maximum advantage of almost three minutes over the peloton.
Stone and Firzgerald were dropped on the run in while Hennessy attacked the other three with a mile to go. The Fermoy man finished 20 seconds clear to the delight of a raucous home crowd. Concannon took the sprint for second ahead of O'Brien and Gator while Stone and Fitzgerald took fifth and sixth, 50 seconds and one minute 45 seconds down respectively.
National veterans champion Martin O'Loughlin (Dan Morrissey) added to his son Michael's win in the under 12 race when he romped in three minutes clear of Limerick's Tom Shanahan for victory in the 80kms veteran's, juniors Simon Fox gave Fermoy another home win in the under 14 race while Eamon Maher (Dan Morrissey) took the under 16 race, the Dan Morrissey club taking their first underage wins since Brian Kenneally in the 90s.
Derek Burke and Ryan Conor continued the domination of the domestic cycling scene by the Pezula professional team when they took a one-two in the prestigious Ben McKenna Memorial in Balbriggan yesterday, with Burke taking his second win in as many weeks.
The duo were part of a 21 man group that went clear early on in the 150kms race. By the end of the second 30km lap the group had split, with Burke and Conor up front with just Neil Delahaye (Usher Insulations) for company. Despite the strong winds this trio opened up a large gap on the chasers and on the final of five ascents of the Naul Hill, Burke attacked the breakaway and went clear.
With Conor marking Delahaye behind, Burke opened up a maximum advantage of two minutes before eventually crossing the line a minute clear of his rivals. Conor outsprinted Delahaye to give the Pezula another one-two while Lucan’s Daniel Kirwan took fourth, ten seconds later ahead of James McMaster (Dave Kane Northern), Greg Swinand (Usher Insulations) and four others. “I had really, really good legs today,” said Burke afterwards. “I thought Delahaye was a bit tired when I attacked on the Naul Hill the last lap, but it was a bit far out to think I could stay away. It was very windy and I knew if I could get out of the headwind with 30 or 40 seconds I had a chance, so I just put the head down and when they told me at the top of the last hill that I had a minute and a half, I knew I was home and dry. I didn’t have a great start to the season at the Giro Del Capo with Pezula in South Africa, but I’ve done a lot of hard training recently and I think the recent Ras Mumhan brought me on a bit. We had to ride on the front for most of the race there because Ciaran (Power) had the jersey, so hopefully the form is coming at the right time now.”
Burke heads to Belgium on Wednesday as part of Cycling Ireland’s U/23 squad, where he will compete in the under 23 World Cup series including the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege classics.
WEEKEND RESULTS:
Ben McKenna Memorial, Balbriggan
1st Derek Burke Pezula
2nd Ryan Connor Pezula
3rd Neil Delahaye Usher IRC
4th Daniel Kirwan Stagg Lucan
5th James McMaster Northern CC
6th Greg Swinand Usher IRC
7th Stephen O Sullivan MyHome.ie
8th Mick Steed Murphy Surveys
9th Stephen Surduival Orwell Dundrum
10th Robert Moore Stamullen
11th Paul Vaughan Maryland
12th Peter Hawkins Usher IRC
13th Craig Sweetman Stamullen
14th Aidan Crowley MyHome.ie
15th Philip Finegan MyHome.ie
Unplaced B
1st Conor McAllister Ballymena RC
2nd Cormac O Shea Newbridge
3rd Frank Billings Stagg Lucan
4th Ciaran Lewis Swords CC
5th Sean Farrell Rathsallagh
6th Ciaran Steed Murphy Surveys
7th Colm Ahern Orwell Dundrum
8th Matt Kelly Stamullen
9th Geoff Liffey Finglas Ravens
10th Alan Clogher Stamullen
Vets/Junior
1st Philip Lavery Eurocycles
2nd Aaron Buggle South Dublin CC
3rd Mark Heneghan South Dublin CC
4th Andre Engerman St. Tiernans
5th Anto Moran Finglas Ravens
6th Sam Craig North Down CC
7th Terry Ferris Murphy & Gunn
8th Gerry Watt MyHome.ie
9th Niall Rock Swords CC
10th Alan Slevin ` Garda CC
Senior C
1st Con Collis Finglas Ravens
2nd Paul Kinch Murphy & Gunn
3rd Fiachra O Muire Usher IRC
4th Shane Hurley Orwell Dundrum
5th Emmanuel Schokaert Stagg Lucan
6th Alex Williams Slaney CC
7th Anthony Walsh UCD
8th Yannick Pigeat Usher IRC
9th John Maguire South East Road Club
10th Turlough Mooney Eire Og
11th Philip Morrissey Unattached
12th Aidan Cunningham Cuchullan
Ladies League Round 3
1st Louise Moriarty UCD
2nd Orla Hendron Orwell Dundrum
3rd Francine Meehan Tullamore CTC
4th Roisin Kennedy Stagg Lucan
5th Sarah Piner Lakeside Wheelers
6th Cathy Flynn Lakeside Wheelers
1st Unplaced Junior Lady
Jessica Laird North Down CC
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Silver Pail GP, Fermoy
1st Michael Hennessy Fermoy CC
2nd Miceal Concannon Killorglin CU CC
3rd John O'Brien Dan Morrissey Carrick
4th Keith Gater Comeragh CC
5th Mike Storan West Clare CC
6th Michael Fitzgerald Dan Morrissey Carrick
7th Robin Kelly Comeragh CC
8th Brendan Lacey Earl Of Desmond
Combined Event
1st Martin O'Loughlin Dan Morrisey Carrick
2nd Tom Shanahan Limerick CC
3rd Paul McCarthy Carrick Road Club
4th Laurent Dumoulin Kanturk CC
5th Leslie O Donnell Dan Morrissey Carrick
6th Dzinters Klava Dungarvan CC
7th Geoff McNamara Clonmel CC
8th Sean Doona Killorglin CU CC
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Aghagallon Cup,Sunday 06/04/2008
Promoted by Clann Eireann/Linen Green.
Results:
U12
1st Declan Mulholland Clann Eireann/Linen Green
2nd Mark Downey Banbridge CC
3rd Craig Crawford BRC
U14
1st Ciara Mulholland Clann Eireann/Linen Green
2nd Ryan Turner Juiced Orchard
3rd Colin Hughes Emmyvale
U16
1st Andrew Turner Juiced Orchard
2nd Mantes Spirqius Juiced Orchard
3rd Nathan Mahaffey Juiced Orchard
Senior Race
1st Stuart Henry North Down CC @1:54:35
2nd Johney Cole Madigan @ st
3rd Tommy Wilson Ballymena Scott @ st
4th Gordon Scott East Antrim CC @ 1:55:05
5th Ronnie Smith Dromara CC @ st
6th Gary Wilson East Antrim CC @ st
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The inaugural Wicklow Triathlon Club Open Time Trial was held on the N11 on Sunday 6th April. Weather conditions were extreme, with a biting cold Northerly wind gusting to 40kph.
That however didn’t stop the event winner [ John Lynch, Bray Wheelers ] from smashing the course record by recording a time of 26’ 38”. We guess his 54 x 11 top gear, got plenty of use on the return stretch.
Given the difficult conditions, we were particularly impressed with the number of Sub 30 Minute times recorded!
The results were as follows;
1 John Lynch 26 38
2 John Oram 27 25
3 Declan Kinch 27 59
4 Aidan Hammond 28 28
5 Derrick Evans 28 52
6 Mark Prendergast 29 32
7 Paul Dolan 29 35
8 Garrett McCabe 29 42
9 Ronan Kearney 30 12
10 Padraic Doherty 30 18
11 Mark Loughran 30 46
12 Joe Flood 30 52
13 Anthony Crean 32 06
14 Barry Cahill 33 17
15 Pat Fitzpatrick 33 50
16 Guy Polden 33 55
17 Declan Crean 34 47
18 John Darcy 35 17
19 Jennifer O’Reilly 37 12
Many thanks to the WTC members for their assistance Marshalling the event and to Cycle Superstore for their very generous Prize Donations!
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Harry Reynolds Memorial, Man O War, Co. Dublin.
1st Sean Lacey Eurocycles
2nd Philip Lavery Eurocycles
3rd Tim O Regan MyHome.ie
4th John Lynch Bray Wheelers
5th Adrian Hederman Myhome.ie
6th Scott McDonald Winning Solutions
7th Daniel Kirwan Stagg Lucan
8th Philip Finegan MyHome.ie
9th Mark Nestor Eurocycles
10th Craig Sweetman Stamullen
Unplaced B Noel McGlynn Murphy Surveys
Unplaced C Turlough Mooney Eire Og
Unplaced Vet Colm Bracken Murphy Surveys
Unplaced Jun Aaron Buggle South Dublin CC
Unplaced Lady Louise Moriarty UCD
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OLD BLEACH CC RANDAALSTOWN - SURGENOR CUP A RACE 56 MILES
1 Fraser Duncan Northern CC 2.04.10
2 Ryan Connor Team Pezula
3 Shaun Gray Juiced Orchard
4 Paul Mulligan Omagh Wheelers
5 Gordon Scott East Antrim/Audi
6 Liam Curran Curran Racing
B RACE 40 MILES
1 Andrew Bradley East Tyrone CC/RT Autos 1.40.40
2 Danny Hylands East Antrim/Audi
3 Niell Laverty Juiced Orchard
4 Brian Mimnagh Omagh Wheelers
5 Stephen Hutchinson East Tyrone CC/RT Autos
5 Daniel Logue Foyle CC
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