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Paddy Flanagan Mem Kildare Festival: (Jun 27) 1 Tim Cassidy Usher IRC 2 Ray Clarke Classic Walls NBCI 3 Mark Scanlon VC Nantes 4 Paudi O'Brien Kanturk Credit Union 5 Aidan Crowley Cycleways 6 Joe Fenlon Dan Morrissey 1st Jun Stephen Enright Usher IRC 1st B Niall O'Leary Usher IRC 1st Vet Tosh Lavery Garda Motorway Dundalk Festival Race: (Jun 27) Brendan Doherty Provision 2 Robert Bloomer Orchard Whl 3 Colm Farrell Navan Avonmore 4 Robert Whealan Navan Avonmore 5 Conor Murphy McKenna F/Places 6 Jonathan Gormley McKenna F/Places 1st Lady Maria Reilly Bohermeen 1st Jun Paul Duffy Cuchullain CC WOMENS
LEAGUE WEEK TWO: (Jun 26) The second race of
the summer series for women was a handicap over 15 miles
starting at the Boot Inn behind the Airport. The race
was a thrilling affair with Gillian McDarby of IMBRC
just holding off Dolores Usher-Usher IRC in a close
sprint finish. Karen Rock of Swords finished fifteen
seconds behind and scratch group rider Marie Reilly-Bohermeen
CC.won the bunch sprint for fourth place from Rebecca
Connolly of Bray Wheelers and Valerie Considine usher
IRC. Marie reilly recorded the fastest time at an
average speed of 41 kilometres per hour. Special thanks
go to the Gardai from Santry who did a superb job in
marshalling the event and thanks also to the stewards
who also did a fine job. Connacht Cycling Federation Championship road race: (Jun 24) Senior 1, David Nugent (Western Lakes CC); 2, D. Foley (Thermo King); 3, M. Devine (Eire Og CC) Junior: B. O'Donnell (Thermo King). Veteran: A. Carey (Eire Og). Under 16: M. Carroll (Tuam). Under 12: G. Scanlon (Eire Og)
On the main climb of the day as the leading
group was reduced to 10, the McCann sextet went in in
pursuit but it was only with 10 miles to go that they
finally caught the leaders on the final climb in time
for McCann to launch his successful attack. With two
miles remaining Philip Duignam (Four Masters) and
Brendan Doherty left the chasers and stayed clear to
take the next two places with Gallagher leading in the
remainder of the break 10 seconds later. <See
Pictures Here> NOEL TEGGART MEMORIAL: (By Jim Trainor Jun 23) Keith Gallagher confirmed his status as the leading home based challenger in next Sunday's Irish Senior Championship at Dundrod when he won the classic 120 kms Noel Teggart Memorial, promoted by Banbridge CC on the Banbridge - Gilford - Scarva course. The Ulster champion was in a group of three which got across to the leaders on the last of seven laps and he won in a six-up sprint. Early on a big break of 12 riders got away but their lead never was great and on the fourth lap it was around 50 seconds. ON th next circuit 15 riders went in pursuit ant at one stage 30 seconds covered the whole field. However when the front two groups merged the bunch quickly lost time and entering the sixth lap they were 1.30 down. At the front four riders: Stephen Hanna (Banbridge CC), Greg Swinard (Usher IRC), Brian Ahern (Classic Walls) and David McDonald (Bell Orwell) held a 15 second lead and at the bell these four were stil outin front but in pursuit were Gallagher, David Peelo (Usher IRC) and Brian Lenon (St. Tiernans). They caught the leaders and on the final
climb out of Scarva Hanna dropped back leaving six to
contest the sprint.. 27 seconds later Owen Jeffries
(Northern Dave Kane) led in the chasers. In the B
race over five laps (100 kms) junior Ryan Patton
(Classic Walls) got away with veteran Aidan McKeown
(Phoenix CC) Ryan winning the sprint 33 seconds ahead of
the bunch led in by Eddie Smyth (Ards CC). <See
Pictures Here> Drumm Memorial in Currow: (By Ciaran McKenna Jun 24) Clonmel cyclist Raymond Clarke won yesterdays Drumm Memorial Cup in Currow, Co. Kerry. Yet again he had to rely on his impressive sprinting ability to keep a group of five at bay in the Main Street of Currow after a testing 64 miles. Going through for the third lap it was Clarke who was in front. He had escaped the main pack and looked comfortable as he pressed ahead. Going up the climb at Scarta Glin which he was first over in last months FBD Milk Rįs. On that occasion he was caught within miles of the finish in Castleisland, but yesterday he was not going to play second fiddle. Results: Drumm Memorial Cup (Currow, Co. Kerry)-100kms. 1 Ray Clarke Classic Walls NCBI 2hrs.35mins.19secs; 2 Martin O'Loughlin Carrick Cidona @05" 3 Tim Hogan Plantcote @same 4 Alan Buckley Limerick CC @same 5 Paddy Moriarty Dublin Skip @same 6 John McCarthy Killarney CC @same 1st B-M. Slattery (Killarney CC). 1st Junior-B. Meade (Kanturk Credit Union). 1st Veteran-S. McElroy (Carrick Cidona). U-12/G. Pike (Clonmel CC). U-14/K. Lanigan (Killorglin Credit Union). U-16/S. O'Halloran (Duhallow Safaris). Countdown to Road Race Championships July 1st: <Latest Info and Course Map> <Check Entries to Date> Connacht Cycling Federation Championship road race: (Jun 24) Senior 1, David Nugent (Western Lakes CC); 2, D. Foley (Thermo King); 3, M. Devine (Eire Og CC) Junior: B. O'Donnell (Thermo King). Veteran: A. Carey (Eire Og). Under 16: M. Carroll (Tuam). Under 12: G. Scanlon (Eire Og) Irish Cycling Anti Doping Test Results: (By Ciaran McKenna ICF PR Jun 20) The Irish Cycling Federation inconjuction with The Irish Sports Council and the UK Sport are pleased to announce that tests carried out in the recent Tour of Ulster and the FBD Milk Ras have all come back negative. There were 4 tests carried out in the Tour of Ulster and 24 tests carried out in the FBD Milk Ras as well as 5 out of competition tests. The entire tests are carried out under the guidelines of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the International Olympic Council (IOC). The Irish Cycling Federation has been pro active in is fight against doping in the sport and with the help of the Irish Sports Council and UK sport they will continue with there anti doping programme. WOMEN TT BATTERSTOWN: (4.4miles Jun 19): 1 M O'Reilly Bohermeen 10.51 2 M Crinnon Usher IRC 11.36 3 L Moriarty Dublin Skip 11.48 4 R Kennedy Usher IRC 12.25 5 B McCluskey Unatt 12.29 6 G Martin Unatt 12.31 MEATH GRAND PRIX IN NAVAN: (By Ciaran McKenna ICF PR Jun 17) Eugene Moriarty(Cycleways) added another victory to his already susessful season when he clinched the Meath Grand Prix. A break of 16 rider got away ealry on in race and held an advantage of 1minute, but going into the last lap of 5 they were down to 15sec, over the last 15 miles the group split up and new fresh riders came up. With two miles to go Moriarty went clear and with just after finishing a susessful Ras he was never to be caught. Aidan Crowley finished second to complete a one two for the Cycleways team. Timothy Cassidy was the winner of the Junior race. RESULTS: 1 Eugene Moriarty Cycleways 2:48'54" 2 Aidan Crowley Cycleways @14" 3 Sean Bracken Usher IRC @same 4 Richie Cahill Banteer @same 5 Kieran McMahon Unatt @same 6 John Horgan St Finbarrs Triton @same 7 Davy Gardener Appolo @same 8 Denis Lynch Kanturk Credit Union @same B Race 1 Alan Buckley Limerick CC 2 Colm Farrell Navan Avonmore 3 Killian O'Connor Fermoy CC 4 Daniel Nultey Stamullen 5 Richey Butler Carrick Cidona 6 Robert Whealan Navan Avonmore Junior Race 1 Tim Cassidy Usher IRC 2 Philip Duignan Four Masters 3 Paudi O'Brien Kanturk Credit Union 4 Noor Hassan Usher IRC 5 Greg Elliott Orchard Whl 6 Robert Reidy Newbridge Cutlery Vet Seamus Kennedy Navan Avonmore U16 Shane O'Halloran Duhallow Safari U14 Adam Petrie Armstrong Dane Kane Northern U12 Gavin Pyke Clonmel CC 1st John McCormack Memorial: (By John Moran Jun 16): The vets and ladies had a handicap of 3.5 minutes on the main field of Senior riders. There was constant attacking for the first few miles before a front group formed containing Brian Lennon (St Tiernans), Andrew Donnellan (Dub Whlrs), Paul Healion (Usher - IRC) and a few others. On the road between Batterstown and the Green Sheds a fierce cross head wind split the bunch into many small groups, but the bunch came back together just starting the drag through Culmullin. Over Culmullin Hill and Mullagh they still had a lead of 20 seconds, to a chasing trio of Anto Moran and Graham Thomas (Ravens) and Colm Bracken (Usher-IRC) but a hard chase by the bunch on the road back to Batterstown ensured that everyone was recaptured, leaving the Vets up in front by 1.5 minutes. There were numerous attempts to go clear until passing the Green sheds for the third time about 20 men managed to emerge from the bunch, to catch the Vets group on the hill. After the hill the main protagonists emerged - Simon Whelan, Paul Healion, Karl Donnelly, Dave Peelo, Brian Lennon and Keelan O'Connor. Anto Moran and a few other almost got across but couldn't manage to close the gap. The break was closely followed by a group of twelve men, including Joe McGill (Ravens), Stuart Gibson (Bell Orwell), Adrian Hedderman (Cycleways) and the remnants of the Vets group, with the bunch struggling about 45 secs behind. On the fast run in from the Hatchet Inn the front 6 managed to keep their advantage and Whelan, Healion and Lennon got a gap on the other 3 coming into the finish, with Whelan running out an easy winner in the sprint. The organisers, Richie and Bernie McCormack
would like to thanks all the marshalls who helped to
ensure a smooth running of the event, as well as the St
John's Ambulance crew who thankfully weren't needed.
Next year it is hoped to expand the race, maybe into a 2
day. EAST TYRONE CLASSIC: (By Jim TRaynor Jun 16) In East Tyrone RT Autoparts East Tyrone Classic at Drum Manor, Cookstown, Norman Campbell (unattched) won in a sprint finish from a 6-man break. Veteran Campbell started the vital move when he went away on his own on the ninth of twelve laps . A lap later hejoined by Gary Cranston (Northern Dave Kane) and Tommy Wilson (Ballymena Scott RC) and these three had a 20 second lead at the bell. On the final lap these three were caught by Michael amilton (Toyota North Down), Mary Lyttle (Roadstars Crumlin) and Conor Murphy (McKenna Fireplaces Emyvale). In the long final sprint into a stiff breeze Campbell was the strongest winning by a length. Eight second later Mark Kavanagh (Orchard Whs.) led in the chasers. Results: 60m., Cookstown: 1, Norman Campbell (Unttt.) 2.38.00; 2, M. Hamilton (Toyota North Down); 3, G. Cranston (Northern Dave Kane); 4, M. Lyttle (Roadstars Crumlin); 5, T. Wilson (Balymena Scott) 6, Conor Murphy (McKenna Fireplaces, Emyvale), all same time; 7, M. Kavanagh (Orchard Whs.) at 8 secs; 8, R. Bankhead (Ballymena Scott RC); 9, C. Brown (Orchard Whs.); 10, J. Gormley (McKena Fireplaces) all same time. First vet.: N. Campbell. First 2nd cat.: M. Lyttle. First Junior: S. Turner (Ballymena Scott RC). Under 16: 1, M. Robinson (Ballymena Scott RC); 2, R. McIlreavy (Ballymoney); 3, J. Dunlop (Ballymena Scott RC). Under 14: 1, S. Wilson (Orchard Whs.); 2, G. McKenna (McKenna Fireplaces, Emyvelale); 4, G. McAdam (McKenna Fireplaces). Under 12: 1, P. WIlliams (Orchard Whs.); 2, C. Brown (X-MTB); 3, A. Fiddes (Orchard Whs.). 3rd
Duane Delaney Memorial: (Dunboyne
Jun 14) Casidy wins on his own, ahead of 5 chasers,
closely followed by the bunch of about 30 riders. £57,000 BOOST FOR TRACK: (Jun 12) Irish track cycling has received a major boost with the allocation of a £57,000 grant to the Irish Cycling Federation to establish a national cycling school at the Eamonn Ceannt Stadium, Sundrive road Dublin. The grant was awarded as part of the Department of Tourism Sport and Recreations Sports Capital grants program that is funded from the National Lottery. The money will be used to refurbish a premises at the track to be used for coaching and racing. More of the grant will be spent on the track itself along with the purchase of equipment such as beginners track bikes and lap boards. The project is a result of co operation between the Irish cycling Federation, the local KWCD community partnership and Dublin Corporation. <Read More Here> TRADERS
CUP IN DUNDALK: 1
Andrew Donnellan Dublin Whl 2 Conor Murphy McKenna
F/Places Emyvale 3 Simon Whealan McNally Swords 4 Denis
Easton Maryland Whl 5 Brendan Doherty Provision 6 Paul
Kane Dave Kane Cycles. TOMMY SHEEHAN MEMORIAL Carrick-on-Suir: 1 V Gleeson West Clare CC 2 M O'Loughlin Cidona Carrick 3 A Hedderman Cycleways 4 D Nugent Western Lakes 5 K O'Connor Fermoy CC 6 G Swinand Usher IRC Juniors 1 B Meade Kanturk Credit Union 2 P O'Brien Kanturk Credit Union 3 C Power Cidona Carrick. KEVIN McINERNEY MEMORIAL Dunlavin: 1 Ger Miley IMBRC 2 S Bracken Usher IRC 3 T Cassidy Usher IRC, 4 S Enright Usher IRC, 5 J Magill Ravens, 6 P Byrne Dublin Whl, 1st Jun N O'Shea CycleWays, 1st Vet T Ferris Dublin Whl. <See Pictures Here> GALLAGHER WINS TOUR OF MORAY: (By Jim Traynor Jun 10) In the Tour of Moray in Scotland, Ulster champion Keith Gallagher, riding for the Ulster Cycling Federation team, who led after the opening stage on Saturday, held on to the yellow jersey on the next two stages to win the overall event. He was third on the second stage and was safely in the bunch on the final stage in the same time as the stage winner. Jonathan Dempsey (Classic Walls) won the Audi Grand Prix at Carrickfergus, coming home on his own after breakaway companion, ben Morrow of the promoting East Antrim - Agnew Audi club punctured on the final lap. These two and Denis Easton (maryland Whs.) went away on the fourth of eight 7.5 miles laps and built up a lead of around 1 minute which they still held at the bell. On the final drag Dempsey attacked and Easton dropped back and when Morrow punctured a few miles later, Dempsey continued on his own, increasing his advantage over the final miles. A three man chasing group picked up Easton and Sean Wright (Ballymena Scott RC) won the sprint for second place.
OTHER RESULTS:
Audi
Grand Prix, 60m., Carrickfergus: 1, Jonathan Dempsey
(Classic Walls) 2.31.08; 2, S. Wright (Ballymena Scott)
at 1.56; 3, M. Robinson (East Antrim Audi); 4, T. Walsh
(Team Madigan); 5, D. Easton (Maryland Whs.) all same
time; 6, O. Jeffries (Northern Dave Kane at 2.44; 7, C.
Brown (Orchard Whs.); 8, P. Marshall (Toyota North
Down); 9, N. Campbell (unatt.); 10, S. Turner (Ballymena
Scott RC) all same time. IRISH
TEAM FOR RONDE SAN QUENTAIN:
(Jun 6) Riders who preformed well in last month's FBD
Milk Ras have being rewarded with a call up for Sunday's
big French classic Ronde san Quentain north of Paris.
Paul Griffin who finished ninth overall gets his first
green jersey in 2 years, while Eugene Moriarty and Ray
Clarke who both rode aggressively in the Ras also get
the call along side the regular Team Ireland squad of
Fox, Evans, Duff, Scanlon and McNena. HARRY REYNOLDS MEM IN BALBRIGGAN: (Jun 5) 1 Colm Bracken Usher IRC, 2 Philip Finnegan Cycleways, 3 Aidan Crowley Cycleways, 4 Simon Whealan McNally Swords, 5 Craig Sweetman Stamullen, 6 Shane Baker Usher IRC Jun.: Andrew McQuaid Emerald CC, Vet. Anthony McMahon McNally Swords, U12 Niall Rock McNally Swords, U14 Ciaran Cassidy Aqua IRC, U16 Keith Daly Drogheda Whl. <Read Race Report by Dave Walsh Here> Problems with Phoenix Park Races: (June 5) Race organiser Alice Sherratt has said that the Phoenix Park races will not be going ahead until further notice. All Park races have been stopped due to outbreak of the Foot & Mouth and because of the condition of the road surface on the main road. Since the restrictions have been lifted Alice had agreed a new circuit around the Kyber pass with the park authorities. At a subsequent meeting this week the park people outlined what requirements they wanted in place on the new circuit. This included a lot of marshals and safety barriers, plus they requested that traffic would need to get in and out of the hospital which was on the circuit. Alice would not be able to guarantee all requirements imposed on their race organisation, she is now looking for an alternative venue. Details will be posted here as soon as they are finalised. Geraldine Gill 1st and 2nd in 2 days racing: (June 4) On Sunday in Breic de Lodet, France in a 3.9km lap by 15 times road race. Geraldine and three other got away on the 7th lap and stayed away to the end, where it came down to a sprint finish in which Geraldine finished 2nd. Then on Monday in Pluvigner in a 6.5km lap by 9 times. Geraldine broke away on her on the second lap and went on to win by over one and half minutes. NORTHERN RESULTS: (By JIM TRAYNOR Jun 4) Jonathon Dempsey (Classic Walls) won the Roe valley-Alexander Arms 2-day 3-stage race in the most emphatic way possible by winning all three stages. Depmsey and Jim McConnell (Kings Moss CC) were the driving force in a five man break which went away on the opening stage, four 10-mile laps around Limavady. The pair dropped the rest of the leading group to fight out the finish with Dempsey the stronger. The Classic Walls rider reinforced his lead with a slender 1 second victory over Gary McKeegan (Team Madigan) on the second stage time-trial and made no mistake in the hill-climb final stage with another win, this time by 3 seconds from Ben Morrow (East Antrim/Audi). RESULTS: Alexander Arms three-day stage race (Limavady): Stage 1, 40m.: 1, Jonathan Dempsey (Classic Walls); 1.35.23; 2, J. McConnell (King's Moss) s.t.; 3 S. Wright (Ballymena/Scott) at 28 secs.; 4, M. Ward (Roadstars Crumlin); 5 G McKeegan (Madigan) s.t.; 6, C. Brown (Orchard Whs) at 33secs. Stage 2 (10-mile T.T.): 1, J Desmpey, 21.45; 2, B. Morrow (East Antrim/Audi) 21.46; 3, G. McKeegan 22.23; 4 J McConnell 22.32; 5, R. Hamilton (Maryland Whs) 22.41; 6, B. O'Brien (Classic Walls) 23.21. Stage 3 (1.3 miles Hillclimb): 1, J Dempsey 4.48; 2, B. Morrow 4.51; 3, R. Connor (Ballymena/Scott) 5.11; 4, G. McKeegan 5.12; 5, M. Ward 5.15; 6, C. Brown (Orchard Whs.) 5.17. Final overall: 1, J. Dempsey 2.01.56; 2, G. McKeegan at 1.30; 3, J. McConnell at 1.34; 4, B. Morrow at 1.39; 5, R. Hamilton at 3.17; 6, C. Roper (Team Madigan) at 4.03.
Stage 4 75 miles: 1 Robert Moore Stamullen 2:50'55" 2 Bernie McCormack Ravens @same 3 Laurent Domoulin Kanturk Credit Union @same 4 Jim Cassidy Garda Motorway @same 5 Kenny Conlan Newbridge Cutlery @same 6 Lennie Carrigan Dublin Whl @same 7 Tomas Lavery Cycleways @same 8 Ciaran Farrell Ravens @same Final Overall: 1 Robert Moore Stamullen 7:51'32" 2 Jim Cassidy Garda Motorway @same 3 Laurent Domoulin Kanturk Credit Union @09" 4 Kenny Conlon Newbridge Cutlery @15" 5 Sean Bracken Usher IRC @23" 6 Paul Madden Naas Cahills @39" 7 Tim Cassidy Usher IRC @47" 8 Keith Bannon Naas Cahills @48" DUNBOYNE 3 DAY STAGE 2 & 3 RESULTS: (June 3) Sean Bracken (Usher IRC) held on to his lead in the Dunboyne 3 day. Bracken held on with convincing still by winning the 3 mile TT in the morning and consolidating in the afternoon stage but some of his nearest rivals gained 6 seconds, when a group of 7 went clear with 5 miles to go. Paul Madden (Naas) was second in the Time Trial and started 22" down on Bracken was a member of the 7 man group but only gained 6 sec. The race finishes tomorrow with a 75mile stage around County Meath. 4 Mile Time Trial: 1 Sean Bracken Usher IRC 7'02" 2 Conor Campbell Newry Haledene 7'04" 3 Paul Madden Naas Cahills 7'06" 4 Jim Cassidy Garda Motorway 7'08" 5 Keith Bannon Naas Cahills 7'09" 6 Niall O'Leary Usher IRC 7'10" Stage 3 60 miles: 1 Michael Dennis Eire Og 2:21'25" 2 John McCarthy Sorrento @same 3 Laurent Domoulin Kanturk Credit Union @same 4 Jim Cassidy Garda Motorway @same 5 Kealan O'Connor Fermoy @same 6 Robert Moore Stamullen @same OVERALL: 1 Sean Bracken Usher IRC 5:19'00" 2 Paul Madden Naas Cahills @16" 3 Robert Moore Stamullen @18" 4 Jim Cassidy Garda Motorway @same 5 Keith Bannon Naas Cahills @25" 6 Laurent Domoulin Kanturk Credit Union @27" DUNBOYNE 3 DAY STAGE 1 RESULTS: (Jun 2) Stage 1 68 miles 1 Sean Bracken Usher IRC 2:31'52" 2 Robert Moore Stamullen @same 3 Kenny Conlan Newbridge Cutlery @same 4 Anto Moran Ravens @18" 5 Ger Miley IMBRC @same 6 Keith Bannon Naas Cahills @same 7 David McDonald Orwell @same 8 Andrew McQuaid Emerald CC @same |
TOUR
OF THE SPERRINS:
(By Jim Trainor Jun 24) Belfast professional David
McCann (CCC-Mat), home to defend his Irish title in next
Sunday's Phoenix CC promotion at Dundrod, showed he is
in good form when he won Harps CC Cookstown's 100 kms
Tour of the Sperrins, finishing on his own 1.18 ahead.
McCann attacked from 10 miles out after a 6-man chasing
group which included himself, Denis Easton (Maryland
Whs.), Brendan Doherty ProVision), Conor Murphy (McKenna
Fireplaces, Emyvale) Simon Devlin (Phoenix CC) and Mary
Lyttle (Roadstars Crumlin) had caught a 14-man break
whiich had been away all day. This group, which included
Saturday's winner Keith Gallagher, Roger Aiken
(Banbridge CC), Conor Murphy (McKenna Fireplaces,
Emyvale), Greg Swinard (Usher IRC) and Joe Fenlon (Dan
Morrissey) had gone just after the start and at one time
were 1.40 ahead. Also there were Jonathan Dempsey
(Classic Walls) who took the King of the Mountains award
ahead of Chris Greene (Clann Eireann).
DUNBOYNE
3 DAY STAGE 4 RESULTS: (By Ciaran McKenna ICF
PR Jun 4) Robert Moore (Stamullen) was the winner of the
last stage of the Dunboyne 3 Day and in doing so
clinched the overall victory from Jim Cassidy(Garda
Motorway). Moore and Cassidy finished on the same time
for the 3 days but Moore took the overall victory on
countback on points. Sean Bracken who started the day in
yellow had a difficult day, with a break of 11 going
clear after 16 miles and it included Paul Madden who was
second overall. The break got a maxium of 1'05" but
were reeled in after 52 miles. A group of 9 riders went
clear at 58 miles and held on by 50" at the finish
which Moore won in the 9 man sprint, giving him his
biggest win of his career.