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General News / Road News

Greensheds Sign on Details Sunday May 28th

Sign on is at Dunsany GAA Club, the location of which is shown here.  The most straightforward route for anyone travelling from south of Dunshauglin is to take the Trim road as far as Grange Cross and turn right.  Keep on this road until you reach the GAA club.

Sign-on opens at 8am and closes at 8.45am sharp.  Marshal briefing is at 8.15 sharp.

We had a serious crash last Sunday after which one of our members was hospitalised and spent a few days in ICU, we wish to thank paramedics and all those who attended the scene.

PLEASE TAKE CARE WHEN RIDING IN THE BUNCH OR IN A BREAK – IT ONLY TAKES A SINGLE SECOND OF A LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION FROM ANY OF US TO CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT !
PLEASE USE COMMON SENSE CHOOSING WHEN & WHERE TO DO THE FOLLOWING ; TAKING A SLIP FROM A BOTTLE -OPENING A GEL – LOOKING BEHIND. ALSO WHEN RIDING THROUGH LEAVE AN APPROPRIATE GAP FOR THE RIDER YOU ARE OVERTAKING.
We also ask riders to show the utmost respect to the venue we will be using, so please Leave No Trace – take home any litter with you and use dressing room and toilets provided.

CHAIN GANG / General News

The Wicklow 200 Sunday 11th June

The Wicklow 200 takes place on Sunday, 11th June.  With a new Start/Finish venue in Bray Emmet’s GAA Club, this year’s event is going to be the biggest and best ever.

A survey of last year’s participants showed a high level of satisfaction with the organisation and marshalling of the event and we are proud of the enormous contribution that you, the IVCA members, make to maintaining the Wicklow 200’s reputation as Ireland’s Premier Sportive event.

As you are aware, as a Racing Member of the IVCA, you are required to help out with the running of the event.  Without your assistance, the event simply could not be run to the same high standard.

Our event organisers, led by Alan Heary whom most of you met at our Race Information Days in March, will be in touch with you over the coming days to provide you with details of your marshalling point and time slot for the event.  The organisers will also be in contact with those of you who are not available on the day itself in relation to tasks to be completed in the run up to the event.

Your continued support for the Wicklow 200, which the IVCA has proudly organised for over 35 years, will make a huge contribution to the experience of the participants on 11th June.

 Mick Usher

William Parnell

Kevin McFeely

Barry Swan

Tom O’Connell

 

IVCA Board 

 

CHAIN GANG / Road News

RACE CANCELED TUESDAY 16th MAY

Due to football matches being played on Tuesday evening, Dunsaney GAA club will not be available to us for Tuesday evenings race.
In the absence of a suitable alternative venue the race committee regrettably has no alternative but to cancel Tuesday evenings race.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

CHAIN GANG / General News / Road Racing

Dermot McGrath Memorial Results

A sunny calm day in Roundwood, meant a great morning’s racing which was by no means calm !

There’s some clear patterns emerging across some of the race results .. have you spotted them ? Answers on

postcard to ….

Many thanks to those who marshaled and helped out, and to Brendan Culleton for his excellent photos, Full Album here

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Black and Orange Group – Race 1
Name Race No Club Group Points
Ian Cassidy 716 Fixx Rouleurs G 12
Mark Kidd 717 Fixx Rouleurs G 11
Cathal Miller 739 Clontarf CC G 10
Eoin McGovern 748 Dublin Wheelers G 9
Jason Ludgate 630 IVCA F 8
Frank O’Leary 731 South East Road Club G 7
Daniel Conroy 706 Bray Wheelers G 6
Jason Kelly 711 McNally Swords CC G 5
Gavin Dodd 641 Orwell Wheelers F 4
John Brady 745 Smart Lamp G 3

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White and Green Group – Race 2
Name Race No Club Group Points
Roy Bowden 524 Sorrento CC E 12
Paul Fahy 545 Slaney Cycling Club E 11
Joseph Coleman 525 Velo Club Dynamic E 10
Dale Copas 517 Cuchulainn CC E 9
Barry Cahill 455 Bray Wheelers D 8
Derek Gormley 550 Ratoath Wheelers E 7
Jimmy Flynn 509 Cuchulainn CC E 6
Paul Byrne 458 Slaney Cycling Club D 5
Aidan Delaney 429 Cuchulainn CC D 4
Aidan McKenna 404 Bray Wheelers D 3

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Blue and Purple Group – Race 3
Name Race No Club Group Points
Brendan Keenan 329 Naas CC C 12
Brian Kilbride 303 St Tiernans CC C 11
Nicholas Keegan 327 Fixx Rouleurs C 10
Sean Dunne 313 Bray Wheelers C 9
Bobby Messett 338 Bray Wheelers C 8
Tommy Dempsey 309 Dublin Wheelers C 7
Liam Hogan 325 Tour De Force C 6
Peter Raftery 307 Slipstream Gorey C 5
William Parnell 203 Orwell Wheelers B 4
Brian McNamara 302 Orwell Wheelers C 3

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Name Race No Club Group Points
Bernadette O’Brien 109 McNally Swords CC A 12
Mick Davis 122 Co. Dublin Road Club A 11
Paddy Davis 123 Usher IRC A 10
Colm Conway 121 IVCA A 9
Peter Schweppe 108 Clonard Road Club A 8
Eddie Dunne 113 IVCA A 7
Derek McCullagh 116 IVCA A 6
Des Howe 103 IVCA A 2
JJ Boylan 104 Unlaoised CC A 2

General News / Road News / Road Racing

Dermot McGrath Memorial DMS 75 km Roundwood Details

Registration / Sign on opens @ 8.00am GAA Club Roundwood Co. Wicklow

Marshals please arrive early for your briefing.

The detailed race route is shown below:

KM Road / Route no Description
0km R755 Start – GAA Club Roundwood
4.0km R763 Proceed to cross road 4k before Annamoe – turn left
7km R763 Continue on R763 towards Rilands
9km R763 Turn left – towards Ballyduff
12km R764 Turn left towards Roundwood
14km L764 Left to Reservoir Road
16.5km L764 Continue to right hand turn then up to Weston Gates
17.5k R755 Right for Roundwood then left to GAA Club
70k Course Finish 250Meters after turning onto Reservoir Road

 

ROUTE MAP

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General News / News / Road Racing

Results from RRL-06 Sunday 30th April – The Curragh

Plenty of action last Sunday at the Curragh with harsh windy conditions. Racing was going to be difficult and proved to be the case with each race breaking up on the more exposed sections of the course ! Big thanks to all the marshals and those volunteer time after time to make it happen for all the riders !

Race1 saw a strong break on of 10 riders going away on Lap 1, again Ian Cassidy best of the bunch taking 1st with Fearghal Regan in 2nd and Mark Kidd in 3rd place.

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Race 2 saw the duo of Malcolm Kell of Smart Lamps and Ruairi White Clontarf CC attack with 40km remaining a brave move paid off for them with photo finish Malcolm just taking the win and Roy Bowden taking 3rd out of the bunch finish

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Race 3 saw Nick Keegan sprint to victory out of the bunch to take 1st place, Bobby Messett takes 2nd and Daniel Roberts in 3rd place

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Race 4 Keith Lambourne takes victory again this week ! with Jim Morahan in 2nd and Com Conway in 3rd place

 

Black and Orange Group – Race 1
Ian Cassidy 716 Fixx Rouleurs G 12
Fearghal Regan 719 Kilcullen CC G 11
Mark Kidd 717 Fixx Rouleurs G 10
Neil Delahaye 712 Team Asea G 9
Patrick Deegan 724 IVCA G 8
Cathal Miller 739 Clontarf CC G 7
Jonathan Grimes 740 McNally Swords CC G 6
David Carroll 713 Usher IRC G 5
David Holland 634 Cuchulainn CC F 4
Nathan Hannigan 613 McNally Swords CC F 3

 

White and Green Group – Race 2
Malcolm Kell 504 Smart Lamp E 12
Ruairi White 527 Clontarf CC E 11
Roy Bowden 524 Sorrento CC E 10
Paul Fahy 545 Slaney Cycling Club E 9
Lloyd Scott 544 Smart Lamp E 8
Derek Gormley 550 Ratoath Wheelers E 7
David MacNeaney 406 Bray Wheelers D 6
Graham Synnott 431 Donadea Wheelers D 5
Seán Lally 421 Smart Lamp D 4
Hugh Davis 411 Slipstream Gorey D 3

 

Blue and Purple Group – Race 3
Nicholas Keegan 327 Fixx Rouleurs C 12
Bobby Messett 338 Bray Wheelers C 11
Daniel Roberts 318 Dublin Wheelers C 10
Terence Fennessy 339 IVCA C 9
William McCormack 330 Velo Club Balrothery C 8
Tommy Dempsey 309 Dublin Wheelers C 7
Yvonne Doran 341 Orwell Wheelers C 6
Sean Dunne 313 Bray Wheelers C 5
Andy Campbell 337 Clontarf CC C 4
Ned Costello 215 Sundrive Track B 3

 

Red Group – Race 4
Keith Lambourne 101 Laois CC A 12
Jim Morahan 106 McNally Swords CC A 11
Colm Conway 121 IVCA A 10
Bernadette O’Brien 109 McNally Swords CC A 9
Paddy Davis 123 Usher IRC A 8
Des Howe 103 IVCA A 7
Derek McCullagh 116 IVCA A 6
Mick Davis 122 Co. Dublin Road Club A 5
Eddie Dunne 113 IVCA A 4
Eddie Scully 120 Smart Lamp A 3

CHAIN GANG

Information and Marshal briefing days Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th March

The information and Marshal briefing days are being held in the Spa hotel Lucan on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th March from 2.30pm to 5pm.
All members must attend one of these days.

For those that cannot  make one of the days this  weekend please  email  racecomm2017@theivca.com and we will  be  in touch.

These briefings are part of the IVCA policy to promote  racing in a safe manner.

Please note that NO race packs will be handed out at the first race and you cannot collect race numbers for anyone else on the above dates.

CHAIN GANG

Track Championships Programme Postponed by 24 hrs

Hi All

Due to the adverse weather forecast for Saturday we will postpone the entire national track championships programme by 24 hrs.
Sunday 4th Sept 8.30-9.20 open track
First rider off at 9.30am
Please note riders can choose to ride any event, you are not obliged to ride all events

Thanks

Race Committee

CHAIN GANG / News

The IVCA Track Champs 2016

Hi all,
The IVCA Track Champs will take place on Saturday 3rd September. This is the week before the Masters National Champs and we will be running an identical programme. This will be a great way to prepare for the Masters Nationals.

We will run M40, M50 and M60 programmes if we have minimum 5 in each category. Otherwise categories will be combined. Medals for the 1st 3 in each category.
Programme as follows;
Flying 200m to qualify for sprint. 1st eight to qualify for quarter finals of match sprints. (Maybe 1st four depending on numbers/time)
750m TT M40
500m TT M50/M60
 3km Pursuit M40
 2km Pursuit M50/M60
Scratch race each category (maybe combined depending on numbers/time)
First rider off at 10am
Entry Free.
We need as many riders as possible to make this event a success, particularly M40s. We also need helpers on the day.
If you would like to take part but haven’t ridden on the track before, or haven’t ridden for a while, we will run an accreditation session on Friday evening 26th August if we have a minimum 6 people.
Register now to ride or help eddie09.el@gmail.com stating name and category (M40 etc)
Same address for accreditation
Best Regards,
Aidan – IVCA Race Committee

CHAIN GANG

Event Details Summerhill Tuesday 31/05/16

25k – Lap with Race 1,2 & 3 – 2 laps and Race 4  – 1 lap

Event Timetable
Information Date Time Venue/Location
Registration / Sign on opens 31st May’16 6.30 Community Centre Summerhill
Registration / Sign on closes 31st May’16 7.00 Community Centre Summerhill
Marshal/stewards sign-on 31st May’16 6.30 Community Centre Summerhill
Marshal/stewards briefing 31st May’16 6.45 Community Centre Summerhill
Marshal/stewards etc. in place 31st May’16 7.00 Community Centre Summerhill
Competitor race briefing 31st May’16 7.10 Community Centre Summerhill
Event start 31st May’16 7.15 Community Centre Summerhill

 

Course details:

KM Road /Route no Description
0km L6212 Start outside the community centre in Summerhill
0.1km L6212 /R158 After 100 metres turn left into Summerhill
0.2km R158 Turn left onto R158 towards Trim.
2.1km R158 Go passed the Church
6.5km R158 Go up drag at Trim Quarry. Fast descent from quarry
9.7km R158 /R160 At the Trim roundabout take a left (1st Exit) for Longwood
12.2km R160 Continue passed Trim Golf Club
14.3km R160 Caution: Road narrows
14.9km R160 Continue straight through crossroads
16.2km R160 /R156 Turn Left onto R156 towards Rathmoylon
19km R156 Minor crosswords. Continue
19.7km R156 Caution Rathmoylon church
20km R156 At the Rathmoylon crossroads continue straight on.
20.1 R156 Caution: Right-hand bend.
23.3km R156 Caution: Crossroads. Downhill approach. 1.3 km to Finish
24.6km             R156 Pass finish line to begin next lap
25.0km R156 / R158 Turn left onto R158 to begin next lap
  R156 Finish just before Summerhill GFC sign

 

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