The Irish Veteran Cyclists Association
Racing Since 1966
A fine calm morning, Just a bit of drizzle out Trim way for the turn.
Seven pairs lined up for the start and all finished intact. Just one mixed pair among them.
William Parnell and Ned Costello take the trophy riding to just 13 seconds of estimated time, the only ones within a minute of estimate.
Next Sunday, 1st September draws the season to a close with the Kilmacanogue Hill Climb. We hope to see a good turnout.
Phil.
ttcomm@theivca.com
Photo’s courtesy of Tom O’Connell.
A great day had by all. Really lucky with the weather window.
Many thanks to Hugh, Stephen, John and Tom for the organization on the day.
Results to follow in a separate post.
Phil.
Just 12 riders turned out for a final attempt to improve FAR / BAR times and were greeted by a fine and relatively calm morning.
Only eight of the scheduled twelve marshals turned up for duty leaving us very short with four roundabouts to be marshalled. Thanks to those who showed up. The defaulters will be sanctioned by racecomm.
Six of the twelve riders managed to post seasons bests showing the importance of the options day opportunity. Also having moved it to an earlier date was shown to have been a good move by ttcomm.
Now to the task of checking and sorting before producing the final results.
Phil.
ttcomm@theivca.com
One week after wining the Sonny Cullen Memorial, Sean Bracken delivered two-in-a-row at the IVCA Road Race Championship on 27th August.
On a windy and overcast day, this Age-Standard race came down to a sprint between a small group of 8 riders. The tireless Sean Lally put in a tremendous ride in the windy conditions, out on his own for 75Km, and only caught in the last 4Km. Behind him, a group of the strongest riders from other age categories had formed and worked hard together, never missing a beat, to chase down the leader.
At the line, it was Bracken who took the sprint for gold, followed by Terry Ferris in the silver medal position and Hugh David taking bronze.
A tough day at the office for the nine riders with the remnants of Storm Gert battering us on the outward leg. Probably most having one of their slowest ever outward legs followed by a correspondingly fast return. As always though the aggregate is a disappointing time. It would have been no surprise if no one had beaten handicap but Tony O’Malley managed to beat the odds.
Pat Byrne is the winner on Age Standard from Joe Sheehy and Ken O’Neill with each gap just two seconds.
Ken was Fastest ahead of Joe and Tony.
I’ll highlight the final league tables in a later posting after checking. Anyone with queries shout quick and loud please. Hopefully there will be no changes from what you will see on the relevant result pages .
Thanks to Harry for the timing. No marshals to thank this week but all got around safely. Thanks also to our paramedic for the watchful eye.
BAR / FAR Options day next week 27th to round of the season apart from the Two up and the hillclimb after a few weeks rest.
Phil.
Next Sunday (20th August) sees the highlight of the IVCA racing calendar, the Road Race Championship, taking place. This event is run as an Age CP, i.e. a single race handicapped on age. The time gaps between the age categories are provided below.
Due to traffic diversions in Co. Meath as a result of the Dublin Ironman event, the IVCA race will now take place over 3 laps of the Kilcullen circuit, with sign-on at Kilcullen Community Centre from 8.00 am to 8.45 am. First riders will be off at 9 am.
Riders will start in 5-year age groupings, based on their year of birth – i.e. the age they will reach by 31st December 2017. If you are riding the event, the attached list shows the group you will start with, based on your year of birth.
A Women’s Championship and trophy will be incorporated into the race provided a minimum of 5 women riders start the event. Each woman competitor will ride in the age category above her actual age (e.g. a woman aged 40 will start with the 45-49 age group, a woman aged 49 will start in the 50-54 age group, etc). With an increase this year in the number of women racing with the IVCA, this is a great opportunity for an IVCA Women’s champion to be crowned for the first time ever.
Time Gaps for IVCA Age CPs (as agreed at 2014 AGM)
(1) 80 years and upwards at Go. = 0 mins.
(2) 75 – 79 @ 10 minutes = + 10 mins.
(3) 70 – 74 @ 16 minutes = + 6 mins.
(4) 65 – 69 @ 22 minutes = + 6 mins.
(5) 60 – 64 @ 28 minutes = + 6 mins.
(6) 55 – 59 @ 33 minutes = + 5 mins.
(7) 50 – 54 @ 38 minutes = + 5 mins.
(8) 45 – 49 @ 40 mins 30secs. = + 2 min. 30 secs.
(9) 40 – 44 @ 41 mins 30 secs = + 1 min.
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Next Sunday’s race (13th August) is the Sonny Cullen Memorial. Sonny was one of the top riders of the 1950s and ’60s. He was an Irish international and represented Ireland at Olympics in Rome in 1960. On the domestic scene he was a multiple winner of the prestigious Jack Woodcock Memorial and a regular victor in the IVCA.
Sunday’s race takes place on the Green Sheds circuit, with sign-on at Dunsaney GAA club.
There will be four separate races, with the Sonny Cullen trophy being contested by Race 1 (Scratch & Semi-Scratch.
For those of you who like the nostalgia of 1960s cycling, check out: http://www.muse-ette.com/2014/01/from-archives1950s-road-racing-in.html
A fine evening, possibly the best conditions of the season. Just fifteen riders and again a full compliment of marshals and timekeepers plus the Medic , whom I seem to have been overlooking ( apologies for that ) to look after the riders.. Thankfully the recently chipped road surface was not too loose but it was certainly rough.
Fergal May was fastest and also took the Age Standard points closely followed by Ken O’Neil and Joe Sheehy in second and third, again in actual time and age standard categories.
Colm Cassidy won on handicap followed Oliver Bright and Peter Raftery..
So that’s the last of the TTL League
and just Johnstown Bridge on the 19th to complete the Saturday League series.
After Sundays miserable weather I suspect we may have a good turnout on options day on the 27th to bring the BAR and FAR competitions to a close.
The League positions are available to see on the results sheets but I’ll post a separate summary on those and the after the options day results are processed.
ttcomm@theivca
Phil.
A miserable cool, wet and breezy morning greeted 19 starters at Mother Hubbards.
Thanks to the full compliment of marshals and Harry and Paul on the watches.
Congratulations and kudos to Hugh Davis on a fine 2:07:23 for a plus 26:16 and another Gold Medal to add to his tally.
Pat Byrne with a 1:58:23 for +23:09 takes the Silver Medal.
Joe Sheehy with a 1:59:34 for + 20:29 takes the Bronze Medal.
Adrian Byrne, 2:07:50, +20:17. Tony O’Malley, 1:58:26, +19:11 and Peter Raftery, 2:10:48, +17:19 take the minor places.
First on Handicap Rodney Joyce making a massive improvement on last year followed by Colm Cassidy also with a big improvement and equally Pat Byrne in third. Peter Raftery, Ed O’Brien and Ian O’Hara took the minor handicap placings.
Fastest on the Day, Pat Byrne, followed by Tony O’Malley and Joe Sheehy.
Jimmy Murphy fastest of the two road bikes the other being Bernadette O’Brien, both making their first attempt at the 50 mile test and now with handicaps to shoot at next time.
The Options 25/50 is just two weeks away, on the 27th, providing the last chance for 2017 BAR / FAR qualifying times. Is it to much to ask for clement conditions 🙂
Tuesday 8th sees the last of the midweek racing. Be nice to see a good turn out from the road men.
The final Saturday League TT is at Johnstown Bridge on the 19th.
I’m short on current TT photographs so Tony gets the honour this week for making the fifty his first TT of the season.:-)
ttcom@theivca
Phil.
