Ten mile TT this coming Saturday. Can’t promise a float day but it would be nice to see a good compliment of members out . This is a tough but very good course and an excellent venue.
TTcomm.
See Courses page for details
https://theivca.com/?page_id=342
Yet another tough day for the TTers. Only two of 36 managed to beat handicap and as a major surprise when processing the result I found that yours truly took the top spot. Ian O’Hara took second handicap and Ed O’Brien third. Noel Guinan, Noel Conway and Joe Sheehy filling in the top six.
Ian Cassidy was fastest, way off his best, with Joe Sheehy second, Noel Conway third.
The major prize, Age Standard, was again taken by Ian Cassidy but this time his winning margin was squeezed, in comparison to recent results, to just 36 seconds back for second placed Joe Sheehy and third placed Adrian Byre just a further 24 seconds back. Hugh Davis took 4th, Phil Ormrod 5th and Peter Raftery 6th. A healthy mix of 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s in the result.
The special prize to the fastest Road Bike Rider goes to Sean Curtis with a 1:04:32. All the road bike finishers are awarded 4 points to their respective leagues tally, names will be notified to R Race comm.
A very encouraging turnout of 36 riders and a full compliment of marshals, timekeepers and Medic made for a smoothly run, safe and socially pleasant morning with refreshments in Mother Hubbards after the event. Without doubt our best HQ. Also our best 25 TT course albeit with the road surface deteriorating a lot. ( any one got an inside track to the council out there ? 🙂 ).
I’m a bit jaded so if anyone has any E & O E’s to report please do so.
Phil.
PS. Those I have spoken to are in favour of shifting our last 25, the Al Fresco, from Batterstown to Moy Valley as we all consider it the best course. TT com.. will discuss this and send out confirmation or otherwise.
Phil.
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Sunday 25th June, 2017.
HQ is at Mother Hubbards truck stop, Moy Valley, where we have ample parking space, toilet facilities available and also refreshments after the event. See courses link above.
First man of is at 0900.
Hoping for a good turnout and fine weather.
Phil.
Super day, super hard course, super venue.
Just nine riders plus timekeepers and four marshals out for the best conditions of the season to date. Excellent service of coffee tea and scones in the restaurant made for a very enjoyable morning out.
Ian remains unbeatable on age standard and fastest time, beating last years effort to create a new course record. Clear winner on Handicap knocking 3′ 13″ off previous best was Rodney Joyce. The two Ians’ and Phil also improved handicap times the three covered by only 0.06 % difference.
Next Sunday is the 25 TT Championship at Moy Valley. It is hoped that a good number of the road men will come out and try a ride against the clock. RR League points will accrue to those who do. The same applies to the 50 TT Championship on Sunday 6th August. More detail on that to follow.
Phil.
A fine, warm evening with not too much of a breeze welcomed twenty riders, timekeeper Harry and a full compliment of marshals to Mother Hubbards.
Six riders beat handicap but the star performance of the evening was from Hugh with a 1:0:57 new age 70 record and taking the Age standard win.
Best on handicap was Rodney who added to an earlier 10 mile handicap improvement and having a great season so far. Special mention of a great road bike ride by Barry of 1:00:34 in a too seldom turn up at the TT’s. I’ve been trying to get Barry to ride more TT’s since he was a novice in Sutton Road Club with me over 30 years ago 🙂 Delighted to hear the a TT bike purchase is on the cards.
Also great to welcome Eoin back, kudos is due for a brave and positive approach to managing his medical condition.
Fastest on the course was Joe Sheehy with a fine 56:33 also a PB and third place on handicap.
Next event is next Saturday morning , June 3rd, at Hatchet Inn.
Phil.
A very disappointing turn in the weather brought about an equally disappointing turnout of only eighteen riders for the IVCA 10 mile TT Championship on Saturday morning.
Thanks to Michael, Ger and Kevin for the timekeeping and to Conor, Sean, Brian and Declan for the marshalling.
Persistent rain and a pesky breeze made for a tough ride, also difficult due to rain washed visors making visibility very much hampered. In spite of that four riders managed to squeeze a few seconds off their handicap the best of whom was Paddy Davis so kudos due to them.
Ian, Hugh and Ed took the gold, silver and bronze medals on the Age Standard result. A close look at the “ plusses “ shows up the quality of Ian and Hugh, two elite riders at opposite ends of the ag spectrum. Ian 56 seconds ahead of Hugh and Hugh 1’ 17” ahead of Ed, but Ed and the next eight riders with an age span of 31 years are all within a minute of each other. I do believe that this indicates that the slope of the age standard curve is as good as we can get.
We are back to Moy Valley on Tuesday for a 25 TT. Accuweather gives a better forecast than today ? We can but hope.
Phil.
A fine warm evening for the twenty one riders and a full compliment of Timekeepers and Marshals. Many thanks to those that make it all possible.
I’ve never thought of this course as one for the setting of records, but what do I know!
Ian, Hugh and Patsy all laid down new age records while Ian ( again 🙂 ), Noel and Oliver revised their handicaps downwards. Congratulations to all.
Next TT this coming Saturday is the Ten Mile TT Championship at Moy Valley. First man off at 0915 when we hope to see a number of our road racing comrades making an effort against the clock when, for the first time in a while, participation points are available for the RR leagues. This applies to all three TT Championships.
Phil.
A fine but cool and SW breezy morning welcomed 16 riders, time keepers and marshals to Mother Hubbards HQ on Saturday morning. It looked like a tough return trip from Enfield was in store and so it was to be.
Continuing his runaway form Ian was again Fastest and Age Standard winner with another 20 minute ride, this time 58 seconds short of his 19:59 goal.
Noel Guinan took the top spot on handicap with a new PB, a goal also achieved by Pat , Rodney and Ian.
Ten of us enjoyed the hospitality of the café afterwards and as we left for home the weather broke and the rain arrived, good timing.
Thanks to Harry and Paul on the watches and Deanne and Thomas marshaling the roundabout turn.
Phil.
Report when I get back from holiday next week.
Hope result is ok, bit of pressure on 🙂
Phil
| Licence Name | Gender | Age | Actual Time | Actual Time Pos. |
| Ian Cassidy | M | 43 | 00:20:21 | 1 |
| Joe Sheehy | M | 50 | 00:22:20 | 2 |
| Mark Kidd | M | 48 | 00:22:21 | 3 |
| Noel Conway | M | 45 | 00:22:24 | 4 |
| Ed O’Brien | M | 42 | 00:22:24 | 5 |
| Pat Byrne | M | 53 | 00:22:40 | 6 |
| Aidan Yates | M | 43 | 00:23:08 | 7 |
| Ian O’Hara | M | 45 | 00:23:25 | 8 |
| Rodney Joyce | M | 50 | 00:23:33 | 9 |
| Adrian Byrne | M | 64 | 00:23:49 | 10 |
| Linus Devlin | M | 53 | 00:23:55 | 11 |
| Barry Cahill | M | 43 | 00:23:59 | 12 |
| Hugh Davis | M | 70 | 00:24:09 | 13 |
| Stephen Walsh | M | 48 | 00:24:16 | 14 |
| Peter Raftery | M | 64 | 00:24:22 | 15 |
| Tom Malone | M | 59 | 00:24:27 | 16 |
| Barry Timmins | M | 52 | 00:24:41 | 17 |
| Thomas Kabs | M | 40 | 00:24:46 | 18 |
| Mick Usher | M | 63 | 00:25:09 | 19 |
| Colm Cassidy | M | 60 | 00:25:15 | 20 |
| Tommy Dempsey | M | 56 | 00:25:26 | 21 |
| David Corr | M | 50 | 00:25:49 | 22 |
| Phil Ormrod | M | 73 | 00:25:58 | 23 |
| Gerry Gaston | M | 63 | 00:27:12 | 24 |
| Jimmy Murphy | M | 61 | 00:27:20 | 25 |
| Brian Kane | M | 42 | 00:27:32 | 26 |
| Paddy Davis | M | 74 | 00:27:55 | 27 |
| Donal Gleeson | M | 46 | 00:28:19 | 28 |
| Brendan Byrne | M | 67 | 00:28:32 | 29 |
| Eddie Dunne | M | 73 | 00:29:09 | 30 |
| Patsy FitzSimons | M | 83 | 00:32:54 | 31 |
| Noel Guinan | M | 49 | dnf | 32 |
Fifteen riders, two timekeepers and no marshals showed up on a bright but cold and windy morning at The Hatchet Inn. The new management of the Inn made us very welcome and look forward to us continuing to use the venue.
The age standard category was again won by Ian with another elite class performance followed by Joe and Ken in second and third. Joe won on handicap and was the only rider to beat handicap on the day, kudos due for that.
The marshaling issue will be addressed elsewhere as it’s a point we can’t compromise on.
Next TT is Tuesday evening, 9th at Kilcock. Forecast is good as of now and we hope for another good evening turnout as last week and good times on our first visit there this season.
See y’all there,
Phil.
Unforeseen circumstances arose last week resulted in no report appearing so I’ll catch up here.
We had a great turnout of 33 riders for the Tom Dempsey 10 TT. and also a full compliment of marshals so all went well except for an unpleasant altercation with an Irate and non to reasonable motor cyclist. Hugh was a clear winner on age standard while second, Neil, down to eighth place were all within a minute of each other whilst another minute cover the next eight.
It was a great night in spite of the cold and wind with ten riders beating handicap so a lot of satisfied folks around.
Comiserations to Ian who punctured whilst on a super fast ride ( again 🙂 ).
Thanks to Harry and Paul on timekeeping duties. On this note we all record our best wishes to Dave Cormack for continued recovery from his horrendous accident which is looking like being for some time yet.
Phil.
