Monthly Archive: May 2016

CHAIN GANG / TT News

17’05’16. Oliver Bright 10 TT. Kilcock.

Message from TTcomm. Please remember, rear lights are compulsory in TT’s.
Be safe, Be seen. Don’t go for an excuse for a light either, what price saving a euro or two versus saving your life? This is just highlighting our IVCA TT rules of time trialling.
But why not use a rear light every time you throw your leg over the bike? It won’t cost you much money. It won’t cost you any speed. but it might just mean that the driver behind sees you rather than creams you.

Think about it.

Please.

Phil.

CHAIN GANG

Grimes Horses Home at the Curragh

 

Very fitting that McNally Swords take two wins at the Curragh on their Club’s 30th Anniversey yesterday. Race 1 saw massive splits after an initial break containing Jason Kelly, Jason Ludgate, Barry Swan, Patrick Deegan, Billy Bourke, Jonathan Grimes and Tony O’Malley. This group were shortly joined by 10 plus escapees lead by Joe Christan, Neil Delahaye, Dylan Rafter and Mark Keiran. On the last lap Jonathan Grimes (SwordsCC) made his move last time up Boston hill holding off the leading group by 10 secs, with Neil Delahaye of Team Asea in 2nd and Mark Kiernan of Kilcullen in 3rd.

Race 2 was won in Similar style with David Holland of Cuchulainn CC  holding off the bunch to take victory followed by Joseph Coleman of Velo Club Dynamic in 2nd, and Rodney Joyce of St Tiernans CC taking the bunch gallop.

Gerard Murphy of Clontarff CC took the victory in Race 3 with Eoin Delaney (LCRC) in 2nd and Graham Synnott (Donadea Wheelers) taking 3rd spot.

Race 4 saw the spoils going to SwordsCC man Jim Morahan who was first passed the post, with Des Howe Newbridge CC in 2nd and  Derek McCullagh IVCA in 3rd.

Thanks to all the Marshalls and to Brendan Culleton for his fantastic photos.

Click here to see Photos from the day

Race 1
Jonathan Grimes 623 McNally Swords CC F 12
Neil Delahaye 732 Team Asea G 11
Mark Kiernan 729 Kilcullen CC G 10
Joe Christian 720 Gorey CC G 9
Paul McKenna 740 Kilcullen Murphy Surveyors G 8
Dylan Rafter 713 IVCA G 7
Fearghal Regan 715 Elysium Cyclo G 6
Patrick Deegan 736 IVCA G 5
Brian Byrne 605 IVCA F 4
Billy Bourke 707 Sorrento CC G 3

 

Race 2
David Holland 514 Cuchulainn CC E 12
Joseph Coleman 529 Velo Club Dynamic E 11
Rodney Joyce 447 St Tiernans CC D 10
Daniel Conroy 413 Bray Wheelers D 9
Damien Nelson 560 Irish Road Club E 8
David McDonald 515 Bikeworx (Celbridge) E 7
Seán Lally 451 Smart Lamp D 6
Andy Brady 408 Virginia Triathlon C C D 5
Stephen Fennell 551 Dublin Wheelers E 4
Jason O’Toole 524 McNally Swords CC E 3

 

Race 3
Gerard Murphy 317 Clontarf CC C 12
Eoin Delaney 315 LCRC C 11
Graham Synnott 319 Donadea Wheelers C 10
Gerry Jameson 318 Blanch Wheelers CC C 9
Ned Costello 215 Sundrive Track B 8
Liam Hogan 326 Tour De Force C 7
John Lawless 323 Velo Club Dynamic C 6
Seán Darragh 221 Donadea Wheelers B 5
Brian McNamara 304 Orwell Wheelers C 4
Declan Weldon 311 Clonard Road Club C 3

 

Race 4
Jim Morahan 106 McNally Swords CC A 12
Des Howe 102 Newbridge CC A 11
Derek McCullagh 117 IVCA A 10
Oliver Bright 111 Lakeside Wheelers A 9
Eddie Dunne 118 IVCA A 8
Kevin Simms 108 IVCA A 7

CHAIN GANG

Sat TT_03. Hatchet Inn. 14/05/2016.

A fine morning, not cold, not wet and not too much breeze. This course is no drag strip but it produced a new Age 42 Record of 21:26 for Ian Cassidy, lowering John Orams’ 2010 mark by 9 seconds. Well done Ian.

A very good turnout of 22 riders, the best since we started the Saturday morning series.

Next TT is Tuesday next, 17th, Oliver Bright 10 TT at Kilcock.

CHAIN GANG / TT News

Sat TT_03. Hatchet Inn Pub course. 14/05/2016.

Good morning Testers. We are back to the Hatchet Inn Pub course tomorrow.
Please take note of exec’s circulation re. discretion at the venue as we do not have the facilities of the pub this season. It’s in new hands and we don’t yet have contact with the new owners. Forecast looks promising 🙂
Phil.

TT News

Hattons Saturday Series TT Results 07/05/2016

May is it ? Summers here is it ? Well only 8 hardmen or madmen turned out for yesterdays 10 Mille TT at Hattons between Summerhill and Kilcock. Lets just say the challenge was n’t just to go fast on 2 wheels, but also to stay upright on 2 wheels.  The conditions on the return leg were brutal to say the least poor visibility and high winds,  and the downpours continued from 9.00 am and well after we had finished on the sporting course. Thanks to all the marshalls/medics and to Hattons where hot tea and coffee were most welcome trying to get warm after the test.

Winning time by Paul Dolan with a 23’30” pictured below from last week, Dave Carroll 15 seconds behind in 2nd, hope he recovers ok after a crash he had after the finish. Full Results below, and all TT results are now update to here  

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IVCA No. Licence Name Gender Age Handicap Time Age Std Time Finish time Actual Time Actual Time Pos. Nett Age Std Time Age Std Pos. Age Std Points.
1255 Paul Dolan M 49 00:22:34 00:25:54 00:31:30 00:23:30 1 02:24 1 10
1427 David Carroll M 45 00:22:01 00:25:36 00:30:45 00:23:45 2 01:51 2 9
1224 Pat Byrne M 52 00:23:20 00:26:08 00:29:35 00:24:35 4 01:33 3 8
1387 Tony O’Malley M 44 00:20:00 00:25:31 00:25:21 00:24:21 3 01:10 4 7
1541 Eamonn Walsh M 57 00:24:54 00:26:31 00:32:26 00:26:26 6 00:05 5 6
1040 Phil Ormrod M 72 00:24:25 00:28:20 00:32:21 00:28:21 7 -00:01 6 5
1402 Stephen Walsh M 47 00:24:16 00:25:45 00:28:21 00:26:21 5 -00:36 7 4
1277 Michael Moore M 48 #N/A 00:25:49 00:34:11 00:31:11 8 -05:22 8 3

Report by Tony O’Malley

General News / Leisure News

Mind the Gaps Leisure Tour

The Mind the Gaps Leisure Tour is scheduled for this coming Sunday, 8th May, commencing at 9 am.

The event will start from the Cycle Superstore in Tallaght. Car parking space will be available either in the carpark or on the public road opposite the shop. Please note that the Superstore has moved premises since the start of this year and is now located on Airton Road in Tallaght. A map of their location is at the following link:

https://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewContent.asp?idpage=1

We have no Touring Secretary this year and no-one has volunteered to organise this event, so the route is not marked and there will be no organised back-up support.

However, the usual route for this event has been Tallaght – Blessington – Hollywood – Left at Hollywood towards Glendalough – Laragh (opportunity for tea stop) – Glenmacnass (take a left immediately on leaving Laragh on the Roundwood Road) – Sally Gap – Manor Kilbride – Tallaght.

A map of this route (using The Square as a reference point) is attached.

The route is a little over 100Km. Care is advised on the descents, particularly off the Sally Gap. This is a tough mountainous cycle, but an ideal preparation for anyone planning to ride the Wicklow 200/100 in June.

The Board would be delighted to hear from anyone who would be willing to take the lead in co-ordinating the remaining Leisure Tours (other than the WW 200 which is already in hand). This does not require you be a member of the Board.

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General News / Road News / Road Racing

Next Road Event Sunday 8th May : Venue Changed to Monasterevin

Due to roadworks on the circuit in Roundwood the race committee has no alternative but to move next Sundays race.

The Dermot McGrath memorial races will now be held in monasterevin with the Dermot McGrath Cup going to the winner of race 3

 

It’s very important that when you sign-on at each race that you have your racing card swiped otherwise you won’t be listed on the start sheet ! So please ensure arrive early and in plenty of time.
Marshals please arrive at least 30 mins before the race start for your briefing.

Safe Riding and Enjoy !

Sign on Opens 8:15 AM at the GAA Club Monasterevin

Start time : 9.00 AM

Start Location :  Junction of R445 / R417

DMS Event of  4 laps – 89.6km, 3 laps – 67.2km and 2 laps 44.8km

Marshall Briefing will be at 8:30 AM

Course Details

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KM Road / Route no Description
0 km R445 / R417 Rolling Start – Race Neutralised for 1km
600m R417 Cross finish line
1km R147 Start racing at top of the hill towards Kildangan
4.2km R147 Enter Kildangan
4.5km R417 / L3004 Turn left onto L3004 towards Kildare town – Caution Ramps
4.7km L3004 Cross over railway bridge – Caution telegraph pole on the left on the roadway
7.3km L3004 / L7005 Straight at Duneany cross towards Kildare Town
13.8km L3004 / R445 Turn left onto R445 towards Monasterevin
14.5km R445 Caution “S”  bend over railway bridge
19.7km R445 / Junction 14 Mayfield Straight on towards Monasterevin
22.4km R445 / R417 Turn left onto R417 – Start next lap

 

CHAIN GANG / General News / IVCA Racing Masters / TT News

IVCA Racing Masters and Standard Kit.

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I have just a few items of kit left.
Looking to see if there is enough demand to warrant purchasing another batch.
Please mail Phil at philormrod@hotmail.com if interested.
Will seek updated price list if enough response.

Apologies for the manequins, Kate Moss was unavailable