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Time Trial season kicks off this week

The first TT event of the 2017 season (TTL_01) takes place this Tuesday 25th April on the Black Bull 10 mile TT course.  We will be using the usual HQ at Black Bull (1st left on R154 from M3 exit to Trim). The nearest WC facilities are in Batterstown at the garage or the pub.

Sign on will close at 19:00 and the first rider will be off at 19:15.  Marshal briefing is at 19.00 sharp.

For further course details and information see document below.

Good luck to everyone and above all, obey the marshals, look after yourself and other riders, and let’s all stay safe and do it all again next week.  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 where provided.

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CHAIN GANG / General News / Road News

RRL 05 Dundalk Race Details Sunday April 23rd

Sunday’s race Sign-on is at St. Joseph’s GAA grounds  Commons Road, Co Louth
Coordinates 53.932554,-6. 407859

Sign-on Opens at 8.00AM, Race starts at 9.00AM

Marshals please arrive early for your briefing.

Directions 

Take junction 15 Castlebellingham
Turn right top of slip rd. Travel straight in to castlebellingham to major T Junction.  Turn left towards Dundalk. Travel 4km where turn will be sign posted left Commons Road . Proceed to St Joseph’s GAA grounds on right after cross roads
For Google Maps Direction click here
Circuit Details 
Route Description
Race starts at Fane Bridge heading for Dunleer
At Dunleer roundabout race does full 360 and heads back towards Dundalk
At Dorians Pub race turns left heading for Ardee
At Ardee roundabout race takes right turn heading for Dundalk.
At Dundalk M1 roundabout race does full 360 heading back to Ardee
At Ardee Roundabout Race takes left turn heading towards M1 and Dorians Pub
At Dorians pub Race takes a left towards Dundalk and finishes a Fane Bridge
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CHAIN GANG / General News / Road News

Results RRL-04 Sunday 16th April – Kilcullen

Damp and miserable conditions for easter racing greeted the riders for Sundays proceedings, chapeau to all for braving them !

Race 1 saw an early break going clear from the 5km mark and sticking to the end, Cathal Miller of Clontarf CC taking the win ahead of Eoin McGovern DWCC and Diarmuid Collins of Orwell Wheelers taking 3rd.

Race 2 also saw a move going clear splitting the bunch, Stephen O’Brien Blanch Wheelers taking 1st with Roy Bowden of Sorrento in 2nd and Paul Fahy of Slaney CC taking 3rd

Race 3

Slaney CC’s in the points again with Paul Byrne taking the win with Josephy Murphy Marble City Wheelers in 2nd and Tom O’Connell Murphy Surveyors in 3rd

 

Race 4 Fanastic to see a lady winner ! Bernie O’Brien of Swords with a decisive victory, breaking away on the first lap opening up a large gap. She then went on to increase it, winning on her own with minutes to spare. Colm Conway of IVCA coming in 2nd and JJ Boylan of Unlaoised CC in 3rd place.

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Thanks to the race committee and the marshals for another days great racing with the IVCA.

Results below ;

Race 1

Cathal Miller 739 Clontarf CC G 12
Eoin McGovern 748 Dublin Wheelers G 11
Diarmuid Collins 703 Orwell Wheelers G 10
Patrick Deegan 724 IVCA G 9
Paul McKenna 729 Kilcullen Murphy Surveyors G 8
Mark Kiernan 746 Kilcullen CC G 7
Ken O’Neill 749 Orwell Wheelers G 6
Billy Bourke 605 Sorrento CC F 5
Gavin Dodd 641 Orwell Wheelers F 4
Ian O’Hara 721 Lucan Stagg G 3

Race 2

Stephen O’Brien 539 Blanch Wheelers CC E 12
Roy Bowden 524 Sorrento CC E 11
Paul Fahy 545 Slaney Cycling Club E 10
Gerard Murphy 435 Clontarf CC D 9
Aidan Delaney 429 Cuchulainn CC D 8
Barry Cahill 455 Bray Wheelers D 7
Michael Meehan 553 CKRcc E 6
David Bradley 432 Orwell Wheelers D 5
Jason O’Toole 505 McNally Swords CC E 4
Colin Bell 531 Dublin Wheelers E 3

Race 3

Stephen O’Brien 539 Blanch Wheelers CC E 12
Roy Bowden 524 Sorrento CC E 11
Paul Fahy 545 Slaney Cycling Club E 10
Gerard Murphy 435 Clontarf CC D 9
Aidan Delaney 429 Cuchulainn CC D 8
Barry Cahill 455 Bray Wheelers D 7
Michael Meehan 553 CKRcc E 6
David Bradley 432 Orwell Wheelers D 5
Jason O’Toole 505 McNally Swords CC E 4
Colin Bell 531 Dublin Wheelers E 3

Race 4

Bernadette O’Brien 109 McNally Swords CC A 12
Colm Conway 121 IVCA A 11
JJ Boylan 104 Unlaoised CC A 10
Des Howe 103 IVCA A 9
Jim Morahan 106 McNally Swords CC A 8
X X To be confirmed X X
Eddie Dunne 113 IVCA A 6
Paddy Davis 123 Usher IRC A 5
Derek McCullagh 116 IVCA A 4
Eddie Scully 120 Smart Lamp A 3

Leisure News / News

Liam Horner Tour report

The latest round in the Leisure League, the Liam Horner Tour, took place on Sunday 9th April.  A total of 13 riders took part.  A short report on the event, as supplied by Mick Byrne is provided here.  Well done to everyone who took part.

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CHAIN GANG / General News / Leisure News

Dunsany GAA Sportive this Saturday 15th April

Hi all
Dunsany GAA are running a sportive this Saturday 15th April.
They will be having two routes to choose from, a 50K route and an 80K route. The routes are the same as last year. Routes plans are shown below.  Registration is from 8:30/9:00am at the Dunsany GAA clubhouse on Saturday morning 15th April with a start at 10:00am sharp. There will be a refreshment stop in Summerhill at the 40K mark and there will be further refreshments in the clubhouse on completion of the cycle. The cost of the event is €20 per person.
We would ask that as many members as possible support this event in an effort to cement relations between the IVCA and Dunsany GAA
Routes Below 
80K
50k-route
80K Route
80k-route

CHAIN GANG

Next Race Sunday 16th April Brannockstown DMS 9AM

Sign on open from 8.00AM Sunday morning at Killcullen Community Center, Race starts 9AM see map below;

Note

Due to unforeseen circumstances we will NOT be using the Brannockstown circuit this Sunday but the same circuit as the VETs Nationals. Sign remains the SAME !

 

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General News / Road News

Mondello Race 18th April CANCELLED

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Mondello Race 18th April CANCELLED
Due to circumstances beyond the race committee’s control next weeks Tuesday evening race 18th April in Mondello Park has had to be CANCELLED.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Regards
 The Race Committe.
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General News / Road News

Sunday 9th April – Summerhill Results

Some great racing in all groups yesterday, on a fine but chilly start in Summerhill, with wins from Ian Cassidy of Fixx Roulers in Race 1, Ken Power from McNally Swords continues to impress taking the win in Race 2. Declan Crean from Bray Wheelers took the spoils in Race 3 and Keith Lambourne from Laois CC taking Victory in Race 4. Well done to all riders for taking part and keeping it safe !

 

 

Full results below summerhill_casso

Name Race No Club Group Points
Ian Cassidy 716 Fixx Rouleurs G 12
John Brady 745 Smart Lamp G 11
Fearghal Regan 719 Kilcullen CC G 10
Patrick Deegan 724 IVCA G 9
Frank O’Leary 731 South East Road Club G 8
Mark Shields 628 Clonard Road Club F 7
Daniel Conroy 706 Bray Wheelers G 6
Noel Thompson 744 Smart Lamp G 5
Billy Riggs 619 McNally Swords CC F 4
Martin Gray 637 Cuchulainn CC F 3

 

 

Name Race No Club Group Points
Ken Power 419 McNally Swords CC D 12
Stephen O’Brien 539 Blanch Wheelers CC E 11
Paul Fahy 545 Slaney Cycling Club E 10
Roy Bowden 524 Sorrento CC E 9
Gerard Murphy 435 Clontarf CC D 8
Gerry Martin 426 Velo Club Balrothery D 7
Seán Lally 421 Smart Lamp D 6
Paul Hunter 511 McNally Swords CC E 5
Dermot Moyne 501 McNally Swords CC E 4
Barry Roden 515 Clontarf CC E 3

 

Name Race No Club Group Points
Declan Crean 317 Bray Wheelers C 12
Joseph Murphy 321 Marble City Cyclers C 11
Paul Byrne 331 Slaney Cycling Club C 10
Tommy Dempsey 309 Dublin Wheelers C 9
Bobby Messett 338 Bray Wheelers C 8
Paul O’Connell 211 Usher IRC B 7
William McCormack 330 Velo Club Balrothery C 6
Andy Campbell 337 Clontarf CC C 5
Brian McNamara 302 Orwell Wheelers C 4
Ned Costello 215 Sundrive Track B 3

 

Name Race No Club Group Points
Keith Lambourne 101 Laois CC A 12
Jim Morahan 106 McNally Swords CC A 11
Bernadette O’Brien 109 McNally Swords CC A 10
Eddie Scully 120 Tullamore CC A 9
Colm Conway 121 IVCA A 8
Eddie Dunne 113 IVCA A 7
Peter Schweppe 108 Clonard Road Club A 6
Des Howe 103 IVCA A 5
Peter Rice 112 Dublin Wheelers A 4
Patsy FitzSimons 111 Navan Road Club A 3

Leisure News / News

Leisure League – next event 9th April

The next event in the IVCA Leisure League, the Liam Horner Memorial Tour, takes place this coming Sunday, 9th April, from The Grasshopper Inn, Clonee, commencing at 10 am sharp.  Sign-on will be open for about 20 minutes beforehand.

The route will be in the region of 70 km and all IVCA members are welcome to join the spin.

Liam Horner was one of the great domestic riders in the late 1960s and 1970s. He was a national champion and highly respected international, who passed away in 2007 at the age of 59. He won many big races during his cycling career, including the prestigious Manx International in 1967 and the Tour of Ireland in 1972. He also competed in two Olympic games.  Liam was the first Irish rider to forge a relationship with the Belgian Herman Nys, with whom Sean Kelly lived for many years at the start of his professional career.

This is the fourth round in the Dick O’Brien Leisure League.  A report on the previous two rounds is available below.

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CHAIN GANG / General News / News

Gay Farnan R.I.P.

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Denis (Gay) Farnan who passed away after battling a long illness.

Gay was  a valued member of the IVCA Board for many years and made a significant contribution to the development of the Association.  He was also the Leisure/Touring Director of the IVCA for a long period and was an integral part of the Wicklow 200 Committee until recently.  Gay, along with his  family, were heavily involved in organising the WW200 and the West Wicklow and helped to help bring the WW200 to where it is today as Ireland’s Premier Touring event.

We extend our deepest sympathies to his wife, Mary, and to his wider family and friends.

Funeral arrangements are as follows.

Reposing at home on Thursday from 2 o’clock. Removal to the Church of Our Lady Mother of the Church, Castleknock on Friday morning for Requiem Mass at 11 o’clock, followed by burial in Castleknock Churchyard. Family flowers only, please. Donations, if desired, to St. Francis Hospice, Dublin 15.

For full details click here.