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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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CHAIN GANG / General News / Road News

Road Race Results The Curragh 30/05/16

 

Race 1
Joe Christian 720 Gorey CC G 12
Neil Delahaye 732 Team Asea G 11
Jason Ludgate 621 IVCA F 10
Dylan Rafter 713 IVCA G 9
Diarmuid Collins 712 Orwell Wheelers G 8
Patrick Deegan 736 IVCA G 7
Paul McKenna 740 Kilcullen Murphy Surveyors G 6
Michael Kinsella 746 Obelisk G 5
Aidan Yates 701 Usher IRC G 4
Brian Morrissey 607 McNally Swords CC F 3

 

Race 2
David Holland 514 Cuchulainn CC E 12
Jimmy Flynn 525 Cuchulainn CC E 11
Joseph Coleman 529 Velo Club Dynamic E 10
Daniel Conroy 413 Bray Wheelers D 9
Mark McGarry 436 Sorrento CC D 8
Rodney Joyce 447 St Tiernans CC D 7
Simon Wallace 453 Naas CC D 6
Adrian Byrne 402 Garda CC D 5
Jimmy Stagg 526 Lucan Stagg E 4
Gerard Murphy 429 Clontarf CC D 3

 

Race 3
David MacNeaney 309 Bray Wheelers C 12
Sean Dunne 332 Bray Wheelers C 11
Graham Synnott 319 Donadea Wheelers C 10
Brian Kilbride 303 St Tiernans CC C 9
John Tracey 324 Bray Wheelers C 8
Gerry Jameson 318 Blanch Wheelers CC C 7
Peter Raftery 331 Slipstream Gorey C 6
William Parnell 225 IVCA B 5
Brian McNamara 304 Orwell Wheelers C 4
Aidan McKenna 301 Bray Wheelers C 3

CHAIN GANG / TT News

IVCA 10 TT Championship, Moy valley, 28/05/16.

All went off well with the use of Mother Hubbards as HQ a great improvement on the previous location. Several of us went in for refreshments post race. This facility really adds to the enjoyment although obviously many have to get back to family commitments. We had a slightly disappointing turnout of just 23 riders but a full compliment of marshals to whom thanks. Also to our timekeepers without whom we have no time trials.
We had a fine morning, 14c, but with a nuisance of North Easterly blowing to make the outward leg difficult and by no means a free ride home.
Congratulations are due to :-
Neil Delahaye on the win on Age Standard and also fastest actual with a great time of 20:55.
Second on Age and actual was Paul Dolan with 21:55, good enough for second handicap also.
Third on age standard and handicap, Ciara Kinch, with a fine ride of 24:05.
Aiden Yates was third fastest with 23:25.
First handicap went to Colm Conway who was the best of the five improvers on the day.
This Moy Valley course is not great and the road surface is deteriorating. I am hopeful that our next outing to Johnstown Bridge will confirm that to be our best ten mile course.
Saturday next, 4th June we are back to Rathcoffey for a shot at an odd distance TT of about 22 km which should be interesting. This is to avoid the rather tight start / fin we used for the ten there which we have deemed unsafe. The start is just past the Clane boundary at a very good and wide start fin area.
Phil.

 

Apologies to Noel Conway who’s finish time was inadvertently omitted from yesterdays result.
Noel finished 3rd fastest in a time of 22:15 so unfortunately Aiden and the rest of us get pushed down a place. Noels time, also a PB gained him 4th on handicap again pushing Deanne and the rest of us down a place.
Revised result publishing follows this message.
Phil.

CHAIN GANG / General News / TT News

TTL_04. Fred Smith 25 TT. Black Bull, 24/05/16.

A tough night at Black Bull for the Fred Smith 25 TT.
Although we had a bit of sun about a cool easterly made for difficult return trip. Always a very hard course, but this direction wind made it worse. Nevertheless it was a good night for some.
Congratulations to Hughie on a great Age Standard win in a new age 69 record time of 1:00:50, shaving 1:11 off Fred Harte’s 2008 record.
Only three beat handicap on the night the best of which by a large margin being a new PB for Deanne with 1:10:44 to claim the Fred Smith Trophy 2016.
Fastest on the night was newcomer Joe Sheehy with 0:58:04, one of five who managed to get under the hour.
Next event is the 10 Mile TT Championship at Moy Valley on Saturday 28th. We have moved our HQ for the Moy Valley TT’s to Mother Hubbards Truck Stop just up the road from where we’ve been in recent years. Members are request to keep to the left hand side of the car park and as ever to use absolute discretion whilst changing. Toilet facilities are available in the café.
Phil.

IVCA No. Licence Name Gender Age Handicap Time Age Std Time Actual Time Actual Time Pos.
1060 Hugh Davis M 69 00:59:51 01:12:36 01:00:50 8
1539 Joe Sheehy M 49 00:50:00 01:06:49 00:58:04 1
1427 David Carroll M 45 00:54:56 01:06:02 00:58:23 3
1339 Noel Conway M 44 00:58:36 01:05:50 00:58:16 2
1348 Ciara Kinch F 43 01:05:30 01:10:53 01:03:50 14
1101 Mick Usher M 62 00:50:00 01:09:56 01:03:08 9
1085 Eddie Mongey M 65 00:50:00 01:10:57 01:04:11 17
1040 Phil Ormrod M 72 01:04:20 01:14:08 01:07:57 21
1420 Ian O’Hara M 44 00:50:00 01:05:50 00:59:49 5
1486 Gavin Dodd M 42 00:50:00 01:05:25 00:59:49 4
1379 Will Byrne M 43 00:50:00 01:05:38 01:00:11 6
1141 Tom Malone M 58 01:01:49 01:08:48 01:03:27 11
1540 Aogan Lynch M 41 00:50:00 01:05:12 01:00:40 7
1137 Karl Gallagher M 58 01:03:37 01:08:48 01:04:19 18
1541 Eamonn Walsh M 57 00:50:00 01:08:33 01:04:05 16
1096 Peter Raftery M 63 01:04:03 01:10:15 01:06:07 19
1259 Mark Prendergast M 49 00:57:32 01:06:49 01:03:36 13
1527 Donal Gleeson M 45 00:50:00 01:06:02 01:03:18 10
1519 John Kehoe M 47 00:50:00 01:06:25 01:03:58 15
1123 Colm Cassidy M 59 01:06:08 01:09:03 01:06:37 20
1368 Paul Kelly M 42 00:50:00 01:05:25 01:03:35 12
1103 Gerry Gaston M 62 01:05:31 01:09:56 01:09:11 23
1311 Deanne Sanders F 45 01:14:42 01:11:19 01:10:44 24
1390 Donagh McArdle M 48 01:04:02 01:06:37 01:08:06 22
1077 Brendan Byrne M 66 01:07:36 01:11:19 01:14:17 25
1090 Colm Conway M 64 01:12:13 01:10:35 01:15:43 26
1045 Oliver Bright M 72 01:23:02 01:14:08 01:25:15 27
Timing #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A -00:28:00 28
1172 Dave Cormack M 55 #N/A 01:08:04 -00:29:00 29
1238 Michael Kinsella M 51 #N/A 01:07:13 -00:30:00 30
Marshals #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A -00:31:00 31
1002 Kevin Simms M 84 01:22:02 01:24:31 -00:32:00 32
1004 Patsy FitzSimons M 82 01:14:50 01:22:05 -00:33:00 33
1156 Noel Kelly M 57 #N/A 01:08:33 -00:34:00 34
1185 Noel Thompson M 55 01:01:29 01:08:04 -00:35:00 35
1205 Mick Scully M 53 #N/A 01:07:38 36
1421 Paul O’Connell M 71 #N/A 01:13:35 37
1477 Stephen McNally M 50 #N/A 01:07:01 38

CHAIN GANG / General News / TT News

Saturday Series Results Johnstown Bridge 21/05/16.

First trial of this newly selected course. Far less than ideal conditions but it looks like it may have great potential, probably the best road surface of any of our courses. We are investigating the use of the Hotel Car Park and facilities in the village for our next outing there on July 30th.

If anyone is riding out that way regularly in the evenings a traffic assessment after 1915 would be appreciated so we can see if the course would be useable for mid week TT’s.

We had the start finish a little wrong to the tune of about 70 metres short which we will correct next time. My garmin gave 16.03 km.

The climbing element of the course is almost exactly the same as Kilcock at 78 metres. Will make the same comparison for Moy Valley next Saturday.

Another great ride by Ian blew the rest of the field away whilst at the other end of the age spectrum I’m confirming that hard days get a lot harder as you get older. 🙂 Ian 4% slower than handicap. Me 13% slower. It won’t come as any surprise that no one beat handicap, Colm Conway being the closest 1.62% off his handicap.

Phil.

IVCA No. Licence Name Gender Age Handicap Time Age Std Time Finish time Actual Time Actual Time Pos.
1505 Ian Cassidy M 42 00:20:28 00:25:22 00:32:16 00:21:16 1
1348 Ciara Kinch F 43 00:24:35 00:27:29 00:38:02 00:25:02 4
1398 Aidan Yates M 42 00:23:16 00:25:22 00:30:43 00:23:43 2
1420 Ian O’Hara M 44 00:20:00 00:25:31 00:38:12 00:24:12 3
1141 Tom Malone M 58 00:23:22 00:26:36 00:35:22 00:25:22 5
1541 Eamonn Walsh M 57 00:24:54 00:26:31 00:29:40 00:25:40 7
1040 Phil Ormrod M 72 00:24:25 00:28:20 00:36:42 00:27:42 10
1259 Mark Prendergast M 49 00:22:29 00:25:54 00:31:34 00:25:34 6
1258 Rodney Joyce M 49 00:24:29 00:25:54 00:41:10 00:26:10 9
1518 Tom Cummins M 42 00:20:00 00:25:22 00:28:56 00:25:56 8
1103 Gerry Gaston M 62 00:26:04 00:26:56 00:33:24 00:28:24 11
1083 Seán Darragh M 65 00:27:38 00:27:16 00:41:45 00:29:45 13
1090 Colm Conway M 64 00:29:51 00:27:09 00:38:20 00:30:20 14
1277 Michael Moore M 48 00:20:01 00:25:49 00:31:25 00:29:25 12
1077 Brendan Byrne M 66 00:26:52 00:27:23 00:34:40 00:33:40 15

News / Road News

Next Road Race Event Details Kentstown 22/06/16

Registration / Sign on opens 8:15 @ at Kentstown School and Closes at 8:45, please ensure you bring your swipe card !!

Race starts 9:00, Marshals please arrive early, marshal briefing will be at 8:30

Directions
From M50 take the N2 (Ashbourne/Slane Road) turn-off, stay on the N2 road around Ashbourne, continue about 12km after Ashbourne and take a left at the cross roads (Kentstown/Duleek) and you are on the “school road” to Kentstown. The start/sign-on is in the car park of the School.

Google Directions Click here 

Number of Laps:

Race 1 –  4 laps

Race 2&3 – 3 laps

Race 4  – 2 laps

Course Details

KM Road / Route no Description
0 km R150 Sign on and start at Kentstown National School
0.4km R150 Pass finish line at 400mts near the old school
1.8km R152 / N2 Caution: Turn left onto major road (N2)
5.4km N2 / L1013 Turn left onto the L1013at the major T-Junction (The Brink). Direction Senchelstown towards Navan
8km L1013 Commence climb
9.2km L1013 Caution: Crossroads. Continue straight through
12.1km L1013 / R153 Caution: Sharp Left turn downhill towards Kentstown
18.2km R153 Caution: Church and staggered crossroads. Continue straight
21.3km R153 / N2 Turn left onto N2 towards Slane
23.4km N2 Continue passed the start / finish straight ((R150) to begin next lap.
N2 / R150 At the end of the last  lap, turn left onto R150 from N2 to finish (Approx 1.6kms)
R150 Finish at the old National school

Kentstown_race_map

 

CHAIN GANG / TT News

Event details Johnstown Bridge Saturdays 10 TT Series 21/05/16

Go left onto the Enfield ring road at the roundabout we turn at on the Kilcock 10TT, Turn left at the traffic lights onto R402 to Carbury. Start / Finish is between Johnstown Bridge and Kilshanroe. Turn at Carbury roundabout.

 

Course Details

The Previous Map published showed the start at Carbury, not Johnstown. Being changed asap. Phil.

Johntown10MTT

There you go now.

Phil.

CHAIN GANG / TT News

TTL_03 Results Oliver Bright 10 TT. Kilcock. 17/05/2016.

A great turnout and an extraordinarily wet night. It seems that the conditions had a wide ranging effect. I told Ian Cassidy on Saturday after he broke the age 42 record that we considered Kilcock to be a hard course and that he should come and try what I think is our best one at Kilcock. This he did and in spite of conditions “stormed” around the course in 20:28 lowering the record by a further 58 seconds. Chappeau ! At the other end of the age scale Patsy Fitzsimons shaved 1:10 off Kevins’ age 82 record. Chappeau! Five other riders managed to beat handicap. More chapeau!
This coming Saturday morning we trial another new 10 TT course at Johnstown Bridge on the Enfield – Carbury road R402. This will be a side of the road HQ again so absolute discretion please whilst changing etc.

Phil.

 

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.
Ian Cassidy M 42 00:20:01 00:25:22 00:46:28 00:20:28 1 04:54 1 10
Noel Conway M 44 00:22:36 00:25:31 00:41:30 00:22:30 2 03:01 5 6
Joe Sheehy M 49 00:20:01 00:25:54 00:33:38 00:22:38 3 03:16 3 8
Mark Mearns M 40 00:20:00 00:25:13 00:51:29 00:23:29 4 01:44 12 2
Tony O’Malley M 44 00:23:48 00:25:31 00:39:39 00:23:39 5 01:52 10 2
Billy Bourke M 51 00:23:11 00:26:03 00:32:47 00:23:47 6 02:16 8 3
Ivan Eustace M 42 00:20:01 00:25:22 00:40:48 00:23:48 7 01:34 14 2
Mick Usher M 62 00:24:50 00:26:56 00:28:52 00:23:52 8 03:04 4 7
Stephen Walsh M 47 00:24:16 00:25:45 00:33:55 00:23:55 9 01:50 11 2
Hugh Davis M 69 00:23:53 00:27:49 00:32:03 00:24:03 10 03:46 2 9
Tom Malone M 58 00:23:22 00:26:36 00:28:13 00:24:13 11 02:23 6 5
Ian O’Hara M 44 00:20:00 00:25:31 00:51:22 00:24:22 12 01:09 18 2
Aogan Lynch M 41 00:20:00 00:25:17 00:55:27 00:24:27 13 00:50 19 2
Karl Gallagher M 58 00:22:31 00:26:36 00:49:33 00:24:33 14 02:03 9 2
Mark Prendergast M 49 00:22:29 00:25:54 00:53:36 00:24:36 15 01:18 16 2
Adrian Byrne M 63 00:20:01 00:27:02 00:42:42 00:24:42 16 02:20 7 4
Ed O’Brien M 41 00:22:17 00:25:17 00:39:49 00:24:49 17 00:28 21 2
Eamonn Walsh M 57 00:24:54 00:26:31 00:47:10 00:25:10 18 01:21 15 2
John Kehoe M 47 00:20:01 00:25:45 00:55:27 00:25:27 19 00:18 22 2
Peter Raftery M 63 00:24:40 00:27:02 00:49:47 00:25:47 20 01:15 17 2
Colm Cassidy M 59 00:25:05 00:26:41 00:40:07 00:26:07 21 00:34 20 2
Phil Ormrod M 72 00:24:25 00:28:20 00:39:40 00:26:40 22 01:40 13 2
Gerry Gaston M 62 00:26:04 00:26:56 00:50:42 00:27:42 23 -00:46 23 2
Jimmy Murphy M 60 00:27:03 00:26:45 00:48:09 00:28:09 24 -01:24 24 2
Brendan Byrne M 66 00:26:52 00:27:23 00:30:48 00:28:48 25 -01:25 25 2
Brian Kane M 41 00:20:01 00:25:17 00:49:54 00:28:54 26 -03:37 29 2
Colm Conway M 64 00:29:51 00:27:09 00:32:15 00:29:15 27 -02:06 26 2
Paddy Davis M 73 00:25:31 00:28:32 00:37:05 00:31:05 28 -02:33 28 2
Eddie Dunne M 72 00:26:55 00:28:20 00:39:21 00:32:21 29 -04:01 30 2
Patsy FitzSimons M 82 00:29:44 00:31:00 00:45:25 00:33:25 30 -02:25 27 2
Kevin Simms M 84 00:31:23 00:31:48 00:42:28 00:41:28 31 -09:40 31 2

General News / Leisure News

Mind the Gaps Tour report

The Mind the Gaps Tour – the 5th round in the Dick O’Brien Leisure League – took place on Sunday, 8th May.  A report from Tony Pearson on this tough 100K+ challenge is available to download.  Well done to the members who took part.

The next event in the Leisure League is the Wicklow 200 on 12th June.

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