Leinster Road Race League 2002
March 2nd Kilcullen, Kilcullen CC
11.am
March 9th Clonee, Usher/Orwell
11.am
March 16th Batterstown, Navan RC
11.am
April 6th Roundwood, Bray Wheelers
11.am
Note: NO Race at Boot Inn on 13th April
Leinster
league Round 1 at Narraghmore, Kilcullen 30 miles:
(Mar 2) There was a 100 starters and there was 3 groups.
The first group of about 35 consisted of 3rds,jun,women
and vets had about 4 mins on a group of 45 b's and they
had another 3 minutes on 25 a's. It was 6 laps of a
5mile circuit. The circuit was draggy and the wind was
not favourable on it. On the first lap David Byrne, Ian
ormond, James Lawless and Anthony MacMahon broke away.
These stayed away for the whole race with the exception
of James Lawless who came back to the chasers with 3
laps to go. Brian Taffe Dublin wheelers and Mick Bolton
BH Racing were the only riders to catch the chasing
group with one and a half laps to go.
However they brought the gap down to 30
seconds. On the hill the last time Lawless jumped away
for 4th with Cruise beating Enriht for 5th. David Byrne
won the sprint up ahead from Ian Ormond and Anthony Mac
Mahon.The groups behind were all over the place as it
was very hard to organise a proper chase due to the
circuit. This was Byrne's first win as a senior and is 7
years since he raced last as an under 16, by the looks
of it he won't be a 3rd cat too long.
Results: 1st David Byrne Usher I.R.C. C 12pts 2nd
Ian Ormond Carrick Cidona J 11pts 3rd Anthony Mac Mahon
Mc Nally Swords V 10pts 4th James Lawless Usher I.R.C. J
9pts 5th Johnaton Cruise Bray Wheelers C 8pts 6th
Stephen Enright Usher I.R.C. J 7pts 7TH Sean Bracken
Usher I.R.C. V 6pts 8th Mick Bolton BH Racing B 5pts
Leinster
CF Race 2 in Clonee: (Mar 9) There
was 80 starters in the race which looked like been called off with it been
snowing an hour from the start. However the brave ones saw the roads dry out and
the sun shine. It was 3 laps of the Mullagh /Batters town circuit. The C's,
juniors, vets and ladies had 6mins on the A/B group. The first lap through
Batterstown saw the 15 riders leave the a/b group.The second lap through
Batterstown Tosh Lavery, Sean Bracken and Stephen Enright left the
first group. On the last time through Batterstown saw the leaders at 1.30 from a
group of 18 riders. At Mullagh cross this was down to 40 seconds. With 5 mile to
go Enright lost contact and the gap at 25 seconds. Lavery led out the sprint and
won easily from Bracken. Willie Byrne led in the chasers at 6 seconds from Brian
Hammond and J.P.Hilliard. David Byrne still has the lead overall and been
upgraded to a B since last weekend.
Results: 1st Tosh Lavery
Garda Motorway 1hr 45mins 30secs 2nd Sean Bracken Usher IRC st 3rd Willie Byrne
Unattached @6secs 4th Brian Hammond Usher IRC st. 5th J.P.Hilliard Les Jeunes st.
6th Eugene Murtagh Ravens st. 7th Tim Ahearne UCD st. 8th David Byrne Usher IRC
st.
Leinster
CF Race 3 in Batterstown: (Mar 16) There was 133 starters and
the weather was dry and sunny. It was 3 laps of the Batters town /Mullagh
circuit 38 miles. There was 50 in the c,j,v and women group. The handicap was 4
mins to about 90 A and B riders . On the first lap Sean Bracken and David Duke
broke away. Through Batterstown the first time Phil Cassidy brought a group
across. Cassidy went back and left Jimmie Lawless, Mick Nulty Stamullen and Mick
Rock McNallys Swords with the two leaders. These maintained a gap for the whole
lap. Starting the 3rd lap Phil Cassidy brought another group of 10 across after
Batterstown. Soon after 3 broke away Bracken,Nulty and David Rawlins Usher IRC.
However a chasing group of A's and B,s caught the remains of the break and had
the 3 at 30 seconds at Mullagh with 6 mile to go. With 2 mile to go Rawlins lost
contact and the chasers could see the two. Bracken was caught 100 mts before the
line with Colm Bracken Ushers winning the sprint from Ciaran McMahon Earl of
Desmond and Dermot Healy Les Juenes. Going into the last race Bracken leads from
Tosh Lavery and Willie Byrne.
Results: 1st Colm Bracken Usher Irc 1 Hr 35
20 Sec 2nd Ciaràn Mc Mahaon Earl Of Desmond S.T. 3rd Dermot Healey Les Jeunes
S.T. 4th Ken Norgrove Dublin Wheelers S.T. 5th Tosh Lavery Garda Motor World
S.T. 6th Shane Baker Usher Irc S.T. 7th Willie Byrne Unattached S.T. 8th Sean
Bracken Usher Irc S.T. 1st B Eugene Murthagh Ravens 1st J Keith Daly Mc Nally
Swords 2ndj David Rawlins Usher Irc 1st Lady Louise Moriarty Les Jeunes
Leinster CF Race 4 in Roundwood
(Apr 6) Results: 1st Greg Swinand Usher IRC 1hr 40
Mins 10 Secs, 2nd Colm Bracken Usher IRC @ 15secs, 3rd Dermot Healy Dublin Skip
Same Time, 4th Ciaran Mc Mahon Earl Desmond Same Time, 5th Gary Mc Quaid Emerald
CC Same Time, 6th Adrian Hedderman Cycleways Same Time, 7th Willie Byrne
Kilcullen CC Same Time, 8th Sean Bracken Usher IRC Same Time. 1st B
Eugene Murtagh Ravens, 1st Vet Hughie Davis Usher IRC, 1st Lady Gillian Mc Darby
Imbrc, 1st Jun Stephen Enright Usher IRC, 1st C Derek Cunningham Bray Wheelers
Final Overall
|
Name
|
Club
|
Category
|
Points
|
1st
|
Sean
Bracken
|
Usher
IRC
|
Vet
|
27
|
2nd
|
Colm
Bracken
|
Usher
IRC
|
A
|
25
|
3rd
|
Ciaran
Mc Mahon
|
Earl
of Desmond
|
A
|
24
|
34th
|
Dermot
Healy
|
Les
Jeunes
|
A
|
24
|
5th
|
Willie
Byrne
|
Kilcullen
CC
|
A
|
24
|
6th
|
Tosh
Lavery
|
Carda
Motorworld
|
Vet
|
22
|
7th
|
David
Byrne
|
Usher
IRC
|
B
|
17
|
8th
|
Jimmy
Lawless
|
Usher
IRC
|
Jun
|
15
|
9th
|
Jp
Hilliard
|
Les
Jeunes
|
A
|
14
|
10th
|
Ken
Norgrove
|
Dublin
Wheelers
|
B
|
13
|
11th
|
Brian
Hammond
|
Usher
IRC
|
B
|
13
|
12th
|
Stephen
Enright
|
Usher
IRC
|
Jun
|
11
|
13th
|
Ian
Ormond
|
Cidona
Carrick
|
Jun
|
11
|
14th
|
Eugene
Murtagh
|
Ravens
|
B
|
11
|
15th
|
Shane
Baker
|
Usher
IRC
|
A
|
11
|
16th
|
Anthony
Mc Mahon
|
Mc
Nally Swords
|
Vet
|
10
|
1st Uplaced B Brian Hammond Usher IRC
2nd Unplaced B Ken Norgrove Dublin Wheelers
1st Unplaced Lady Gillian Mc Darby Imbrc
2nd Unplaced Lady Roisin Kennedy Usher IRC
1st Unplaced C Johnaton Cruise Bray
Wheelers
2nd Unplaced C Derek Cunningham Bray Wheelers
1st Unplaced Jun Ian Ormond Carrick
Wheelers
2nd Unplaced Jun Stephen Enright Usher IRC
1st Unplaced Vet Anthony Mc Mahon McNally
Swords
2nd Unplaced Vet Dave Woods Usher IRC |
PRIZES
-
1st overall E100
-
2nd overall E90
-
3rd overall E80
-
4th overall E65
-
5th overall E60
-
6th overall E50
-
7th overall E40
-
8th overall E40
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1st, 2 unplaced sen 'B' E40 ,E30
-
1st, 2 unplaced sen 'C' E40 , E30
-
1st, 2 unplaced Ladies E40,E30
-
1st, 2 unplaced Vets E40, E30
-
1st, 2 unplaced Juns E40,E30
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POINTS 1st 10pts
2nd 9pts
3rd 8pts
4th 7pts
5th 6pts
6th 5pts
7th 4pts
8th 3pts
All starters receive 2 points.
All riders must sign on and start the course to qualify for
points. All races are to be handicapped in order to give everyone a chance.
Riders finishing on the same points will be separated by the better placings.
All riders can qualify for the overall . Prizes on the day will be given out by
the promoting club. The prize presentation will be in Roundwood after the last
race.
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