posted 3 Jan 2012 03:56 by Peter Doyle
The Cyclocross National Championships are taking place on Saturday 7th January 2012 in St. Annes Park in Raheny. Swords will have riders in the A race which starts at 1300 sharp. If you can make it out to support, please do!
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posted 22 Nov 2011 06:20 by Glenn Wearen
November Saturday the 12th saw the 4th installment of the SuperCross Cup, as leader of the 'B' league a good grid position was award to Glenn Wearen. Unfortunately, a bad start saw Glenn drop to 12th position going into the 1st corner and on a tight technical circuit that left little room for overtaking, Glenn had to dig deep to make any progress up the field. Going into the last lap, Glenn was running in 7 position, largely as a result of being one of the few to stay upright throughout the race. Another three places were made up by the finish of the race giving Glenn enough points to maintain the league lead. Photo's of the event are up on Flickr. Here's a short documentary of the event...
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posted 7 Nov 2011 06:13 by Peter Doyle
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updated 7 Nov 2011 12:42
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Hot on the heels of his 5th place in Rivervalley (now officially confirmed), Glenn rode a strong race to take 3rd place in the B race in Corcaigh Park on Saturday 5th November. Peter Doyle finished in 12th. Many thanks to WORC for organising another great race. Pictures are courtesy of www.stickybottle.com and the video is by Caroline Martinez.
Glenn on the boards.
The third round of the Supercross Cup was held on a course which favours the powerful riders. Where the Swords course was hilly, Corcaigh was flat. Where the Swords course was flat, the Corcaigh course was even more flat, if that's possible.
Peter, about to muck up another remount.
Thanks to his efforts in Swords, Glenn was given a gridded position and he took maximum gain for it by going from the gun and gaining a good lead with some fast chasers behind. Realising that going too far into the red too early is dangerous in cross, Glenn eased off and a lead group was formed.
The attacks were destined to come and when some riders made a big effort, Glenn decided to follow and gave it another dig. Nimbly avoiding the spills of a fellow chaser, Glenn found himself in third place. With first and second place a foregone conclusion, it was time to secure third. And so he did, putting the hammer down so as to gain a comfortable margin.
Showing that hard work eventually pays off, Glen advises that this is his first trophy in 21 years of trying.
Peter didn't fair as well as he did in the Swords race, suffering on the long straights which featured heavily in the Corcaigh course. His gridded position was lost in the usual mele which announces the start of any cross race. This saw him slip back to 15th or so. Some big efforts saw him get up as far as 6th by the second or third lap, with the leaders just a few seconds ahead. Alas, it was too much of an effort and one which could not be sustained, so he slipped back to a group of 4 or 5 others who were battling to sneak into the top 10.
Peter at the finish. Not looking too fresh.
| Pos | Name | Surname | Number | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Lap 3 | Lap 4 | Lap 5 | Lap 6 | Total |
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| 1 | William | Byrne | 13 | 0:06:30 | 0:06:26 | 0:06:34 | 0:06:45 | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | 0:39:36 | | 2 | Allen | Slevin | 57 | 0:06:42 | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | 0:06:40 | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | 0:39:50 | | 3 | Glenn | Wearen | 59 | 0:06:22 | 0:06:40 | 0:06:48 | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | 0:40:25 | | 4 | Damien | Creighton | 17 | 0:06:51 | 0:06:36 | 0:06:41 | 0:06:46 | 0:06:46 | 0:06:56 | 0:40:36 | | 5 | edmond | O’Toole | 54 | 0:06:23 | 0:06:41 | 0:06:47 | 0:06:53 | 0:06:59 | 0:06:57 | 0:40:40 | | 6 | Alan | Cullen | 18 | 0:06:28 | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | 0:06:44 | 0:07:22 | 0:40:44 | | 7 | John | Dempsey | 19 | 0:06:50 | 0:06:33 | 0:06:49 | 0:07:00 | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | 0:40:55 | | 8 | David | Carroll | 15 | 0:06:44 | 0:06:40 | 0:06:53 | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | 0:41:03 | | 9 | Conor | O’Connor | 52 | 0:06:24 | 0:06:46 | 0:06:56 | 0:07:02 | 0:06:55 | 0:07:09 | 0:41:12 | | 10 | Robert | Magee | 39 | | | | | 0:07:18 | 0:06:41 | 0:41:18 | | 11 | Kieran | Mc Glynn | 41 | 0:06:42 | 0:06:47 | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | 0:06:58 | 0:06:55 | 0:41:20 | | 12 | Peter | Doyle | 8 | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | 0:07:03 | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | 0:06:55 | 0:41:22 | |
The next race is in St. Annes Park in Raheny on Saturday 19th November. |
posted 25 Oct 2011 14:42 by Peter Doyle
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updated 25 Oct 2011 14:48
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In the B cyclocross race on Saturday 22nd, Peter Doyle and Glen Wearen finished 4th and 5th respectively. Brian Crinion wasn't far behind in 12th place. For some reason, Glen doesn't seem to have featured on the official results sheet, but he was certainly 5th rider across the line on the day.
Thank you to Kevin McFeely for the photography.
Glen almost made the catch.
Organised by Team WORC in conjunction with Swords CC, the race was held on a very testing course in Rivervally. Designed by Dave O'Neill it favoured riders who like the steeper terrain. With only a couple of short sections on the flat, the riders were either grinding up hills or negotiating tricky off camber corners on descents. Needless to say, the race was not without spills with Brian having to pick himself up more than once.
Without the benefit of gridding, our riders started further back than they would have liked, but they put in a strong performance to gain places. Both Glen and Brian made good gains in the first few laps, maintaining positions near the fore of the field. Fearful of fading in the latter half of the race, Peter started cautiously, preferring to make gains steadily. As the race progressed and riders started to fade on the last couple of laps, Peter moved up to 7th place. Another spill from Brian gave him 6th, so he set his sights on Glen who was in 4th. Making his move on the steep tarmac climb, Peter got a gap over Glen and consolidated it with the twists and turns that followed.
However, Glen was not finished and a late surge on the final drag to the finish saw him bring the gap right back with Peter only narrowly holding on to 4th place thanks to some shouts from the crowd.
Brian remounting following an untimely spill
Brian in the swamp with Peter closing in.
Peter, opting for a slightly different line to Brian.
Peter, shouldering the bike for the single jump.
Glen went for a different technique.
Brian Crinion
Peter Doyle
Glen Wearen
Slippy on the off camber downhill
Tight racing at the start
Brian near the front on the earlier laps. |
posted 21 Oct 2011 07:04 by Glenn Wearen
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posted 18 Oct 2011 05:35 by Glenn Wearen
Round 2 of the Supercross Cup takes place on Saturday 22nd October 2011 at Rivervalley Park which will make for a mind blowing course for this weeks race. Very different from Grange Castle and will both punish and reward riders (no pain, no gain as they say)
Entry is by pre registration only (http://mtbireland.com/cyclocross/page.php?7) and closes on Thursday 20th Oct 2011 at 18:00
Race Day
10.30 Sign-on open for pre-registered riders only (90 minutes) 10.30 Course practice Start (55minutes) 11.25 Course practice End (any rider practicing after this may be disqualified)* 11.30 Category 2 race (race B) starts. 12.00 Sign-on closed (no sign on after 12) 12.25 Course practice re-start (30 minutes) 12.55 Course practice Closed 12.55 Gridding of riders (If you miss your call up you will have to start ungridded) 13.00 Category 1 (race A) starts 14.15 Prize giving
DIRECTIONS: Access is via swords village:
Take the turn off Main St at Eddie Rockets on to Forest Road, Take the right turn at the traffic lights for Rivervalley Road, Take the right turn just BEFORE the church (on your left with pedestrian crossing lights). Take the next right on to Rivervalley Way. |
posted 11 Jun 2011 11:34 by Peter Doyle
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Report by David O'Neill
Round 1 of the Stevens Supercross Cup was held on October 9th in Brackenstown. The day went very well with a large field of riders travelling from as far away as Cork, Belfast and Tullamore.
The weather was perfect with a strong wind adding to the challenge of making time up on the groups ahead. The ground conditions were dry and dusty making for close exciting racing.Thanks to all the Marshals (Sean Halpin, Doug Corry, Laura Banfield, Mike Donohue, Jason O Callaghan and Eoin Ryan). Doctor Conor did a fine job as medic, and Paul Deans was Grand Master of Ceremonies. Thanks to Kevin Mc Feely for liasing with the Council, thanks to Jason for the medals, Joe Mc Nally for the barriers, and Mark Burns for helping to build the course on the morning. Finally, thank you to Tom Blennerhassett for the video and Laura Banfield for the photographs.
Results (Senior Men)1.Robin Seymour Wicklow Off Road Club2.Evan Ryan Wicklow Off Road Club3.Aidan McDonald Bikepure4.Peter McConville Newry Wheelers5.Dave Gill Wicklow Off Road Club6.Conor Campbell Newry Wheelers7.Gareth Gormley Rocky Mountain8.Dave O'Neill Mc Nally Swords1st Lady Francine Meehan Tullamore CC1st Junior Robert Scanlon Wicklow Off Road Club1st Unplaced Vet.....under review
Video courtesy of Tom Blennerhassett.
Photographs courtesy of Laura Banfield.
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