2013 Club League race 2

Club League race 2 - CP, Enfield Circuit

The 2nd round of the Club League was held on our new circuit, starting and finishing from the village of Rathcore, near Enfield.
The weather threatened to spoil the night, with very heavy downpours about an hour before the start, but lucky for everyone, it passed in time, and we only had to put up with the Irish 'Summer' temperatures, and didn't have to battle through the rain!!

There was a great turnout for the race - 33 in total, and these were split into 5 groups on the night. We had a great turnout from our friends in Team 905, Rochfortbridge, Lakeside Wheelers and Tri-and-Run.

The limit groups set off first, and battled hard to try and keep their advantage to the finish. Most of the groups came together on the final lap, with some of the Limit Group riders only getting caught in the last couple of kilometers - so close!!

The first 6 places went to riders from Groups 2 and 3, with the honour of first place going to Michael Kane, followed in by Shane Walsh, with 3rd place going then to Colm Yeats.

Behind the first 6 riders home, the Semi-Scratch group, led in the road by the power-house that is Marie Boland were just catching some of the riders from Group-1 on the final run-in to the finish, and they had to sprint for 7th Place. Paddy Ronan put in a super-fast attack with about 1.5km to go, and only just lost out on the line to Andy Flood.
The Scratch-Group came in then shortly after the riders from Group-1 who almost stayed away to the end, sprinting for 20th place - the very fast sprint was taken by the Yellow Jersey of league-leader, Jacob Baldwin, followed in by Aiden Daly from Mullingar.
The scratch group, although working very hard throughout the race were unable to close the gap to the front groups, but they weren't far off!! 38.5km/h average speed, which was good considering half the group had been running Marathons and Triathlons over the weekend!!

So, with the great performance in the first-round Time Trial, and a 13th Place in this round, the new Yellow Jersey holder for the league is Marie Boland - well done Marie!! Well deserved, not least after the big effort put in with the Semi-Scratch group!

We would like to thank everyone who turned out to Marshal on the night, as without the marshals, we cannot run the races! Also, special thanks to Mary Burke and Jonathan Ryan, as they were the first Team Leads in our new format of organising the sign-on, timings, marshals, and finish line - super job, we think you will all agree!!!

Thanks also to the staff at Boggins Pub in Rathcore for their great hospitality making everyone feel so welcome, and for the lovely tea and sandwiches after the event. The Pub has probably never seen so much Lycra!!! :)

Below are the results from the night, and there are some photos on the Club's Facebook Group, courtesy of the great Michelle Kavanagh - great job by Michelle!!

Overall results for the league are on the main League page: HERE.

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__________________________ PRE-RACE INFORMATION _______________________

The second round of the 2013 club league takes place on Tuesday 14th May at 7pm, and is three laps of the new Enfield Circuit, approx 10km for each lap (details below)

*** Be sure to check the rota to see if you are scheduled for Marshal duties!! ***

Start point is in Rathcore Village, and the first group are off at 7pm sharp - note this is important as we need to ensure everyone is back safe before it starts to get dark.

The route goes from Rathcore Village, over to the main Enfield Rathmoylan Road, turning left up this road and left again back up towards Rathcore Village again.

Finish line is just before the village at the end of the 3rd lap.

Here are the course details, and you can zoom out with the map to get directions to the start village if you are not familiar with the area.

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circuit

And directions to Rathcore, from Clonard...