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June 28, 2009
- This years Eddie Tobin Road Race takes place on July 26th. All members are required to help marshall the event so if you are not racing you better have a good excuse if you intend missing the day! A club meeting will be held prior to the event to assign jobs but please keep this date free.
- This years race will again be sponsored by the Riverside Park Hotel. As parts of the Monageer circuit road surface has deteriorated badly this years race will be on a new course starting in Enniscorthy to Ferns, Camolin, Gorey Bypass to Arklow south junction and back to Enniscorthy turning left just after the Scarawalsh roundabout to finish on the old Dublin Road.
- Well done to Frank Dunne and Alex Williams who both finished in the mainfield at todays national championships. We hope to see Rita Boyle back on the bike ASAP after her fall in yesterdays womens champs.
- A group of 14 cyclists took in a challenging tour this morning of about 80kms. Ferns, Kilrush, Ballyroebuck, Ballingate, Bunclody, Halfway House, Kiltealy, Ballymackessey and back to town was the route and the line out for home seems to start earlier each week!
- All the best to Paddy, Stephen and Alan who are off to ride the Marmotte and to Bill Jordan who’s heading for the Ring of Kerry 112mile ride next weekend.
- We’ll plan another longer tour of 100 or 120km for later in the month, possibly the 19th July, for those of us preparing for the Tour de Kilkenny 160km ride on August 1st. Map of Tour de Kilkenny route below.
NEXT WEEK’S EVENTS (…..take a deep breath….)
- Monday 29th South East Road Club - Youth racing in Arklow SCC’s Adam Thatcher wins U/12 race!
- Tuesday 30th Comeragh CC - Altitude League Race 8, Waterford
- Wendesday 1st South East Road Club - Summer League, The Monument, Gorey
- Thursday 2nd Slaney CC Novice/u/age TT, Oylegate sign on from 6.45pm start at 7.00pm
- Friday 3rd Slip Stream Inter Club League - The Monument, Gorey
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June 22, 2009
Monday 22nd South East Road Club - Youth racing in Arklow. SCC’s Adam Thatcher takes the win for the second week running.
Tuesday 23rd Comeragh CC - Altitude League Race 7 , Waterford. SCC’s Frank Dunne finishes 5th. Alex Williams leads league after 7 events.
Wendesday 24th South East Road Club - Summer League, Arklow
Thursday 25th Wexford Wheelers - 10ml TT - SCC’s Daniel Szczech takes 2nd place. Gratulacj& Dan!
Best wishes to all Slaney CC riders taking part in the National Championships in Dunboyne this weekend. In particular we wish Rita Boyle all the best as the clubs representative in the womens road race on Saturday.
Tour as normal on Sunday morning at 9.30am
MTB Invitation Racing 795 is a mountain bike club based in Bunclody. They have sent us the following invitation to a guided MTB spin on the trails around Mount Leinster. This is spin is suitable for experienced MTB riders only so you’ve been warned! (more…)
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June 21, 2009
Frank O’Leary was in great form this weekend at the Paddy Flanagan Memorial 2 day in Kildare. A bit of a stage race specialist, I make this his 4th this year after The Gorey 3 Day, Tour of Ulster and Rás Connochta. The only SCC rider in the event, Frank was the only S2 rider to make the decisive break on Saturdays first stage eventually finishing 6th on the stage and overall on GC and first S2. Finishing 12th in Sunday mornings TT and then 12th again in the afternoon criterium gave Frank a final overall placing of 10th and 1st S2 rider. Great results from as quality field. There are pictures from the event on www.irishcycling.com
Touring: 13 riders set out on Sunday and took in a really enjoyable spin towards Carlow and Kilkenny. Unfortunately we lost two riders to mechanical issues just after Kiltealy with Sean Kavanagh and Paddy Dunne being forced home. You don’t need a sign to tell you when you leave Wexford — the improvement in the road surface makes it clear! However it didn’t stop Rita and Paul puncture within a mile or two of each other in Borris. With Graiguenamanagh, The Rower and the 70kph descent to the Ferry Bridge behind us a water/coffee break was called for in Ballywilliam before the final 10km lineout to town. While the interuptions put paid to our plan to be home for 1pm all in all it was a good spin with 92kms being covered at a very healthy 28.3kph according to my computer. We’ll plan another longer tour for a few weeks time.
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June 20, 2009
Another great turnout for last nights novice/underage tt from Oylegate to town. 13 cyclists signed on with another 4 club members riding along side the younger riders. Many thanks to organiser Pat Whitney and his crew of helpers which last night included John Busher, Paul Byrne and Tom Byrne and to the parents and friends who drove safety cars. There was tremendous support for all the riders as they crossed the finish line.
With an unfavourable wind, times were back a bit on the previous week with fastest time on the night going to Rita Boyle (13:13) followed by Willie Roche (13:24), Jonathan Brady (13:25), Mylie Kavanagh (13:39) and Ann Jordan(17:30). Best of the under age riders was Adam Thatcher (15:22), followed by Ryan Byrne (16:25), Neil Kelly (16:58), Fionn Jordan (18:22) and Billy Cooney (19:49). Finally, best of the REALLY under age cyclists was Miguel Byrne (22:26) followed by Mark Thatcher (24.19) and Conchúir de Rúit (25.22). Well done to everyone for participating.
SlipStream Cycling Club Interclub League Table up to Round 6
Click SlipstreamLeagueTable2009.doc for results. Don’t forget league continues on July 3rd and every 2nd Friday.
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June 19, 2009
Barry Meehan has been writing a great cycling blog for the past 3 years or so. The posts are always interesting and often humourous. The link below is to to his most recent post which should be of particular interest to new members but theres also an archive of nearly three year’s posts there. Have a look at the top 10 posts for every thing from Killinaskully Wheelers to Sean Kelly-The Movie, from a really powerful and poignant post on coming to terms with his Dad’s passing away, to life on the road as a mechanic with that well oiled machine that is Cycling Ireland!
http://worldwidecyclesblog.com/
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June 14, 2009
Davy on his 62cm frame, Tonto hoping to be 62cm tall someday soon!
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Great spin to the harbour this morning. 85km in warm sunshine at a good pace and still plenty of energy left for the final sprint with Mick Byrne leading out and Tonto and David Dempsey to the fore.
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Mylie Kavanagh completed 125km this morning but was not impressed with his early morning ( and slightly damp) training partner turning back early on the tour - I’d be afraid to say it to a member of the defence forces myself but “big girls blouse” was the phrase Mylie used.
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Well done to Willie, Stephen, Shane, John and Paul who took on the 160km Twin Peaks Challenge yesterday.
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On the racing front Alan Galavan took another great result today with 3rd place in Navan - subject to confirmation by Cycling Ireland that 4 points should see him upgraded to S2 in his first season racing!
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Alex Williams and Frank O’Leary took a great 6th and 7th place on stage 1 of Rás Connactha with Alex also taking 5th on the stage 2 TT. With Alex finishing safely in the bunch on stage 3 his final overall position on GC is 4th. By my calculation that should be an extra 10 points on his S1 licence - well done Alex. Martin Gill (WW) also finished 6th overall. Great results from a quality field.
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June 12, 2009
All at Slaney CC would like to extend our sympathy to Marie Whitney whose father, Micheal Collins, passed away this evening. Micheal , a great Wexford GAA sportsman of the 60’s and 70’s who captained the Wexford team that won the 1970 Leinster hurling final and was subsequently defeated by Cork in the All Ireland final, was suffering from a serious illness for only the past few months. Arrangements: Micheal is reposing at Crosbies funeral home until Monday when he will be brought to St Aidans Cathedral before 12.00 Mass.
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June 6, 2009
On next Saturday, the 13th of June, The Wexford Hospice Homecare Twin Peaks Cycle Challenge is taking place over Sliabh Búi and Mount Leinster. All proceeds from the event go to helping the hospice continue their great service. There are two routes on the day, the 160km route for the fitter more adventurous ones and the 100km route. Both routes start and finish at Glynn-Barntown GAA Complex, parking and shower facillites are freely available on site. Food and refreshments will be served both during and after the cycle. Sign on is from 7.30am with the event starting at 8.30am. Cost: €30 100k Route: Glynn - Ferns - Bunclody - Kiltealy and back 160k Route: Glynn - Ferns - Bunclody - Kiltealy - Mt Leinster - New Ross and back. Contact Willlie Walsh on 087 9598206 for further details.
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June 6, 2009
Another good turnout of riders for Thursdays club novice/under age TT. We had 10 competitors plus 3 or 4 others riding alongside the youngest riders and a large audience of family and friends at the finish! All the times have shown a big improvement over the weeks. In the youth section Ryan Byrne rode the tt on his new racing bike rather than his mountain bike and improved by nearly 7 minutes to 14.14! Neil Kelly made his tt debut and returned a great 14.56 while Fionn Jordan (16.16) and Billy Phillips (17.10) also improved their times. Under 8’s Miguel Byrne (19.25) and Conchúir de Rúit (26.49) can’t wait to get racing bikes and bigger wheels to compete with these guys! Fastest adult riders timed on the night were Shane Kelly (11.08), Peter Thatcher (11.43), David Dempsey (12.02) and John Busher(13.11).
Remember these are short, fun training events and all club members are welcome to take part. We’d like to see more people taking part to improve the events and support and encourage the youngsters. The last 10kms of the Sunday tour is like a Rás stage end recently so you’ve no reason not to compete!
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June 1, 2009
WW’s Patsy McCaffery heads for the first hill on lap 1……. (more…)
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