Club 10TT Championships, 26th June 2014

The first Club Championships of 2014 is up next, in the form of the ten mile TT. This is on the same course as Round 5, in the Black Bull/ Batterstown area. For this race there will be the usual six placings for each ability group, but there will also be the added incentive of medals for the first three, and one rider will earn the title of Club Champion to hold for the rest of the year.

Please note that there will be a Women's championship only if we get five female starters.

Parking is to be at Black Bull, which is here: goo.gl/maps/8i3d1
It's not a bad cycle from town - maybe folk could post here if they're heading out, have a group spin out with some experienced riders who know where they're going.
If you do drive out please remember not to block any access to private houses. This area is used frequently, so keeping the neighbours happy is important.

Advanced sign on is by way of this thread , and then show up at the start 5 minutes before your appointed time.

The start and finish will be on the Trim road near the cottages that are on the RHS heading to Batterstown. The course is out to the roundabout and back. ridewithgps.com/routes/2435003

Same rules as R1 apply - aero bikes and equipment are allowed, and no drafting. If you catch another rider (good for you!) check that there is no traffic coming up behind you before pulling out, and give them loads of room as you pass. Remember they may have no notion that you're steaming through until you have actually passed them. On the other hand, if you are caught, keep on going at your own pace, don't be tempted to try sit on to the rider who has passed you.

Please don't hassle the timekeepers for your time- there's no problem asking, but make sure to do it at a time when there aren't any riders coming in.

The times from Round 5 are here:

Rank	Name	Group	Time
1st	Brian McArdle	Scratch (1st)	23:03
2nd	Patrick O'Brien	Scratch (2nd)	23:21
3rd	Eric Downey	Scratch (3rd)	23:27
4th	Dick O'Brien	Semi-scratch (1st)	23:50
5th	Valdis Andersons	Semi-scratch (2nd)	23:54
6th	Gavin Dodd	Scratch (4th)	24:01
7th	Ed O'Mahoney	Semi-scratch (3rd)	24:13
8th	Fionn Sheridan	Semi-scratch (4th)	24:15
9th	Jamie Busher	Semi-scratch (5th)	24:26
10th	Brian McNally	Scratch (5th)	24:40
11th	Philippe Bourdarias	Scratch (6th)	24:41
12th	Jules Cantwell	Semi-scratch (6th)	24:59
13th	David Maher	Semi-limit (1st)	25:04
14th	Bernard English	Semi-scratch	25:12
15th	Ken O'Neill	Semi-limit (2nd)	25:15
16th	Nick Watson	Semi-scratch	25:15
17th	Bryan Geary	Semi-scratch	25:17
18th	Eddie Lynch	Semi-scratch	25:25
19th	Frank Moriarty	Limit (1st)	25:30
20th	Garry Blair	Semi-limit (3rd)	26:02
21st	David Bradley	Limit (2nd)	26:03
22nd	Gavin Moutray	Limit (3rd)	26:06
23rd	Paul Burgess	Limit (4th)	26:09
24th	Julian Moore	Semi-limit (4th)	26:19
25th	Paul Brosnan	Semi-limit (5th)	26:20
26th	Seamus Nolan	Semi-limit (6th)	26:20
27th	John Sower	Semi-scratch	26:35
28th	Des O'Brien	Semi-limit	26:36
29th	Graham Scanlon	Limit (5th)	26:39
30th	Stephen Hayden	Semi-limit	27:10
31st	Michael Hanley	Limit (6th)	27:11
32nd	Daniel McElroy	Limit	27:13
33rd	Owen O'Flaherty	Semi-limit	27:18
34th	Paul Mallon	Limit	27:23
35th	Colum Bradley	Semi-limit	27:26
36th	Killian Doyle	Limit	27:27
37th	Jules De Meester	Limit	27:52
38th	David Hendron	Semi-limit	27:56
39th	JP Flynn	Limit	28:07
40th	Ivan O'Brien	Semi-limit	28:07
41st	Malcolm Garland	Limit	28:15
42nd	Emma Convey	Limit	28:55
43rd	Niall Kieran	Limit	29:11
44th	Tony Walsh	Limit	29:22
45th	Naoise Sheridan	Limit	29:55
46th	Uisneach Sheridan	Limit	39:19

The last 5 years of champions and times here:

2013	Eric Downey	22'34
2012	Eric Downey	24'18
2011	Stephen McNally	23'18
2010	Tom Blennerhassett	24'32
2009	Mark Dunne	23.14

The first Club 10 Champion was Steve McGuinness, who won with a time of 24'56 on the Navan road all the way back in 1953.

And the Women's Champions:

2013	Lucy Soden	25'52
2012	Rachel Glendon	26'52
2011	Ann Dalton	27'08
2010	Sandra Telford	28'54

While there were women racing the 10 before 2010 that was the first year we had a separate championship for them, so Sandra Telford has the distinction of being the first ever Orwell Women's Champion.

Hi, I've swapped my June 26th slot with Joe Chester. I'll be marshalling his 7th Aug slot.

Ive swapped my 21 august marshal.swapwith Siobhan o' Connor who is down to Marshall this week so I'll be marshaling instead

Danny Moriarty will be marshalling for me this week. I will cover his slot on 17th July.

I'm marshalling for Paul Mallon this week.

This is now the final start list. Sign ons on the night are still welcome, but I'd recommend showing up early if you're doing that.
Provisional start list for tomorrow night. Hopefully everyone who needs an early or late start is ok with what they've got. There may still be small changes, so check in again tomorrow.

Start time	Name	Course PB	Group
19:01	David Maher	25:04	Semi-scratch
19:02
19:03
19:04
19:05
19:06
19:07
19:08
19:09
19:10
19:11	Bernard Sellars		Limit
19:12	Daniel McElroy	27:13	Limit
19:13	Michael Hanley	27:11	Limit
19:14	Graham Scanlon	26:39	Limit
19:15	David Bradley	26:03	Limit
19:16
19:17
19:18
19:19
19:20
19:21	Naoise Sheridan	29:05	Limit
19:22	Emma Convey	28:34	Limit
19:23	Ann Horan	27:42	Limit
19:24	Monica Marconi	27:36	Semi-limit
19:25	Rachael Kaye-Mellor	27:01	Limit
19:26	Orla Hendron	25:32	Semi-limit
19:27	Aideen Keenan	25:58	Semi-limit
19:28	Lucy Soden	25:52	Semi-limit
19:29
19:30
19:31
19:32	Keith Harte		Semi-limit
19:33	Arek Pierozynski		Semi-limit
19:34	Jules De Meester	27:52	Semi-limit
19:35	Daragh Boyd	26:47	Semi-limit
19:36	Julian Moore	26:04	Semi-limit
19:37	Garry Blair	26:02	Semi-limit
19:38
19:39
19:40	Stephen McNally		Semi-scratch
19:41	Cormac Bracken		Semi-scratch
19:42	Stephen Barry		Semi-scratch
19:43	Dick O'Brien	23:50	Semi-scratch
19:44	Jamie Busher	23:13	Semi-scratch
19:45	Killian Doyle	27:27	Limit
19:46	Jules Cantwell	24:30	Semi-limit
19:47	Frank Moriarty	25:30	Semi-limit
19:48
19:49
19:50	David Halpin		Scratch
19:51	David Swift		Scratch
19:52	Brian McNally	24:40	Scratch
19:53	Diarmuid Collins	24:36	Scratch
19:54	Fionn Sheridan	24:15	Scratch
19:55	Gavin Dodd	24:01	Scratch
19:56	Valdis Andersons	23:54	Scratch
19:57	Liam Rowsome	23:15	Scratch
19:58	Brian McArdle	22:58	Scratch
19:59	Patrick O'Brien	22:54	Scratch
20:00	Eric Downey	22:34	Scratch

Full results here now. Well done to the medalists and to everyone who gave it a go, there were some awesomely fast times done tonight.

Rank	Name	Time	Grp	Grp Placing	Course PB	Improvements
1st	Dick O'Brien	22:07	S-S	1st	23:50	01:43	Gold
2nd	Brian McArdle	22:40	S	1st	22:58	00:18	Silver
3rd	Fionn Sheridan	22:47	S	2nd	24:15	01:28	Bronze
4th	Patrick O'Brien	22:52	S	3rd	22:54	00:02
5th	Eric Downey	22:53	S	4th	22:34
6th	Valdis Andersons	23:15	S	5th	23:54	00:39
7th	Gavin Dodd	23:24.22	S	6th	24:01	00:37
8th	Liam Rowsome	23:24.64	S		23:15
9th	Brian McNally	23:27	S		24:40	01:13
10th	Mark Doyle	23:39	L	1st
11th	Jamie Busher	23:46	S-S	2nd	23:13
12th	Jules Cantwell	24:12	S-L	1st	24:30	00:18
13th	David Swift	24:15	S
14th	Brian Doyle	24:16	S-L	2nd
15th	Cormac Bracken	24:18	S-S	3rd
16th	Garry Blair	24:23	S-L	3rd	26:02	01:39
17th	David Maher	24:48	S-S	4th	25:04	00:16
18th	David Bradley	25:15	L	2nd	26:03	00:48
19th	Malcolm Garland	25:24	S-L	4th
20th	Frank Moriarty	25:28	S-L	5th	25:30	00:02
21st	Julian Moore	25:29	S-L	6th	26:04	00:35
22nd	David Halpin	25:31	S
23rd	Daniel McElroy	25:34	L	3rd	27:13	01:39
24th	Graham Scanlon	25:36	S-L		26:39	01:03
25th	Aideen Keenan	25:43	S-L		25:58	00:15	Gold
26th	Keith Harte	26:01	S-L
27th	Killian Doyle	26:13	L	4th	27:27	01:14
28th	Rachael Kaye-Mellor	26:18	S-L		27:01	00:43	Silver
29th	Daragh Boyd	26:19	S-L		26:47	00:28
30th	Monica Marconi	26:30	S-L		27:36	01:06	Bronze
31st	Sandra Telford	26:39	S-L
32nd	Joe Chester	26:48	L	5th
33rd	Arek Pierozynski	26:51	S-L
34th	Ann Horan	26:59	L	6th	27:42	00:43
35th	Lucy Soden	27:05	S-L		25:52
36th	Michael Hanley	27:21	L		27:11
37th	Jules De Meester	27:30	S-L		27:52	00:22
38th	Naoise Sheridan	28:25	L		29:05	00:40
39th	Emma Convey	28:37	L		28:34
40th	Orla Hendron	28:42	S-L		25:32
41st	Bernard Sellars	36:48	L

Well done to all the medallists!

Cracking result Dick, savage time.

Great results all round considering the weather, and well deserved win for Dick O Brien. That time will take some beating.

Thanks to all the organisers and Marshall's for looking after us in the rain, and Dave Mc's seeded start times worked smoothly.

I left a set of training wheels around the car park area afterwards, not sure if anybody spotted them or picked the up?

Thanks to all the marshals braving the conditions today to keep us all safe and to the organizers for such a smooth race.

Amazing time Dick, well done! Can't wait for the 40k TT to see what damage you'll do there.

Patrick wrote:

Great results all round considering the weather, and well deserved win for Dick O Brien. That time will take some beating.

Thanks to all the organisers and Marshall's for looking after us in the rain, and Dave Mc's seeded start times worked smoothly.

I left a set of training wheels around the car park area afterwards, not sure if anybody spotted them or picked the up?

Hey Pat, I picked them up, only just spotted them as I was driving by so you got lucky. Can drop them off to you tomorrow evening or on Saturday. Guessing you'll need them for Sunday.

Wow - well done to all last night!

It's great for the club to see the times consistently improving, especially Dick and Fionn - fair play lads, am expecting to see both of you break 21 minutes this time next year!

Seriously well done Dick - a really great performance on a messy night . That is bringing a fast time on that course to a whole new level!

To echo everyone else's comments. Thanks to all the marshals and organisers. It's always appreciated by those who race on the Thursday nights.