Inter Club League 2023, Round 18, Blessington, August 17

The final round of the Inter Club League takes place on Thursday, August 17. 

We'll be doing the Poulaphouca circuit this time, with sign on at the industrial estate in Blessington,
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There will be four separate races, numbers permitting, two laps for Limit and Semi Limit and then 3 laps for Scratch and Semi Scratch. First race off at 7pm

Semi Limit nearly caught Semi Scratch last week so be warned, if your group is caught by the group behind, then there are no placings for your race.

There will be a prize giving afterwards in the West Wicklow House in Blessington. This will be prizes for the league. We'll present trophies and medals for the Orwell club championships at the club Christmas party in December.

Regrettably we have had to hand out 3 bans last week for no shows, this is the first time in several years we have had to ban people but the race almost did not go ahead. 

Marshals this week are:
James Hoare
Conor Brennan
Al Killian
Michael Stack
Aonghus O Heocha
Shane Byrne
Daniel Mc Elroy
Dan Coulcher
Eamon Peregrine
Justin Mc Gee
David Kirby
Eoin Hassett
Peter Gibbons
Kenneth Mc Gibney
Mathieu Fragniere
Tony Mc Dowell
Ivan Naluswa
Thomas Freeman
Jonathan  Hudson 

Results form last night's race. I'm still waiting for confirmation on the last few placings in Semi-Scratch and Limit. 

Scratch
1 Adriaan Pretorius -  Lucan
2 Bryan Geary - St. Tiernans
3. Adam Greally - St. Tiernans
4 Tiit Talumaa - St. Tiernans
5 Eoin Ahern - Orwell
6 Eoin Farrell - St. Terians

Semi Scratch
1. Pierce O’Leary - Lucan
2. Paul Rogers - Lucan
3. Dick O’Brien - Orwell
4. Cesar Lopes - Orwell
5. Sean O’Leary - Lucan
6. Gavid Dodd - Orwell

Semi Limit
1 Owen Kennedy – Blanchardstown
2 Mark O Connor – Blanchardstown
3 Simon Crowe – Blanchardstown 
4 Alan Dempsey – St Tiernans
5 Kieran Sweeney – Blanchardstown
6. Ryan Dunne – Lucan

Limit
1 Conor Brophy – St Tiernans
2. Oleksandr Konkolevsky – Blanchardstown
3. John Anslow – Orwell
4. Barry Fennell - Orwell
5. Colum Bradley – Orwell
6. Brian Hammond - Lucan

That leaves the overall standings in the league as follows:

1. Adam Greally
2. Eoin Farrell
3. Ronan Killeen
4/ Pat Beere
5. Bryan Geary
6. Pierce Oleary
7. Sean Oleary
8. Oleksandr Konkolevsky
9/10 Joint : Conor Brennan and Mark Donnelly-Orr

Overall Womens Champ: Natascha Oppinger
Junior Champ: Luke Kehoe
Underage Champ: George Sevastopulo
Unplaced Limit: Barry Fennell
Unplaced Semi Limit: Luke Kehoe
Unplaced Semi Scratch: Cesar Lopes
Unplaced Scratch: Gavin Hendley

The top three Orwell were:
1. Cesar Lopes
2. Dick O'Brien
3. Diarmuid Collins