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Race Around Ireland starts tuesday 15th

  • 13-09-2009 9:16pm
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    Hi All

    Just a bit of info about the Race Around Ireland.

    Navan Town Council have very generously given us the use of the Civic Space in the town for 2 days. During the day this is where the bike and vehicle inspections will take place. This will be a great chance to see and meet some fantastic athletes and their crews. From 6pm the mc will introduce the racers and at 8pm the race will be officially started by Navan Town Mayor Joe Reilly. The Zone will also be setting up an entertainment marquee with paint balling and mini go karting. Everybody is invited to come along and enjoy the music and the atmosphere.

    Solo riders start at 8pm tuesday 15th and Teams start at 8pm wednesday 16th. Racers will start at 5 minute intervals.

    There have been some minor changes to the route in the last few weeks. The final route can be viewed on mapmyride

    The Time Stations for the race are:
    TS01 Ballymascanlan Service Station, Ballymascanlan, Co. Louth
    TS02 BP Spar Service Station, Malone Rd, Belfast
    TS03 Giants Causeway Hotel, Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim
    TS04 Malin Head, Co. Donegal
    TS05 Dry-Arch Service Station, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
    TS06 Innisfree Service Station, Pearse Rd. Sligo, Co. Sligo
    TS07 Sweeney Oil Service Station, Westport, Co. Mayo
    TS08 Clifden Station House Hotel, Clifden, Co. Galway
    TS09 Oranmore Service Station, Oranmore, Co. Galway
    TS10 Caseys Centra Quickstop, Dock Rd, Limerick City
    TS11 Centra Menavalley, Brinkhall, Tralee, Co. Kerry
    TS12 Sneem Hotel, Sneem, Co. Kerry
    TS13 Mizen Head, Co. Cork
    TS14 Actons Hotel, Kinsale, Co. Cork
    TS15 Ticknock Service Station, Cobh, Co. Cork
    TS16 Carraig Hotel, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
    TS17 Lawless Hotel, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
    TS18 Powerscourt Arms Hotel, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow

    A full schedule of expected arrival times can be found on the website

    Solo racers:
    411 Just Sweat No Tears (2 person. Brian Welsh & Stacey Eccles) (UK)

    102 Fabio Biasiolo. (Italy) Current Ultra Marathon World Number 1. Former Italian MTB Champion. He has raced in RAAM 11 times.
    103 Mark Pattinson (UK). 2nd in RAAM 2008
    104 Stephen Bugbee (USA) 4th Overall Ultra Marathon World Cup 2008
    105 Joe Barr (Derry) Former Irish End to End record holder. Joe is aiming to raise £100,000 for the Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children. He will have a camera crew with him for the race and will be posting live video updates as the week progresses.
    106 Holger Roethig (Germany) 3rd Kraftwerk Trophy 2009
    107 Stewart Wilson (UK) 4th RAAM (4-person) 2005
    108 Eoghan Clifford (Galway)
    109 Paul Nolan (Meath)
    111 Sean O’Hiarnain (Galway)
    112 Richard Church (UK)
    101 Caroline van den Bulk (Canada) Current Ultra Marathon World Number 1. 1st Race Around Slovenia 2009. North American 24hr Champion 2007.

    Teams:
    4-person
    401 An Post Team Connaught (Padraig Marrey, Daire Mooney, Noel Brady & Michael Brady) The Team will be working with a group of researchers and scientists from Dublin City University, CLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies, and NUI Maynooth will be undertaking research into the effect this event will have on competitors and their environment.
    402 Team No Prior Experience (Graham Little, Simon Janes, Robert Goldsmith & Colm Laverty). Team leader Graham is a presenter on Sky Sports and the team will have a camera crew following them for the duration of the race.
    403 Team Tailteann (Noel Tonge, Eoin Ryan, Neil O’Brien & Brian Heffernan)
    404 Swords CC (Shaun Gilbride, Karl Twomey, Derek Fagan & Henry Crowley)
    405 The Wacky Racers (Sean Doherty, Owenie McKinney, Paddy McDaid & Patrick McLaughlin)
    406 Team GTF (Ady Green, Mark Jones, Chris Holden & Paul Day)
    407 Beara 4 (Doug Corrie, Ian Geraghty, Shay Murphy & Ciaran Crehan)
    408 Midlife Cyclists (Anthony Cullen, Joe Conway, David Fitzpatrick & Nigel Swanwick)
    409 LMFM (Darren Rubotham, Paul Hayes, John Tormey & Davy Harrison)
    410 Bikedock Belles (Julie Watt, Cathy Thompson, Andrea Harrower and Taryn McCoy) The Bikedock Belles are the only ladies team in the race.
    8-person
    801 Team Youghal (Ger Flanagan, Tommy Roche, Christy McCarthy, Eoin Whyte, Kieran Kroeger, John MacCormack, Stephen McGovern & Michael Hines)

    The Official Charity Partner of the race is the Ciaran Maree Cancer Research and Development Fund. Many of the racers are also raising money for various charities. More details on these charities can be found on our website.

    Our website will be updated regularly with racer positions, photos, videos and news from the road.

    www.racearoundireland.com


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