Road Racing weekend 24th 25th April

Diarmuid

Anyone have any info about the racing events this weekend. From cycling Ireland:

Sat 24th
Peter Bidwell Memorial - Donore

Sun 25th
Coombes Connor Memorial - Drogheda
McCann Cup - Fintona
Silver Pail GP - Fermoy

That's about as much as I can gleam from the fountain of information that is the CI website.

Lumen

From IrishCycling what's on.

Peter Bidwell Memorial, Apr 24th, 2010 (Sat)
5.30 pm (A+,A1,A2,A3,A4) 50k/ms, sign on Drogheda retail park. Sign on opens @ 3.45pm

Coombes Connor Mem Sun 25-Apr
1.00pm
Race 1: A+,A1,A2 - 112km
Race 2: A3, A4 - 70km
Race 3: Ladies national league round 2, 56km
Sign on opens 11.00am.
Sign on @ drogheda retail park. Donore road.

McCann Cup Sun 25-Apr RR
Omagh Wheelers
A*,A1,A2,A3,A4
96km/80km 1.00pm - Halfway House, Seskinore, Fintona

Not much on the Silver Pail GP.

Diarmuid

I was hoping for some info on the route Hilly or flat? Loops of a tight circuit or open? Good or bad roads? Popular or quiet event?

RobFowl

The Peter Bidwell is a short loop which is quite up and down.

The Conor Coombes has a savage but short climb which always catches some by surprise.

Both are quite popular and well run.

I knew Peter Bidwell and he was a great guy.
Rode the RAS a number of times and was a volunteer until his untimely death a couple of years ago.

Lumen

RobFowl wrote: »

The Peter Bidwell is a short loop which is quite up and down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVwACQy3yYg

Quigs Snr

The Silver Pail GP in Cork is more or less completely pan flat as I recall.

Caroline_ie

Might do the Ladies race in drogheda ... 'might'

RobFowl

And don't forget the IVCA one ....

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sunday April 25th - Kentstown[/FONT]

80km (50 miles) DMS starting in Kentstown. Latest time for sign on is 9.00am and the race starts at 9.15am

Diarmuid

RobFowl wrote: »

And don't forget the IVCA one ....

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sunday April 25th - Kentstown[/FONT]
80km (50 miles) DMS starting in Kentstown. Latest time for sign on is 9.00am and the race starts at 9.15am

Any idea of the route? I like the idea of a 9am start. With the midday starts the whole day is gone on racing.

EDIT: IVCA == Vets. Does that mean only open to vets?

Beasty

Diarmuid wrote: »

EDIT: IVCA == Vets. Does that mean only open to vets?

Yes - 40+ this calendar year

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

Yes - 40+ this calendar year

Or 35+ for the Laydees

GlennaMaddy

Does anybody have a linky to a route for the Coombes-Connor or Peter Bidwell memorials next weekend?

I presume Bidwell is handicapped?

Raam

I did Coombes Connor last year. From memory, I think the hill was taken out of it.

austinbyrne21

Anyone a route for Drogheda? And from past experiences, any places better than others for spectators?

sunshinyday

Quigs Snr wrote: »

The Silver Pail GP in Cork is more or less completely pan flat as I recall.

id agree with Quigs Snr here. pretty much a flat left hand circuit. good fast race. Might make the journey to that one.

Future 2050

Does anyone know anything about Drogheda route for Sunday. Also are the races seperate particularly the A3 and A4.

I believe it is a flat enough routs and could be dangerous enough is this correct?

Any input would be great guys and ladies.

zzzzzzzz

Future 2050 wrote: »

Does anyone know anything about Drogheda route for Sunday. Also are the races seperate particularly the A3 and A4.

I believe it is a flat enough routs and could be dangerous enough is this correct?

Any input would be great guys and ladies.

I heard that there's a decent enough climb on it - not unlike the one in stamullen last weekend. Although I also heard that they took the climb out of the circuit last year - not sure why.

Diarmuid

Pretty limited info it seems

zzzzzzzz

sorry - someone should probably merge this thread

[mod note: done]

GlennaMaddy

Update on Coombes Connor A3/A4 race posted at
http://racestarts.at/?q=node/3246#comment-22

RobFowl

PETER BIDWELL MEMORIAL, DROGHEDA
(Saturday) promoted by Drogheda Wheelers CC

SENIOR RACE - (50k)
1 Colin Robinson, Stamullen M Donnelly RC
2 Colm Quinn, Cuchulainn CC
3 Paul 0’Keeffe, South Dublin CC
4 Paul Kennedy, Swords CC
5 Ciaran McKenna, Emerald CC
6 Craig Sweetman, Stamullen M Donnelly RC
7 Javan Nulty, Stamullen M Donnelly RC
8 Robert Storan, Swords CC

1st Unp S2 – Con Collis, Ravens CC
2nd Unp S2 – Philip Bremner, Ballymena CC
3rd Unp S2 – Philip Finnegan, Engraveit.ie CC

1st Unp A3 – Stephen Byrne, Usher IRC
2nd Unp A3 – David Boyd, Clonard CC
3rd Unp A3 – Paul Bracken, Slipstream CC

1st Unp A4 – Niall McAree, Emyvale CC
2nd Unp A4 – Simon 0’Dea, Navan Avonmore RC
3rd Unp A4 - Brian McComb, East Tyrone

Special:
1st Unp Junior Andrew Bracken, Slipstream CC
1st Unp Vet – Eddie Lynch, Orwell Dundrum SC

Zorba

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