Swords CC Club League

dario28 · 23-04-2012 4:19pm

Hopefully the weather is wrong
Chances of race going ahead this Wednesday could be slim

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=4862

3.6 mm/3h is alot of rain added with gusting winds of 30 knots is not great

Raam · 23-04-2012 4:22pm

dario28 wrote: »

Hopefully the weather is wrong
Chances of race going ahead this Wednesday could be slim

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=4862

3.6 mm/3h is alot of rain added with gusting winds of 30 knots is not great

Unless there's an earthquake, I reckon it will go ahead.

RobFowl · 23-04-2012 4:26pm

dario28 wrote: »

Hopefully the weather is wrong
Chances of race going ahead this Wednesday could be slim

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=4862

3.6 mm/3h is alot of rain added with gusting winds of 30 knots is not great

Wuss

(and heavy rain just means the potholes will be partially filled in)

Hungrycol · 23-04-2012 4:27pm

dario28 wrote: »

Hopefully the weather is wrong
Chances of race going ahead this Wednesday could be slim

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=4862

3.6 mm/3h is alot of rain added with gusting winds of 30 knots is not great

Ahhhhh, FFS!

shaungil · 23-04-2012 4:27pm

Can't ever rem a race being postponed due to weather in 8 years.

dario28 · 23-04-2012 4:28pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Wuss

(and heavy rain just means the potholes will be partially filled in)

Ha !

My first race in garristown was cancelled last year cause it was hammering rain

fingers crossed its on

Beasty · 23-04-2012 4:28pm

Accuweather is showing "a chance of rain", probably clearing up around 7pm, with winds from the NNE at around 25-30kph. We had one race rained off last year, but the conditions were far worse than those forecast for Wednesday (and even then it was a split decision to call it off). It will need to be pretty bad to get the race cancelled

greenmat · 23-04-2012 4:29pm

Raam wrote: »

Unless there's an earthquake, I reckon it will go ahead.

Lovely weather to take the plunge.

Raam · 23-04-2012 4:29pm

dario28 wrote: »

Ha !

My first race in garristown was cancelled last year cause it was hammering rain

fingers crossed its on

No, there was an earthquake.

Hungrycol · 23-04-2012 4:31pm

shaungil wrote: »

Can't ever rem a race being postponed due to weather in 8 years.

6th July 2011
Garristown/Grallagh
Cancelled

Edit: I'll have to talk nicely to my bike see if it wants to play on Wednesday after the utter drenching I gave it yesterday. I swore I heard crying coming from the boot of my car on my way home yesterday.

Beasty · 23-04-2012 4:35pm

The main reason that race was cancelled was we had never ridden the course before, and the standing water was possibly covering potholes we were oblivious to. We almost turned round and did the Ardcath course, as there are not many places on that circuit where water will accumulate;)

Raam · 23-04-2012 4:38pm

Beasty wrote: »

The main reason that race was cancelled was we had never ridden the course before, and the standing water was possibly covering potholes we were oblivious to. We almost turned round and did the Ardcath course, as there are not many places on that circuit where water will accumulate;)

Which course was it?

07Lapierre · 23-04-2012 4:39pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Wuss

(and heavy rain just means the potholes will be partially filled in)

Maybe we should go around the course tomorrow evening and make a mental note of where the pot-holes are? say 7pm?

Beasty · 23-04-2012 4:43pm

Raam wrote: »

Which course was it?

Grallagh, heading up the hill from the start in Garristown (and over then then very dodgy speed humps - I believe they've been sorted out since). Eventually taking a left up to where we used to start the 3 Sisters Course and back into Garristown

The course has still not been raced, although I think it may have been used for a TT in the past

Hungrycol · 23-04-2012 4:47pm

Beasty wrote: »

Grallagh, heading up the hill from the start in Garristown (and over then then very dodgy speed humps - I believe they've been sorted out since). Eventually taking a left up to where we used to start the 3 Sisters Course and back into Garristown

The course has still not been raced, although I think it may have been used for a TT in the past

Yeah I motorbike marshalled this course last year (Aug 17th) and it was fine then.

Raam · 23-04-2012 4:50pm

Beasty wrote: »

Grallagh, heading up the hill from the start in Garristown (and over then then very dodgy speed humps - I believe they've been sorted out since). Eventually taking a left up to where we used to start the 3 Sisters Course and back into Garristown

The course has still not been raced, although I think it may have been used for a TT in the past

If it's the same one I am thinking of, we used it in 2009 and a few times last year.

07Lapierre · 23-04-2012 4:52pm

Raam wrote: »

If it's the same one I am thinking of, we used it in 2009 and a few times last year.

This One?

Raam · 23-04-2012 4:53pm

07Lapierre wrote: »

This One?

Aye.

07Lapierre · 23-04-2012 4:58pm

Raam wrote: »

Aye.

I rode it yesterday and the ramps in Garristown have been repaired and the rest of the circuit is pretty good. A new start/Finish line in Garristown will make for a more "spread out" finish. I suspect we'll use this circuit more often in the future.

RobFowl · 23-04-2012 5:19pm

Beasty wrote: »

The course has still not been raced, although I think it may have been used for a TT in the past

Oooohhh yes it has

Race 8: 6th June 2007- Oldtown CP
(3 laps : 30.90 miles / 49.72km)
1st Jason Ludgate (Swords)
2nd Rob Fowl (Swords)
3rd Louise Harlwich (Swords)
4th Turlough Mooney (Sligo CC)
5th Conor Bruton (Stam MD)
6th Kevin McFeely (Swords)
7th Jim Callaly (Swords)
8th Sean Halpin (Swords)

Race 14 - Wednesday 18th July 2007 - Oldtown CP
(3 laps : 30.90 miles / 49.72km)
1st Rob Fowl (Swords)
2nd Tim Fulcher (Swords)
3rd Barry Byrne (Swords)
4th Coleen Foley (Swords)
5th Martina Kelly (Stam MD)
6th Andrew Mawdsley (Swords)
7th Brendan Conway (Swords)

Race 19: Sun 19th August 2007 - Oldtown CP (3 laps)
(3 laps : 30.90 miles / 49.72km)

1st Fred Harte (Swords)
2nd Colm Sevastopulo (Swords)
3rd Alister Cole (Swords)
4th Jason Ludgate (Swords)
5th David O'Neill (Swords)
6th Jason Kely (Swords)
7th Alan Slevin (Garda CC)
8th Rob Fowl (Swords)

Lusk Doyle · 23-04-2012 5:22pm

Who's that R Fowler fella? Seems to be quite good looking at those results. Not sure I know him from recent times/races!!!

RobFowl · 23-04-2012 5:26pm

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Who's that R Fowler fella? Seems to be quite good looking at those results. Not sure I know him from recent times/races!!!

He died and went to heaven, it was very tragic

Beasty · 23-04-2012 6:33pm

Hungrycol wrote: »

Yeah I motorbike marshalled this course last year (Aug 17th) and it was fine then.

Raam wrote: »

If it's the same one I am thinking of, we used it in 2009 and a few times last year.

I must have been asleep that night

RobFowl wrote: »

Oooohhh yes it has

RobFowl wrote: »

He died and went to heaven, it was very tragic

Looks like quite a few relics of a bygone age were at the forefront in those days

... well before my time though;)

killalanerr · 23-04-2012 7:17pm

07 way back in the black and white days
After the wetting i got on sun im not that keen on a repeat ill adopt a wait and see

RobFowl · 23-04-2012 9:37pm

killalanerr wrote: »

07 way back in the black and white days
After the wetting i got on sun im not that keen on a repeat ill adopt a wait and see

It seems a long way away, was getting regular Swords league wins and placings from 2002 through to 2009 though prior to Sunday my last open race finish was in 2005 at the Leinster champs in Dundalk.....

Anyway, riding in the rain is character building........

Lusk Doyle · 23-04-2012 9:45pm

Would anyone be able to swap a marshalling post for the race next week? That is Wednesday 2nd May 2012 and not this Wednesday coming.

The circuit is the Bog of The Ring.

Please PM me if you can swap. I had a prior engagement but forgot about it when I put my name down. I am already marshalling the race this Wednesday, so I can't swap for that one.

Thanks.

greenmat · 24-04-2012 2:57pm

Went out for a spin around the circuit this morning in glorious weather, good nic bar 2 stretches to then realise I recced the wrong circuit. Did the Grallagh/Garristown instead of the Ardcath/Garristown. Can't make the intro spin tonight, feck. Got led astray reading pervious comments on this thread. Wasn't till I was home and I checked the Swords CC website I realised my mistake. Ah well, could be worse, could be snowing tomorrow night.

shaungil · 24-04-2012 3:24pm

So the route is being Changed and now goes through Damselstown, I hope noone gets in distress there.......

I'll get my coat.

Dermot Illogical · 24-04-2012 3:29pm

shaungil wrote: »

So the route is being Changed and now goes through Damselstown, I hope noone gets in distress there.......

I'll get my coat.

To wear over your dress?

Hang on, I'll get mine.

07Lapierre · 24-04-2012 3:35pm

Hi All,

Just wanted to let you know that there will be a slight change to the Garristown/Ardcath circuit for tomorrows race. One section of the circuit is in a pretty bad state (pot-holes etc.) , so we've decided, for safety reasons, to change the circuit to avoid this.

Anyone who's coming along to the intro tonight will have the pleasure of riding the new circuit for the first time!

Many thanks

07Lapierre

Swords CC Club League

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