Hi fellow wheelers a good friend of mine from Cahirciveen who is involved with ,Skellig Stars Special Olympic Club, who are one of the chosen Benefactor's of this years cycle, has requested our sponsorship be be donated to this charity. It is a very worthy charity and would be great if we all supported it, Yours sincerely Neil Ryan. For further info contact Neil on 0862491564 Add Comment Week 5 of the TT series was a two man TT with a low turnout possible due to the windy conditions. The team of Brian and Rory Devitt came third overall on the night, Tommy Byrnes is in a great position in the over 40 Category. The top 5 positions are very close in the 40+ Cat. Full results can be got by clicking here The club was well represented in the Cahir Sprint Tri on Sat the 21st of May, Rory Devitt led the club home in 8th place with a super performance in his first return to triathlon in 3 years, Local lad Graham Butler put in a super performance of 1:04:31 to come 7th overall, All results can be seen below.  It was sad news to hear of the passing of Bobby Power, a legend of Irish cycling. The Carrick Wheelers rider had 107 senior open race wins under his belt and finished 2nd overall in the Ras one year. Members of the club who raced alongside him in the Eighties will remember the cycling prowess of the great man. May he Rest in Peace. A great performance from Tommy Byrnes coming first in the 40+ Cat and claiming the 10 points on the night. This puts Tommy in a great place for taking the overall, Full results can be seen by clicking here Below are the results of the hill climb challenge, Not many of us turned up on the night, The idea of TT up the glen was not high on many of our agendas, mine included:-), Well done to all who took part, Dave stokes took photos of the event , so Dave when ya read this you might upload like a sound man. Rory Devitt 7:33 Dermot Radford 7:34 Pat Ryan 8:27 Jim Hally 9:23 Martin Breen 11:18 Martina Byrnes 12:12 Euan Phelan 13:54 John Hoolahan 14:47 Phyllis Richardson 18:30 Tommy Byrnes DNS Broken chain in the warm up (too much power in his legs) :-) Two club members Liam Butler and Brian Devitt who are also members of the limerick triathlon club were racing the Joey Hannon olimpic triathlon on Sunday,Club member Donal Breen also a member of limerick tri raced the Sprint distance, The race's was made very difficult by the extremely windy conditions during the time trial, Club member and multiple time Ironman Liam Butler led the club home in 31st position and won his age group, club member Brian Devitt came 46th, Local man Graham Butler and son of Liam Butler put in a time of 2:16:02 to come 27th overall. In the sprint event Donal breen came 74th overall, i am waiting for confirmation on donals position in his age category, see below for links to photos Stats below Olimpic Racers 27th Graham Butler M20-24 00:23:46 swim 00:01:11 t1 01:04:46 bike 00:00:56 t2 00:45:26 run 02:16:02 finish 31st Liam Butler M50-54 00:27:37 swim 00:01:29 t1 01:05:10 bike 00:00:57 t2 00:41:48 run 02:16:58 finish 46th Brian Devitt M25-29 00:27:36 swim 00:01:21 t1 01:05:25 bike 00:01:01 t2 00:46:16 run 02:21:36 finish In the sprint 74th Donal Breen M35-49 00:23:05 (182) 00:01:21 00:44:22 (27) 00:00:58 00:22:35 (57) 01:32:20 CLICK HERE FOR SET OF PICTURES 1 CLICK HERE FOR SET OF PICTURES 2 Liam Butlers photostream of Joey hannon I will provide more links to pictures during the week as they become available Week 3 of the Cycling Pursuits Time Trial League was held on Thursday 05 May. This week was the first of the two-man time trials where competitors took on the course in pairs, assisting each other, and it is the time of the last person from the pair crossing the line that is counted. Two-man time trialling can be extremely difficult especially if one rider is slightly stronger than the other and the transition from one rider to the other is important in maintaining speed and saving energy. Although the rain held off and the roads were reasonably dry, there was a very strong wind facing the riders on the way out, meaning at the turn point a tail wind assisted the time trialists on the way home. From the 56 competitors on the night, the Tipperary Wheelers had only two representatives, John McCormack and Dermot Radford. Other members of the club chose to sit out this week’s time trials and instead focus on the weekend triathlon taking place on Sunday. John was paired with Paul Dillon from the Cycling Pursuits club and together they put in a time of 30 min 36 sec. Dermot was paired with local Tipperary man Simon Ryan, representing Kanturk Cycling Club, and they put in the second best time on the night of 26 min 17 sec. Overall that still leaves Dermot holding a slender lead in the Elite category, just one point ahead of Simon and John has moved up to sixth position in the Vet category. Having sat out the time trial this week, Tommy Byrnes has dropped to third position in the Vet category, however with the best 6 from 7 positions counted Tommy can still make up the five points on the current leader. There will be a break in the time trial league next week and it will resume again on Thursday 19 May. It has been confirmed that Cycling Pursuits will also be hosting the Munster Time Trial Championships on the same course immediately following completion of the current league. Full details of the league can be found on the Cycling Pursuits website at cyclingpursuits.ie | SHOUTBOXCategoriesAll   ArchivesMay 2013 |
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