John Buller from Bandbridge CC wins the A1/A2 race at the Richies Bike Store Brendan Campbell Memorial at Cooperhill, Near Drogheda. Photo:Colin Bell/pressphotos.ie
1st. John Buller (Banbridge CC) 2nd. Richard Maes (STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team) 3rd. Conor Murnane – UCD 4th. Fintan Ryan – Kingspan-TrackProject.ie 5th. Adam Stenson – UC Monaco 6th. Ronan McDonnell – Dublin Wheelers 7th. Andy Maguire – Spellman-Dublin Port 8th. Aaron Wade – Powerhouse Sport 9th. Paul Forristal – STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 10th. Shay Donley – Team Dan Morrissey – McCarthy Insurance Group – Pactimo
1st U/P A2. Shay Donley – Team Dan Morrissey – McCarthy Insurance Group – Pactimo 2nd U/P A2. Eugene Murtagh – Lucan CRC 3rd U/P A2. Shane O’Connell – Blarney CC 4th U/P A2. Ryan Byrne – Spellman-Dublin Port 5th U/P A2. Lean Janse Van Rensburg – Sandton City
Kitty Campbell Memorial A3 Race
Mark McGarry from Dungarvan CC wins the A3/Junior race at the Richies Bike Store Brendan Campbell Memorial at Cooperhill, Near Drogheda. Photo:Colin Bell/pressphotos.ie
1st. Mark McGarry – Dungarvan CC 2nd. John Priest – Lucan CRC 3rd. John Mason – STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team 4th. Kevin Leech – Drogheda Wheelers 5th. Michael Green – Phoneix CC 6th. Ciaran Dixon – Team Type 1 Junior Team 7th. David O’Suillvan – Powerhouse Sport 8th. Darren Rafferty – Island Wheelers
1st U/P Junior. Liam Crowley – O’Leary Stone Kanturk 2nd U/P Junior. Daniel Yon Hin – O’Leary Stone Kanturk 3rd U/P Junior. Dean Harvey – VC Glendale
1st U/P Lady. Maura Claffey (UCD)
A4 Race
1st. Robert Kennedy – Ballymena Road Club 2nd. Sean Mullen – Unattached 3rd. Andy Ross – VC Glendale 4th. Luke Coll – Drogheda Wheelers 5th. Conor Alymer – St Tiernan’s CC 6th. Fergus Craddock – Dublin Wheelers 7th. Pawel Jonkowski – Starsky CC 8th. Fergal Kennedy – Carlow RCC 9th. Tony Woods – Clontarf CC 10th. Robert Bowen – St Tiernan’s CC
Daire Feeley recorded his third win of the season at the Peter Bidwell Memorial 2020. The VeloRevolution-Strata 3 rider beat Darnell Moore (Vitus Pro Cycling), in the sprint for victory – these two having ridden clear of the group they were with on the penultimate lap. Feeley’s team mate Mark Dowling brought home the chasing group for 3rd place on the night.
Daire Feeley STRATA3/VeloRevolution Racing Team wins The Peter Bidwell Memorial at Donore, Just outside Drogheda. Photo:Colin Bell/pressphotos.ie
Frst-year junior Maria McAllister of TC Racing was best woman on the night. Peter McLean of Ards CC was best of the A2s. Ciaran Dixon of Team Type 1 junior squad took the unplaced junior prize. Meanwhile Darragh Campbell of Drogheda Wheelers was best A3 ahead of teammates Kevin Leech and Aaron McCann. Sean Mullen (unattached) was best placed A4.
Results
Daire Feeley Strata 3-VeloRevolution
Darnell Moore Vitus Pro Cycling
Mark Dowling Strata 3-VeloRevolution
Odhran Doogan (Jnr) Caldwell Cycles
Chris Reilly Bohermeen CC
Stephen Gallagher Orchard CC
Charles Prendergast Dan Morrissey-MIG-Pactimo
Marc Potts Caldwell Cycles
Leading Woman
Maria McAllister TC Racing (Jnr)
A2 Podium
Peter McLean Ards Cycling Club
Fergus Callaghan Four Masters CC
Eddie Brennan Dublin Wheelers
A3 Podium
Daragh Campbell Drogheda Wheelers
Kevin Leech Drogheda Wheelers
Aaron McCann Drogheda Wheelers
Junior Podium
Ciaran Dixon Team Type 1
Sean Barrett O’Leary Stone Kanturk
Daniel Yon Hin O’Leary Stone Kanturk
A4 Prize
Sean Mullen Unattached Leinster
U12 Race
1st. Hugh Og Mulhearne – Panduit Carrick Wheelers 2nd. George Sevastopulo – Sundrive Track Team 3rd. Davis Quinn – Quanta Scott Orwell Wheelers CC 4th. Shane O’Brien – Fermoy CC 5th. Cianan Dennehy – Sliabh Luachra CC 6th. Diarmuid Collins – Newcastle West CC
1st Girl – Sarah Gaffney – Dungarvan CC 2nd Girl – Elise Cunningham – Quanta Scott Orwell Wheelers CC 3rd Girl – Joann Connor – Drogheda Wheelers
U14 Race
1st. Samuel Coleman – Shelbourne/Orchard CC 2nd. Joseph Mullen – Navan RC 3rd. Oisin May – Quanta Scott Orwell Wheelers CC 4th. Maximilian Fitzgerald – Dungarvan CC 5th. Josh Callaly – Navan RC6th. Tom Kinsella – Panduit Carrick Wheelers
1st Girl – Aine Doherty – VC Glendale 2nd Girl – Kate Murphy – Sliabh Luachra CC 3rd Girl – Aine Reilly – Quanta Scott Orwell Wheelers CC
U16 Race
1st. Liam O’Brien – Fermoy CC 2nd. Ruairi Byrne – Quanta Scott Orwell Wheelers CC 3rd. Adam Gilsenan – Bohermeen CC 4th. Quillan Donnelly – O’Leary Stone Kanturk 5th. Oisin Ferrity – Island Wheelers 6th. Darragh Lenehan – Navan RC
Marc Potts (Team Caldwell Cycles) edged out Drogheda’s Shane Coll to take victory in round 2 of the Mark Mullen League. The win sees him go top of the overall standings. Paul O’Reilly (Team Dan Morrissey – McCarthy Insurance Group – Pactimo) finished third.
Shane Coll of Drogheda Wheelers is narrowly beaten at the line by Mark Potts of Caldwell Cycles Omagh in the second round of the Mark Mullen League at Crufty just outside Drogheda. Photo:Colin Bell/pressphotos.ie
This is a very important post for all riders, spectators and interested parties. Please read the following post carefully.
First and foremost, the entire club has worked extremely hard to ensure that these races can go ahead. There has been a huge amount of cancellations nationwide, but we have planned vigorously over the last few months to ensure that we can offer you this weekend of racing, for everyone, including youth cyclists.
*IF YOU ANSWERED ‘YES’ TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND THE EVENTS*
In addition, anyone attending is also required to read and adhere to the following guidelines, as laid out by Cycling Ireland. Failure to adhere to these guidelines may result in our elected Covid Officer asking you to leave the event: Guidelines for Participants
Peter Bidwell Memorial – Saturday, 25th July
Youth Events
PLEASE NOTE: The start time for the youth races is 3PM, not 10am as advertised on the ticket issued by EventMaster.
3:00 pm – U16 (4 laps – 26km) 3:03 pm – U14 (2 laps – 13km) 3:06 pm – U12 (1 lap – 6.5km)
ASSEMBLY: Riders are to make their own way to the assembly point at the finish line, which can be found at the checkered point on the route below. All riders are expected to be at the assembly point at 2:50 pm sharp. If you miss your group, that is not our problem and you will not be re-admitted to the race.
Senior Events
PLEASE NOTE: The start time for the senior event is 5:00 pm, not 10:00 am as advertised on the ticket issued by EventMaster.
5:00 pm – A1/2/3/4 (8 laps – 51km)
ASSEMBLY: Riders are to make their own way to the assembly point at Mullaghcrone Quarry, where the race will start from. It can be found at the green dot through the route link below.
There will be four groups, in order of category, and you will be assembled in that order at the quarry. All riders are expected to be at the assembly point at 4:50 pm sharp. If you miss your group, that is not our problem and you will not be re-admitted to the race.
RACE PARKING: All riders are asked to park at the Drogheda Retail Park and then ride to the assembly point. There is a link below which shows the directions from the car park to the race start. They are asked to immediately pass through the finish line and then ride to the car park once the race has concluded.
PLEASE NOTE: This race is not being held on the usual circuit. This is to prevent congregation in Donore Village. We are running the race on the circuit that we usually use for ‘The Coombes Connor Memorial’.
10:00 am – A4 (4 laps – 56km) 11:30 am – A1/A2 (6 laps – 84km) 11:33 am – A3/JUN (5 laps – 70km)
ASSEMBLY: Riders are to make their own way from the car parking facilities to the start line for assembly of riders. A4 riders are expected to be at the line for 9:45 am sharp and all other riders to be at the line for 11:15 am sharp for assembly. If you miss the start, that is your own fault and you will not be re-admitted into the race.
RACE PARKING: The car park for this race is located beside Bellewstown Racecourse. It is not in Bellewstown Racecourse and it is not the usual car park used for The Coombes Connor Memorial. You can find the correct car park/entrance by looking at the picture below. Below there is a link with directions from the car park to the race start (Don’t worry – it’s all downhill!) Again, we are asking that as soon as your race is concluded, please pass through the line and ride directly to the car park.
Adam Gilsenan of Bohermeen won the first round of this year’s Mark Mullen league. Sean Lenehan of Navan was second and Luke Coll of Drogheda Wheelers third.
Adam Gilsenan of Bohermeen CC wins the first round of the Drogheda Wheelers Mark Mullen League. Photo:Colin Bell/pressphotos.ie
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Round 1 of the League (Monday 13th July) will be comprise four laps of the circuit mapped out below. Those of you that have participated previously in our Coombes Connor open races will be familiar with some of the roads. The venue for subsequent rounds may be changed subject to ongoing review by our health and safety team.
The assembly area for the night will be the Coombes Connor start/ finish line which is just off the circuit on the R150 Duleek-Julianstown road, when heading east towards Julianstown. Race start time will be at 7:30 pm.
All riders that have Cycling Ireland race numbers i.e. those with full competitive licences are asked to wear those numbers and to use frame numbers as well. This will greatly assist us in being able to publish race results as quickly as possible without the need for any congregation when the race has finished.
We are also asking all riders to please bring along a mask or other face covering that they can wear while assembling at the start line, since proper social distancing may not be possible there. Masks can be put away in jersey pockets immediately prior to the start and neither these nor items such as gel wrappers nor any other litter should be discarded on or near the circuit.
There will be no physical sign-on at the race venue. Riders will use a virtual sign on system and details of this will be issued by email in the next day or two. Any rider that has not received an email notification about this before Sunday 12th July should contact entries@droghedawheelers.ie so that we can ensure we have your correct address.
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Entry for the annual Mark Mullen League is now closed, with a full complement of 70 riders having entered. Sorry to all those riders who may have missed out: we’re sure you all appreciate the need to limit numbers. Any riders who would like to be included on our reserve list should email entries@droghedawheelers.ie. We will let you know should any places become available due to cancellations etc.
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Drogheda Wheelers are delighted to announce that our annual Mark Mullen League will commence on 13th July. Any riders wishing to participate in the league can register by clicking here. Unlike previous years, riders must pay in advance by submitting the entrance fee using the paypal link provided on the registration page. Riders also need to be aware of quite a number of important guidelines arising from the need to social distance. Full details are available here.
Further information regarding routes and start times will be published here shortly
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Further to the announcement below, regarding Cycling Ireland’s Roadmap for Reopening, Drogheda Wheelers would like to advise all members who are organising training spins, whether for leisure or competitive groups, to take note of all the guidelines outlined in the Cyling Ireland Club Training Guidelines. The following points are particularly important:
Organisers of training sessions are required to use the Cycling Ireland Booking System for all club activities. This is a government requirement for contact tracing purposes.
Organisers should ensure that the number of participants must not exceed the maximum allowed by government regulations.
Participants should only attend the activity as close as practical to the start of any training and leave as soon as possible after the end of the session.
Participants should only handle their equipment (bikes, bidons, nutrition, towels etc) and not touch the equipment of others.
Participants should bring their own filled bidons (no use of water taps). No post-training social activities are to be conducted.
No participants and organisers are to attend or must leave immediately, a club activity if they have any illness or symptoms of COVID-19.
Participants and organisers must not attend a club activity if in the last 14 days they have been unwell or had close contact with a known or suspected case of COVID-19, even if mild.
Participants and organisers must ensure physical distancing requirements are adhered to.
The announcement of the revised “Roadmap for Reopening Society” has allowed for an accelerated return of club activities and events. The following is an extract from the Cycling Ireland website outlining some of the implications for clubs.
Club training and racing can now return from June 29th once strict protocols are adhered to. Guidelines developed by Cycling Ireland in conjunction with the Sport Expert Group and UCI are available to clubs wishing to organise group training rides and club competitions during Phase 3. A Cycling Ireland booking system has been developed to assist clubs with meeting government’s contact tracing requirements.
Open events will return from July 17th to allow sufficient time for event organisers to implement the necessary protocols and provide athletes with adequate time to prepare for competition. A revised calendar will be made available next week with online registration through the Cycling Ireland events system a requirement for contact tracing purposes. Guidance for event organisers can be viewed below and our events team are available to assist you through this process.
While group training activities and events are returning, Covid-19 remains a highly contagious and debilitating virus, and in some cases a fatal one. Members, clubs, and event organisers should consider their own circumstances and assume personal responsibility when deciding to partake in group activities.
Drogheda Wheelers urges all its members to familiarise themselves with all of the rules and protocols laid out by Cycling Ireland and to enjoy a safe return to our sport. We hope to be in a position over the coming days to announce plans regarding our scheduled events.
