South East Road Club

Well done to Joe Christian who finished strongly on the last stage of the Gorey 3 day, in what was a miserable wet day on the bike.

John Maguire, unfortunately didn’t take to the start line this morning owing to the injuries he sustained during a fall on stage one.

From the word, go heading out from Gorey towards Carnew the pace went up and inevitably there were riders being dropped here and there along the course.
As the race progressed heading along down into the outskirts of Tullow, there were attempted breakaways ,the most they managed to get over the main group was a meager 20’s.
The majority of the early attempts to get away were quickly quashed by the main bunch.

At about the 50kms mark a group of at least 15 riders (maybe more ) broke away from the main peloton and started to build a comfortable lead, the breakaway was unchecked by the main bunch,they eventually stretched out their advantage to just under 2 minutes .

The eventual stage winner and the overall winner came from the breakaway group.
Daniel Kirwan from Lucan, who was 4th overall this morning, 10 seconds adrift of the Yellow jersey of Liam Blanchfield, took the overall win.
Matt Lynch, the 16 year old Mountivation rider, took his second stage win today on the Blessington road.
( He must have been disappointed after coming in just after the main bunch yesterday and was hungry for a second victory. )

So that’s the 2012 edition of the Gorey 3 day done and dusted.

Well done again to John and Joe who rode a great race and flew the SERC colours proudly.

Thanks again to all members who helped out in any way to get the lads through the 3 days and to the committee members for their behind the scenes work.

Thanks to Derek Webb who put in a Trojan amount of work supporting the lads in the car and for the use of his teach for Race HQ and massage parlour

Today saw the lads take on an Individual TT in the morning followed by a tough 4 laps of the Craanford circuit

in the afternoon.

John finished strongly in the bunch with Joe coming in a few minutes after.

Tomorrow’s final stage sees the peleton heading out from Gorey and back out to Blessington for the finale.

Best of luck to the Lads for the penultimate stage.

Yesterday’s stage was apparently the fastest stage so far on record on the Gorey 3 day.

Thanks again to everyone who has helped the team so far and also the Wexford Wheelers for their backup support on the road.

Photos from before today’s afternoon stage in Gorey :

To all S.E.R.C members and their families,

wishing you all a very happy Easter.

Go Easy on the chocolate !!!

(Only John, Joe and Becky are allowed to over indulge tomorrow)

Today saw the first stage of the Gorey 3 day which finished up in Gorey in the afternoon.

The average pace of the riders today was at least 45kms. It seemed from the word go the pack were rocketing their way from Blessington to Gorey.

Well done to John and Joe who survived today’s lightening pace.

Full reports and photos available below on both sites :

http://www.stickybottle.com/races-results/british-16-year-old-matt-flynn-simply-too-strong-at-gorey-three-day/

http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/

Tomorrow sees the lads take on a busy schedule with an individual TT in the morning followed by 4 tough circuits of Craanford.

On Easter Sunday morning the Individual 6.4 Km Time Trial will commence at 9a.m, ( out on the Enniscorthy Rd. and finishes at the 50K Speed Limit Sign just outside the town).

On Easter Sunday afternoon there will be a massed start race which begins at 2.30p.m, at the Monument in Gorey  and is raced over 4 laps of the Craanford, Camolin, Gorey Circuit, finishing again on the Enniscorthy Road at the 50K Speed Limit Sign.

Photos from the Peleton heading over Kilcavan hill

Best of luck to John Maguire, and Joe Christian who will be racing this weekend in the Gorey 3 day.

Stage one kicks off from Blessington at 12pm heading through Baltinglass, Hacketstown, Tinahely, Carnew, Craanford, Camolin and Smith’s Cross Roads with the finish line on the Ballycanew Rd. in Gorey, at the Amber Springs Hotel.

A good place to catch the race is on Kilcavan hill on the road out of Tinahely heading for Carnew.

Full race details can be found on the link below

http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/IrishCycling/News_Events/News/The+An+Post+Gorey+3+Day.htm

Best of luck to Becky Heaney who will be representing club and country this weekend in Scotland.

Based around the Perth region of East Scotland, the girls’ race gets underway tomorrow, Friday, with a 1.8km morning time trial. In the afternoon there follows a 4.5km team time trial. The first road stage is a 55km flat circuit race on Saturday, followed by the concluding 30km hilly stage on Sunday.

The team will be aiming at the general classification. They will be racing against strong competition, chief among these being the Great Britain girls’ talent team. Neenan Travel and SprintDesign.Inc are sponsoring the Irish team for this event.

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/promising-irish-team-bound-for-girls-youth-tour-of-scotland/

Photos taken by James Forde of the 2012 SERC 3 Peaks Challenge have been added to the Photos section of the site.

Round 2 of the Wexford Wheelers, Liam Bennett TT League, takes place tomorrow evening.
Sign on ; 6pm
First rider off @6.30pm
Starting point at the Event notice board for Wexford Youths outside Ferrycarrig Park on the main N11, back to Oylegate.

Update:

Well done to Kevin Ryan who took part in this evening’s Wexford Wheelers TT League finishing in a time of 12.12.

Check out Club member Derrick Evans crossing the finish line at today’s Connemarathon half Marathon on RTE
http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1143130
fast forward to 22.05

Well done Derrick great work.

(Thanks to John Maguire for his great observation skills )

Well done to all 121 cyclists who turned out this morning for the 3 Peaks Challenge on what was a perfect day for it.
Thanks again to all our neighbouring clubs and everyone who travelled from near and far for supporting our event.
Hope to see you all next year.

Thanks to all members,family members,helpers,marshalls and organisers who gave up their Sunday to make the day a great success.

Reports and photos to follow.

Please note all club members intending to ride the 3 peaks this Sunday must have paid their full club membership, otherwise you will be subject to pay the full fee + a one day licence.

The club would like to wish Becky the very best in making the irish 2020 squad to race in Scotland during  Easter weekend, Well done Becky all ur training and hard work over the years has paid off and the best of luck to the rest of the squad…..

Hayley Priestley

Rebecca Heaney

Rachel Kaye Mellor

Emily Birchall

Well done girls