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Under 16 boys<\/p><\/div>\n
The Senior 3 women had 2 laps of the full course to complete. Caroline Murphy (EPIC MTB) crossed the line first with Andrea Seaton (IMBRC) second, Aishling O’Connor (Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club) third and newcomer Tonia Lawlor fourth. The Senior 2 women had to do 3 laps. Fiona Lally (Team WORC) did lead at the end of lap 1 but Niamh Denny (EPIC MTB) took over the lead and held it to the finish. Fiona had to settle for second with Erica Grant (EPIC MTB) finishing third.<\/p>\n
The Senior 1 women’s race was held over 4 laps and saw a great display of riding from Greta Lawless (Dawson Racing) to take the win. Current senior national champion Caoimhe May (Team WORC) was second with Joanna Bula (Team WORC) third and Leah McCarthy (K Capital Rocky Mountain) fourth.<\/p>\n
Anthony Whelan (EPIC MTB) finished first in the Senior 4 race. Stephen Millist (Un-Attached Leinster) made his way up from fourth to second. Milos Hajek (IMBRC) was third with David Coyne fourth.<\/p>\n
At 2 pm the Senior 1 open, Junior men, Senior 2 open and Senior 3 open riders lined up which meant we had 85 riders on track. The Senior 1 open riders and Junior men started on the first whistle.<\/p>\n
Junior rider Ryan Daly (SCOTT Alpha Theta) was given permission to ride in the 5 lap Senior 1 race and he demonstrated why with a solid win. Course builder and overall off-road legend Robin Seymour (Team WORC) was second with Daniel Brickenden (Team WORC) third, Ruairi Byrne (UCD Cycling Club) fourth and Sean Feeney (Team WORC) fifth.<\/p>\n
Fionn Crinion (IMBRC) won the 4 lap Junior men’s race. Conor Regan (Kilcullen Cycling Club Murphy Geospacial) was second with Darragh O’Keeffe (EPIC MTB) third and Alex Lonergan (Un-Attached Leinster) fourth.<\/p>\n
In the Senior 2 open race Glyn O’Brien (Un-Attached Ulster) had a strong race on a course that suited his technical skills. Pj Hynes (Bellurgan Wheelers) was sitting in second place and was still ahead of John Doris (EPIC MTB) on the final home straight. PJ raced for the finish line but a chain issue had him jump off the bike within metres of the line. He started running but John managed to pass PJ to take second place. Bad luck PJ. It was good to see the return of Richard Felle (Team WORC) who finished fourth with Alfie Wallace (Un-Attached Leinster) fifth.<\/p>\n
In the Senior 3 open race Fergal Kilkenny (Hush MTB) took an unexpected win for him. He thought he had no form going into the race but he had enough! Stephen Scrivener (EPIC MTB) was second with Jonny Adams (McConvey Cycles) third. Colm O’Byrne (IVCA Cycling Club) was fourth with Peter Davey (Un-Attached Ulster) fifth.<\/p>\n
Thanks to all the hardworking volunteers from Team WORC for hosting the event. Thanks to Jim the landowner for the use of the field and forest. Thanks to this year’s prize sponsor Cycleology \/ Cup and Cone. The next round will be held in Ballinastoe on Sunday 10 May. This will be part of the Wicklow Mountain Bike Festival. Note that the race schedule starts 1 hour earlier to accommodate the downhill race which will be happening in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Commissaire: Martin Grimley<\/p>\n
Results \u2013 here<\/a><\/p>\n Race report by Martin Grimley<\/p>\n Photos<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2026 Irish Cross-country Mountain Bike National Point Series opened with Round 1 at Tonygarrow in County Wicklow on Sunday 19 April. This was the fourth year that this private venue has been used for the series with Team WORC putting in another great effort to further develop the course. The large rocks were still… <\/p>\n
\nEamon Bracken (Facebook) – 12 pm race<\/a>, 2 pm race<\/a><\/p>\n