Orwell Youth league 2017 round 6 and overall results

The final round of this years youth league was held last night in Corkagh park, and it was another very successful edition with 52 kids from 8 different clubs taking part.

With 3 races for each category from Under 6 up to Under 16 there's always lots of winners, but top of the lot last night was Dylan Baker who used his vastly improved sprint to take clear wins in both the Elimination and CP, as well as being fastest before the handicap in the 2up TT.

It was a good night also for the Holmes family, with big brother Luca taking 2 wins and another 1 for little sister Livia. Also featuring on the winners list were Ross Larkin, Katie Reilly, Lorcan Cattle, and Usher IRC were also represented with Lucas Dunne winning the U8 Scratch race.

Long time league leader Andrew Ryan missed the final round, and in his absence Rúairí Byrne and Dylan Baker squeezed by him at the top of the league, giving us an overall podium of:
1st, Rúairí Byrne, U14 Orwell, 139 points;
2nd, Dylan Baker, U14 Orwell, 133 points;
3rd, Andrew Ryan, U14 Orwell, 126 points.

The season long battle to be number 1 in the Reilly household saw Aine take a super narrow victory over big sister Katie, and then Kate Kiernan just held off Lucan's Ella Murtagh for 3rd place of the girls:
1st, Aine Reilly, U10 Orwell, 85 points;
2nd, Katie Reilly, U12 Orwell, 83 points;
3rd, Kate Kiernan, U10 Orwell, 45 points.

With 26 of our own riders taking part in the league the placings were understandably dominated by Orwell jerseys, but it was nice to see both genders well represented, and a regular scattering from a variety of other clubs up there every week.

The final podiums for each of the age categories were as follows:
1st, Peter Walsh, U16 Orwell, 110 points;
2nd, Ella Murtagh, U16 Lucan, 43 points;
3rd, Ryan O'Hagan, U16 Lucan, 43 points.

1st, Rúairí Byrne, U14 Orwell, 139 points;
2nd, Dylan Baker, U14 Orwell, 133 points;
3rd, Andrew Ryan, U14 Orwell, 126 points.

1st, Lorcan Cattle, U12 Orwell, 88 points;
2nd, Katie Reilly, U12 Orwell, 83 points;
3rd, Aoife Murtagh, U12 Lucan, 31 points.

1st, Aine Reilly, U10 Orwell, 85 points;
2nd, Luca Holmes, U10 Orwell, 55 points;
3rd, Darragh Saunders, U10 Orwell, 53 points.

1st, Kevin Randall, U8 Orwell, 93 points;
2nd, Ross Larkin, U8 Orwell, 67 points;
3rd, Lucas Dunne, U8 Usher IRC, 64 points.

1st, Florence Kiernan, U6 Orwell, 35 points;
2nd, Cillian Saunders, U6 Orwell, 35 points;
3rd, Danny McLoughlin, U6 Orwell, 27 points.

Full results from each night and the league overall are in the link on the right.

Well done to all of them and well done also to everyone who came out and raced over the 6 weeks. Remember that while the league is finished up for another year, Monday night racing will be continuing on again from Monday the 26th of June, and there will be plenty of racing, fun and games for all ages from toddlers to 16 year olds all the way up to the end of the Summer holidays.

Finally, thank you to all of the parents who come out and gave their help and support every week. There is a regular crew who are always there to help out whenever we need, you all know who you are yourselves, and every bit of help from you guys makes it all run so much smoother.

I would like to especially thank, Jen, Dave Mc and Stephen Ryan for being so generous with their time in organizing such a great event over the last six weeks.
My three kids had such a great time, even if it did almost lead to a family feud, every Monday evening they waited excitedly for my return home to go racing.
We look forward to the prize giving in two weeks and the return of the Monday Night Races.
Thanks again to all who helped out.