Nappy Ever Rafter!
Dylan Rafter shook off the fatherhood induced effects of sleep deprivation to finish best of the Orwell riders in the Interclub League Round Three 10 mile time trial at Brittas last night.
Despite a somewhat piecemeal training programme of late thanks to the recent arrival of Zoe, the Scratch rider showed his class to hold off two star rookies from Semi Limit in the battle for Orwell honours on the night.
Tenth place finisher Tom Blennerhassett started the league in the Limit group but he, along with Patrick Conlon, 11th, seem destined for a whistle stop tour of the groups after an arguably even more impressive display than last week's Limit group win in the Brittas handicap.
Blennerhassett was just 15 seconds down on Rafter, although even he missed out on top honours in the Semi Limit group to Gavin Haberlin of UCD.
Last week's winner Conlon, the third fastest Semi Limit rider last night, retains his early lead in the league having finished just under half a minute behind Rafter and less than two minutes behind overall winner Anthony Walsh (UCD).
Also scoring points for Orwell were Patrick O'Brien (27m05s) and Conor Montague (27m29s), picking up second and third places in Limit.
Ivan McAvinchey provided the hard luck story of the night as he rocketed around the testing course over the Mullagh in 25m16s for 12th overall despite missing his start slot by 45 seconds due to it inconveniently coinciding with the latter stages of his warm up...
Star tester Orla Hendron was fastest woman on the night for Orwell while club mate Sandra Telford retains her league lead heading to round four.
The league continues to go from strength to strength with an amazing total of 63 riders signing on for the opening time trial of the year. Orwell provided almost half the field, many competing in a time trial for the first time.
To that end, new riders should note for future events that they need to call out their name as they complete a time trial to make it possible for ther timekeepers to allocate correct times to riders.
The updated league table after round three can be accessed here
InterClub League 10 Mile TT Batterstown. 15/04/2010
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Pos |
Name |
Club |
Time |
1 |
Anthony Walsh |
UCD |
23.18 |
2 |
Brendan Hessman |
Lucan |
23.21 |
4 |
Joe Lynch |
Lucan |
23.21 |
5 |
Paul Dolan |
Usher |
23.24 |
6 |
Enda Connolly |
Lucan |
23.51 |
7 |
Gavin Haberlin |
UCD |
23.55 |
8 |
Stephen Byrne |
Usher |
24.35 |
9 |
Dylan Rafter |
Orwell |
24.40 |
10 |
Tom Blennerhassett |
Orwell |
24.55 |
11 |
Pat Conlon |
Orwell |
25.09 |
12 |
Ivan McAvinchey |
Orwell |
25.16 |
13 |
Ian Richardson |
UCD |
25.20 |
14 |
Martin Caddow |
Orwell |
25.28 |
15 |
Paul Heneghan |
Lucan |
25.28 |
16 |
Brian Reynolds |
Lucan |
25.37 |
17 |
Emmanual Schokaert |
Lucan |
25.40 |
18 |
Myles Kirby |
Orwell |
25.50 |
19 |
Daryl Bent |
Lucan |
26.10 |
20 |
John Latham |
Orwell |
26.15 |
21 |
Dave McLoughlin |
Orwell |
26.18 |
22 |
Gary McNulty |
Orwell |
26.18 |
23 |
Ian O Hara |
Lucan |
26.28 |
24 |
Aidan O Dwyer |
Lucan |
26.30 |
25 |
Orla Hendron |
Orwell |
26.31 |
26 |
Dick O Brien |
Orwell |
26.33 |
27 |
Diarmuid Collins |
Orwell |
26.42 |
28 |
Ray Jordan |
St. Tiernans |
26.47 |
29 |
John Ennis |
Lucan |
26.50 |
30 |
Roisin Kennedy |
Lucan |
26.56 |
31 |
Stefan Engemann |
St. Tiernans |
26.59 |
32 |
Barry Browne |
Orwell |
26.59 |
33 |
Mark Nearns |
Lucan |
27.04 |
34 |
Patrick O Brien |
Orwell |
27.05 |
35 |
Colin Pierce |
UCD |
27.09 |
36 |
Ronan Baxter |
Lucan |
27.09 |
37 |
Peter Gerard |
Orwell |
27.15 |
38 |
Conor Montague |
Orwell |
27.29 |
39 |
Liam Rowsome |
Orwell |
27.30 |
40 |
Rory Farrell |
Lucan |
27.34 |
41 |
Brendan Bonnie |
St. Tiernans |
27.35 |
42 |
Michael Hanley |
Orwell |
27.36 |
43 |
Ian O Connell |
Orwell |
27.40 |
44 |
Barry Dunne |
Orwell |
27.56 |
45 |
Paddy Cooney |
Orwell |
28.00 |
46 |
Noel Flanagan |
Lucan |
28.04 |
47 |
Tulga Oyunchimet |
St. Tiernans |
28.22 |
48 |
Ian Mellor |
Orwell |
28.22 |
49 |
Barry Kill |
Orwell |
28.34 |
50 |
Aideen Collard |
Orwell |
28.36 |
51 |
David O Brien |
Orwell |
28.44 |
52 |
Eamonn Newton |
Usher |
28.51 |
53 |
John Lannigan |
Orwell |
28.58 |
54 |
Declan Murphy |
Lucan |
29.06 |
55 |
Sandra Telford |
Orwell |
29.17 |
56 |
Ciara Kinch |
Orwell |
29.37 |
57 |
Caroline Martinez |
Orwell |
30.18 |
58 |
John Devitt |
Orwell |
30.32 |
59 |
Anthony Darley |
Lucan |
33.17 |
60 |
Dave Carroll |
Usher |
DNF |
61 |
Philip Browne |
Usher |
DNF |
62 |
Valerie Considine |
Usher |
DNF |
63 |
Shane Baker |
Usher |
DNF |
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MARSHALS |
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Romano |
Orwell |
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Peter Killeen |
Orwell |
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Seamus Fitzgerald |
Orwell |
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Rodney Joyce |
Orwell |
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Sandra Fitzgerald |
Lucan |
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Willie Canon |
Usher |
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David Tansey |
Orwell |
Starter |
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