Darragh Long was the class of the Under 14 field on both Saturday and Sunday in the Stamullen Cycling festival, his brace of victories headlining a strong weekend for Orwell riders.
Racing clear of the pack with Shane O’Hara of Limerick, Long had enough in hand to take the sprint for his second victory of the season. He made it a hat trick the following day, once again leading O’Hara in for the win in Stamullen.
In the Under 12 races, Rachael Kaye Mellor finished second overall and first girl on both days. On Sunday she was followed home by younger brother Timothy who scored an excellent fourth place finish on the testing, hilly course while first year Under 16 Craig Arrigan raced to fifth on Saturday.
Friday evening’s Brendan Carroll Memorial kicked off the three-day festival of racing where Gary McNulty continued his rehabilitation from recent injury and illness with a powerful finish that netted second unplaced A2. Declan Quigley unleashed his trademark single-speed stealth gallop to take the first prime and went on to annexe second unplaced A4.
In the prizes on Saturday was Colm Ahern who shook off the rust of a long layoff with third unplaced A2 in the Pat and Monie Nolan Memorial race in Balscadden. First year racer and stat fiend John Latham had his power meter calibrated to perfection on the way to third unplaced A4.
Competitors in Sunday’s Stamullen GP races enjoyed improbably sunny weather for the second year in a row and John Dillon produced a performance to match last year’s sixth place in the Veteran’s race when he finished eighth in the Pat Howard Memorial race for A3s. Martin Caddow was just two places further back after another strong performance.
In the main race for A1/A2 riders Ódhran Connors started more in hope than expectation after recent illness but managed to complete the 120km event 12th of the unplaced A2 riders.
Meanwhile on the other side of Meath, Romano Morelli was part of a strong white number group that held off the yellow and black numbers while overhauling all the groups ahead in the Dick O’Brien IVCA CP at Batterstown. Romano produced his well developed finishing kick to finish sixth.
Brendan Carroll Memorial Cycle Race - Friday
Piltown (outside Julianstown) Co. Meath, promoted by Stamullen M Donnelly Road Club
SENIOR RACE - 50KM
1st Mark Dowling, Engraveit.ie
2nd Robin Kelly, Comeragh CC
3rd Aidan Crowley, Engraveit.ie
4th David Cassidy, Unattached
5th Mark Nestor, Murphy-Gunn
6th Stephen O'Sullivan, Engraveit.ie
7th John Lynch, Murphy Surveys
8th Brendan Whelan, Stagg Lucan
1st Unp A2: Alan Burke, Murphy-Gunn
2nd Unp A2: Colm Bracken, Murphy Surveys
3rd Unp A2: Gary McNulty, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
1st Unp A3: Javan Nulty, Stamullen M Donnelly
2nd Unp A3: Jason Stack, Usher IRC
3rd Unp A3: David Boyd, Clonard CC
1st Unp A4: Simon O'Dea, Avonmore Navan RC
2nd Unp A4: Declan Quigley, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
3rd Unp A4: Mick Nulty, Stamullen M Donnelly
Laps:
Declan Quigley, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
Shane Gilbride, Swords CC
Mark Dowling, Engraveit.it
Mark Kiernan, Murphy Surveys
PAT & MONIE NOLAN MEMORIAL - BALSCADDEN (North Co Dublin) Saturday
SENIOR RACE - 50k
1st Mark Dowling, Engraveit.ie
2nd Tim O'Regan, Engraveit.ie
3rd Patrick Clarke, Castlebar CC @ 4 seconds
4th Robin Kelly, Comeragh CC @ 9 seconds
5th Raymond Dunlop, Lakelands CC @ 13 seconds
6th Seamus Kelly, Usher IRC @ 16 seconds
7th Javan Nulty, Stamullen M Donnelly RC @ 48 sec
8th Philip Finnegan, Engraveit.ie
1st Unp. A2 Michael O'Reilly, The Edge Racing CC (Cork)
2nd Unp. A2 Paul Kennedy, Swords CC
3rd Unp. A2 Colm Ahern, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
1st Unp A3: David Boyd, Clonard CC
2nd Unp A3: Will McCabe, Bray Whlrs
3rd Unp A3: John Murphy, Fermoy CC
1st Unp A4: Maurice Dore, Bray Whlrs
2nd Unp A4: Aidan Reade, Black Rose CC Galway
3rd Unp A4: John Latham, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
UNDER 12 RACE
1 Adam Thatcher, Slaney CC
2 Rachael Kaye Mellor, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
3 Rebbecca Heaney, South East CC
4 Jack McKenna, Emyvale CC
5 Angelo O'Connor, Laois CC
UNDER 14
1 Darragh Long, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
2 Shane O'Hara, Limerick CC
3 Caoimhe Ivory, Bray Whlrs
4 Siobhan Murtagh, Navan Avonmore RC
5 Kayleigh Gibbons, Lucan CC
UNDER 16
1 Sean Rigley, EuroCycles
2 Ciaran Campbell Drogheda Whlrs
3 Aidan Wall, Avonmore Navan RC
4 James Lynch, Avonmore Navan RC
5 Craig Arrigan, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
JOEY WHYTE MEMORIAL CUP – 120K – Winning time 2:46:19
1 Adam Armstrong, Eurocycles
2 Paul Griffin, Tralee
3 Patrick Clarke, Castlebar CC
4 Michael O’Reilly, The Edge
5 Frazer Duncan, Eurocycles
6 David Peelo, Murphy Surveys CC
Patrick Kennedy Memorial Cup (Unplaced A2s)
1 Andre Engerman, St. Tiernan’s CC
2 Chris Coyle, Castlebar CC
3 Richard Hootan, Kanturk CC
12 Ódhran Connors, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
Pat Howard Memorial Cup (A3 Race)
1 Eugene Murtagh, Ravens CC
2 John Murray, Mullingar CC
3 Colm Laverty, Navan Avonmore RC
4 David Cassidy, U/A
5 John Murphy, Fermoy CC
6 Seamus Kelly, Usher IRC
7 Gerry McCabe, Cuchulainn CC
8 John Dillon, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
9 Alan Cody, St. Tiernan’s CC
10 Martin Caddow, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
11 Sean Farrell, Longford CC
12 David Boyd, Clonard CC (winner of Jimmy Gough Memorial Cup)
UNDER 14 RACE
1 Darragh Long, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
2 Shane O’Hara, Limerick CC
3 Aaron Swan, TSC Ballymena.
4 Ryan Orr, Juiced Orchard
5 Cathal Clarke, Newry Whlrs
6 Kayleigh Gibbons, Lucan CC
UNDER 12 RACE
1 Adam Thatcher, Slaney CC
2 Rachel Kaye Mellor, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
3 Jack McKenna, Emyvale CC
4 Timothy Kaye Mellor, Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
5 Laura Wall, Navan Avonmore RC
6 Deirbhile Ivory, Bray Whlrs
7 Megan Lynch, Navan Avonmore RC
8 Cathal Clarke, Drogheda Whlrs
9 Jordan Bracken, S.E.R.C.
10th Tamara Flood, Cuchulainn CC.
IVCA Dick O’Brien Memorial CP, 80km, Batterstown, Sunday 18th April
1 Sean Lally, Swords CC
2, Jimmy Lally, Dublin Wheelers
3, Seamus Kennedy, Dunboyne CC
4, Tosh Lavery, Dunboyne CC
5, Wayne Doolan, IVCA
6, Romano Morelli, , Dundrum Town Centre Orwell Wheelers
