Howdy All,

Thanks to the HUGE amount of racers that participated in today’s XC Development Series event in Ballinastoe, Wicklow.
Hope you all enjoyed yourselves!

The bit of snow helped cool the temperatures of the riders as they roasted the singletrack with high intensity racing!

There was loads of entertainment in every category, with mini-battles going on all over the place.

A massive 165 riders signed-up to race, with a significant portion being first-time racers which is great to see!

It was just as well the SPORT A riders were set-off an hour later than the non-SPORT A group because SPORT A accounted for 75 riders, with the other categories not far behind with 68 riders!

The Youth (U 8/10/12)  categories were also well represented with 22 little rippers flying through the course.

Big thanks to the organiser Richie Byrne from EPICMTB, Offroad Commission, the sponsors – Niall Davis from Biking.ie, Wheelworx, Cycling Ireland, Snap Printing, all the marshalls and helpers and families and friends who provided roars of encouragement and support!

Some photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidot/show/

RESULTS:

U14 U16 WOMEN SPORT B results
SPORT A results

Youth results :

Category Pos. Name/number
UNDER 8 1 Caoimhe May (2)
UNDER 8 2 Lewis Carr (6)
UNDER 8 3 Pia Farrer (4)
UNDER 8 4 Jack Thompson (3)
UNDER 8 5 Luke Kennedy (5)
UNDER 8 6 Colm Keogh (7)

Category Pos. Name/number
UNDER 10 1 Jamie Grifferty (24)
UNDER 10 2 Nathan Carr (23)
UNDER 10 3 Jack Mooney (26)
UNDER 10 4 Cian May (18)
UNDER 10 5 Shaun O Flaherty (25)
UNDER 10 6 Ryan Dunne (27)
UNDER 10 7 Ross Ennis (16)
UNDER 10 8 Sean Orange (21)
UNDER 10 9 Ben Orange (20)
UNDER 10 10 Cillian Osbourne (19)

Category Pos. Name/number
UNDER 12 1 Conor Kavanagh (35)
UNDER 12 2 Allesandro Martinis (36)
UNDER 12 3 Kyle O’ Connor (31)
UNDER 12 4 Thomas Hughes (37)
UNDER 12 5 Mia Cullen (33)
UNDER 12 6 Eric Duffy (32)

The next round of this series will be down in Ballyhoura Co. Cork on Sunday 7th March, with the final round happening in Derroura Co. Galway on Sunday 21st March.

Regards,
Offroad Commission