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Post by manuel6b on Jul 4, 2012 13:47:24 GMT 1
The National Cross-country championships are taking place in Djouce Wood, Co. Wicklow on Sunday 22 July hosted by Team Worc. This is a pre-entry ONLY event. You cannot sign up on the day. Pre-entry closes on Monday 16 July at 6 pm. Get your entries in now!! I'm heading down from Lisburn. Probably picking up Nathan on the way through. That would mean I could take another bike + rider and also a spectator / cheer leader / video / photographer etc. Let's get all the car sharing sorted out for this one.  A link to the pre-entry can be found on www.ulsterxc.com |
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Post by adrian on Jul 4, 2012 14:17:09 GMT 1
Martin what category are you entering?
Oh I see it now. Had to hit refresh a few times...
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Post by barryvankellett on Jul 4, 2012 15:23:29 GMT 1
Martin, I will be going down. I was possibly thinking of making a weekend of it with the family as per last year, but I will check tonight on the accomodation and see what the wife thinks.
I could just as well take that seat!
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Post by Zako on Jul 4, 2012 18:25:14 GMT 1
I'd take that seat Martin! Dad's not home til the 3rd August  |
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Post by manuel6b on Jul 5, 2012 11:32:30 GMT 1
Update.
There is only pre-entry for the championship categories.
Elite (Male, Female)
Master (Male, Female)
Veteran (Male, Female)
Junior (Male, Female)
Under 16 (Male, Female)
Under 14 (Male, Female)
Under 12 (Male, Female)
The support categories can sign up on the day
Senior 3 and Senior 4 males
Senior 2 and Senior 3 females
Under 8s and Under 10s
Seniors €25
Juniors €15
Youth €5
NOTE: At the moment you need to have IRL on your licence card to take part in the championship category races.
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Post by manuel6b on Jul 9, 2012 10:21:53 GMT 1
Reminder. You now have only one week to enter the championship categories.
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Post by manuel6b on Jul 14, 2012 21:08:44 GMT 1
Reminder. Pre-entry for championships categories closes on Monday at 6 pm
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Post by Zako on Jul 14, 2012 22:17:11 GMT 1
Just so that I don't enter this for no reason, is there anyone that would have space for my bike, kitbag and I?
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Post by manuel6b on Jul 14, 2012 22:44:00 GMT 1
Sorry Zak, I meant to repy to your post earlier. Happy to take your kit bag. You can cycle down. I'll bring you home though  |
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Post by manuel6b on Jul 16, 2012 12:49:17 GMT 1
Pre-entry for championship categories closes at 6 pm TODAY.
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Post by Zako on Jul 23, 2012 9:13:34 GMT 1
Great day yesterday. Brute of a course, hardest race of the season so far  Best bit of the course was the XTC, a field of tight and long berms that were class to tackle  managed to finish 7th in the Junior race ;D Well done to Barry on a top 10 finish in the Masters, and unlucky to Martin to experienced some technical difficulty were he had to pull out Cheers Martin for the lift |
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Post by manuel6b on Jul 23, 2012 10:56:13 GMT 1
Well done Zak and Barry. I was glad to pull out. Definitely not my type of course. Results and photos on www.ulsterxc.com |
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Post by barryvankellett on Jul 28, 2012 21:58:39 GMT 1
So I've just about recovered mentally and physically... I did a practise lap on the saturday night, was happy with the technical nature of the course. Made the mistake of doing 4 more practise laps to try some faster lines, getting progressively worse on each one. Another bout of practise on the race morning. The course had a lot of fresh sections which hadn't really bedded in and weren't reacting well to the increased traffic and an emergency crisis of confidence led to a tyre change an hour before kick off. Just about got the tyre set up tubeless and popped on the rim with about 20 minutes to warm up and get going. Didn't get a good starting position on the grid and had a crap start, didn't fret immediately but did shortly afterwards as my legs refused point blank to work. I was well out of the race before I punctured on lap 2 losing a few minutes getting it sorted and on my way again. I knew plenty of men had pulled out with mechanicals, of body and bikes so I pushed on in vain. Managed 7th, which in hindsight wasn't so bad but should have been a lot better. As for poor Martin - it should be noted that it was indeed, I, who sabotaged his bike... and all the other guys who pulled out Sorry!! |
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Post by barryvankellett on Jul 29, 2012 16:32:47 GMT 1
Found some footage of martin just after he had to pull out after the team mechanic messed up on him...
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Post by manuel6b on Jul 29, 2012 16:47:29 GMT 1
Barry, many thanks for picking up my bike on Saturday, putting it back together including trying to sort out the mess that was my jockey wheels which were refusing to turn around. Easy mistake on the chain. I want to thank you for providing me with a legitimate excuse to pull out. I was going to pull out for some reason: nose running, back itchy, hair out of place, finger nails dirty, shoe laces undone, any lame excuse I could find. I really did not like the course. Couldn't get going at all. Barry, you saved me from a certain injury from crashing which I would have been doing more of. Grand day out apart from that |
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Best bit of the course was the XTC, a field of tight and long berms that were class to tackle 
managed to finish 7th in the Junior race ;D Well done to Barry on a top 10 finish in the Masters, and unlucky to Martin to experienced some technical difficulty were he had to pull out