Carn Wheelers on the Podium at Bellurgan Park

On Sunday the 6th of July the Carn Wheelers MTB squad made the journey to round 6 of the NPS MTB league 2014, which was hosted by Cuchulainn c.c. in Belurgan Park which is private estate near Dundalk. The estate is an excellent venue and with many club members having been there before we were all looking forward to a great days racing .

The racing as always started with the  youth races  and our first competitor was Eimer Skelly in the under 8 girls race and after a really tough race Eimer took a superb 2nd place.

Next up were Ryan Skelly, Sarah Elder and Sinead McGuigan  in the under 12 races. Sinead unfortunately had a crash and although no serious injuries, was unable to finish.  Bad luck Sinead. Hhowever  after a great  race Ryan came home strongly in 8th place and in the girls Sarah rode really well to take 1st place.

The under 14 riders had 3 half laps of the adult course to do and after some great racing Niall Skelly took 8th place in the boys race and Emma Elder took the win in the girls race. 

Our final youth riders were Sean Bradley and Niamh Skelly in the under 16 race.  They had to complete 2 full laps of the adult course. Both riders continued to impress with their great form this season with Sean taking a brilliant 4th place and Niamh taking 3rd place in the girls race. 

Our senior riders were also well represented with the S4 riders first up and taking to the line were Gareth Skelly, Paul Taylor and Peter Doherty. After 2 hard laps Paul came in 2nd place with Gareth taking 8th and Peter coming home in 16th place.

Martin Bradley was next up in the S3 race and in his usual fashion put the hammer down and powered round to finish in 5th place.

Our last competitor on the day was Ryan Walsh who was racing with the S2 men. This was another very fast race with Ryan riding very strongly for a 14th  place finish.

A big well done to everyone who travelled to represent the club on Sunday and put in some brilliant performances from young to the not so young. We now have a group of mtb racers to compete strongly in every category but  I would encourage anyone who would like  to give racing a try to go for it there is always someone to do battle with throughout each category as everyone has therir own personal duels during each race and the friendly banter and family atmosphere makes each round a great day out.

Finally a big thanks to the host club Cuchulainn who proved once again to be excellent hosts and ran a well organised race.