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Wexford Wheelers' Frank O Rourke race May 29th

michael196 · 2011-05-20 23:55:52

http://www.wexfordwheelers.com/index.php/2011/05/frank-o-rourke-2011/ One for your calander: same route as last year, please refer to the wexford wheelers website for details. Frank O Rourke ( RIP) was the proprieter of the Opel Ferrybank Motors Car sales, who feature on the Wexford Wheelers Jersey and who continue to…

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http://www.wexfordwheelers.com/index.php/2011/05/frank-o-rourke-2011/

One for your calander: same route as last year, please refer to the wexford wheelers website for details.

Frank O Rourke ( RIP) was the proprieter of the Opel Ferrybank Motors Car sales, who feature on the Wexford Wheelers Jersey and who continue to sponsor and support the club, along with our other sponsors such as

McCaffrey Tools,
Waste Pal,
Ulster Bank,
the bike shop,
Kinsellas of Kileens,
Celtic Ferries,

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#2 21-05-2011 8:05am

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I'll be there, what's the course like?

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#3 21-05-2011 10:52am

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described as rolling, hav not been on it myself just yet.

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#4 21-05-2011 8:57pm

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So, Michael196, will you be racing yourself or will you be officiating?

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#5 21-05-2011 9:38pm

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Flat

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#6 21-05-2011 9:57pm

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giannip wrote: »

Flat

Flat flat?

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#7 21-05-2011 10:04pm

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Flat except for the hills.

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#8 22-05-2011 12:00am

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531 wrote: »

So, Michael196, will you be racing yourself or will you be officiating?

been shown the course tomorrow sunday, then see how the form is later in the week.

Am working friday and saturday, but I guess I will attempt to race it, or at least be bunch fodder.......

Down the last few days with a cold and hayfever.

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#9 22-05-2011 12:03am

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Off topic,but i remember him racing in Mondello when i was a kid/teenager.

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#10 22-05-2011 8:10am

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From last year, thread, profile (3 laps), map.

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#11 22-05-2011 12:39pm

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lumen the map is correct, todays wind was blowing hard along the main road stretch ,

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#12 26-05-2011 5:29am

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So, are many going to do this? Might be worth a trip down to the sunny south east.:cool:

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#13 26-05-2011 5:38am

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easygoing39 wrote: »

Off topic,but i remember him racing in Mondello when i was a kid/teenager.

As do I. I think he won most races he entered, a great driver. He also raced the Rás in the early 1960s (I think) so he raced bikes a long time before he raced cars. Even when well into his 60s he was quick on the bike, showed guys half his age how it was done.

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#14 26-05-2011 7:36pm

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I met Frank a few years back in Wexford wheelers. He had just come back into the sport. He spent a year out training on his own before turning up in the club meeting place.

Immediatly he was destroying lads in their 20' and 30's as he raced the tours up mount leinster !!!

I remember a 'tour' from wexford to bunclody one day, wind, rain, early spring, freezing cold, just misery but sunny !!! , everyone of us hoping frank would get fed up , turn around and head home, but he kept driving the bunch all the way , and eventually he turned around, to our sighs of relief.

No weather would stop him. the Wexford Wheelers Jerseys' Opel Ferrybank logo is franks car delaership business, passed onto the next generation in his family, and a testament to how strongly he loved his cycling, to have the family continue his sponsorship after his passing.

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#15 28-05-2011 11:28pm

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Just got a day pass for this , looks like it will be a bit windy tomorrow

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#16 29-05-2011 7:01pm

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#17 29-05-2011 9:35pm

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Done the A4 race today bit of a mad race was lucky to miss the crash in the last 2km had to bunny hope a wheel, ended up on someones handle bars at one stage when someone in DCC gear ran into me on the 2nd lap, and had to listen to some amount of moaning from people who wanted and didnt wana chase a break

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#18 29-05-2011 9:53pm

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Rode the A3 race today . Fair play to the two lads who stayed away for about 50km to win. Punctured on the last lap and buried myself to get back on before the main road section because the speed was over 60kph on that section. Got on but the legs were fecked after the chase,sprinted in the saddle with one hand on the bars and the other holding my hamstring to try to stop the cramping, think i got about 10th ish. There's always next week.

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