Dunsany GP 2017

wav1

Dunsany GP races for A3 and A4 riders only goes ahead on Sat May 6th.
Same format as previous editions
Venue Dunsany GAA Grounds
Sign on opens 9.00am
Circuit..Green Sheds circuit 17km
Race Start times
A3 Race 10.30am 4 x laps 68km
A4 Race 10.34am 3 x laps 51km
Usual green sheds circuit with the races coming off circuit at the end of the final lap,making a right turn for the uphill finish outside the church in Dunsany.

Delboy007

Hi
Is the finish up passed the sign on place at the Dunsany G.A.A. Club

wav1

Finish is outside Dunsany Church just before entrance to sign on venue..Weather is looking good so hope to see a few of ye in the morning.

RobertFoster

I saw more combine harvesters today than ever before :pac:

Enjoyable race. Well done with organising the last minute course change, it was seamless.

Derrydingle

Couldn't make the race today was the route not the one planned?

Harrybelafonte

RobertFoster wrote: »

I saw more combine harvesters today than ever before :pac:

Enjoyable race. Well done with organising the last minute course change, it was seamless.

Agree. Very little incidents this time around. Though. Inch seemed a lot smaller by the time I ended up hovering around the back.

Wishbone Ash

RobertFoster wrote: »

I saw more combine harvesters today than ever before :pac:...

In May??

Probably forage harvesters doing the first silage cut.

wirelessdude01

Derrydingle wrote:

Couldn't make the race today was the route not the one planned?

No it had to be changed to the Kilmessan GP route due to a local event.

Harrybelafonte

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

In May??

Probably forage harvesters doing the first silage cut.

Charity event

RobertFoster

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Charity event

http://www.combines4charity.com/

I was wondering why there were so many.

wav1

Thanks to the 136 riders who pinned on numbers this morning.
Sorry for the last minute route change but it would have been irresponsible to allow it go ahead on the original circuit due to the high numbers of vehicles and people attending the combine event.Have a history of this kind of thing.
Alls well that ends well and with thanks to the stewards and lead vehicles and motos etc it all went well.Again thanks to all.

Eamonnator

wav1 wrote: »

Thanks to the 136 riders who pinned on numbers this morning.
Sorry for the last minute route change but it would have been irresponsible to allow it go ahead on the original circuit due to the high numbers of vehicles and people attending the combine event.Have a history of this kind of thing.
Alls well that ends well and with thanks to the stewards and lead vehicles and motos etc it all went well.Again thanks to all.

You seem to have some kind of magnetic effect on Combine Harvesters.
At least today was dry.

wav1

Eamonnator wrote: »

You seem to have some kind of magnetic effect on Combine Harvesters.
At least today was dry.

Yep.Even in May.Silage cutters today but they have a habit of following me about allrite.

Harrybelafonte

Race worked out great Wav. Pretty safe too considering how crazy Kilmessan was.

detones

Thanks to Wav and his team for a very well run race today. Brilliantly Marshalled. It was my first open race. I was delighted to get around with the bunch. Only lost them on last lap at the little drag before coming back into Dunsany. I enjoyed circuit which was tough. Felt mostly safe. There was 3 of us from Velo Club Balrothery there and we all finished safely. No joy with the placings but the other lads are very close to a big result. Last minute route change unnerved me a bit because I knew how messy last Kilmessan was but it all worked out great.

wav1

detones wrote: »

Thanks to Wav and his team for a very well run race today. Brilliantly Marshalled. It was my first open race. I was delighted to get around with the bunch. Only lost them on last lap at the little drag before coming back into Dunsany. I enjoyed circuit which was tough. Felt mostly safe. There was 3 of us from Velo Club Balrothery there and we all finished safely. No joy with the placings but the other lads are very close to a big result. Last minute route change unnerved me a bit because I knew how messy last Kilmessan was but it all worked out great.

Thanks for the comments detones.The circuit we changed to was the Kilmessan GP circuit which is NOT the same circuit as where there were previous problems a few years ago.Actually todays circuit is a very good one,albeit a bit difficult to marshall.
On another note,the photo finish equipment supplied by Cycling Ireland failed at the finish of the A4 race after working perfectly for A3s.We were relying on the eyes at that stage and if we made an error please accept my apologies in this regard.

Harrybelafonte

I think Detones means this year's Kilmessan GP which had multiple nasty crashes.

Shame about the equipment.

wav1

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

I think Detones means this year's Kilmessan GP which had multiple nasty crashes.

Shame about the equipment.

Sorry forgot about that

Harrybelafonte

Was the bunch a lot smaller by lap 2?

Lusk_Doyle

wav1 wrote: »

On another note,the photo finish equipment supplied by Cycling Ireland failed at the finish of the A4 race after working perfectly for A3s.We were relying on the eyes at that stage and if we made an error please accept my apologies in this regard.

So that's what happened! Pretty sure that I was 2nd!

Eamonnator

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

So that's what happened! Pretty sure that I was 2nd!

That's right, you were just half a wheel length behind me.