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Irish National MTB Cross Country Championships - CN
Tollymore Forest Park, County Down, Ireland, July 22, 2007
Fourteen for Seymour in Co. Down
By Shane Stokes
Robin Seymour took a remarkable 14th consecutive cross country mountainbike championships on Sunday, dominating the Elite men’s event in Tollymore Forest Park in County Down.
The Team Worc rider competed the eight lap Elite event 4 minutes and 51 seconds ahead of closest challenger Niall David (IMBRC), with former Irish cyclocross champion Roger Aiken (Banbridge CC) finishing 5 minutes and 54 seconds back taking bronze.
Peter Buggle (Team Worc), Ryan Sherlock (MAD) and Conor McConvey (XMTB) completed the top six. McConvey had been chasing Aiken for third but lost his chance of a medal when he punctured on lap three. Lewis Ferguson (Team BHB), James McCluskey (Team Worc) and Simon McConnell were all a lap or more back.
The Elite women’s race saw a change at the top, with Beth McCluskey (Epic) dominating the event ahead of twelve time women’s champion Tarja Owens (Team Worc). McCluskey has been in fine form all season and finished 7 minutes and 7 seconds clear. Bronze medallist Cait Elliot (UCD) was 8 minutes 21 seconds back.
Liam McGreevy (Banbridge CC) bounced back from a bad crash two weeks ago to finish over three minutes ahead of Graham Boyd (XMTB) and Paul O’Reilly (IMBRC) in the junior event, while Vyain Sogno (Team Work) won the experts class ahead of Dave Barry (IMBRC) and Evan Ryan (Team Worc).
Joe McCall (K Capital Source) beat Mark Allen (Red Kite Cycles), Peter O’Farrell (unattached) and Niall Quinlan (Myhome.ie/Cycleways) in the masters race. With Allen being from Britain, the silver and bronze went to the latter two.
Gerry McCabe (Cuchulainn CC), Paul McMenamin (Specialized/Leisure Lakes) and Pater McConville (Newry Wheelers) were the medallist in the veterans contest.
Michael Cowan (Chain Reaction Cycles) raced to a narrow two seconds victory over Michael Holland (Lakeland CC) in the men’s Sport race. Brian O’Driscoll was third. Anne Duffy (Newry Wheelers) won the women’s equivalent, beating Jenny Kilbride (unattached) and Sadhbh Baxter (West Coast Wheelers).
The underage races were equally hard-fought. Johnny Beers beat his XMTB team-mate William Boyd and Conal Higgins (Sorrento CC) in the under 16 event. Jack Wilson (East Antrim Audi) got the better of Michael Runciman and Banbridge CC team-mate Matthew Adair in the under 14, while the under 12 race went to Mark Downey ahead of Dan Runciman (both Banbridge CC) and XMTB’s Chris Oakely (XMTB).
James Curry (Banbridge CC) came out best ahead of Cian McConvey (Newry Wheelers) and Conor Naim (XMTB) in the under ten race. John Buller, Richard Baird and Shannon Buller make it a Banbridge one two three in the under 8 contest.
Elite Men 1 Robin Seymour (Team Worc) 2.13.02 2 Niall Davis (IMBRC) 4.51 3 Roger Aiken (Banbridge CC) 5.54 4 Peter Buggle (Team Worc) 11.19 5 Ryan Sherlock (MAD) 13.35 6 Conor McConvey (XMTB) 15.38 1 lap down 7 Lewis Ferguson (TEAM BHB) 8 James McCluskey (Team Worc) 2 laps down 9 Simon McConnell (MTB Rider) Elite Women 1 Beth McCluskey (EPIC) 2.08.36 2 Tarja Owens (Team Worc) 7.07 3 Cait Elliott (UCD) 8.21 1 lap down 4 Ciara McManus (XMTB) 5 Mel Spath (MAD) Junior 1 Liam McGreevy (Banbridge CC) 1.51.40 2 Graham Boyd (XMTB) 3.19 3 Paul O'Reilly (IMBRC) 3.20 DNF Steve Scrivener (MAD) DNF Neil McGimpsey (XMTB) Expert 1 Yvain Sogno (Team Worc) 1.52.30 2 Dave Barry (IMBRC) 4.26 3 Evan Ryan (Team Worc) 5.30 4 Oisin Boydell (UCD) 13.35 5 Luke Manning (IMBRC) 16.38 6 Matthew Ferguson (Team BHB) 18.06 7 Sean Downey (MAD) 20.00 8 Matt Blaney (U/A) 20.45 9 Alfie Wallace (Epic) 22.31 10 Ben Morrow (East Antrim/Audi) 24.41 1 lap down 11 Dave O'Neill (Swords CC) 12 Darragh Maloney (ULMTB) 13 Luke Small (Epic) 14 Conor Campbell (Newry Wheelers) 15 Andreas Gercsenyi (Myhome,ie/Cycleways) 16 Dwayne McCreadie (North Down) 17 Liam Baxter (Newry Wheelers) 3 laps down 18 Alistair McSorley (Apollo) DNF Damien Duggan (Epic) DNF Phillip Roche (Team Worc) DNF Ricahrd Felle (Team Worc) DNF Alan Clogher (TC Racing) Masters 1 Joe McCall (K Capital Source) 1.50.52 2 Mark Allen (Red Kite Cycles) 6.41 3 Peter O'Farrell (U/A) 10.29 4 Niall Quinlan (Myhome,ie/Cycleways) 12.00 5 Gordon Lucas (Team Worc) 12.36 6 Rory Walsh (Epic) 16.08 7 Don Travers (Banbridge CC) 16.35 8 Aaron O'Donohue (U/A) 18.56 9 Stuart Galloway (Team Worc) 19.16 10 Tadeusl Denes (MBLL) 33.24 11 Seb Szarkowicz (MBCC) 43.36 1 lap down 12 Tony Brennan (Bray Wheelers) 13 Oscar Mac Ananey (Epic) 14 Brian Keogh (U/A) 15 Morgan O'Connell (MAD) 16 Paul Anderson (Banbridge CC) 17 Colm Ahern (Orwell) 18 Joe Jackman (Epic) 19 Derk Hanna (Dromara CC) 20 Clive Caldwell (Total Cycling) 21 Carsten Schmicht (MAD) DNF Jim Laird (XMTB) DNF John Mason (Myhome,ie/Cycleways) DNF Stephen Coogan (XMTB) DNF Craig Brady (K-Capital Source) DNF Andrew Wallace (Northern/Dave Kane) DNS Martin O'Hagan (Newry Wheelers) Veterans 1 Gerry McCabe (Cuchulainn CC) 1.16.13 2 Paul McMenamin (Specialized/Leisure Lakes) 2.27 3 Peter McConville (Newry Wheelers) 4.03 4 William Mulligan (Banbridge CC) 5.39 5 Paraig Bonnie (U/A) 6.12 6 John O'Reilly (Epic) 7.18 7 Declan McCabe (Cuchulainn CC) 8.02 8 Simon Curry (Banbridge CC) 8.19 9 Andy Burns (Orchard Wheelers) 10.49 10 Conal Higgins (Sorrento CC) 12.29 11 Steve Nicholson (Team Worc) 17.19 12 Bob Patterson (Dromara CC) 18.19 13 Richie Byrne (Epic) 18.53 14 Eamon McConvey (XMTB) 20.02 1 lap down 15 Maurice Mayne (Banbridge CC) 16 Trevor Annett (Dromara CC) 17 Fred McSorley (Apollo CT) DNF Eamon McConvey (Newry Wheelers) DNF Jon Runciman (Banbridge CC) DNF Robert Lamont (XMTB) DNF Cameron Burns (Apollo CT) Sport men 1 Michael Cowan (Chain Reaction Cycles) 1.03.30 2 Michael Holland (Lakeland CC) 0.02 3 Brian O'Driscoll (U/A) 1.22 4 Steve Haugh (U/A) 3.18 5 Liam McKiverigan (Banbridge CC) 3.34 6 Colm Keane (IMBRC) 3.54 7 Gareth McKee (Banbridge CC) 4.09 8 Sean Donnelly (U/A) 4.12 9 Alan Ayling (Epic) 5.41 10 Peter Leczycki (U/A) 6.26 11 Dave O'Brien (IMBRC) 7.37 12 Matthew Casey (XMTB) 8.17 13 Flan Kearns (Epic) 8.45 14 Hagen Vogel (MAD) 8.57 15 Ross Galway (Dromara CC) 9.50 16 Martin Grimley (Dromara CC) 10.49 17 Arek Gogojewicz (MAD) 10.51 18 Chris Long (U/A) 11.20 19 Darren McGann (U/A) 11.34 20 Stephen Prentice (Banbridge CC) 12.22 21 Dave Askin (Staggs Cycles) 13.10 22 Cormac Ahern (MAD) 13.27 23 Ben Marchant (IMBRC) 15.18 24 Bill McGimpsey (XMTB) 19.38 25 Ronnie Ogilby (XMTB) 22.30 26 Conor Graham (XMTB) 22.52 27 Oliver Castle (U/A) 28 Nigel McConnell (MAD) 25.15 29 Peter Chadwick (Epic) 29.35 DNF Dale McMullan (Chain Reaction Cycles) Sport women 1 Anne Duffy (Newry Wheelers) 1.19.57 2 Jenny Kilbride (U/A) 0.33 3 Sadhbh Baxter (West Coast Wheelers) 4.51 4 Natalie Jedda (Epic) 13.23 1 lap down 5 Joanne McCallum (Banbridge CC) 6 Nicola Oldham (Banbridge CC) DNF Aisling Corkery (U/A) Under - 16 1 Jonny Beers (XMTB) 1.02.40 2 William Boyd (XMTB) 3.58 3 Conal Higgins (Sorrento CC) 8.35 4 David Graham (Banbridge CC) 12.35 5 Andrew Wilson (Banbridge CC) 18.00 DNF Shane Geoghan (MAD) Under - 14 1 Jack Wilson (East Antrim Audi) 46.25 2 Michael Runciman (Banbridge CC) 1.00 3 Matthew Adair (Banbridge CC) 2.35 4 Robert Scanlon (Team Worc) 7.40 5 Claire Oakley (XMTB) 13.53 6 Jack Shannon (U/A) 16.25 7 William Heslip (Banbridge CC) 20.22 8 Ryan McCarthy (U/A) 24.39 Under - 12 1 Mark Downey (Banbridge CC) 384.00.00 2 Dan Runciman (Banbridge CC) 6.28.48 3 Chris Oakley (XMTB) 28.19.12 4 Zk Hanna (Dromara CC) 50.52.48 1 lap down 5 Aimee Ogilby (XMTB) 6 Eamonn Gatt (XMTB) Under - 10 1 James Curry (Banbridge CC) 290.52.48 2 Cian McConvey (Newry Wheelers) 30.14.24 3 Conor Nairn (XMTB) 45.36.00 4 Joseph Baird (Banbridge CC) 46.04.48 DNF Rachel Mayne (Banbridge CC) DNF Jill Curry (Banbridge CC) Under - 8 1 John Buller (Banbridge CC) 176.52.48 2 Richard Baird (Banbridge CC) 3.50.24 3 Shannon Buller (Banbridge CC) 18.57.36 4 Stuart Dunlop (Banbridge CC) 22.04.48 5 Shenna McKiverigan (Banbridge CC) 22.19.12 6 Mark Buller (Banbridge CC) 43.40.48 7 Fergal McConvey (Newry Wheelers) 64.19.12 8 Jack Lamont (XMTB) 64.33.36 9 Ben Hanna (Dromara CC) 70.33.36 10 Callum Stewart (XMTB) 73.40.48 11 Niamh McKiverigan (Banbridge CC) 111.50.24 12 Shane Burns (Apollo CT) 139.55.12 13 Rebekah Ogilby (XMTB) 143.02.24
