K-Capital Cup #2 - 2

Moneyscalp Forest, Newcastle, Ireland, March 23, 2008

2007 Results Results Standings

Seymour wins in Mournes

Robin Seymour (Team Worc) moved a step closer to representing Ireland at the 2008 Olympics with victory in the second round of the K-Capital Cup, held at the picturesque setting of Moneyscalp Wood near Newcastle in County Down. Promoted by Banbridge Cycling Club, the event attracted an entry of 176, including Belfast’s Conor McConvey who was having his first MTB race after breaking his shoulder five weeks earlier. The entry also featured three reigning Irish DH Champions. Thankfully the weather was kind, though the blasts from a chilly wind were balanced with some hot action on the new course.

The Elite Men faced seven laps of Moneyscalp, last used for an XCO event in 2000, the new course featuring some tough climbs and tricky downhill sections. Joining the leading Irish riders on the grid were visitors Adrian Lansley, Paul Beales, Lee Williams and the Belgian trio of Patrick Gaudy, Cedric Gaudy and Jorgen Flion. Seymour blasted into the lead from the start, out for the first time on his new Campagnola bike. Ending the first lap Seymour enjoyed a 30 seconds advantage over Niall Davis (IMBRC), Adrian Lansley (Pedalon) and Conor McConvey (McConvey Cycles).

By the end of lap two Lansley had moved into a clear second as Davis and McConvey battled for third. The order remained the same until lap six when McConvey attacked Davis and set off after second placed Lansley. Seymour however was keeping a watching brief on his rivals; various sections of the course enabled the riders to see time gaps to other riders.

The riders set out on the final lap cheered on by the large contingent of spectators, many willing McConvey to snatch second from Lansley. McConvey did catch and pass Lansley on the last lap, but the English rider responded by moving back to second on with less than a third of a lap remaining. The sound of the whistles blown by course marshals, Seymour exited the final single track section for the short run to the finish line, the Wicklow rider taking his first win in the series, but more importantly increasing his lead in the points table for the race to Beijing.

With the final single track section in full view of the spectators massed at the finish, the noise level erupted as they saw McConvey trying to overhaul Lansley in the dash to the finish. However it was Lansley who got the verdict as the pair charged over the line. Davis was fourth and still holds second place in the standings for Olympic qualification, McConvey scoring his first points at Moneyscalp. Welsh rider Lee Williams rode to a strong fifth with Ryan Sherlock (MAD) looking very strong as he crossed the line in sixth.

Patrick Gaudy (Team Barracuda) was the first of the Belgian trio to finish, though their weekend was somewhat wrecked by hire car problems, which saw them having to taken to and from the event by Banbridge CC. Young Belgian rider Jorgen Flion was happy to take some UCI points as he finished in eighth with the ageless Joe McCall (K-Capital/Rocky Mountain) in ninth. IMBRC’s Dave Barry took the final ranking point in tenth place. The final Olympic selection event will be K-Capital Round three at Djouce Woods which is already looking like a classic with entries from Sweden, Poland the Czech Republic, Switzerland and the returning BCF Team led by Oli Beckingsale.

Banbridge CC’s Liam McGreevy keep up his wining form with victory in the five lap Junior race, leading throughout to cross the line ahead of Paul O’Reilly (IMBRC) and Neil McGimpsey (XMTB). Scottish rider Jack Richards rode to victory in the Experts event with Luke Manning a superb runner up. The result could have been much different had Irish DH Champion Ben Reid not retired with two laps to go, Reid having dominated the event from the start. Third finisher Oisin Boydell (UCD) took the leader's jersey for the class. Special mention must go to fourth finisher, Gary Henning of Newry Wheelers, better know for his on road performances, this was by far Gary’s best ever off road performance.

James McCluskey (IMBRC) notched up his second win in the Masters Class, finishing almost 10 minutes head of runner up Gordon Lucas (Team Worc) who was just happy to finish after suffering a DNF at the opening round. Epic’s Rory Walsh finished a strong third with MAD’s Fergal Killkenny showing excellent form with his fourth place finish. Aidan McDonald (ApolloCT) won the Vets race and also took the leaders jersey for the Vets category. Having spent much of the previous two days working on the course, Banbridge CC’s William Mulligan did well to hold off Cuchulainn’s Gerry McCabe to snatch second. In the Elite Ladies Class, Mel Spath (MAD) took the win ahead of Ciara McManus (U/A)

Scottish visitor Douglas Shearer easily took the Sport Men's event held over three laps. Runner up Mark Solon took the leaders jersey as Chain Reaction’s Sean Donnelly opened his account in the series with a fine third place. The Sports Womens Class was won by Linda Haug (Sorrento) ahead of Rachel Wisdom (Team Worc) and Val O’Neill (Banbridge CC). Banbridge lad Matt Adair took the honours in the U-16 event ahead of William Boyd (XMTB) and Robert Scanlon (Team Worc). In the U-14 race find of the season Robert Anderson (Orchard Juiced) took his first major win. Having one of his best ever outings, Kyle McEwan (XMTB) finished runner up ahead of fellow Club rider Chris Oakley.

Results

Elite men

1 Robin Seymour       2.06.19
2 Adrian Lansley         0.31
3 Conor McConvey         0.34
4 Niall Davis            1.53
5 Lee Williams           4.50
6 Ryan Sherlock         11.12
7 Patrick Gaudy         12.35
8 Jorgen Flion          16.52

Behind one lap

9 Joe McCall                 
10 Dave Barry                
11 Graham Boyd               
12 Evan Ryan                 
13 Cedric Gaudy              
14 Richie Felle              
15 Simon McConnell           
DNF Paul Beales  

Elite women

1 Mel Spath           2.06.43
2 Ciara MacManus        24.03
DNF Jes Laird                
DNF Beth McCluskey              
 
Expert men

1 Jack Richards       1.47.04
2 Luke Manning           3.39
3 Oisin Boydell          8.00
4 Gary Henning          11.57
5 Tim James             13.46
6 Neil Summers          25.02
7 Luke Smaul            25.22
8 Darragh Maloney       29.25
9 David O'Brien         30.02
10 Earl McClenaghan     36.30

Behind one lap

11 Oliver Castle             
12 Ross Galway               
DNF Ben Reid                 
DNF Ross McClure             
DNF Stephen Scrivener        
DNF Dave O'Neill             
DNF James Pittam             
DNF Oisin Fitzgerald         
 
Masters men

1 James McCluskey     1.42.21
2 Gordon Lucas          10.34
3 Rory Walsh            11.56
4 Fergal Kilkenny       21.33
5 Andrew Newman         23.13
6 Clive Caldwell        23.34
7 Sean Herlihy          24.15
8 Andrew Wallace        25.21
9 Asa Redmond           32.03

Behind one lap

10 Oscar McCananey           
11 Keith Meaghan             
12 Morgan O'Connell          
13 Jer Price                 
14 Colm McGarvey             
15 Unknown                   
16 Unknown                   
17 Conor Coneff              
18 Richard Close             
19 Glenn Armstrong           
20 Peter Rimmer              
21 Bruce Murphy              
22 Martin O'Reily            
23 Ark Gogojewicz            
24 Alan Ayling               
25 Cormac Ahern              
26 Vincent Price             

Behind two laps

27 Paddy O'Brien             
28 Paul Ferguson             
29 Unknown                   
 
Veteran men

1 Aidan McDonald      1.23.34
2 William Mulligan       1.28
3 Gerry McCabe           1.51
4 Johnny McCabe          7.58
5 Ken Farrar            10.03
6 Paul McMenamin        10.49
7 Andy Burns            11.34
8 Peter McConville      11.51
9 John O'Reily          13.36
10 Simon Curry          15.58
11 Paraig Bonnie        17.18
12 Brian Keogh          17.24
13 Declan McCabe        17.26
14 Richie Byrne         22.11
15 Conal Higgans        22.21
16 Steve Nicholson      23.29
17 Jon Runciman         24.14
18 Paul Keogh           27.52
19 Paul Anderson        44.55

Behind one lap

20 Maurice Mayne             
21 Fred McSorley             
22 Jonathan Butler           
23 Ian Gormley               
 
Junior men

1 Liam McGreevy       1.36.04
2 Paul O'Reily           4.09
3 Neil McGimpsey        25.14
DNF Unknown                  
DNF Johnny Beers             
DNF Conal Higgans            
 
Sport men

1 Doulas Shearer             
2 Mark Solon                 
3 Sean Donnelly              
4 David Askin                
5 Alan Bingham               
6 Gareth McKee               
7 Matt Casey                 
8 Justin Reid                
9 Mark Potts                 
10 Brian Cox                 
11 Barry Douglas             
12 Ewan Doherty              
13 Martin Grimley            
14 Ronnie Ogilby             
15 Darren Cox                
16 Johnathon McKee           
17 Shane Geoghan             
18 Stphen Prentice           
19 Liam Howard               
20 Ben Marchant              
21 David Graham              
22 Corneius Duffy            

Behind two laps

23 Peter Collins             
24 Peter Chadwick            
25 Sam Curran                
26 Richard Greer             
27 Paul Barry                
28 John Griffery             
29 Nigel McConnell           
30 Andrew Adair              
 
Sport women

1 Lynda Haug                 
2 Rachel Wisdom              
3 Valarie O'Neill            
4 Aisling Corkery            

Behind two laps

5 Nicola Oldham              
6 Harriet Mayne              
 
U-16

1 Matthew Adair       1.09.51
2 William Boyd           2.34
3 Robert Scanlon         5.15
DNF Manatas Spirgius         

U-14

1 Robert Anderson       30.21
2 Kyle McEwan            1.11
3 Chris Oakley           1.36
4 Claire Oakley          2.19
5 Dan Runciman           2.20
6 Zak Hanna              5.18
7 Stuart Ballantine      6.00
8 Nathanael Smyth       12.04
9 Curtis Bell           15.34

U-12

1 James Curry            6.54
2 Rachel Mayne           0.48
3 Joseph Baird           0.58
4 Conor Nairn            1.10
5 Alex Bell              1.28
6 Aimee Ogilby           2.50
7 Eoghan O'Reilly            
8 Jill Curry             4.28

U-10

1 John Buller            5.31
2 Richard Baird          0.21
3 Shannon Buller         0.58
4 Paddy Furlong          1.56
5 Joel Smyth             2.18
6 Jack Lamont            3.05
7 Jamie Griffery         3.12

Behind two laps

8 Calum Nairn                
DNF Morgan Walsh  

U-8

1 Stuart Dunlop          5.19
2 Shenna McKiverigan     0.02
3 Mark Buller            0.20
4 Ben Hanna              0.41
5 Niamh McKiverigan      0.53
6 Rebekah Ogilby         2.04
7 Darra Cullen           3.07

Overall standings after two rounds

Elite men

1 Robin Seymour          55 pts
2 Adrian Lansley         41
3 Lee Williams           37
4 Niall Davis            33
5 Oliver Beckingsale     30
6 Ryan Sherlock          26
7 Conor McConvey         21
8 David Barry            20
9 Ian Bibby              18
10 Richie Felle          17
11 Evan Ryan             16
12 Graham Boyd           16
13 Patirck Gaudy         14
14 David Fletcher        14
15 Gareth Montgomery     13
16 Jorgen Flion          12
17 Joe McCall            12
18 Ross Creber           12
19 Philip Morris          8
20 Cedric Gaudy           8
21 Simon McConnell        6
22 Philip Roche            
23 Paul Beale              
 
Elite women

1 Melanie Spath          30 pts
2 Beth McCluskey         30
3 Anne Duffy             25
4 Ciara McManus          25
5 Jessica Laird            
 
Junior men

1 Liam McCreevey         60 pts
2 Paul O'Reilly          50
3 Neil McGimpsey         42
4 Conal Higgans          18
5 Johanathan Beers       18
6 Chris Cameron          16
 Tadgh Griffen             
 Raphale Pluckinski        
 
Expert men

1 Oisin Boydell          51 pts
2 Luke Manning           50
3 Luke Smaul             32
4 Tim James              31
5 Jack Richards          30
6 Neil Summers           27
7 Daragh Maloney         24
8 Donnacha O'Brien       21
9 Ross Galway            16
10 Dave O'Neil           16
11 Oliver Casstle        15
12 lfie Wallace          14
13 David O'Brien         12
14 Stephen Scrivener     12
15 Earl McClenagh        11
16 Michael Holland       10
17 Stephen Coller         9
18 Peter Stanley          8
19 Keith Arkens           6
20 Michael Burton          
21 Oisin Fitzgerald        
22 Luke Ireland            
23 Ross McClure            
24 James O'Carroll         
25 James Pittam            
26 Ben Reid                
 
Master men

1 James MCluskey         55 pts
2 Rory Walsh             39
3 Peter O'Farrell        30
4 Sean Herlihy           29
5 Fergus Kilkenny        28
6 Andrew Newman          28
7 Gordon Lucas           25
8 Andrew Wallace         24
9 Damien Mulcrone        21
10 Clive Caldwell        20
11 Oscar McCananey       17
12 Mark Allen            16
13 Asa Redmond           15
14 Noel Carr             14
15 Conor Campbell        13
16 Keith Meghan          10
17 Martin O'Hagan         9
18 Morgan O'Connell       9
19 Brian O'Neill          9
20 Dave O'Shea            8
21 Eoin Fitzgerald        8
22 Aron O'Donaghue        7
23 Jer Price              6
24 Colm McGarvey          5
25 Conor Clonliff         4
26 Ruairi Devoy           4
27 Richard Close          3
28 Glen Armstrong         2
29 Peter Rimmer           1
30 Robert MCGee           1
31 Cormac Ahern            
32 Alan Ayling             
33 Bob Boles               
34 Paul Boning             
35 Stewart Carr            
36 Paul Crowley            
37 Graham Diamond          
38 Keith Ewew              
39 Paul Ferguson           
40 Dave Gill               
41 Arkadiusz Gogojewicz    
42 John Hartnet            
43 Paul Hicks              
44 Peter Leczycki          
45 Kelpl Matej             
46 Keith Meehan            
47 Bruce Murphy            
48 Paddy O'Brien           
49 Peter O'Loughlin        
50 Martin O'Reilly         
51 Vincent Prince          
52 Justin Reid             
53 unknown unknown         
 
Veteran men

1 Aidan McDonald         55 pts
2 William Mulligan       43
3 Gerry McCabe           37
4 Johnny McCabe          33
5 Peter Buggle           30
6 Ken Farrar             28
7 Andy Burns             27
8 Paul McMenamin         26
9 John O'Reily           26
10 John Dorris           21
11 Brian Keogh           17
12 Simon Curry           16
13 Declan McCabe         15
14 Steve Nicholson       14
15 Peter McConville      13
16 Conal Higgans         12
17 Paraig Bonnie         10
18 Eoin Keith            10
19 Richie Byrne           9
20 Paul Keogh             6
21 Jon Runciman           4
22 Frank O'Rourke         4
23 Paul Anderson          2
24 Eammon McConvey 2      1
25 Jonathan Butler         
26 Ian Gormley             
27 Joeseph Johns           
28 Jim Laird               
29 Robert Lamont           
30 Maurice Mayne           
31 Eamon McConvey          
32 Fred McSorley           
33 Karl Thomas             
 
Sport men

1 Mark Solon             35 pts
2 Sean Connonlly         35
3 Douglas Shearer        30
4 Matt Hicknott          30
5 Alan Ryan              25
6 David Askin            24
7 Matt Casey             23
8 Justin Reid            21
9 James Pittam           21
10 Mark Laverty          18
11 Alan Bingham          16
12 Kevin Stanley         16
13 Gareth McKee          15
14 Joesph Pittam         15
15 Tom Pittam            13
16 Mark Potts            12
17 Ronan Corrigan        12
18 Brian Cox             11
19 Michael Flanagen      11
20 Barry Douglas         10
21 Ewan Doherty           9
22 Martin Grimley         8
23 Ronnie Ogilby          7
24 Niall O'Connor         7
25 Darren Cox             6
26 Johnathon McKee        5
27 Geoff Robinson         5
28 Shane Geoghan          4
29 Eoin Marshall          4
30 Stephen Prentice       3
31 Ken Nally              3
32 Laim Howard            2
33 Steven Stuart          2
34 Ben Marchant           1
35 Peter Campbell         1
36 Andrew Adair            
37 Paul Barry              
38 Paul Barry              
39 Krystian Bolavec        
40 Owen Callanan           
41 Peter Chadwick          
42 John Clarke             
43 Peter Collins           
44 David Convey            
45 Owen Coutts             
46 Jim Cradden             
47 Paul Curran             
48 Sam Curran              
49 Cornelius Duffy         
50 Conor Duffy             
51 Conrnelius Duffy        
52 David Finley            
53 Shane Geoghan           
54 Flan Gibbon             
55 David Graham            
56 Richard Greer           
57 Johnie Griffery         
58 Mark Harmann            
59 Ian Heald               
60 Mark Heald              
61 Robert Higgins          
62 Martyn Lynch            
63 Nigel McConnell         
64 Terry McDarragh         
65 Darren McGann           
66 David McKeown           
67 Darragh Mortimer        
68 Derek Mulvey            
69 William O'Connor        
70 Colm O'Reilly           
71 John Owens              
72 Liam Phelan             
73 Cathal S                
74 John Taylor             
75 Mark Warren             
76 Declan Wyse             
 
Sport women

1 Lynda Haug             55 pts
2 Rachel Wisdom          43
3 Aisling Corkery        34
4 Amber Atkinson         30
5 Nicola Oldham          28
6 Harriet Mayne          26
7 Valarie O'Neil         21
8 Jenny Kilbride         21
9 Inga Doak              15
10 Julie Watt            14
10 Sadhbh Ni Hogan       13