Great results for local riders in outstanding weekend of cycling
LAST weekend saw O’Leary Stone Kanturk Cycling Club host their annual three day event.
The weather didn’t start too favorably on Saturday; however, Sunday and Monday saw ideal conditions for cycling. And O’Leary Stone Club brought home plenty of success.
First off on Saturday were the u16s for 60 k or two laps, followed by the u14s with one lap and the u12s for one lap of the shorter circuit.
Starting with the U12s, as they came back into the town following the hill climb and descent, two riders wearing the O’Leary Stone Kanturk colours had broken away with an impressive lead, Quillen Donnelly and Ewen McConville. Both looked very strong as they opened up for the finish line, with Quillen taking the win over Ewen with Sean Tarrant taking 5th. Stephen Sheehan and Michael Nolan finished in the bunch.
The U14s came back as a bunch with David Shine taking a very strong 5th. Luke Moynihan finished well in the bunch.
The u16s were taking part in an Olympic Youth Trial in both the road race and the time trial. Kanturk did well in the road race as Tom Moriarty was 4th, Tom O’Connor taking a season best 5th and Archie Ryan took 6th. In the bunch Daniel Yonhin, Will Ryan and Luke Thompson finished in same time as the leaders. Denis Murphy, Tadgh Walsh and Arnaud Dimoulin finished in the next bunch.
In the time trial Quillan Donnelly took another great win with Ewen McConville taking second and the fast improving Sean Tarrant got his podium place secured with a fine 3rd in blustery conditions so O’Leary Stone Kanturk got a clean sweep. Michael Nolan and Stephen Sheehan continue moving up the placings.
U14 David Shine put in another fine day’s work for Kanturk with another 5 th place in the time trial.
The u16s finished the day with some exciting time-trialing as Tom Moriarty took 1st place, putting his Kanturk team mate Will Ryan into 2nd by 0.8 of a second and Archie Ryan was less than five seconds behind taking 6th. Sean Barrett took 10th, Luke 13th Denis Murphy 15th.
Not far behind were Eoghan Pattwell, Daniel Yon Hin, Tom O’Connor, Arnaud Dumoulin and Tadgh Walsh.
Lucy O’Donnell also put Kanturk on the podium with 3rd place in both the events.
In stage 3, Quillan Donnelly took 1st with Euan McConville 2nd and Sean Tarrant 3rd. Stephen Sheehan and Michael Nolan finished in the bunch. These five also won the team prize for the weekend with Quillen Donnelly winning 1st overall, Euan McConville 2nd and Sean Tarrant 3rd overall for the weekend.
In the U14’s David shine finished 8th in the final stage and coming 5th overall for the weekend.
In the u16 final stage will Ryan finished 2nd, Tom Moriarty 3rd and Archie Ryan 5th. Tom O’Connor Luke Thompson, Sean Barrett, Denis Murphy, Arnaud Dimoulin and Tadgh Walsh finished in bunch.
In the overall results Tom Moriarty was winner with Will Ryan 4th, Archie Ryan 5th. Sean Barrett was 1st u15 and u16 team winning the team prize.
The Eamonn Dunbar Memorial Trophy for Most Aggressive Rider was presented to Tom O’Connor.
In the adult section, Billy Allen, Noel Moloney, Shane Moloney, Cian Leahy, and Stephen Gilman kept the Kanturk colours flying and did the club proud.
All in all the weekend was a great success with some great cycling.
The club would like to express sincere gratitude to the local Gardai who worked with the club in huge numbers to ensure that everyone had a great and safe weekend. We would also like to thanks Tarrant’s Skoda Garage banter for their assistance.