26/04/2015 Ernie Magwood Super Six Round 1
Round 1 of the 2015 Hayes Fuels EMS6 league took place at Toome on the 26th April. Despite a later start to the season, we experienced 4 seasons in one day. Unfortunately they were, Autumn, winter, winter, and a tiny bit of spring. The riders gathered in decent sunshine, but as usual at Toome and its Lough effected mini climate, the strong winds made things very unpredictable. Generally conditions were slow with strong crosswinds which only assisted slightly on the shorter homeward leg, however the real problem was for the time keepers, who due to the sudden downpours, rain capes fitted over numbers, missed starts, along with the strong winds had a tough job identifying finishers despite 5 people on the line, with 2 separate timers, 2 spotters, and a photographer.
The photos below show the difficulty the organisers faced, as two riders within minutes of each other cross the line in what looks like a different planet. 18 riders crossed the line unidentified, with descriptions such as RVCC, Boardman bike, red giant etc been used, and even riders as distinctive and well known as the two Johns, all 6ft 5 of them, initially unidentified.
Eventually like a night out which got a bit out of hand, enough evidence was gathered from the time keepers, photos .gpx files and Facebook, to compile an official result but things had to be checked and double checked.
There were a few surprises and some outstanding rides. Unsurprisingly, defending champion John Madden won, with Martin Sherry defeating a lot of people by giving John a serious run for his money, and beating a lot of other very strong men. Another Pre race favourite was 3x champion John Heverin who fitted his rear wheel crooked, and despite putting out enough power to boil all the kettles in Lurgan during coronation street, could only manage a 24 and destroyed a brake block in the process.
Eileen Burns was unsurprisingly the fastest lady, and also faster than a lot of fast men, she will certainly clock a mid 21 when the fast conditions kick in.
So that's "day 1 of school" out of the way. Thanks to Barry Hayes and Bluebells. James, Shenna, Mark, the Hunters, Gordon, Alicja, John Hunter and all the competitors for making it happen. If we can survive that one the rest will be easy.
David Heagney
26/04/2015 Ernie Magwood Super Six Round 1
- John Madden Veteran 00:20:56.0
- Martin Sherry Elite 00:21:04.0
- Patrick J Mckenna Elite 00:21:19.6
- Sean Mcintyre Elite 00:21:27.3
- Niall Clarke Elite 00:21:39.6
- Stuart Bennett Veteran 00:22:06.2
- David Barton Elite 00:22:12.8
- Paul Crossan Veteran 00:22:17.0
- Steven Mcallister Elite 00:22:27.3
- Christian Nachtigall Elite 00:22:30.5
- Mervyn Linton Veteran 00:22:32.6
- Barry Hayes Veteran 00:22:36.1
- Steven Workman Elite 00:22:38.2
- John O'neill Veteran 00:23:00.9
- Mark Sergent Elite 00:23:05.0
- Stevie Mckenna Elite 00:23:13.4
- Jason Burns Elite 00:23:16.3
- John Rafferty Veteran 00:23:19.7
- Rodney Stewart Veteran 00:23:21.3
- Mark Brown Elite 00:23:22.6
- Sean Hargan Veteran 00:23:26.1
- Barry Russell Veteran 00:23:31.1
- Dean Burnside Elite 00:23:33.7
- Eileen Burns Ladies 00:23:37.0
- Daniel Daly Elite 00:23:45.0
- Declan Mccartney Elite 00:23:50.1
- Patrick Withers Elite 00:24:03.5
- Dairmuid Logan Junior 00:24:07.1
- Jason Henry Veteran 00:24:09.8
- Brendan Mccourt Veteran 00:24:11.4
- James Mccusker Veteran 00:24:14.5
- Richard Hanna Elite 00:24:31.4
- John Clyde Veteran 00:24:32.1
- Steven Geary Elite 00:24:36.4
- Francis Mcfadden Veteran 00:24:59.5
- Daryl Sempey Elite 00:25:11.4
- Davy Quinn Veteran 00:25:17.2
- Enda Mcdaid Elite 00:25:23.4
- Rory Mcintyre Veteran 00:25:24.9
- Geoff Seffen Veteran 00:25:37.4
- Paul Mcquillan Veteran 00:25:38.0
- Phil O'neill Veteran 00:25:40.6
- Laura Blair Ladies 00:25:58.8
- Warren Mcneill Veteran 00:26:03.2
- Cathal Mcgee Elite 00:26:11.9
- Sean Wilson Elite 00:26:35.0
- John Ferrity Elite 00:26:38.4
- Harry Martin Veteran 00:26:41.0
- Tracy Mcconkey Ladies 00:27:11.0
- William Gill Veteran 00:27:42.4
- Jerome Donnelly Elite 00:27:46.1
- Colin Wilson Veteran 00:27:56.0
- Kay Hack Ladies 00:28:00.7
- Gerry Scullion Veteran 00:28:28.3
- Sheena Oneill Ladies 00:29:29.7
- Martin O'donnell Veteran 00:30:27.1
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