SWORDS CC SUMMER LEAGUE 2000
(courtesy of Tony O'Malley)

Race 1 : April 12th 2000 BALROTHERY 5 mile T.T.

Hugh Byrne   15'14"   John Condon (2pts) 13'26
Peter Brogan   16'50"   Anthony Langan 15'56"
Kevin Sheehey (8pts)   14'50"   Sheila Blake 17'18"
Keith Daly (5pts)   14'00"   Martin Doyle 15'18"
Gerry Martin (7pts)   13'49"   Dave Blake 15'52"
Ron O'Rourke   14'21"   Peter Gaffney DNS
Colm Stafford (3pts)   14'49"   Fred Harte 15'02"
James Whelan   17'07"   Pat Halpin (6pts) 13'56"
John Ward   15'19"   Mat Halpin 18'22"
Stephen McKenna   15'18"   Joe McNally (4pts) 13'44"
Kieran Whelan   17'31"   Tony O'Malley 14'30"
Chris O'Hare   15'23"   Ben Gaughan 15'09"
Sean Rock   17'14"   Sean Logue 16'47"

Conditions: Wet & windy (26 entries)
FASTEST:

1st John Condon 13'26" ,2nd Joe McNally 13'44" ,3rd Gerry Martin 13'49"
4th Pat Halpin 13'56" , 5th Keith Daly 14'00" ,6th Ron O'Rourke 14'21"
Time Keeper & Chief Marshal: Sean Lally,
Marshalls Tess Quinlan, Jason Ludgate, (also Mick Rock, Terry Quinlan)

Race 2 : April 19th 2000 OLDTOWN C.P.

1st

Cian Lynch

8pts

2nd

Sean Lally @ 3 sec

7pts

3rd

Anthony McMahon @ s.t.

6pts

4th

Jason Kelly @ s.t.

5pts

5th

Pat Halpin @ s.t.

4pts

6th

Garoid Loughnane @ s.t.

3pts

7th

Philip Sugden @ s.t.

2pts

Conditions: wet (33 riders)
1ST Lady Sheila Blake
U16/14: 1ST C.O'Hare, 2ND K.Daly, 3RD A.Duffy
U12: S.Rock
Marshalls
: Peter Gaffney, Bill Coleman, Gerry.Gaston (also Mick Rock, Tess Quinlan, Louise Stafford, Ken Duffy)
Ritchie McNamara (Starter), Terry Quinlan (Chief Marshal - sub for Reggie) ,

Race 3 : April 26th 2000 AIRPORT/FINGLAS 10 MILE T.T.

Colm Crawley   30'19"   Joe McNally 25'25"
Kiaran Whelan (8pts)   30'19"   Edith Kearney 29'17"
Anthony Langan   29'24"   Pat Halligan 25'41"
Fred Harte   27'42"   Brendan Conway 26'28"
Alan Duffy   30'14"   Stephen McKenna 30'03"
Gerry Gaston   26'44"   Caroline Kearney 27'03"
Sean Logue (3pts)   32'18"   Reggie Kearns 28'01"
Ron O'Rourke   26'19"   Jason Ludgate 26'09"
Nathan Hannigan   26'14"   James Whelan 33'34"
Tony O'Malley (2pts)   28'24"   Philip Sugden 25'22"
Martin Doyle (5pts)   28'54"   Colm Stafford 27'19"
Kevin Sheehey   28'53"   Ben Gaughan (4pts) 28'58"
Chris O'Hare (7pts)   28'36"   John Ward 27'40"
John Condon   25'32"   Martin McGinley 29'56"
Bill Coleman   29'28"   Garreth O'Connor 25'13"
Barry O'Toole   28'53"   Pat Halpin (6pts) 26'03"

Conditions: wet & cold 32 riders
FASTEST:
1st Garreth O'Connor 25'13" , 2nd Philip Sugden 25'22" ,3rd Joe McNally 25'25" ,
4th John Condon 25'32" ,5th Pat Halligan 25'41" ,6th Pat Halpin 26'03"
LADIES
1st Caroline Kearney 27'03"
U14/16
1st Chris O'Hare 28'36"
Marshalls Sean Lally(Time Keeper), Ritchie McNamara(Chief Marshal)Breda McNally, Anthony McMahon,
Gerry Martin,(also Terry Quinlan, Dave Blake, Brian Kelly)

Race 4 : May 3rd 2000 BALLBOUGHAL D.M.S.

 

RACE 1

RACE 2

RACE 3

1st

Anthony McMahon

Brendan Conway

Peter Brogan

2nd

Aidan Hammond

Colm Stafford

Hugh Byrne

3rd

Jason Ludgate

Tony O'Malley

Anthony Langan

4th

Des Hanrahan

Martin Doyle

Bill Coleman

5th

Pat Halpin

John Ward

KiaranWhelan

6th

Jason Kelly

Kevin Sheehey

Jim Ludden (dnf)

7th

Nathan Hannigan

Reggie Kearns

Louise Quinlan (inj)

Conditions: warm & sunny, 31 riders

U14/16 1st Keith Daly, 2nd A. Duffy, 3rd Stephen McKenna,
4th Colm Crawley, 5th Sean Rock, 6 James Whelan
Marshalls
Ritchie McNamara(Chief Marshal) , Fred Harte, John Condon, Garreth O'Connor, Eamonn O'Murchu.
(also Terry Quinlan, Johny O'Sullivan, Sheila Blake, Betty Markham)

Race 5 : May 10th 2000 BALROTHERY C.P.

1st

Ron O'Rourke

8pts

2nd

Fred Harte

7pts

3rd

Caroline Kearney

6pts

4th

Jim Callaly

5pts

5th

Tony O'Malley

4pts

6th

Martin Doyle

3pts

7th

Bill Coleman

2pts

8th

Ann Kearney

1pt

Fastest: John Condon
U16/14 1st Chris O'Hare 2nd Colm Crawley
Marshalls
Ritchie McNamara(Chief Marshal) , Dave Blake, Anthony Langan, Terry Quinlan,
Peter Brogan (also Johny O'Sullivan, Betty Markham)

 

Race 6 : May 17th Oldtown 10 Mile T.T.

Alan Duffy (3pts) 33'13"   Peter Brogan 32'07"
Peter Gaffney 38'49"   Kiaran Whelan 36'11"
Breda McNally 34'31"   Gerry Martin 28'25"
Chris O'Hare (6pts) 31'09"   John Ward DNF
Bill Coleman DNS   Edith Kearney lost
Kevin Sheehey (2pts) 30'54"   James Whelan 34'33"
Gerry Gaston (4pts) 29'04"   Ann Kearney 34'33"
Philip Sugden 28'01"   Brenden Conway 29'50"
Tony O'Malley (8pts) 30'15"   Joe McNally (5pts) 27'36"
Caroline Kearney (7pts) 29'24"   Fred Harte 30'45"
Paul Deans 32'38"   Pat Halpin 28'04"

Conditions: Wet & cold 22 riders
Fastest 1st Joe NcNally 27'36" 2nd Philip Sugden 28'01" 3rd Pat Halpin 28'04"
Ladies 1st Caroline Kearney 29'24"
Marshalls Sean Lally, Hugh Byrne, Sheila Blake (also Johnny O'Sullivan, Betty Markham,
Dave Blake, Ron O'Rourke, Colm Stafford, Terry Quinlan)

 

Race 7 : May 24th 2000 Black Bull C.P.

1st

John Ward

8pts

2nd

Ron O'Rourke

7pts

3rd

Fred Harte

6pts

4th

John Lally

5pts

5th

Dave Blake

4pts

6th

Martin Doyle

3pts

7th

Peter Brogan

2pts

U/age 1st Alan Duffy, 2nd Sean Rock, 3rd James Whelan
Marshalls Kevin Sheehey(Chief Marshal), Mick Rock(Lead Car), Philip Sugden, Kiaran Whelan (also Terry Quinlan,
Tess Quinlan, Betty Markham, Ken Duffy)

 

Race 8 : May 31st 2000 Ballyboughal C.P.

1st

Anthony Langan

8pts

2nd

Aidan Hammond

7pts

3rd

Anthony McMahon

6pts

4th

Sean Lally

5pts

5th

Garreth O'Connor

4pts

6th

Jason Kelly

3pts

7th

Colm Stafford

2pts

Marshalls John Ward(Chief Marshal), Mick Rock(Lead Car), Tony O'Malley, Brendan Conway (also Terry Quinlan,
Tess Quinlan, Ciaran Whelan). Anne Kearney (excused).

 

Race 9: June 7th 2000 Oldtown D.M.S

 

 

RACE 1

RACE 2

U/ Age

1st

Craig Sweetman

John Ward

Chris O'Hare

2nd

Anto McMahon

Tony O'Malley

Keith Daly

3rd

Jason Kelly

Ron O'Rourke

Colm Foley

4th

Pat Halpin

Colm Stafford

Stephen McKenna

5th

John Condon

Fred Harte

James Whelan

6th

Billy Kennedy

Sean Tierney

Sean Rock

RACE 3 : 1st Anthony Langan 2nd Aidan Rochford

Marshals: Joe McNally(Chief Steward), Martin Doyle, Martin McGinley Also (Kevin Sheehey,
Jim Ludden, Sean Lally(Finish),Peter Gaffney

28 riders (wet)

 

Race 10 : June 14th 2000 25 mile T.T. Batterstown

Aidan Hammond     57'14''   Kevin Sheehey 69'15''
Ron O'Rourke     67'08''   Tony O'Malley (6pts) 65'28''
Anthony Langan     71'01''   Gerry Gaston 64'28''
Louise Stafford     78'30''   James Whelan (8pts)** 33'41''
Bill Coleman (7pts)     68'36''   Mick Macken 60'29''
John Condon     61'26''   Colm Stafford 65'24''
Evan Donnelly     68'08''   John Ward(3pts) 65'39''
Colm Crowley     73'15''   Fred Harte 65'55''
Peter Brogan     72'27''   Martin Doyle(4pts) 68'15''
Ben Gaughan     75'23''   Brendan Conway (5pts) 61'47''
Chris O'Hare (2pts)     68'47''   Jason Kelly 65'33''
Kieran Whelan     76'21'   Joe McNally 63:40
Jason Ludgate     62'35''   ** half distance  

25 riders Conditions:Good
FASTEST:
1ST Aidan Hammond 57'14" ,2ND Mick Macken 60'29" ,3RD John Condon 61'26"
4TH
Brendan Conway 61'47" ,5TH Jason Ludgate 62'35" ,6TH Joe McNally 63'40"
U/age
1ST Chris O'Hare 68'47"
Marshalls Hugh Byrne(Time Keeper), Johny O'Sullivan(Chief Marshal), Nathan Hannigan (also John Peppard),

 

Race 11 : June 21st 2000 Boot Inn C.P.

1st

Hugh Byrne

8pts

2nd

Martin Doyle

7pts

3rd

Kevin Sheehey

6pts

4th

Sean Lally

5pts

5th

Dave Woods

4pts

6th

Anthony McMahon

3pts

7th

Joe McNally

2pts

32 riders Conditions: Fair
U/age
: 1. S.McKenna, 2. C.Crawley, 3. J.Whelan, 4. S.Rock, 5. A.Duffy
Marshals: Pat Halpin(Chief Steward), Jim Ludden, Ben Gaughran (Also Louise Stafford, Peter Gaffney)

 

Race 12 : June 28th 2000 Balrothery/Naul C.P.

1st

Jim Calally

8pts

2nd

Mat Kelly

7pts

3rd

Fred Harte

6pts

4th

Colm Stafford

5pts

5th

Joe McNally

4pts

6th

Dave Blake

3pts

7th

Kevin Sheehey

2pts

32 riders (conditions : Good)

U/age1.K.Daly, 2. S.McKenna, 3.J.Whelan, 4. S.Rock, 5. A.Duffy
Marshals:Marshals: Louise Stafford(Chief Steward), Paul Deans, Also Betty Markham, Ciaran Whelan,
Breda McNally, Jacqueline McNally, Gareth O'Connor

 

Race 13 : July 5th 2000 BALLYBOUGHAL T.T.

Sean Rock 4pts   27:52   John Ward 25:33
Terry Quinlan   29:11   Peter Brogan 27:55
Anthony Langan   28:24   Colm Crawley 2pts 27:43
Sheila Blake   31:00   Pat Halpin 22:58
James Whelan   27:02   Aidan Hammond 21:37
Breda McNally   29:16   Jason Kelly 7pts 23:46
Jason Ludgate   23:48   Joe McNally 23:28
Kevin Sheehey   25:56   Aidan Creamer 26:30
Martin Doyle 3pts   25:38   Mick Rock 24:22
Hugh Byrne   26:04   Gerry Gaston 25:00
Fred Harte   25:32   Gerry Martin 23:59
Tony O'Malley 6pts   24:02   Evan Donnelly 5pts 25:15

26 riders Conditions:Good

FASTEST: 1ST Aidan Hammond 21'37" 2ND Pat Halpin 22'58" 3RD Joe McNally 23'28" 3RD Brendan Conway 23'28"
U/age
1ST Stephen McKenna 24'58"
U/age after h/cap: 1. S.McKenna, 2.S.Rock, 3. C.Crawley, 4.J.Whelan
Marshalls:Ron O'Rourke(Timekeeper), Colm Stafford (Chief Steward),Garoid Loughnane
Also Betty Markham , Lar Whelan

 

Race 14 : Club R/R Championship Batterstown

R/ R Champion

John Peppard

2nd

Simon Whelan @ 3 sec

3rd

Brendan Conway @ 20 sec

4th

Sean Lally @ 24 sec

5th

John Condon @ s.t.

6th

Philip Sugden @ s.t.

36 riders Conditions: Dull

1ST Lady Tess Quinlan
Marshals:
Chief Marshal: Ritchie McNamara. Also Betty Markham, Sheila Blake, Ronnie Brannigan,
John Loughran, Karen Rock

 

Race 15: Wed 19th July 2000. OLDTOWN CP

1st

Mat Kelly

8pts

2nd

Colm Stafford

7pts

3rd

Gerry Martin

6pts

4th

Joe McNally

5pts

5th

Jason Ludgate

4pts

6th

Philip Sugden

3pts

7th

Fred Harte

2pts

1ST Lady Tess Quinlan 1st U/age Stephen McKenna
Marshals: Aidan Rochford, Betty Markham

 

Race 16: 26th July 2000 10 Mile TT C/ship Balheary

Colm Stafford Sen   26'14"   Sean Rock U14 32'13"
Louise Quinlan L   29'35"   Hugh Byrne Vet 27'16"
Fred Harte Vet   27'54"   Mick McNeillis Vet 31'03"
Kevin Sheehey Sen   27'32"   John Condon Sen 25'55"
Ron O'Rourke Vet   27'03"   John Peppard Sen 25'18"
Tony O'Malley Sen   26'27"   George Devlin U16 27'12"
Dave Blake Vet   29'25   Mick Rock Vet 26'41"
John Ward Sen   27'24"   Caroline Kearney L 27'32"
Tess Quinlan L Vet   27'43"   Gerry Gaston Vet 27'03"
Billy Kennedy Vet   29'17"   Pat Halpin Vet 25'33"
Anthony Langan Sen   29'33"   Mat Kelly Sen Dnf
Paddy Griffen Vet   26'42"   Anthony McMahon Vet 25'01"
Peter Brogan Vet   28'55"   Jason Ludgate Sen 25'46"
Bill Coleman Vet   28'10"   Stephen McKenna U14 28'19"
Evan Donelly Sen   26'53"   Jason Kelly Sen 25'01"
Martin Doyle Vet   26'48"   Keith Daly U16 28'42"
Gareth O'Connor Sen   25'24"   Joe McNally Vet 26'25"
Breda McNally L Vet   30'42"   Sean Lally Vet 25'00"
Niall Rock U12   34'53"   Brendan Conway Sen 24'30"

FASTEST: CLUB 10 Mile TT Champion Brendan Conway
2ND
Sean Lally 25'00" 3RDAnthony McMahon 25'01" 3RDJason Kelly 25'01"
Ladies Champion Caroline Kearney 27'32"

 

Race 17: Wed 9th Aug 2000 BALLYBOUGHAL CP

1st

Craig Sweetman

8pts

2nd

Sean Lally

7pts

3rd

Garoid Loughnane

6pts

4th

Anthony McMahon

5pts

5th

John Condon

4pts

6th

Jason Kelly

3pts

7th

Brendan Conway

2pts

Ladies 1. C. Kearney, 2. L.Quinlan, 3. E.Kearney
U/age 1.K Daly,2.S.McKenna, 3. S.Rock, 4. A.Duffy, 5. J.Whelan 6.C.Crawley, 7. N.Rock
Marshals: Dave Blake (Chief Steward), Barry O'Toole, Peter Gaffney, Terry Quinlan, Tess Quinlan,
Betty Markham, Gareth O'Connor

 

Race 18 : August 18th 2000 Batterstown 25 Mile TT

Louise Quinlan   76:20   Tony O'Malley 65:59
Keith Daly (7pts)   67:36   Billy Kennedy 62:24
Evan Donnelly   65:47   Ron O'Rourke 68:32
Alan Duffy (8pts)   68:08   Karl Donnelly 55:11
Tess Quinlan (6pts)   65:58   Pat Halpin 62:36
Shane Prendergast (5pts)   54:42   John Ward 68:42
Kieran Whelan   78:00   Brendan Conway (2pts) 60:45
John Dillon   58:51   Stephen McKenna 70:22
Colm Stafford   Punct   John Condon (4pts) 61:48
Fred Harte (3pts)   65:57   Niall Rock (10 Mile) 34:59
Gerry Gaston   66:34   James Whelan(12.5Mile) 34:34
           

FASTEST: Shane Prendergast (Usher IRC)54'42" , 2nd Karl Donnelly (Usher IRC) 55'11"
3rd
John Dillon (Ravens) 58'51" 4th Brendan Conway (McNally Swords) 60'45"
1st Lady : Tess Quinlan(McNally Swords) 65'58"

U/age: Keith Daly(Drogheda Wheelers) 67'36"

 

Race 19: Sun 20th Aug 2000. Black Bull CP

1st

Paul Maxwell

8pts

2nd

Jim Ludden

7pts

3rd

Breda McNally

6pts

4th

Louise Quinlan

5pts

5th

Tony O'Malley

4pts

6th

Liam Maguire

3pts

7th

Ron O'Rourke

2pts

8th

Fred Harte

1pt

(32 riders) Hot!
U/age A.Duffy/J.Whelan
Marshals: Jason Kelly (Starter & Chief Steward), Billy Kennedy, John Lally, Ken Duffy, Kieran Whelan

 

Race 20 : August 23rd 2000 Balrothery/Naul C.P.

1st

Craig Sweetman

8pts

2nd

Sean Lally

7pts

3rd

Colm Stafford

6pts

4th

John Condon

5pts

5th

Anthony McMahon

4pts

6th

Mat Kelly

3pts

7th

Joe McNally

2pts

Ladies: 1. S.O'Mara, 2. T.Quinlan, 3. L.Quinlan
U/age: 1. K.Daly, 2. A.Duffy, 3. S.McKenna, 4. C.O'Hare, 5. S.Rock, 6. J.Whelan, 7. N.Rock
Marshals: Jason Kelly(Chief Steward), Bill Coleman, Breda McNally, Terry Quinlan, Paul Deans, Gerry Martin, Kevin Sheehey

 

Race 21: Wed 30th August 2000. Boot Inn CP

1st

Bill Coleman

8pts

2nd

Matt Kelly @ 20 sec

7pts

3rd

Tony O'Malley @ s.t.

6pts

4th

Joe McNally @ s.t.

5pts

5th

John Ward @ s.t.

4pts

6th

Martin Doyle @ s.t.

3pts

7th

Ron O'Rourke @ s.t.

2pts

8th

Colm Stafford @ s.t.

1pt

Ladies:1. T.Piggott/C.Kearney, 3, S.O'Mara, 4. B.McNally, 5. E.Kearney 6. T.Quinlan, 7. L.Quinlan
U/age:
1. K.Daly, 2. S.McKenna, 3. C.O'Hare, 4. J.Whelan, 5. S.Rock 6. C.Crawley,
7. A.Duffy, 8. N.Rock(2 laps) , 9. M.Daly(2 laps)
Marshals:
Fred Harte(Starter), Jason Ludgate(Lead Car), Sheila Blake, Betty Markham Terry Quinlan,
Ann Kearney, Jason Kelly. Grace McNally, Ken Duffy

 

Race 22 : Sunday 3rd September OLDTOWN T.T.

Niall Rock (8pts) 34:49   Stephen McKenna 29:39
Kieran Whelan (3pts) 32:45   Ron O'Rourke 29:56
Breda McNally 31:31   Tony O'Malley 27:58
Colm Crawley (6pts) 30:27   Gerry Martin (3pts) 27:00
Ben Gaughan 37:21   John Condon DNF
Anthony Langan 30:59   Billy Kennedy DNF
James Whelan (5pts) 29:59   Joe McNally 27:01
Chris O'Hare DNF   Brendan Conway 27:11
Alan Duffy 30:18   Anthony McMahon 27:26
Keith Daly (7pts) 28:30   Pat Halpin 26:17
Louise Quinlan 32:49   John Dillon DNF
Martin Doyle PUNC   Aidan Hammond 27:09
John Ward 29:14   Grace McNally 42:33
Fred Harte (2pts) 28:53   Simon Whelan 25:04
Evan Donnelly DNF   Michael Daly PUNC
Colm Stafford 28:35   John Walsh DNF
Gerry Gaston 29:07      

 

Ladies after h/cap: 1.Breda McNally, 2.Louise Quinlan
U/age
after h/cap: 1.N.Rock, 2. K.Daly, 3. C.Crawley, 4. J.Whelan, 5.A.Duffy , 6. S.McKenna, 7.G.McNally, C.O'Hare(dnf), M.Daly(dnf)
Marshals:
Ritchie McNamara(Chief Steward & Timekeeper), Peter Gaffney, Gareth O'Connor, Matt Kelly, Hugh Byrne, Patricia Maxwell, Ken Duffy.

 

Club League Result 2000

Overall: 1st Tony O'Malley
2nd Sean Lally
3rd Martin Doyle
Senior: 1st Colm Stafford
2nd John Ward
3rd Jason Kelly
Veteran: 1st Anthony McMahon
2nd Fred Harte
3rd Ron O'Rourke
Ladies: 1st Caroline Kearney
2nd Breda McNally
3rd Tess Quinlan
10 mile TT: Caroline Kearney
25 mile TT: Tess Quinlan
UI6: 1st Keith Daly(Drogheda Wheelers)
2ndAlan Duffy(McNally Swords)
3rd Chris O'Hare(Balbriggan CC)
U14: 1st Stephen McKenna(Balbriggan CC)
2nd James Whelan(McNally Swords)
3rd Seán Rock(McNally Swords)
U12: 1st Niall Rock(McNally Swords)
Visitor: Aidan Hammond(Orwell)
10 Mile TT: Brendan Conway
25 Mile TT: Brendan Conway
Road Race Champion: John Peppard
2nd Simon Whelan, 3rd Brendan Conway