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Race Officials

Race Director...... Aidan Higgins 07921146522 Safety Officer…………………….. Ali Gribbon 07783261146

Masters (M40, M50 & M60) & Junior Men’s Time Trial Chief Commissaire...... Martin Lees 07710947811 Commissaire 2...... Andrew Wills 07834853302 Timekeeper...... Paddy Carr 07837948449 Chief Judge...... Ian Barfoot 07818542474

Senior A3 Road Race Chief Commissaire...... Jack Watson 07802497441 Driver...... Johnny Taylor 07736066205 Commissaire 2...... Kevin Hughes 07887840573 Driver...... Mickey Scullion 07841498934 Moto Commissaire...... James McLaughlin 07714696789 Timekeeper...... Paddy Carr 07837948449 Chief Judge...... Ian Barfoot 07818542474 Neutral Service 1...... Frank Taylor 07921917015 Neutral Service 2...... Mick McLaughlin 07802184913 Lead Car…...... Seamus Higgins 07759043034 Info Bike……………………………. Gary McIlroy 0864088822

Junior Men’s Road Race Chief Commissaire...... Aaron Wallace 07713147968 Driver...... Ali Gribbon 07783261146 Commissaire 2...... Tommy McCague 07594272132 Driver...... Barry Russell 07595319578 Moto Commissaire...... Mark Kavanagh 07787153322 Timekeeper...... Paddy Carr 07837948449 Chief Judge...... Ian Barfoot 07818542474 Neutral Service 1...... Sean Kelly 07864 535336 Neutral Service 2...... Mervyn Irvine 07759647548 Lead Car...... Jim Bradley 07976267701 Blackboard Bike………………….. Pat & Therese Dowd 0872435940

Broom Wagon….…………………. Sean Gribbon 07515669782

Race Announcer….………………. Dany Blondeel (Belgian Project) 07527548234 Race Videographer………………. Jonny Collins 07730792486 MotoMarshals…………………….. CAMMI Ambulance 1...... EMS (Kaye) 07904019837 Ambulance 2...... EMS (Patricia) 07843279622 Medical Car………………………… EMS (Tom) 07802940313

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Race Schedule

Saturday 9th September 2017

Time Trial (M40s, M50s, M60s & Junior Men)

Sign-On in St.Patrick’s College, Maghera 9:30am – 10:30am

First Rider start 11:01pm

Finish of all riders (approx.) 1:30pm

Prize Presentation (in Race HQ) 2:30pm

Sunday 10th September 2017

Road Race (Senior A3s, Junior Men)

Race Organisation/Commissaire Meeting 9.00am

Sign-On in Walsh’s Hotel 9:15am-10:15am

Manager’s Meeting (all races) 10:30am

Rollout from Race HQ 10:50am

Riders Assemble 10:55am

Junior Men Race Start 11:00am

Senior A3 Race Start 11:10am

Finish of all races (approx.) 1:45pm

Prize Presentation (in Race HQ) 2:30pm

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Route Details – Road Race

Senior A3 & Junior National Championships 2017 Event HQ: Walsh’s Hotel, Main Street, Maghera Route Summary: Senior A3 & Junior Men Road Race: 65.5 miles. Elevation gain per lap: 455 feet; elevation gain to finish line: 918 feet; total elevation gain: 3,193 feet Expected Schedule Location Instruction Miles Km 25mph 27mph 30mph Maghera Roll out from Coleraine Road, Maghera 0.0 0.0 10:50 10:50 10:50 Staggered junction through lights onto Tobermore Road 0.2 0.3 Assemble at old High School (large lay by on right hand side) 0.5 0.8 START Race start on Tobermore Road A29 0.0 0.0 11:00 11:00 11:00 Tobermore Mini roundabout, left (1st exit) 2.3 3.7 11:05 11:05 11:04 Mini roundabout,right (2nd exit) onto A29 Tobermore Rd 2.4 3.8 11:05 11:05 11:04 Take left (dir. Magherafelt) onto Roshure Desertmartin Road 5.7 9.2 11:13 11:12 11:11 CAUTION! Street furniture & road narrows Mini roundabout, left (1st exit) onto Magherafelt Road Magherafelt 8.4 13.5 11:20 11:18 11:16 Tobermore End of lap 1 14.0 22.5 11:33 11:31 11:28 End of lap 2 25.7 41.3 12:01 11:57 11:51 End of lap 3 37.3 60.1 12:29 12:22 12:14 End of lap 4 49.0 78.9 12:57 12:48 12:38 End of lap 5 60.7 97.7 13:25 13:14 13:01 Mini Roundabout (straight) 60.7 97.8 13:25 13:14 13:01 Take right onto Lisnamuck Road 60.8 97.9 13:25 13:15 13:01 Cross Roads, left onto Fivemilestraight Lisnamuck Cross TEAM CARS DEVIATE STRAIGHT Roads AHEAD HERE – see map 63.0 101.5 13:31 13:20 13:06 Junction, right onto Coolnasillagh Road to finish 63.5 102.2 13:32 13:21 13:07 FINISH Finish adjacent communications mast 65.5 105.5 13:37 13:25 13:11

Final 3km & Team Car Deviation

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Road Race Route Map & Profile

Race leaves Maghera towards Tobermore where it starts the anti-clockwise circuit around Tobermore > Desertmartin > Magherafelt > Tobermore. Each race will complete 5 laps of the circuit. On the last lap the race will leave Tobermore via Lisnamuck and finish atop Coolnasillagh mountain.

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Route Details – Time Trial – Junior Men, M40, M50, M60

Time Trial - Junior Men, M40, M50 & M60 (Sign on from St. Patrick’s College Car Park) Route Summary: 20.5 Miles/29.1 Km. Location Instruction Miles Km Start – Start after the junction on the B75/Kilrea Road (dir. Grillagh Bridge Upperlands / Kilrea 0.0 0.0

Upperlands Continue through village 0.9 1.4

Kilrea T-Junction, turn left onto B64/Edenbane Road (dir. Garvagh) 7.2 11.6 Garvagh Junction, turn left onto Fort Road 12.4 19.9 Staggered Cross Roads – Straight onto Ballynameen Avenue. 12.8 20.6 T-Junction adj. Plant yard, turn left onto Carhill Road (dir. Swatragh/Maghera) 13.0 20.9

Swatragh Continue through village 17.7 28.5 Finish - Finish at large picnic area / layby on left on Moneysharvin Grillagh Picnic Area Road 20.5 33.0

Time Trial Route Map & Profile

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Rules & Regulations

ARTICLE 1. ORGANISATION The National Championships listed below are organised by Carn Wheelers Cycling Club and promoted under the Cycling Ireland technical rules and regulations. The events will be held on 9th & 10th September 2017. All participants in this event are responsible for their own safety & wellbeing, riders and drivers should understand the roads are not closed and racing should take place on the correct side of the road, marshals will be there to indicate the direction of the race. The following races are included in the event: National Road Race Championships Senior A3 Men Junior Men National Time Trial Championships Masters M40 Masters M50 Masters M60 Junior Men

ARTICLE 2. TYPE OF EVENT The above events are entered on the Cycling Ireland Calendar. All races are subject to a minimum entry to be classified as a Championship event.

ARTICLE 3. PARTICIPATION The events are open to licence holders with an “IRL” UCI code issued by Cycling Ireland or another UCI affiliated National Federation.

Time Trials - Saturday 9th September 2017 Junior Men (born in years 1999 or 2000) M40s (open to A1, A2, A3, A4 & LC licence holders born in years 1977 to 1968 inclusive with “Masters” on their licence) M50s (open to A1, A2, A3, A4 & LC licence holders born in years 1967 to 1958 inclusive with “Masters” on their licence) M60s (open to A1, A2, A3, A4 & LC licence holders born before 1957 with “Masters” on their licence)

Road Races - Sunday 10th September 2017 Junior Men (born in years 1999 or 2000) Junior Men Team (born in years 1999 or 2000) Senior A3 (open to A3 licence holders with “Senior” on their licence) Senior A3 Team (open to A3 licence holders with “Senior” on their licence) Note: A minimum of 3 riders per team, in each race there must be a minimum 3 teams starting for a team prize to be awarded.

The following apply with regards to participation: Junior riders in both the Time Trial and Road Races will be subject to a maximum gear rollout of 7.93 metres, gear checks will be carried out during

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sign on at the Race HQ and at the finish line for the first 6 riders over the line as well as 3 random finishers, these will be selected at the finish line. A minimum of three riders are required for a team to be eligible to compete for a set of team medals. A minimum of three teams entered are required for a set of team medals to be awarded. Teams must be registered with Cycling Ireland to qualify for team medals. A team prize shall be awarded to the team with the lowest sum of the riders’ placings of its 3 best placed riders who are members of that club/team. In the event of a tie the winners will be the team with the first three riders home and if this cannot be established the decider will be the team with the highest placed finisher. To be classified as a finisher in each Road Race, riders must complete the course within 8% of the winner’s time Should any Road Race event be oversubscribed, preference will be given to the top 20 riders on the published Cycling Ireland rider rankings on 4th September 2017. If riders are tied on points or an event is still oversubscribed then preference will be given in order of registration.

As per Cycling Ireland technical rules and regulations (T3.1g), grading points will be awarded for the top 10 finishers in each road race as follows: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3.

ARTICLE 4. RACE HQ & START LOCATIONS The race headquarters for the weekend will be Walsh’s Hotel, Main Street, Maghera, BT46 5BN. The local hospitals are Causeway Hospital: 4 Newbridge Road, Coleraine, BT52 1HS and Antrim Area Hospital: 45 Bush Road, Antrim, Bt41 2RL The local PSNI Station is in Magherafelt: 47 Meeting Street, Magherafelt, BT45 6BW

The start location of the Time Trial will be on the Kilrea Road at Grillagh Bridge (approximately 2 miles from Maghera on the Coleraine Road). Sign on will be in the car park of St. Patrick’s College, Coleraine Road, Maghera.

All Road Races on Sunday will assemble and start at the old Maghera High School on the Tobermore Road, Maghera, riders should make their own way to the start area (there is no neutralised procession from the Race HQ), the start location is approximately 600 metres from the Race HQ. The managers meeting with the Commissaires Panel will take place at the Race HQ.

ARTICLE 5. STARTING ORDER FOR NATIONAL MASTERS & JUNIOR TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The starting order for National Championship Time Trials will be based on the results of the previous year’s event with the fastest 10 finishers being allocated the last 10 starting positions, at 2 minutes starting intervals, all other competitors will start at 1

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ARTICLE 6. RACE RADIO Race information for the weekend will be broadcast on 453.5625mhz.

ARTICLE 7. NEUTRAL SERVICE

The Race Organisation will supply Neutral Service as follows:

Time Trial 1x Neutral Service team available at the start area

Road Race – Senior A3 Race 2x Neutral Service vehicles

Road Race – Junior Men 2x Neutral Service vehicles

All teams / riders should supply the Neutral Service vehicles with set of wheels. Wheels supplied should be in good working order. Wheels supplied for Juniors are subject to a 7.93m maximum rollout.

If for any reason all the Neutral Service vehicles are being utilised, the next support vehicle in the cavalcade may be asked to provide neutral support until the neutral vehicle is back in position.

ARTICLE 8 SUPPORT VEHICLES Support vehicles are permitted based on one vehicle per team and restricted to a maximum height of 1.66metres. In addition to the driver who must hold a valid licence issued by Cycling Ireland or other National Federation. Vehicles must carry at least 1 competent person for which to provide service.

Senior A3 Road Race

Note: As the Senior A3 defending Champion from 2016 is not eligible to complete in the 2017 Senior A3 Road Race the draw order of service vehicles will be as follows:

The order of service vehicles will be as follows: a) Draw from the service vehicles of clubs/ teams with 3 or more riders starting b) Draw from the service vehicles of clubs/ teams with 2 or less riders starting

Junior Road Races (separate)

Note: As the Junior Men’s defending Champion from 2016 is not eligible to compete in the 2017 Junior Road Race the draw order of service vehicles will be as follows:

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The draw for order of service vehicles (based on one vehicle per team) will take place at the Manager's Meeting at 10:30am in Walsh’s Hotel, Maghera.

The support cars deviation location is approximately 3 kilometres from the finish line. Support cars should continue straight at the cross roads to the Glenshane Pass and take left, at the top of the Glenshane Pass (before the Ponderosa Restaurant) the road on the left will take you to the finish line. Note: there is very limited parking around the finish, managers should park their vehicles on the road side in a manner that does not obstruct the vehicles passing by.

ARTICLE 9. RACE FORMAT

The Senior A3 and Junior Men’s races will follow the same format – 5 laps of the circuit. On the finish of the last lap, the race will have 4.8 miles to the hill top finish adjacent the communications the mast on Coolnasillagh Road.

Riders / Managers should brief themselves according to the Race Manual to understand the finish detail.

ARTICLE 10. FEED ZONE The static Feed Zone will be located after leaving Desertmartin on the Roshure Road, there is ample room for car parking on the grass on both sides of the road, and vehicles should be parked in a manner that will not obstruct riders/vehicles passing by.

ARTICLE 11. JERSEY & AWARDS CEREMONY Jerseys, medals and trophies will be presented following the completion of the last race each day in the Race HQ Function Room (Walsh’s Hotel).

ARTICLE 12. ANTIDOPING The Sport Ireland doping control legislation is applicable and Anti-Doping Control will be located at the Race HQ.

ARTICLE 13. PENALTIES The Cycling Ireland scale of penalties will be applicable for both Road Race and Time Trial Events.

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NOTES

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