NPS Round 2 at Ballinastoe
The second round of the 2006 NPS series is on this weekend in Ballinastoe Co. Wicklow, organised by Sorrento CC. This venue is easily accessable from Dublin so we hope to have a good turn out. Contact Sean if you need any assistance with transport. Sign on starts at 11am but I’d recommend arriving in plenty of time to prepare yourself and do a practice lap.
If you haven’t collected your jersey yet drop into the MAD tent at the race where all your dreams will come true. The MAD commitee will also be on hand to answer your club and membership related questions.
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Any information on map course or details of the course? It’d be cool if we could get some sneaky laps in before Sunday so we know the course well for the actual race.
Just a thought..
May 2nd, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Those were my thoughts too - I was thinking of taking a trip out on Friday…
May 2nd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
I’ll give Sorrento a call in the morning to find out. Usually the course is marked out the day before but you never know…
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:12 am
I don’t know when the course will be marked, I didn’t think to ask when I spoke to the guys last week.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Hello Guys, I am not sure if will be able to go, but am thinking about going there on Saturday to check it out
On bike of course 
Will know more soon
Cheers!
Peter
May 3rd, 2006 at 4:35 pm
I just spoke to Robert Cullen of Sorrento. They’ll be marking the course on Saturday morning so you’ll be able to do practice laps on Saturday afternoon.
May 5th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
I am going to go there on bike Sat if it doesn’t rain. 12.00 YH, Mobile: 0857246225 * Better if you know how to get there
Regards
Peter (Polish)
May 6th, 2006 at 9:54 am
Hi All, Change of plans, I won’t be there earlier then 1 pm, so if you want you can be there then if not we might meet at Ballinastoe Woods
Polish Peter
May 6th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Here’s a map to Ballinastoe
Map, here
May 6th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
I rode around the course a couple of times today.
I think it is the same as other years (from people descriptions). Basically, you climb a fireroad, then a really steep fireroad, then MORE fireroad. Then left into some muddy single track. (It’s a little techincal because of the mud - techincal enough to make it fun). Then back onto some fireroad, then left into a long enough single track section - lots of ups and downs. Then a sharp right onto a fireroad climb followed my a fireroad decent. Then a single track climb onto some, guess what… fireroad climb. Then right into some fun single track in the forest out to the start.
I would say put on the mud tires (at least on the front) See ya’ll tomorrow.
I just got my jersey from paddy today - it’s looking cool!