George Buckley and the local boys down (up) in Cork are well advanced in setting out the route for the forthcoming IC Enduro on the 26th June . Situated alongside the Army camp but starting in the eastern end of the forest Kilworth provides and has provided a great backdrop for this event . In […]
Following on from the success of the Blessington Round 1 of the Fastlane MCC LX series, the club have started work on round 2 , 5 minutes down the road at Brittas . The lap will be very similar to last year with some additional length and new ground . It looks good . Jimmy […]
The beautiful vale of Aughavanna forms the backdrop for the GLENDALOUGH Irish Enduro championship held last Sunday . Over the years with ever tightening environmental restrictions the event has moved first from its spiritual home in GLENDALOUGH ( now Ireland’s 3rd most popular tourist attraction) to GLENMALURE ( now a popular walking halt) to its […]
It takes more than good weather to make a good event , it helps a lot but the course needs to be well thought out , well marked , a good test and generally challenging enough but rideable . Following the storms in 2014 the lap in Whitemountain was completely unrideable but thanks to the […]
Well it had to stop raining sometime and it did but then started again every 30 minutes . The officials changed the tests from yesterday and returned to a 3 lap event with lots of check time . This time too much check time with up to 20 minutes wait and CP 1 . Of them […]
Ballinderry is not the only Enduro that can suffer from menaces of the weather . It would be fair to think that a world round would not be too adversely affected by the skies but not so . It also rains heavily in Portugal and day one of th e two day event had all […]
ACCESS. Parc Ferme & Start Area will be marked from Ballywilliam Co Wexford (google maps The Piano Gallery, Ballynalour, Saint Mullins, County Carlow, Ireland for forest entrance). There is a cover letter – email from Torc club: Hi all Please see the attached regs and entry form for the upcoming White mountain enduro After loosing the […]
Hi All With the season opener less than a week away I am sure you are all itching to get some racing hours up on those clean bikes . In what’s always a small but intense event , ballinderry enduro is sure to have some steep hills to get up and down with traditionally short […]
” Yes man that sure was interesting ” – The words of Ian Coates at the end of Two days at the BEC Hensley Enduro . His first and possibly (!) last Enduro. Most of the old school Enduro riders maintain that the events over the past few decades have become too easy and many agree […]
Ian Coates , yes , that’s David’s brother has taken over the British championship RD-1 entry from Paul MC Carthy following the injury to Paul’s knee and subsequent operation . Entered in the Expert E2 class Ian is borrowing a 250 TM from Josh Gotts as he does not have an Enduro bike and has never ridden an […]