{"id":4026,"date":"2013-04-15T13:50:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T12:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2013-04-15T13:50:21","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T12:50:21","slug":"2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/15\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Irish BMX National Series \u2013 Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">2013 Irish BMX National Series \u2013 Round 3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Round 3 of the National Series took place on the 7th April out at the fast, smooth and windy\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratoathbmx.com\/\" >Ratoath Track<\/a><\/strong>. 120 riders in all signed up for the day. The weather amazingly stayed fine considering there was snow on the track 10 days before! All the teams were out making the effort to erect the tents \/ pits down the side of the track, <strong>Congress BMX<\/strong>, <strong>Principal Stay Strong<\/strong>, <strong>CAAM Racing \/ CCM Racing<\/strong> and <strong>Area 57<\/strong> where all there in force. Not forgetting the effort that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikestore.ie\/\" >Bikestore.ie<\/a><\/strong> put in setting up their displays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The big news of the day was that Spanish rider, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diegopdelpobil.es\/\" >Diego P. Del Pobil<\/a><\/strong>, who has just turned Elite raced our Superclass category. Diego won &#8230; squirrely McShane somehow stayed on his bike to take second.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/04\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/diego-r3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2753\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2753\" title=\"Diego R3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Diego-R3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/04\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/kevin-sc-r3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2754\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2754\" title=\"Kevin Sc R3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Kevin-Sc-R3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other groups of note where the 9 year old and the 14 year old boys. In the 9&#8242;s we saw the return to the top for <strong>Lee O&#8217;Sullivan<\/strong> of Congress BMX Racing, Lee just about held off Niall Davis for the win with Ryan Quinn taking third which just keeps him on the top of the table but it&#8217;s getting tight up there. In the 14&#8242;s we had the top 4 riders swapping places all day but it was <strong>Sam Murphy<\/strong> who amassed the best points tally on the day to take the win. Eoin Corrigan finished second and Katie O&#8217;Neill grabbed the third spot. Katie also raced in the 15+ Ladies group taking the win there, pretty good trophy haul for the day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Crash of the Day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MgyYvQnX9Jo?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/04\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/crash-r3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2757\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2757\" title=\"Crash R3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Crash-R3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Video from Brian Gillen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X2KobV2tBqc?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Morgan Kearney<\/strong> made it 3 wins from 3 in the 10&#8242;s as did <strong>Abby Steacy<\/strong> in the 8-10 girls, <strong>Corey Waller<\/strong> in the 7 boys, <strong>Adam Davis<\/strong> in the 13&#8242;s, <strong>Kate Larkin<\/strong> in the 11-14 girls and <strong>Ross Callaghan<\/strong> in the 11&#8242;s boys. Ross&#8217;s dad Ian was on top form in the 30+ Adult class taking the win putting him joint second in the table with Rod Hughes who was second on the day. Stephen Bagnall did enough to stay on top of the league table with a third. This group is becoming one to watch!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 15 year olds were merged into the 16-29 year olds but it was one of the 15 year olds, <strong>Aaron Edwards<\/strong> of Unit 8 Haro who fought his way to first place on the day followed by Arran Kelly who was making a rare appearance on the gate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another great days racing, thanks must go to all at the Ratoath Club for another smoothly run event!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/04\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/knl-r3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2758\" title=\"KnL R3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/KnL-R3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Kane<\/strong> was out again with his camera, you can see all his shots <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10200578097427974.1073741826.1025217970&amp;type=1\" >HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony Connor<\/strong> has sent up a new facebook page with his shots, like and look <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AC-Photography\/421463674599976?fref=ts\" >HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eugene Jackson<\/strong> was also out with his camera, have a look at some of his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=oa.556883644333353&amp;type=1\" >HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/04\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/boys-r3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2755\" title=\"Boys R3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Boys-R3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Round 4 in the Series is back out at Ratoath on the\u00a0 9th June giving you lots of time to get some training in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>League table <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/03\/2013-national-table\/\" >HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Team table <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/03\/2013-team-table\/\" >HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/04\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/sc-r3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2756\" title=\"SC R3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/SC-R3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2013\/04\/2013-irish-bmx-national-series-round-3\/group-r3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2759\" title=\"Group R3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Group-R3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you are interested in writing race reports or are videoing the races and want to submit them to be used in Edits can you please email lar [at] bmxireland [dot] ie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goings on from round 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