ok here we go the 2nd round of the IDMS went down in a new Venue for Downhill in Bunclody Co Wexford (there have been XC races there as well) on a track built by mad Welshman Gary Williams and his buddies, which mush have been tough going as the amount of rock moved to build that rock garden along is Crazy,

big man smashing the rock Garden in Practice
the track started just off a Fireroad where the tractors left you off, into a fast rooty straight in tight trees, few ninja high lines here but not much, then came feature no 1 go straight to drop off a rock spine with no Margin for error or go right over some rock slabs (much harder but safer option) after that pop out of the woods and into the open where first your faced with 2 steep rock roll’s which bring ya down to the first road where Cam Cornforth had opened up a few interesting lines (Cam, that’s a bush, CAM!) out of the bush, cross the road and into the big nasty rock garden where Richie won practice with the lotti holding the speed well except for the race run of course, out of that and a few tricky switchbacks with nasty rock gardens in between (anyone seeing a trend here?) cross the next road and your into a flat out section which pop’s you into another tricky rock line and off a small drop, catch for most was getting speed enough to get over it, trick for the fast lads who doubled up the rocks was squashing the drop to line up for the next huck over more rocks, pop into the final woods and around some sweet flat corners and cross the line, fastest time was 1.40 so was a good length for a 1st go, given time and work there could be one hell of a long track there.

what not to do on the rock Garden!!!!
Onto the racing where Jack Crowley kept his winning streak going in the U-14’s winning by 11 seconds on his TR 450, 2nd was Tommy O’Sullivan came 2nd, 3rd was Olly Cornforth on that HARDTAIL making it a 021 1,2,3

Luke Cornforth Boosting where everyone else was squashing
into the U-16’s where rd 1 winner Jacob Dickson had a bad smash during Sunday practice and hurt his shoulder/ribs but still picked himself up to get a time of 1.47, good time but not as good as Luke Cornforth who hucked his Kona all the way to 1st with a 1.44 in his race which was the 2nd fastest time OVERALL, Ben Kennedy came in with a 1.50 on his Nukeproof, these 3 lads are on it and will be intresting to watch over the next few years.

BOOOOM Connor Swaine's sunday fully squished
Next up the Vets where Joe Ward took the win on his shiney new Norco after receiving the wrong size twice in a week and only building the bike up saturday morning, 2nd went to Ian Mac on his Nukeproof and 3rd went to the track Builder Gary Williams, Poor Roger fell victim to the Residents bar and was suffering the consequences sunday, Pat Hurley came in 8th just behind Martin Crowley.
In the Masters the reign of the CRC lads looks to be broken with an Mark Tiernan taking a good win from a charging Nathan Hogg with Adam Tynan taking 3rd, of the Local lads Wesley crashed hard towards the end of saturday and messed up his knee, he did the race run to finish up in 22nd, Richie had a poor race run after winning practice again to end up in 19th, as for the other Cork lads, Kevin Healy finished up in 24th with Chris O’Callaghan taking a digger on is new Cube bike to end up in 25th, Alan Hickey finished up in 21st with Stephen Forest in 16th

Top 3 riders in masters after the race...
Brian Hanley Finished in 15th in Seniors with Colin O’Leary taking the win with a time of 1.48 that would have him on the podium in Elites….
speaking of which it was Greg Callaghan taking a convincing win with a time of 1.40 in both his seeding and race runs to win by 7seconds from Karl O’Sullivan who went on a MX spin after practice Saturday coz he wasn’t feeling it!!! 3rd place went to Christopher McGlinchy who’s on his way to some random race in Bulgaria this weekend on a solo mission!
Now for the scandal and messing, it was pretty scary to see how many riders were struggling with a track that was just above their level with crash’s everywhere on a track that ad no letup at all, serious opening for some proper DH coaching around the place, how big was Wesley’s Knee Saturday evening and how did he do the race and then DRIVE home? How cold was it Friday Night? Another big question was what tire to use after a deluge the whole week before the race, in the end it was back to the standard Minion/High roller after much chopping and changing and riders looking for spikes Saturday morning, James O’Carroll put it well with the comment, “I really Pity Anthony Cornforth’s wallet now” after Olly coming 3rd in his 1st race on a hardtail on one of the roughest tracks ever in this country, not to mention Luke with the 2nd fastest time of the day!

how NOT to do that drop!!!!! Rider Jordan Kelly Photo: Darren S Photosport
CRC IDMS rd 2 from Flexo
full results can be found here…
http://rokmor.webspace.virginmedia.com/results.htm
Next up in DH is rd 3 in Carrick on the 27th of May, but before that there is the small matter of the XC NPS in Tracton to get over….