The tiny village of Knockaderry near Newcastle West in Co-Limerick hosted round 2 of the National Road Series last Saturday (9th April) Newcastle West Wheelers promoted their annual Darach McCarthy & Co. Solicitors and Michael Shiels road races with a sunny festival of racing at the Valley of the Boars...the results >>

Results courtesy of the CI time & photo finish team, commissaires, and NCWW, report & photos Dany B

**The woodland Valley of the Boars seen from Knockaderry**

The women’s junior and elite race (Rd 2 National Road series) 72km (31 entries)

**All smiles at receiving their Adrenalin Sports and Cycles (Newcastle West) prizes**

(Top 6) 1st. Caoimhe O’Brien – Torelli-Cayman Islands-Scimitar
2nd. Erin Grace Creighton – McConvey Cycles
3rd. Emma Smith – Navan Road Club
4th. Ella Doherty UCD Cycling Club
5th. Clodagh Ní Gallchóir – UCD Cycling Club
6th. Gabrielle Glodentye – U/A Leinster

**It was close, but the leader of the series Caoimhe O’Brien (Torelli) out sprinting Mc Convey’s Cycles junior Erin Creighton**

Junior Men race (Rd 2 National Road series) 104 km (22 entries)

(Top 10) 1st. Adam Gilsenan – CC Canturino Italy
2nd. Patrick O’Loughlin – Panduit Carrick Wheelers
3rd. Niall McLoughlin – Westport Covey Wheelers
4th. Quillan Donnelly – Usher Irish Road Club
5th. Sam Bolger – Killarney CC
6th. Conal Scully – U/A
7th. Luke Moynihan – O’Leary Stone
8th. Oisin Ferrity – Island Wheelers
9th. Shane Carver – O’Leary Stone
10th. Sam Moloney – Greenmount CA

**Adam Gilsenan took no prisoners with a convincing win!!**

A+-A1-A2 Men’s Elite race (156km) 58 entries

**Matthew Teggart’s second win in the series receiving the McCarthy Co-Solicitors cup and presented by Liam Collins NCWW**

(Top 8) 1st. Matthew Teggart – WiV SunGod
2nd. Conn McDunphy – EvoPro Racing
3rd. Gareth O’Neill – Caldwell Cycles
4th. Mark Dowling – All human-VeloRevolution
5th. Daire Feeley – EvoPro Racing
6th. Dean Harvey – Spellman Dublin Port
7th. Conor Murnane UCD
8th. Paul Kennedy Burren CC