Taggart, Barnes, Collins, Ivory biggest winners at National Champs

The Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure line-up during their gold medal ride in the team pursuit at the National Track Championships (Photo: Matthew Lysaght - Cycling Ireland)

Nikki Taggart (Arcane CT) and Harvey Barnes (East Tyrone CC) have been national Irish champion after taking gold medals in the women's and men's Keirin championships in Dublin.

Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure's Autumn Collins and Deirbhle Ivory were also big winners as they claimed gold in both the team pursuit and team sprint.

The Collins family also scored a rare result; father and daughter Liam and Autumn winning national titles in the same day. As Autumn was sprinting and pursuiting to her two gold medals her father was part of the East Tyrone line-up that won the team sprint.

Harvey Barnes was also in that winning team pursuit line-up, adding gold from that event to his keirin crown.

Nikki Taggart (Arcane CT) takes the gold medal from Deirbhle Ivory (Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure) and Eimer McMullan (UCD Cycling Club) in the keirin (Photo: Matthew Lysaght – Cycling Ireland)

In the women's keirin, Nikki Taggart got the better of Deirbhle Ivory (Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure) who took silver and Eimer McMullan (UCD Cycling Club) who claimed the bronze medal.

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In the men’s race Barnes was on the top stop from Aaron
Wade (Powerhouse Sports) and former track international Eoin Mullen (Sundrive
Track Team).

In the women’s team pursuit it was Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure that claimed the title in a time of 5.22.71.

Harvey Barnes looks in mint condition and he came away with two gold medals; a nice reward for his efforts (Photo: Matthew Lysaght - Cycling Ireland)

Sundrive Track Team A took silver in 5.41.83, Arcane Cycling Team A was 3rd with 5.52.14 and Orwell Wheelers took 4th in 6.10.94.

The gold medal
team included Autumn Collins, Caoimhe O’Brien, Deirbhle Ivory and Jennifer
Bates. Sundrive’s line-up that took silver was made up of Sofie Loscher, Susie
Mitchell, Deborah Madden and Claire Ní Reachtagáin.

Riding for bronze medal winners Arcane were Elizabeth Kent, Grace Irvine, Keela MacHale and Roisin Kennedy.

Spellman Dublin Port on their way to victory in the men's team pursuit at the National Track Championships in Dublin (Photo: Matthew Lysaght)

The men’s team sprint was won by Spellman Dublin Port; a
new outfit this year taking a national title in its maiden season.

Andre Grennell, Cian Keogh, Ryan Byrne and Will Ryan
combined to win in a time of 4.39.14,
with Powerhouse Sport taking silver in 4.41.81 and UCD Cycling Club taking home
the bronze in 4.45.97 with Orwell Wheelers in 4th at 5.00.02.

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The silver
medal-winning quartet for Powerhouse Sport was made up of Aaron Wade, Cathir
Doyle, David O’Sullivan and Lindsay Watson. The UCD riders who took bronze were
Conor Murnane, Jason Kenny, Rhys Kenny and Sean Landers.

In the men’s sprint; not content with taking the keirin title under his own steam, Harvey Barnes joined forces with his East Tyrone CC team mates to take the title.

Eoin Mullen keeps a close eye on Cian Keogh in the keirin, which was won by Harvey Barnes (Photo: Matthew Lysaght - Cycling Ireland)

Barnes, James Glasgow and Liam Collins won the Irish
title in a time of 48.43 from Sundrive Track Team A, which clocked 48.65.
Winning bronze was Orwell Wheelers, in 49.34, with Sundrive Track Team B in 4th
in a time of 52.96.

On the silver medal team for Sundrive Track were Keith Meghen,
John Caffrey and Eoin Mullen. The Orwell bronze medal team was comprised of
Callum O’Toole, Dimitri Griffin and Fionn Sheridan.

The women’s team sprint was claimed by Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure’s Autumn Collins
and Deirbhle Ivory; both adding the team sprint title to the team pursuit title
from the same meeting.

Taking team
spring silver was Arcane Cycling Team A’s Almha Russell Kissane and keirin
champion Nikki Taggart. And claiming the bronze was Sundrive Track Team A’s
Sofie Loscher and Susie Mitchell.

Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure took gold in 35.81, Arcane Cycling Team did a time of 37.31 and Sundrive Track Team did 39.79.

Team & Keirin National Track Champs

Sundrive Road, Dublin

Women Team Sprint

  1. Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure A 35.81
  2. Arcane Cycling Team A 37.31
  3. Sundrive Track Team A 39.79
  4. Sundrive Track Team B 40.25
  5. Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure B 41.76
  6. Arcane Cycling Team C 42.23
  7. Arcane Cycling Team B 42.33
  8. Sundrive Track Team C 44.47

Men Team Sprint

  1. East Tyrone Cycling Club 48.43
  2. Sundrive Track Team A 48.65
  3. Quanta Scott Orwell 49.34
  4. Sundrive Track Team B 52.96
  5. Sundrive Track Team D 53.60
  6. Sundrive Track Team C 54.21

Women’s Team Pursuit

  1. Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure 5.22.71
  2. Sundrive Track Team A 5.41.83
  3. Arcane Cycling Team A 5.52.14
  4. Quanta Scott Orwell 6.10.94
  5. Arcane Cycling Team B 6.22.46
  6. Sundrive Track Team B 6.31.83

Men’s Team Pursuit

  1. Spellman Dublin Port 4.39.14
  2. Powerhouse Sports 4.41.81
  3. UCD Cycling Club 4.45.97
  4. Quanta Scott Orwell 5.00.02
  5. Sundrive Track Team A 5.21.88
  6. Sundrive Track Team B 5.47.52

Women Keirin

  1. Nikki Taggart (Arcane CT)
  2. Deirbhle Ivory (Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure)
  3. Eimer McMullan (UCD CC)
  4. Autumn Collins (Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure)
  5. Anne Coleman (Sundrive Track Team)
  6. Susie Mitchell (Sundrive Track Team)
  7. Grace Irvine (Arcane Cycling Team)
  8. Aisling Conlon (Sundrive Track Team)
  9. Hannah Tilly (Arcane Cycling Team)
  10. Orla Hendron (Quanta Scott Orwell)

Men Keirin

  1. Harvey Barnes (East Tyrone CC)
  2. Aaron Wade (Powerhouse Sports)
  3. Eoin Mullen (Sundrive Track Team)
  4. Callum O'Toole (Quanta Scott Orwell)
  5. Andre Grennell (Spellman Dublin Port)
  6. Cian Keogh (Spellman Dublin Port)
  7. David O'Sullivan (Powerhouse Sports)
  8. James Glasgow (East Tyrone CC)
  9. Will Ryan (Spellman Dublin Port)
  10. Ryan Byrne (Spellman Dublin Port)
  11. Daniel McElroy (Quanta Scott Orwell)
  12. Oisin Hogan (Sundrive Track Team)
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