Zaidan and Boylan take gold medals from National Omnium Champs | Sticky Bottle

Lydia Boylan on her way to her latest national title; claiming the omnium crown at the National Championships in Dublin at the weekend (Photo: Paul Atkinson)

Darragh Zaidan (Arcane CT) and Lydia
Boylan (Torelli) have taken the Irish omnium titles, with the titles decided in
Dublin at the weekend.

Boylan, the three-time Irish road race
champion, was retaining the omnium crown she won last year.

For Zaidan, victory was perhaps a little
sweeter; claiming gold after previously winning bronze and silver in the omnium
championships.

Callum O’Toole (Scott Orwell) drew first
blood in the men’s four-event championship when he claimed the scratch race
from Andre Grennell (Arcane CT) and Zaidan.

Grennell then went in the lead in the
men’s standings after the tempo race in which he was 2nd, with Sam Gilmore
(Arcane CT) winning that.

However, while eventual champion Zaidan was only 4th in
that event he then came back strong; winning the elimination race from team
mate Grennell and Billy Crosbie (Sundrive Track Team).

And in the final event of the day, the points race,
Zaidan also came out on top; winning it, against from Grennell and Crosbie.

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That saw Zaidan take the title with a total of 178 points
to silver winner Grennell’s 138 and bronze medal winner Crosbie on 135 points.

Zaidan has been banging out he medals on the track in recent years and collected another gold medal and champion's jersey in the omnium championships

In the women’s race, Boylan dominated the proceedings,
winning all four rounds and emerging the clear victor of the 2019 title.

In the scratch race Boylan was best from Orla Hendron
(Scott-Orwell) and Jennifer Neenan (Sundrive Track Team).

The top three were the same on the tempo race, though
their order was different; Boylan winning from Neenan and then Hendron.

The elimination race saw Boylan best again; this time
from Claire Ní Reachtagáin (Sundrive
Track Team) and Neenan.

And in the final
round, while Boylan won again, Neenan got the better of Hendron in the final
points race sprint to secure silver ahead of the for Masters world champion.

In the end Boylan collected 270 points, with Neenan and Hendron scoring the same – 129 points – but Neenan taking the silver medal on the basis of the final sprint.