Everything you need to know about cycling in Co. Kerry, Ireland
Today was day 3 of the challenge and I competed in the 46th Annual John Drumm Cup held in Currow. The race was three laps of a nearly ten mile circuit (see route below) and it totalled 29 miles. I was competing in the A4 category which had a big enough field of nearly 50 riders.
Drumm Cup Race Jersey and Number
As the Drumm Cup is on today in Currow I was doing a few searches for it and found some interesting images from the Kennelly archive from the 1967 Drumm Cup, which was starting in Castleisland.
The Drumm Cup Cycling Race 1967
For more images see the following link.
The feature event of the weekend is the 46th John Drumm Memorial Cup Race on Sunday at 1.15 pm but we have a range of supporting events as well to accomodate all standards of cyclists. The first event is the Sliabh Luachra 15km time trial on Saturday night. This is open to all catagories and has cash prizes for the first 6 with unplaced prizes for A2, A3, A4, Ladies, Under 16, Under 14, Over 40 and Over 50. Sign on is from 6.30 to 7.20 with the first rider off at 7.45. This is almost one lap of the race circuit for the following day.
Sunday’s action commences with the underage racing starting at 12.15. These are races for Under 14 and Under 12. These will be held on a 4 mile circuit with 3 laps for the Under 14s and 1 for the Under 12s. Prizes will be for the first 6 in each race with the best unplaced Under 13 and Under 11 also winning a trophy.
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