NPS Round 5 - Cloon Wood, Enniskerry

Sunday 6th August 2006

July 06

The fifth round of the 2006 Irish Downhill NPS kicks off on Sunday 6 th August in Cloon Wood, Enniskerry. A new venue to the DH scene with the course and race organisation being provided by Epic MTB and with the league starting to take off, riders will be looking to gather some valuable points for the 2006 NPS.

EPICDH are happy to unveil a completely new course built from scratch. Its a tight exciting course with plenty to test everybody.

From the Start its a straight to a right hand flat corner..and a slight dip and into the trees

Then its left across the carpet of pine needles and into a right handed chute avoiding the stumps till you get a little air off a drop

Then its away down to a left hand Chute with the step and across a fast off camber twist to a tight right hander

then another tight left hander comes along along and over to the rock garden and its across some dodgy terrain to the Mini Gap jump.

From here its a series of gullys and twisty chutes down to wall drop alpha 1

cut along the left and back over the wall towards a long right hander, over the stream and set yourself up for a big launch over the ski jump, and on to a big berm..then its high speed over the wall again

and a very quick left turn and over the wall once more..then its another big berm and down a fast drop and the speed takes you over a tumbled down wall.

from here it gets rough ,over a rock garden another drop , a wall ride and then a gallop to the finish.

The format of the round five of the NPS is as follows

Sunday

Sign-on 9.00am

Practice 9.00am

1st Run 12.00pm

2nd Run 3.00pm

Prizegiving 4.30

Cost of entry

Seniors/Masters/ Vets/Ladies 30euro

Junior 25euro

U14/U16 20 euro

+ RACE LICENCE

Race Licence

For further information on any licences please contact Cycling Ireland.

Anyone who has applied for a full licence and has yet to receive their licence should Contact Cycling Ireland as soon as possible. Contact details can be found at www.cyclingireland.ie

Other information

Uplifts

Sunday from 9.00am no official practice on the Saturday

Mini Bikes

Due to the nature of the track and the usual consideration for riders and forestry, competitors are asked to refrain from using mini bikes in Cloon Wood .

Rubbish

As usual, riders are asked to please respect yourself and others by not leaving behind your rubbish. If you have any rubbish to dispose of, please inform an organiser who will be happy to help you with rubbish disposal.

Parking

No Parking on the road. There is parking inside the forest on the fireroad

Directions

Southbound on M50
- Road changes to M11, then N11 (speed limit changes to 100kph)
- Road veers left and uphill, under bridge, slip off left (Bray & Greystones)
- At roundabout take first exit
- Over bridge
- At roundabout take last exit, back onto N11 northbound
- Stay in sliproad
- First Left for Enniskerry, follow this road
- Enter Village, three roads converge here, go straight up through the town past tower on your left
- Straight on at crossroads (Up steep hill)
- Follow this road (no turns until Cloon)
- After approx 4 miles you will pass Curtlestown village (Church on right)
- You will then pass Curtlestown woods, blind bend, carpark on right
- Cloon is about a mile further on the right

Northbound on N11
- Pass Kilmacanogue
- Crest hill, ignore left sliproad for Bray
- Take sliproad for Enniskerry after bridge
- Enter Village, three roads converge here, go straight up through the town past tower on your left
- Straight on at crossroads (Up steep hill)
- Follow this road (no turns until Cloon)
- After approx 4 miles you will pass Curtlestown village (Church on right)
- You will then pass Curtlestown woods, blind bend, carpark on right
- Cloon is about a mile further on the right

Weather

Keep an eye of the weather for Enniskerry HERE!

Accommodation

A lis of accommodation is available HERE

Camping
No official campsites near the venue I'm afraid.

Hostels
Knockree Youth Hostel. Location By Car or Bike or on foot, follow signs from Enniskerry or walk there via the Wicklow Way.
Address Lacken House, Near Enniskerry, Knockree
Website www.irelandyha.org (to make a reservation click here)
Telephone + 353 (0) 1 286 4036

B&B's
Theres loads on the Glencree Road where Cloon Wood is and Bray is only down the road.

The race is being organized by Epic MTB and sponsorship is being provided by ZealOptics who sponsor the downhill NPS. For further information on ZealOptics products see WWW.ZEALOPTICS.COM . IrishDH would like to thank ZealOptics for their sponsorship and would urge all riders to support the sponsors and the event.