NPS Round 4 - Mallow, Co Cork

Sunday 2nd July 2006

June 06

The fourth round of the ZealOptics Irish downhill NPS takes place this weekend in Mallow, Co Cork, the home of the 2005 Irish National Championships.

The track description from last year was as follows, however we're lead to believe work has been done on the track to make it even better than it was!

1st Wooded Section:
Out of the gate it’s some fun, quick singletrack that has some tricky corners. A bumpy right hander over a small bent tree and a speed bump sets you up for a very fast drifty right with some roots on the quick exit. Quite fast now left across a forest path and small right hand berm into a smooth chute. A berm to the left sends you across some fun steps/bumps and a big berm takes you around to the right. A quick chute with some small jumps swings around right then left into a quarry style drop. Last weekend people were landing about half way down it. This throws you across the fireroad and back into the trees.

2nd Wooded Section:
A tricky, off camber roll in off the fireroad has you bouncing through the stumps and roots. Some difficult corners and small compressions sets riders up for 3 small jumps that are quiet close together and even closer to the trees. They can be avoided but that’s no fun. A hard left and a nice carve right takes you tight chute out onto the fireroad and a quick spin to get your breath back.

3rd Wooded Section:
The fire road gives you a fast entry speed to this very quick section. A small sets of deep braking bumps and tricky left hand kink sends you through some rocky patches and over a lump/jump. This launches you into the open section.

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

Saturday

Official Practice 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm

Sign-on 4.30-5.30pm

Sunday

Sign-on 9am-11.00am

Practice 9am-11am

Racing starts at 12noon

Cost of entry

Seniors/Masters/ Vets/Ladies 30euro

Junior 25euro

U14/U16 20 euro

+ RACE LICENCE

Other information

Uplifts

Uplifts will be provided on Saturday and Sunday during official practice times and throughout the race.

Mini Bikes

As with all NPS races, mini bikes are not permitted during the event.

Rubbish

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.

Directions

Try the AA route planner for details. Multimap Link HERE

Accommodation

Accommodation can be found HERE

Weather

Keep an eye of the weather for Mallow HERE!

The race is being organized by 021 racing and official 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.

Check out 021racing for more info...