Time Trial Courses announced

GTC are delighted to announce the courses for the club’s upcoming TT league. The courses are designed with a mix of long and short, technical and basic, flat and hilly so as to have something to appeal to everyone and to give everyone an opportunity to find and display their strengths.

Courses and dates are:

1) Tue. June 8. Bushypark church to Barna Golf Club - 8.5Km

http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/ie/galway/619127469768754493

This is a tried and tested course. Steady start and a sting in the tail as the second half of the route is a strong climb up to Barna GC

Course type: One direction.

Hills: One strong Climb.

Road Surfaces: Good with some patchy stretches

2) Tue June 15. Tawain Island, Maree - 7.5Km

http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/ie/tawin%20island/699127469633074570

A beautiful picturesque course, pan flat, some tricky turns and will test your technique if we encounter a windy evening

Course type: Out and Back.

Hills: Pan Flat.

Road Surfaces: Good with some loose surface dressing

3) Tue June 22. Moycullen - ~Spiddle return - 20K

http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/ie/moycullen/218127469820165271

Again, beauty is the key word for this course. The longest route a real test of strength.

Course type: Out and Back.

Hills: One big climb at Start finish, rolling after that.

Road Surfaces: Very Good

4) Tue June 29: Craughwell – Oranmore - 13K

http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/ie/oranmore/146127469701437934

A course that really allows you to go at it. Hard shoulder all the way, downwind usually.

Course type: One direction.

Hills: Rolling all the way.

Road Surfaces: Excellent.

Prizes:

Overall winner M+F.
Rookie winners M+ F
Prize for each race winner M +F, (excluding anyone who has won a prize above.

Entry for club members is E5 for the series.

Registration at each venue will be at 6:30, gather at start point from 6:45 and first rider away at 7PM sharp. Riders will be dispatched at predetermined intervals.

Every TT will require volunteers and so at registration each participant will be required to commit a date for which they will act as volunteer. NO VOLUNTEER DATE – NO ENTRY

More detailed race briefings will be published before each TT.