Kenneally weighs up his options

BRIAN KENNEALLY has recovered from his third win in the Kerry Group Rás Mumhan, but has not yet decided if he will contest the Shay Elliott Memorial in Bray next Sunday when he could opt for the big race down south, the Bill Hyland Memorial in Clonmel.

The Kilkenny man was scheduled to renew rivalry with Paul Griffin, runner-up in Rás Mumhan, in the Wicklow Mountains but, while the Tralee man is a definite starter, Kenneally said yesterday he is still undecided.

“I took it easy the week after Rás Mumhan and I was still not 100% last Sunday,” said Kenneally, who won the Elliott back in 1999 when he went on finish second on a stage of the FBD Insurance Rás into Charleville and was lying second overall — a couple of seconds off the lead — when he became ill later in the week.