Barry chasing glory in Blarney

AFTER their sensational performance in the An Post Rás, where they won the Best County team prize for the Carlow Dan Morrissey outfit, Timmy Barry and The Edge cycling team will be back on home territory this coming weekend when they compete in the Blarney Festival of Cycling.

The festival will attract cyclists from all over the country and the programme, catering for all categories as well as underage riders, will culminate with the Donal Crowley and Kay Stratton Memorial races on Sunday.

Timmy Barry is sure to claim a fair share of the limelight. The teak-tough Passage West man, who won Rás Mumhan on his return to cycling last year, enjoyed the biggest one-day success of his career to date when he won the Shay Elliott Classic in Bray three weeks ago.