CYCLING/Weekend Preview: Tommorw Team WORC-rider Robin Seymour will attempt to add to the haul of national titles he has achieved in recent years. The surroundings of Powerscourt Waterfall is the setting for his bid to take a 12th straight cyclo-cross gold medal, which when combined with his 10 mountainbike titles (nine consecutive cross- country wins and one downhill gold) make him one of the most dominant home performers in Irish sporting history.

Don Travers took silver in 2000 and 2001 and is one possible dangers, as are fellow Northerners Aiden McDonald and Roger Aiken.

Upping the pressure is the fact next weekend's seventh round of the national league in Bangor is cancelled due to flooding, which means the nationals will double as the final event in the series. With each rider's best five results counting towards their final overall points ranking, a win - or high placing - by Seymour would also net him the national league. Thus far he has taken three wins and one second place in the four races he has contested, and with no handicap system in place tomorrow, he will be favourite to take maximum points once more.

Entrance to the course is via the Powerscourt Waterfall main gate, with admission free for all those connected with the racing. The program will start at noon with the hosting of the underage event plus a mountainbike race, while the main championships will follow at 1 p.m.

The national MTB downhill championship was incorrectly listed here last week as the winner of the Event of the Year at the Cycling Ireland Champion's night awards. The award went to the Bray Festival Downhill Challenge, an international event run by the Fiat LCV Racing team in July.

WEEKEND FIXTURES

Saturday: National Cyclo-Cross Championships, Powerscourt Waterfall, Enniskerry. Underage and MTB races, noon, main event, 1.0.