Ulster Cycling News
15Jul/140

Junior Tour of Ireland – starting list

The 2014 Junior Tour of Ireland starts today in Ennis County Clare and continues until the 20th of July. Cycling Ulster has a team of four riders entered (Ryan Reilly, Cathal Clarke, Ryan Orr and Darnell Moore) but there are other Ulster riders competing as part of other teams. We wish them all a safe and successful race. The tour is held over 6 stages with the first stage, a 6.2 km individual time trial, taking place this evening at 7 pm. … Read more

12Jul/140

Ulster 10 Mile TT Championships Open for Entry – Pre Entry Only

The Ulster 10 mile Time Trial Championship will take place on Sunday 10th August 2014 on the A2 Toome course promoted by Church Island Cycling. Sign-on will be at Erin's Own GAA Clubrooms, Shore Road, Toomebridge from 8:30 until 9:30 witht he first rider off - 10:01am.

A Limited Competition licence is minimum required and must be presented at sign on. Testers starting times will be determined by the order of registration on Entry Central, with the exception that handcyclists will start first. Entry closes at midnight on 8th August.… Read more

8Jul/140

Ulster Youth Championships – 26 July 2014

The Ulster Youth Cycling Championships will be promoted this year on Saturday 26 July in Craigavon by Clann Eireann Cycling Club. The club is grateful to our club team sponsors, KD Gas Services/Ideal, as well as the David McCall Foundation, Classic Mineral Water Company and Chain Reaction Cycles for generous support. The championships will consist of time trials and road races for Under 12’s, Under 14's and Under 16's. … Read more

1Jul/140

Track News

There will be a Youth Training day at Orangefield Track in Belfast this Sunday (6th) in preparation for the upcoming Sainsbury`s UK School Games (Track) and UK Inter-Regional (Road) Championships both of which take place in September. The days activities will include both Road and Track disciplines. … Read more

28Jun/140

Errigal Youth Tour Closes for Entry Soon

If you have not submitted your entry for this years Youth Tour please do so before Monday 7th July, entries received after this date will go onto a waiting list.

For more information more information contact James Harkin (Race Director) on +353 876771566 or visit www.errigalcyclingclub.com where you can download an entry form and find out more information on the event itself.For regular updates on the Tour it is strongly recommended that you join the Errigal Cycling Club Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/81456018019/

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27Jun/140

Youth off-road skills training evenings during the summer

Cycling Ulster's Off-road Commission is hosting 4 sessions of youth off-road skills evenings starting on Monday 30 June 2014. The sessions are aimed towards riders under 14 years of age with the training taking place in 4 different venues which have flat grass areas. This is now the fourth year that the commission has been running this type of training and we do hope to see lots of young riders coming along.… Read more

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23Jun/141

Festival Of Racing In Ormeau Park.

Phoenix CC organised their second race of the week on Friday night.  The Crit in the Park event in Ormeau Park in Belfast followed on from the Bobby Crillly Classic last weekend.  The weather was kind and the evening started with the young riders taking to the circuit for the U10 fun race.  Many young riders took part with a variety of ages involved but all had a good time and enjoyed being cheered on by the crowds.

Next saw the U12 riders line up for four laps of the course. … Read more

23Jun/140

Dry trails at Garvagh Forest MTB race

Garvagh Forest, located in the centre of the town of Garvagh, was the location for Round 5 of the Irish Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Point Series (NPS), hosted by Carn Wheelers. This round also doubled up as Round 4 of the regional Ulster Cross-country (XC) series. The club had ran the Irish National Championships at this venue in 2013 and had put on the same set up for this round with car parking in the old school grounds and start/finish on the main fire road. The course itself was largely the same with some new sections added that the course designers had been working on since the championships.… Read more

18Jun/140

Upcoming Competitive Events this Week

With Bike Week on our doorstep there are a lot of events coming up this week. Tomorrow night (Wednesday) Ards CC once again host their annual Town Centre races with racing for most categories including youth. This is always a popular event and we urge you to go along and support the races. The time table for the evening is as follows

Wednesday 18th June - Ards Town Centre Races.
Entry fees are - £10 Seniors, £3 for  U16, U14, U12 and £1 for Novices.… Read more

17Jun/140

Ards Town Centre Races Report

Andrew McCullough (Kinning Cycles) was a worthy winner of the main A1/2/3/Jun race at the Ards Town Centre Races on Wednesday evening. The  race was run as a short handicap, with the A1/2s giving away 40 seconds to the A3/Juniors.

The attacks starting immediately, with junior rider Evan Donoghue from Letterkenny holding a small advantage for couple of laps. He was soon replaced at the front by Andrew McCullough. Behind, the A1/2s had caught the main bunch, and the counter attacks came thick and fast. It was Glen Kinning (also from Kinning Cycles) who eventually managed to escape the bunch, but Andrew managed to hold on for the win.… Read more

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