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Halloween Howl Mountain Bike Event Sunday 30th October
Tir Chonaill Gap Cycling Club is holding a mountain bike event around the hills of Glenties at the end of the month. Registration will take place at 12 noon at Glenties Community Centre, on Sunday 30th of October, with the event getting underway at 1.00pm.The participants have to ride down the steps beside the Garda…
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CU Off Road need Expressions of Interest for British NPS Series
In 2016 Cycling Ulster had sent a cross-country mountain bike team to the British NPS series. The Off-road Commission is now looking for expression of interest from riders who wish to join this team to compete at the British events in 2017. As per 2016 the team will be made up of a maximum of…
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National Youth Training Camp Details
The National Youth Training Camp takes place n Castlebar this weekend at the Lough Lannagh Hostel. Below is the final itinerary for the National Youth Weekend camp. All participants must have all their forms signed please and it would help if you all arrived early to look around and get settled in. Saturday Official sign…
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Great Results for Ulster in Inter-Regionals Off Road
The Inter Regional Mountain Bike Championships, run by British Cycling, brings together the best of young talent from all regions of the UK. The event is made up of teams of Under 14 and Under 16 boys and girls, competing against one another to gain points for their teams. The standard of competition is extremely…
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Fyffe was the Man on Form At East Tyrone GP
Angus Fyffe of Omagh Wheelers continued his string of fine performance this year by taking the East Tyrone GP in style. Fyffe who has ridden with pro-continental outfit the An Post Sean Kelly team stamped his mark on the race early on. The tough six lap race for was run off in glorious sunshine. Darnel…
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Ethan Downey Snatches Dramatic Win at Dunloy
Ethan Downey (Clann Eireann) and Conor Gallagher (Castlebar CC) staged a classic breakaway and sprinted together in the combined A1/2/3 Race today in Dunloy. In sun soaked North Antrim Downey came out tops at the line in a 62 rider talent packed field which took on 4 laps of the tough 18 miles ‘Millbrae’ Circuit.…
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McCann and Mooney in Top Form at Loughgall
Square Wheels Cycling Club Moy in County Tyrone had the privilege of closing out the 2017 Ulster road racing season with their Autumn Gold Road Race in Loughgall. There was racing for A3, A4, over 50s and women. A field of almost 180 riders took to the road in warm and sunny conditions demonstrating that…
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01/10 Ulster 100 Mile TT Championships
Sub Four Hour Times at 100 TT The Ulster 100 mile Time Trial Championships took place on Sunday and despite windy damp weather eleven riders took part with eight finishers. Newry’s Niall Clarke took the Senior Gold medal with a superb time of 3:51:45. He was followed in by John Madden of Inspired Cycling in…
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Annaclone GP Cancelled due to Adverse Weather
Due to the heavy fall of snow overnight last night (Wednesday), and continued forecasted snow and freezing temperatures the racing committee of Banbridge CC have agreed to cancel this year’s Travers Engineering Annaclone GP on grounds of safety for all involved with the event. The event was due to take place on Saturday, 3rd March.We…
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Bingham Wins Haldane Race in Newry
Newry Wheelers put on a fine display on and off the bikes today with 2 wins several top tens and top organisation. The Wheelers promoted 4 races on the day and all went well. In the John Haldane Memorial the local club took the race by the reins early and loaded the break with 4…
