Racing Round Up

Bloodied but unbowed after his travails in the Gorey 3-day, Aidan Collins has packed his race bag again for a second weekend of stage racing in the Corkman Three Day in Kanturk.

Double Top in Black Bull
Orwell scooped the honours in two of the three races that made up the round five fare at Black Bull yesterday (April 28th).
By Declan Quigley
Orwell scooped the honours in two of the three races that made up the round five fare at Black Bull yesterday (April 28th).
Brian Ahern showed the value of, and few ill effects from, the four tough days of racing at Ras Mumhan as he sprinted ahead of breakaway companions Dylan Rafter (orwell) and Shane Baker (Irish Road Club) at the
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Kinch clinches the win in Sandyford!
There was another great evening of racing in the second round of the Wheelworx Orwell Ladies Crit League last Tuesday night, with 40 girls and women turning out.
By Dave McLoughlin and Aideen Collard
There was another great evening of racing in the second round of the Wheelworx Orwell Ladies Crit League last Tuesday night, with 40 girls and women turning out.
First up was the Youth race, with Under 12/14/16s together in a 3 lap CP. Aine Keogh (Orwell) made
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The Women’s Commission of Cycling Ireland is pleased to announce the first in a series of training days which takes place on Saturday 28th May in the Annebrook Hotel, Mullingar.

It was another beautiful evening in Brittas for the third round of the club league which was again raced as a DMS. For the first time, the Ladies got their own group which was twelve riders strong.

34 women took the start of the Wheelsworx Criterium League Prologue on Tuesday night at Johnny Foxes in Glencullen.

John Marron's report on this year's Belgian excursion at the Ronde van Vlaanderen

Just over a month into the road race season and the several riders have staked a claim for a place on the four-rider Orwell squad for the Ras de Cymru in July.
Brian Ahern is the top scoring rider in the club with a win on St Patrick's Day, a second place last weekend in Drogheda and a sixth place finish in Dunboyne all of which have already earned him his upgrade to A1 category.
Theoretically Brian is still eligible for a place in the prestigious five-day stage race as the organisers will
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Brian Ahern's tenure in the A2 ranks ended predictably early as he led the bunch in for second place in the Coombes Connor Memorial in Drogheda on Sunday.

John Sower, Patrick O'Brien and race debutant Edward O'Mahony made it a great night for Orwell Wheelers at the first inter club league evening race of the season at Brittas.
No less than 132 people including marshals signed on for the two lap thrash around the Manor Kilbride which was switched to a four-race DMS rather than the billed handicap event.
All four races in the St Tiernan's promotion ran without a hitch thanks in no small part to the efforts of Brian Hayden and his crew in sweeping
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