Racing Round Up

Odhran Connors' strong start to the season is starting to bear fruit as the Orwell A2 featured in breaks on both days last weekend, netting a fine fifth place finish in the Saturday's Staggs Lucan GP race.

Michelle Geoghegan performed superbly in last weekend’s UCI classified Parkhotel Rooding Hills Classic won by multi-world champion Marianne Vos.

Here’s the Orwell Wheelers and Moving Ladies affiliated rider’s account of the culmination of a busy few weeks of racing.

Patrick O’Brien, Diarmuid Collins and Michelle Geoghegan all scored top results on Sunday in one of the toughest single day events of the season, the Des Hanlon Memorial Races in Carlow.

Brian Ahern announced his comeback in emphatic style in Dunboyne yesterday as the star sprinter scooped the honours in the Irish Road Club St Patrick’s Day race.

After a protracted period of planning and negotiation Orwell Secretary Dave McLoughlin has confirmed that the club will send a four-rider team to the five-day Ras de Cymru in July.

Orwell packed out the placings in the A4 race at the Newbridge Credit Union Grand Prix in Kildare on Sunday.

Dan Whiting kicked off Orwell's win account for the 2011 road race season by taking victory in his first ever open race at Summerhill on Saturday.

Barry has produced a few snapshots of the goings-on in Batterstown on Sunday. They've been put in our Photo Gallery. Please feel free to contribute images for the website. Our 2010 selection was a bit thin.