Errigal International Youth Tour 2018

One of the biggest events on the youth calendar - the Errigal International Youth Tour - takes place this weekend. Scott Orwell Wheelers will be well represented at the race but not everyone will be wearing club jerseys! We are very lucky to have riders representing Leinster and Ireland as well as having a Scott Orwell Team.

Scott Orwell Wheelers:
Áine Reilly
Ryan Fox
Killian O'Brien
Luca Holmes
Conor Murphy Rogers

Leinster:
Ronan O'Conor

Ireland:
Annie Roche
Katie Reilly

This is a tough 3 day/4 stage event:
Saturday Day 1 Programme (provisional)
Stage 1: This is a Road Race that will roll out from Churchill and will be neutralised for approximately 1km, Category 3/3a race (U12’s) will be held over a 9.5 km circuit with the finish on the main street in Churchill. Category 2/2a (U14’s) will follow with 3 laps of the same 9.5 km circuit and Category 1/1a (U16’s) completing 5 laps of the same.

Sunday Day 2 Programme (provisional)
Stage 2: This is a challenging 3.8 km hilly time trial that will start from Larkins Bar and finish in Foxhall. This stage will apply to all competitor categories with a starting order that will be the reverse of GC.

Stage 3: This is the famous (or infamous!) Keelogues Stage that everyone looks forward to, a Road Race that takes the riders around a 9.5 km circuit that ends with the climb up Keelogues onto the main street in Churchill with the U12’s completing 1 lap, the U14’S completing 3 laps and the U16’S completing 5 laps.

Monday Day 3 Programme (provisional)
Stage 4: On Monday morning the competitors will roll out on to a Criterium circuit in the town of Letterkenny. This promises to again be a great spectacle.

For more information:
Event Website: errigalcyclingclub.com/?p=3314
Event Facebook: www.facebook.com/EIYT18/?ref=br_rs

We wish all our youths the best of luck and cant wait to hear how they get on!

Best of luck everyone heading west today!
Have a great weekend and give it socks!!

Stagge 1: 4th Aug

Stage one results are in from Donegal:

Under 12 boys:
18. Ryan Fox
36. Killian O’Brien
38. Luca Holmes

Under 12 girls:
18. Àine Reilly

Under 14 girls:
5. Annie Roche (Team Ireland)
11. Katie Reilly (Team Ireland)

Under 16 boys:
80. Conor Murphy Rogers
81. Ronan O’Connor (Team Leinster)

The Results for Stage 2 - the individual TT

Under 16 boys:
33. Ronan O'Conor (Team Leinster)
73. Conor Murphy Rogers

Under 14 Girls:
4. Annie Roche (Team Ireland)
10. Katie Reilly (Team Ireland)

Under 12 Girls:
16. Áine Reilly

Under 12 Boys:
15. Ryan Fox
37. Killian O'Brien
39. Luca Holmes

Fantastic results all round! Particular well done to Ronan who crashed yesterday finishing 81st but managed to claw back a lot of places today with a great 33rd finish in the under 16 race.



No GC placings available yet.

Best of luck in Stage 3 this afternoon. This is the famous (or infamous!) Keelogues Stage that everyone looks forward to, a Road Race that takes the riders around a 9.5 km circuit that ends with the climb up Keelogues onto the main street in Churchill with the U12’s completing 1 lap, the U14’S completing 3 laps and the U16’S completing 5 laps.

Stage 3 results and GC are finally in from the Errigal International Youth Tour. Well done to all our racers today - it was a tough day on the bike!! A TT in the morning and then a hard road race with laps of a nasty stinging climb.

STAGE 3:
Under 12 Boys
18. Ryan Fox
31. Killian O'Brien
38. Luca Holmes

Under 12 Girls:
14: Áine Reilly

Under 14 Girls:
5. Annie Roche
8. Katie Reilly - also 1st Unplaced under 13 Girl

Under 16 Boys:
66. Ronan O'Conor
70. Conor Murphy Rogers

The GC positions after Stage 3 with only one more stage to go tomorrow are:
Under 12 Boys:
14. Ryan Fox
36. Killian O'Brien
39. Luca Holmes

Under 12 Girls:
17. Áine Reilly

Under 14 Girls:
5. Annie Roche
11. Katie Reilly

Under 16 Boys:
72. Ronan O"Connor
73. Conor Murphy Rogers

Well done to everyone. Great racing! Only one more stage to go now - Stage 4: On Monday morning the competitors will roll out on to a Criterium circuit in the town of Letterkenny. This promises to again be a great spectacle.

An early start in Donegal this morning for our youths!

Stage 4 and Final GC Results:

STAGE 4
Under 12 Boys
12. Ryan Fox
33. Killian O'Brien
36. Luca Holmes

Under 12 Girls:
18. Áine Reilly

Under 14 Girls:
5. Annie Roche
8. Katie Reilly also 2nd Unplaced under 13, 1st Irish under 13

Under 16 boys:
58. Ronan O'Connor
60. Conor Murphy Rogers

FINAL GC PLACINGS
Under 12 Final GC:
13. Ryan Fox (also looks to be 3rd Irish Rider)
37. Killian O'Brien
39. Luca Holmes

Under 12 Girls Final GC
17. Áine Reilly

Under 14 Girls Final GC:
5. Annie Roche
9. Katie Reilly
Katie also finished up as the 2nd unplaced under 13 rider, she was also the 1st under 13 Irish rider for the event! Fantastic racing.

Under 16 Boys Final GC:
62. Ronan O'Connor
64. Conor Murphy Rogers

For FULL results check the Errigal Cycling Club Website - errigalcyclingclub.com


Annie & Katie in their Team Ireland Kit with the under 14 and under 16 teams

One final post on this (is there ever a final post?)

While our youths were giving it there all on the roads and getting lots of photos taken we have to remember to say thank you to all those behind the scenes who made this happen. There is no way we would have been able to send youths to participate on 3 teams at this event without the amazing help and work of parents, family and friends.

So Chapeau and thanks to Lorna, Terry, Ivan, Martyn, Liz, Sarah, Elaine and all the family members who helped in any and every way. The club is very lucky to have you all involved and to care so much:)

Liz Roche of the Youth Commission has asked me to share this message:

Sincere thanks to Ivan, Martin and the three lads Ryan, Killian and Luca for all their help in supporting the Irish girls teams in Errigal last week. They transported our bikes and rollers all weekend to and from each venue. Without them and the Scott Orwell Wheelers van I could not have pulled off this weekend. I am very much in their debt.

Well done to Conor, Ronan, Ryan, Killian, Luca, Áine, Katie and Annie who competed with great grit and determination and left nothing behind in Churchill, especially Keeloges and Letterkenny.

To Terry and Lorna - many thanks from the bottom of my heart for getting me out of so many holes with accommodation, lifts, shopping and putting up the tent every morning.

Thanks to the Orwell parents and their famlies for all their support on and off the road. The success of this weekend for the girls is due to these people who were left working quietly in the back ground.

To the club - thanks for everything and I hope that I haven't left anyone out. You are the future of youth boys and girls cycling please keep it going and work together as you did last week.

Sincere thanks
Liz Roche
Youth Commission.

Thanks to the under 12 boys team who took time out from training to write a great race report on the Errigal International Youth Tour for us!

It's a great read:)

www.orwellwheelers.org/youth/youth/1205-...onal-youth-tour-2018