For the much-delayed final review of the year, we've listed all the championship and medal-winning results from the club - provincial, national and world titles. We do apologise for the delay, but one-handed typing is very little fun!
It was a standout year for the women of Orwell, with Naoise Sheridan taking two golds at the National Youth Track Champs, and competing strongly at the road events in Limerick in August. Isabel Cogan, not sated by her Boyne GP win, took a superb top ten spot at the Elite Women's National Road Race Champs, with Rachel Glendon also featuring in the TT event.
Cogan also succeeded Glendon in the Leinster Hill Climb Champs, retrieving the women's title for the club, while Aidan Collins took gold in the A2 category.
Orla Hendron showed that class never fades, riding strongly on the track to take two medals at the Leinster Track Champs, before doing the very same at the UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships in Manchester - missing out on a World Champion jersey by the slimmest of margins. Fionn Sheridan matched Hendron's haul at the Leinsters, and also medalled at the Nationals.
Former members were as excellent as ever, Lydia Boylan (riding unattached) just missing out on a medal at the Nationals, while Anne Dalton represented the country at the UCI Paracycling World Cup and took home a well-deserved bronze medal.
Enjoy the below, and apologies if we've missed anyone - it's scraped together from several sources, and omissions are likely.
Leinster 25m TT Champs, Carlingford, 12/6/2013
Liam Rowsome - 16th
UCI Paracycling World Cup, Segovia, Spain, 14/6/2013
Anne Dalton, Katie-George Dunlevy (Ireland) - 3rd
Dalton and Dunlevy on the podium
Elite Women's National TT Champs, Carlingford, 20/6/2013
Rachel Glendon - 6th
Elite Women's National Road Race Champs, Carlingford, 22/6/2013
Lydia Boylan (u/a) - 4th
Isabel Cogan - 10th
Michelle Geoghegan (Endura Lady Force WW Zeeuws-Vlaanderen) - 11th
Anne Dalton (DID Electrical) - 17th
Lucy Soden - 28th
Sandra Telford - 29th
The Orwell finishers: Soden, Cogan and Telford (photo courtesy of John Troy)
Elite Men's National Road Race Champs, Carlingford, 23/6/2013
Eric Downey - 40th
National Youth Track Champs, Sundrive Road, 20/7/2013
500m Time Trial
Naoise Sheridan - Gold (U16G)
Conor Murnane - 8th (U16B)
Sprint
Naoise Sheridan - Gold (U16G)
250m Time Trial
Sean Murnane - 5th
The Junior track champions
Wexford County Champs, Bunclody, 27/7/2013
Patrick O'Brien - A2 Bronze
Jamie Busher - A3 Bronze
All-Ireland Junior Road Race Championships, 18/8/2013
Team prize: Standard Life NRPT (incl. Darragh Long)
National Junior Track Champs, Sundrive Road - 24/8/2013
Sprint
Fionn Sheridan - Bronze
Jack Rice - 5th
3km Pursuit
Fionn Sheridan - 4th
Jack Rice - 6th
1km Time Trial
Fionn Sheridan - joint 6th
National Youth TT Champs, Birdhill, 24/8/2013
Naoise Sheridan - 4th
National Crit Champs, Annacotty, 25/8/2013
Naoise Sheridan - 6th
Leinster Hill Climb Champs, Carlingford, 29/8/2013
Isabel Cogan - Gold (W)
Brian McArdle - joint Bronze (A1)
Aidan Collins - Gold (A2)
Neal Hudson - Silver (A3)
Cogan with 2nd placed Ger Gill, and 3rd Claire McEntee (courtesy Cuchulainn CC)
Leinster Track Champs, Sundrive Road, 21/9/2013
500m TT
Orla Hendron - Bronze (SW)
Fionn Sheridan - Bronze (JM)
Naoise Sheridan - Silver (U16G)
Scratch
Orla Hendron - Silver (SW)
Fionn Sheridan - Silver (JM)
Naoise Sheridan - Gold (U16G)
Orwell medallists at the track champs
Leinster RR Champs, Dunlavin, 22/9/2013
Anne Dalton (DID) - 5th (W)
Brian McNally - 7th (A4)
National Hill Climb Championships 2013
Brian McArdle -10th (7th A1)
David Swift - 18th (4th A3)
2013 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships
Women's 50-54 Individual Pursuit
Orla Hendron (Ireland) - Silver
Women's 50+ Points Race
Orla Hendron (Ireland) - Silver
Hendron on the podium for the Points race (photo thanks to Aidan Reade)