We hope you find all you need to know about women’s cycling in Ireland. Check out our forum HERE!!If you have any questions post them on the forum, if not feel free to contact us at queries@womenscycling.ie
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Awards Night: Medals from National League, Classic League and National Championships will be presented at the Awards Dinner on 12th November in Dublin City Centre. Voting for Members Awards and Tickets can be bought HERE
Female Talent Team 2020 Link_Here
Weekend start for Top Women’s International Stage Race. (more…)
Ulster’s Ciara MacManus was the winner of the Women’s National Cyclo Cross Championships last weekend in St Anne’s Park in Raheny, Dublin. Video interview by Caroline Martinez. (more…)
Exciting new job opportunity in Cycling Ireland – Operations Manager. This role will basically be an office manager for Cycling Ireland, a high responsibility role, on a 12 month contract. Applications must be sent to geoff@cyclingireland.ie by the 20th January. More details: HERE
Check out the latest in blog land – Orwell Wheeler’s Michelle Geoghegan details the life of a fulltime international cyclists in her blog HERE
The Gorey 3 Day Stage Race is held on Easter Weekend every year – but the places fill up really fast. The weekend involves roughly 100km per day for three days and a Time Trial of roughly 4km thrown in the mix. It is both a great race and challenge for women, along with being good preparation to kick off the 2012 race season. If anyone is interested in committing to entering the 2012 event contact queries@womenscycling.ie to put your name in the mix, so that we might be able to propose a staggered start for the female entrants.
Last Sunday was the first gathering of the Female Talent Team 2020, with a group of ambitious cyclists gathering in Avon Rí, Blessington. (more…)
On March 10th – 17th a Women’s Cycling Week will be held by Sportactive in Majorca, with Irish Team Coach Gillian McDarby guiding the cycles. (more…)
It’s great to see women making their way in all facets of the sport – a recent article in Cycling Weekly showed that the first woman, Josée Larocque, has sat (and passed) the Sports Director Course in UCI, and will now be DS for SpiderTech 2012. Pat McQuaid, head of UCI, is particularly supportive of women in cycling. Article HERE
Any of you willing to help out a fellow cyclist who is currently doing research on Cyclocross? Lisa Millar from Dromara has put together this short survey, please fill it out if you can! SURVEY
12 days to go until Pedal Fever, Cycling Ireland’s Coaching Conference! Last year this was really interesting, with all angles relevant to cyclists covered, this year promises to be even better! There will be international specialists from many areas like MTB and Track Cycling, along with a panel for discussion. There are still a few places left (not too many though!), so get your application in if you are interested in attending! (more…)
Congratulations to all medal winners at the Cycling Ireland Awards Night on Saturday 12th November. Particularly big congrats to Orla Hendron who won the Cycling Ireland Irish based rider of 2011. (more…)
Due to the large number of female applicants to Talent Team 2020, a female division will be headed by Orla Hendron. For this reason we are putting out a last call for any females born between 1995 and 1999 who are interested in progressing their cycling and aiming for the Olympics 2020! (more…)
The heading says it all!! If you won a medal in the National League, Classic League, or National Championships your medal will be presented to you at the Awards Night in the Radisson Blu on Golden Lane, Dublin City Centre, on the 12th November. (more…)
This weekend (22-23 Oct) sees the first testing of Development riders for the 2012 season. Saturday testing is for Endurance riders, and Sunday for sprinters. Testing takes place at the Winning Solutions Cycling Centre in Dublin. (more…)
24 hr indoor cycle for JIGSAW charity. (more…)
Orwell Wheelers rider Orla Hendron added to her medal haul with a Bronze medal in the Scratch race at the World Masters Track Championships in Manchester. (more…)
Orla Hendron narrowly missed out on defending her world title in the World Track Masters Championships, in the Points Race, yesterday. However, she claimed a fine silver medal. (more…)
Dublin based cycling club on the lookout for new recruits! (more…)
After 9 years on the Women’s Commission founding member, Valerie Considine, and long time member Orla Hendron step down. (more…)
The Armoury Café in Glencree is a lovely stop for those coffee spins for Dublin based cyclists. They are offering a free luncheon voucher to the 5 people who fill in their survey. (more…)
We all know that this year saw 25 years of women’s international stage races in Ireland. This year was also ten years since the first women’s beginner league was established! (more…)
Read on for the Press Release from Cycling Ireland. (more…)
Offroad 2 Rio is an exciting new project that will seek to establish a high performance strategy for Irish women’s cross country mountain bike racing with the ultimate goal of achieving qualification at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. (more…)
Siobhan Horgan, following a successful appeal, raced in the World Road Race Championships today. The top international rider was riding comfortably in the bunch when her front wheel was damaged by the rear mech of a rider in front, forcing her out of the race. This was hard luck for the Irish rider who has been competing at the top level over the past few years. Post race interview with Siobhan can be found HERE
The Women’s Commission AGM will take place in the Carlton Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin on the 23rd October (Sunday). The AGM will take place at 3pm and we would encourage as many people as possible to attend. The following positions are up for election: Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Development Officer. Nominations are taken on the day, queries regarding these roles can be forwarded to queries@womenscycling.ie. (more…)