If you intend to travel from Dublin to the first National League race next Sunday, but have no lift… Please contact Aideen Collard on  0874179967   ASAP.

Triple national road race champion Siobhan Dervan has officially indicated to Cycling Ireland that she will appeal the non-awarding of an International Carding Scheme allocation to her this year….

Read the full article by Shane Stokes on irishcycling.com  here

Check out our latest rider profile - current National Champion in Mountain Bike – Beth MCluskey. Her profile is under the High Performance section along the right hand side of the website.

The 2008 Women’s National League kicks off this weekend in Broadford Limerick.  Once again The Zoo Hair Salon on Exchequer St and Velotex Clothing have given their support to the league.  
 
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A report on Audax Ireland, by Mieke Muyllaert.

 Having found myself seemingly in a minority of one for my discipline at the (very enjoyable) cycle training camp last weekend, I decided there might be an untapped market among women cyclists for Audax cycling in Ireland, if I could spread the word. (more…)

Another great turnout, and another successful camp for women’s cycling. The Women’s Commission of Cycling Ireland, with the support of Women in Sport have organised two Winter Camps for female cyclists of all abilities. The second of these camps took place this weekend, 23-24 Feb, and with a lot of new faces there was a good mixture of abilities - some riders were enjoying their first training camp with women, while others were checking out the progress that they have made in the last four weeks.

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The recent announcement of the Irish Institute for Sport’s International Carding Scheme allocations for 2008 led to protests within Irish cycling, given that just six percent of the monies awarded were going to female riders.   (more…)

Workshop for ladies interested in road cycling.  (more…)

Schedule for the Feb Training Camp

Final (FINAL!!) details for the weekend – please read carefully:   (more…)

Louise Moriarty was unable to qualify for the final of the World Cup in Ballerup, when she was the victim of a crash in her heat for the Scratch Race on Friday. (more…)

In yesterday’s press release announcing a €9 million High Performance package, I wonder if I am alone in my dismay at the measly €12000 allocated to our female cyclists. This is just over 5% of grants allocated to CI. (more…)

With the beginning of the racing season just around the corner, and the final winter training camp just over a week away, it’s time to remember why we do all those wet and windy miles!  

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Application for February Training Camp

Ballinastoe Carpark was obviously the place to be on Saturday morning!! A group of 16 mountain bikers lead by Beth McCluskey and Jenny McCauley hit the new mountain bike trails – under the unseasonally warm sun. (more…)

Application for February Training Camp

The Ladies Cycling Training Camp for ladies cyclists of all abilities and ambitions is taking place on 23/24 February in Blessington, Co Wicklow. It will include coached training spins in small groups, followed by talks on sports psychology and nutrition. Suitable for triathletes, road racers, mountain bikers and touring. Booking deadline is this Friday, 15th February.  (more…)

We are (very) slowly, but surely uploading photos on our gallery page, listed on the right hand side. Apologies for occasionally getting the size wrong – and inflicting life size photos on some pc screens… we’ll get it right eventually! If anyone has some more pics to make the gallery more complete – please send them to me at queries@womenscycling.ie

ANNOUNCEMENT

Ireland Cycling Women’s Testing Session

Cycling Ireland has offered a series of performance tests for female riders. These tests help cyclists find out more about their performance and how to improve, an important stepping stone for a successful racing season. (more…)

We are running a series of profiles on some of our top riders. Check out the first Profile in our rider profile section on the right hand side of the page. Jenny McCauley talks about her experiences so far.

Saturday Feb 9th, at 10am in the Ballinastoe carpark. (more…)