Thanks to Orla McEvoy and Sarah Piner a calendar has been set with a great season of racing ahead for the female road racers, inspersed with training camps! (more…)

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…)

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…)

Swords rider Vanessa Fenton wins final round of the Sword’s Ladies League in a two up sprint finish. (more…)

Interested in trying a women only road race this weekend? Noel Clarke from Navan has indicated that if there are enough female entrants in the Collins Christle Memorial this Sunday (21st August) he will put on a separate race for women. (more…)

1st place, Mary Crosbie

11 ladies signed on for a 20k, 2 laps of the Ring Commons circuit.  For many riders, this was their first race, so there were a few nerves on the start line.   (more…)

Mary Crosbie won round one of the Swords Ladies League in Bog of the Ring last night. (more…)

Lucan’s Sandra Fitzgerald is having a stormer of a season. Following her recent victory in the National League TT Fitzgerald put her new foudn TT skills to use in the Ballinrobe 2 Day wearing the Irish Development Team colours. In stage one herself and team mate Cait Elliott put in a great performance to only concede 5 minutes to overall winner 2008 Olympian David O Loughlin. A strong TT put her clearly in front of the other women, and a strong final stage consolidated her lead, and giving the Lucan girl a credible 34th overall. Well done to all the girls entered. TT results and Final Stage and Final GC

The team has been announced for the Ballinrobe 2 Day which takes place this weekend in Mayo. (more…)

1-2 for Piner and Bates, photo courtesy Brendan Culleton

A full list of entries can be found below for the Women’s event in the Mullingar 2 Day. (more…)

The Mullingar 2 Day, this weekend, includes a women’s only event. This stage race will be contested by women from all around Ireland. The National Development Team will be using the 2 Day to test their legs, team is as follows: (more…)

Tuesday August 9th and Tuesday August 23^rd

Sign on from 6.30pm for a 7.30pm start.  There will be a coached practice spin at 6.45pm especially for those who have never raced beforeThis event will be a 30k handicapped race (3 laps of a 10k circuit) to give all participants a fair chance. The circuit is relatively flat with only 1 sprint hill. If anyone who has never raced before wants to give a lap a go, they are more than welcome. (more…)

Read on for a report on the Ladies Track Training Camp from Orwell’s Natalie Grieve. (more…)

Aoife Sheridan wins Rd 4. photo courtesy Pat Fitzpatrick

Junior Aoife Sheridan (Orwell) broke free of the pack to take the win in Round 4, with Fionnuala ni Bhradaigh (Bray) taking second and last years league winner Eileen O’Sullivan (Sorrento) in third.  Fiona Crean and Deirbhle Ivory (Bray) held off the stampeding pack to take 4th and 5th ahead of scratch rider Roisin Kennedy (Lucan).  7th place was good enough for Ailbhe Ivory (UCD) to hold onto the lead in the overall league, to take the winners trophy home as she did 2years ago.  Full results and links to photos:

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Another fine performance by Fiona Cooke of Marble City Cycles saw her improve on last weeks 5th place to take a clear win in Rd 3.  Ailbhe Ivory (UCD) had to settle for 2nd once again, while Ania Krol of Orwell motored into 3rd, holding off Charlotte McDonald 4th, Rachel Glendon 5th and Naoise Sheridan 6th (all Orwell). (more…)

After 2 rounds, we are now midway through the Wicklow League and the points are tight – points so far are as follows, with all 4 rounds to count: (more…)

Rachel Glendin (Orwell) solo’d from her group tonight to win alone in fine style, while behind her we were treated to a thrilling sprint for the podium places by Ailbhe Ivory (UCD) and Rachel Kaye-Mellor (Orwell), both sprint specialists, with Ailbhe throwing her bike over the line just ahead and taking 2^nd.  (links to photos added)

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Read on for the report on the Women’s Cycling Training Camp held in Mullingar on the 28th May. (more…)

Round 2 of 4 will take place this evening here - google maps here. Parking at the start/finish is more limited than before, but parking is available in a carpark in Ashford village. Start/finish is at the Ashford Co-op just outside the village. (more…)

photo Pat Fitzpatrick: Roisin on the way to winning Rd 1

The opening round of the Wicklow League was a tough hill time trial which produced a very close finish, which promises a fascinating battle for position in the next 3 rounds. Roisin Kennedy (Lucan) just pipped Caroline Conway (Usher) by one second for the win, with Anne Dalton (Orwell) hot on their heels in third. (more…)

Fitzgerald finishes overall first… full report and results here… (more…)

Wicklow Womens League

pic: Pat Fitzpatrick

The Wicklow Womens League takes place each tuesday in June, 4 tuesdays in all, beginning with a 2.65mile hill time trial up Killiskey hill next tue, 7^th June. The following 3 weeks will be a handicapped race on the usual 2.9mile circuit, just outside Ashford village, (more…)

Announcing: the schedule and objectives for the Leinster Squad. Note that entries are still open, this is an opportunity to be coached and guided on a full training and racing programme. (more…)