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…)

Ciara Horne, who raced on the Irish National Team at Rás na mBan, is looking to raise £10,000 in order to be able to pursue her Olympic Dream. Full story can be found HERE

Cunga sweep up at the racing on Sundrive – Women’s Omnium, Team Sprint and Team Pursuit. (more…)

This year the track commission will be holding a demonstration championship event for women with the introduction of the Omnium. The actual event takes place on the weekend of the 30th-31st July, with a training day on the 24th July. (more…)

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

Takes place on the 2nd July – Sundrive. Read on for details of events and prize funds! (more…)

Orwell Wheelers CC in conjunction with the Women’s Commission and Sundrive Track Club is delighted to announce two Ladies Track Training Days on Sundays 26^th June and 24^th July 2011 at Sundrive Road Track, Eamon Ceannt Park, Dublin 12.  The Training Days are open to female riders of all ages and fitness levels.  (more…)

Despite making huge leaps in progress in just one year, the funding for the women’s Team Pursuit Squad has been withdrawn. This announcement was made last week following confirmation that the HP funding received a 40% cut.

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Track Championships for Girls on Saturday 6th August. (more…)

Caroline Ryan put in  a strong performance to get 9th overall in the women’s individual pursuit at the World Track Cycling Championships today. Report HERE

This Friday Caroline Ryan will be competing in the Women’s Individual Pursuit at the World Championships, an event in which she marginally missed out on  a bronze medal at the World Cup in Cali last December. (more…)

Saturday 19th March – 1pm -3.30pm. (more…)

In the final round of the track cycling World Cup series in Manchester, the women’s team scored a new National Record of 3.30.3, in a time competititive with the best in the world. Unfortunately in the shuffle for positions the time which was close to getting them 6th place overall, resulted in 8th European Nation, and 15th overall. (more…)

Track Cycling World Cup – Ireland’s elite track team continue on their Olympic bid with the final leg of the World Cup series. Manchester promises to be the toughest and most exciting racing of the season, and the heat is on for gaining Olympic points. Our women will be racing in the team pursuit, the scratch race and the omnium. More details to follow.

Details of the events planned for the women’s elite team can be found here:  Elite women’s programme 2011 List of the current elite women squad members are here: Cycling Ireland High Performance Squads 2011. Selection criteria can be dowloaded HERE for the track and HERE for the Road.

The Elite Women’s Team for 2011 has been announced – and the selection criteria has been set. (more…)

Australian based Shannon McCurley is a member of the Irish Elite Track Team, and represented Ireland in the Track Cycling World Cup in Melbourne. (more…)

Check out the full report on the Irish track team from Beijing. They had a series of mishaps in the lead up – but still managed to get a credible 15th place. Had they achieved the same time as in Cali they would have been in 9th place… good work girls – read full report HERE hopefully we will get a race report from one of the women’s team shortly!

The Irish Team continue on their Olympic Voyage with a training camp in Palma in preparation for the Beijing World Cup. (more…)

Saturday training on the Sundrive Track starts Jan 15th. (more…)

Caroline Ryan knocked a further second off her time in the bronze ride off, but unfortunately it was not enough to secure the bronze medal. Her time of 3.39 is once again a new national records. Well done to the whole team – it’s great to see world class performances from the Irish Team. Read more HERE  and results HERE

Caroline Ryan scored the fourth fastest individual pursuit time at the world cup in Cali, putting her in the bronze ride off later on today. Her time of 3min 40.6seconds is a new Irish record. Check out the heat results here: HERE

The Irish women knocked 6 seconds off their record in the team pursuit in Cali yesterday, in a time of 3min31.7 seconds. This time gave them 10th position overall, and 5th out of the European Nations. The top 6 European Nations, after 12 rounds of qualifiers (including this world cup) will qualify for the Olympic Games in London. (more…)

With the races kicking off today, Jennifer O’Reilly continues her race diary… (more…)