The Women’s Commission have made the decision to call the 2020 Intermediate League Null & Void. Due to Covid restrictions, only two events were held (Of a possible eight). There is not adequate dates in 2021 to complete the Intermediate League, and run a 2021 event. The current top six in the league will receive a reduced Prize Fund. Prize fund of €300: Jennifer Neenan: VIB Natural Greatness Nikki Taggart: Arcane […]
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The UK based Weston Homes-Torelli-Assure cycling Team have finished the season with the Irish National Medals that have eluded them in recent years, winning both the Team Sprint & the Team Pursuit at Sundrive Velodrome on Saturday (October 10th). Torelli sent a very strong team of Irish Internationals to the event (Autumn Collins, Deirbhle Ivory, Caoimhe O’Brien, Jennifer Bates) . Click Here For Full Results: Collins and Ivory won the opening […]
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The Cycling Ireland Elite National Track Championships were held at Sundrive Velodrome this weekend (Aug 29 / 30) with four National Titles on the line. The In-form favourite Orla Walsh (NOPINZ SYMEC Race Team) came away with two National Titles (Sprint & TT), with Kelly Murphy (Storey Racing) winning the Pursuit and Lara Gillespie (UCD CC) winning the Scratch Race. Click Here For Photos From Day 1 Click Here For Photos […]
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The Women’s Commission have announced a strong team to compete at the ACT Manchester Omnium in January: Click Here For A Report On The 2019 Event: Agnieszka Samsel – Sundrive Track Team Almhá Kissane (Jun) – Arcane Women’s Team Angela Hoare – Arcane Women’s Team Claire Ní Reachtagain – Sundrive Track Team Deborah Madden – Sundrive Track Team Elia Tutty (Jun) – TC Racing Elizabeth Kent – Arcane Women’s Team […]
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The Women’s Commission of Cycling Ireland have named a strong domestic team for the 2019 edition of Rás na mBan. Claire Ní Reachtagain (W2) Sundrive Track Team Eva Brennan (Jun) Deenside Wheelers Michelle McKinney (W2) Galway Bay CC Nessa Rochford (W2) De Ronde CC Nikki Taggart (W3) Arcane Women’s Team All riders have already represented the Women’s Commission in International events. Michelle McKinney & Nessa Rochford will captain the Team […]
Read moreOfficial ‘Omagh Wheelers’ Race Report on Women’s International Tour Of Omagh. The Spar Tour of Omagh has delivered yet another “Super Sunday” with exciting racing and a nail biting finish. A grey but dry morning with the potential for rain added to the tension in the air as the final stage started. There were many questions to be answered – could the powerhouse that was Ballymena CC ride the legs off […]
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After an absence of many years, the Women’s Commission returned to International Stage race action in 2018 in the ‘Tour of Omagh’ with a development team. The riders & support crew performed well with a positive team environment and a top 10 placing on GC. The Women’s Cycling Ireland Team for 2019 had only one survivor from last years team – with only Michelle McKinney (Galway Bay CC) eligible for […]
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Nikki Taggart held on to the lead of the White Jersey on Stage 3 of the Women’s Tour of Omagh after a dramatic fight back from her Women’s Cycling Ireland Team in the final 20km. Early attacks saw the Women’s Cycling Ireland team stretched over three groups, and with Taggart & Eva Brennan distanced from the leading group as the race entered the final third of the stage. A charge […]
Read moreTour of Omagh: Stage 1 Report A warm, humid evening greeted the riders on the opening stage of the 2019 Edition of the Tour of Omagh. The race was to prove an exciting affair. The W3 group set of with a two-minute start on the W1/W2 group. As the groups approached Drumquin the chase group had only taken twenty seconds from the W3 group. This was all to change on […]
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July 22, 2019 – CYCLING IRELAND National Road Series leader Grace Young is among 6 riders selected to represent Ireland at the Kreiz Breizh Elites road race in France next month. Five days of racing begin on August 1 in Brittany with Team Ireland set to take on three Pro Continental teams – Arkea-Samsic, Vital Concept-B&B Hotels, Wallonie Bruxelles CT – and a total of 16 Continental-ranked teams. Riders were […]
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The National Track Team Championships will be held at Sundrive Velodrome on August 3rd (Entry closing midnight Monday 29th July). Irelands best Women’s Teams will go head to head with Irish National Medals, & Irish Champion Jerseys at stake. Click Here For a Report on the 2018 Championships: Last year saw some very exciting racing in the Team Pursuit with the Arcane Women’s Team setting a new National record, only […]
Read moreYOUTH Olympian Aoife O’Brien took the top spot in round four of the Cycling Ireland National Road Series at the Grange Motors Mullingar GP on Sunday, but it was the minor placings that shook up the General Classification. The closely fought and occasionally cagey Women’s National Road Series race was taken in eye-catching fashion by 15-year-old Aoife O’Brien, the teenager who will soon be jetting off to Baku to contest […]
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