Rio 2016 might not even have started yet but plans for the development of a new women’s High Performance (HP) Cycling Squad for the Olympics in Tokyo 2020 are well under way. The HP Unit splits the 4 year funding ...
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Womens Track Workshop – Report
The Womens Track Workshop on Sunday was a blistering success, both in terms of the weather and the range of skills acquired by all who attended! People travelled from as far afield as Donegal, Westport and Galway to take the ...
Track Cycling – Women Wanted!
We have moved the ‘Women’s Track Cycling Workshop’ to Sunday 29th May at the Sundrive Velodrome, due to a clash with the Women’s National League race in Emyvale. Training at Sundrive velodrome is currently underway and with the weather improving, now ...
Junior National Track Cycling Championships – Results
Right: the 500 TT podium . Thanks Danny from the Belgian Project for the photo. The Junior Track Champs took place at Sundrive Velodrome on Saturday. Thankfully the rain held off for a full day racing! In all seven female ...
Make tracks to Sundrive for the Sprinters Training League!
This Saturday, 12th March sees the start of the 2016 Sprinters Training League, at Sundrive Track in Dublin 12. This six-round league is aimed all of those who plan on competing in the Sprint event (Junior or Senior) at the ...
A picture is worth a thousand words… mid-term Training Camp report
During last week’s school mid term break, 20 young riders took part in the latest Women’s Commission of Cycling Ireland sponsored residential Training Camp. Between 17th and 19th February girls from U14 to U23 categories from all corners of the ...
Interview – Melanie Spath
You are probably the only woman to have represented Ireland at a high level in three separate cycling disciplines? Yep – I raced in the MTB Marathon World Championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, Road World Championships in 2013, and was ...
Halloween in Alkmaar….Part 1
Velodromes, Scary faces and Hema shopping were the order of the day in Holland. Halloween weekend saw the Women’s commission volunteers host the 4th instalment of the track camp to Alkmaar Holland. Thanks to the continued sponsorship from Paul ...
World Masters Track Cycling success: rider report
Twelve Irish competitors were among the 438 athletes from twenty five different countries who competed in the 2015 World Masters Track Cycling Championships in Manchester Velodrome earlier this month. This was a record number in terms of Irish participation, and ...
Masters of their World
With only a few days to the kick off of the World Track Masters in Manchester, where Susie Mitchell (Sundrive Track Team) and Orla Hedron (Orwell Wheelers) have a full schedule of events, we caught up with their respective coaches to ...
Moran & McKiverigan dominate at National Track Championships
The National Track Championships took place on Saturday at Sundrive Road, Dublin with an extended programme following the rain interrupted Junior Championships in Belfast. The sun gods were shining on us for the day thankfully which made everything run to schedule ...
Girls Cycling Training Camp… Day 3: Getting air, and making tracks.
The final day of the Women’s Commission Girls 3-Day Training Camp was another two-parter… the morning session was BMX riding, while the afternoon was all about Track cycling. Breakfast was early, the cars were packed up, and before the ...