The Women’s Commission prize list for the revised Intermediate League will be €500 Intermediate League 2020 Prize List: If riders finish the league with equal points, the rider with the highest number of wins will be ranked higher. If riders are still equal on this criteria, they will be ranked by their number of second places, and then by their third places. If riders still cannot be separated, they will […]
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Race Report from Junior rider Ella Doherty (Greenmount Cycling Academy) after sprinting home for second prize on Round 2 of the Women’s Intermediate League on Sunday (Aug 16th). ================ Arriving at the course, it was a warm dry day. I was pleased to see that the Greenmount lads were having a good race in the A4 event. Once they were done and after applying to Covid-19 regulations we could […]
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Jennifer Neenan (VIB: Natural Greatness) won the opening stage of the 2020 Intermediate league. Click Here For League Table: Jennifer will wear the leaders jersey going into Stage 2 just ahead of Caoimhe May (Quanta Scott Orwell) & Deborah Madden (Sundrive Track Team). With all three events counting in the revised league, Caoimhe May (Podium 2019) will pose the biggest threat to Neenans hold on the jersey for Round 2 (Sunday […]
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The 2020 Intermediate League starts on Saturday (Aug 1st) with The Danny O’Shea Open 10 Mile TT. The league has been reduced to three events this year due to Covid restrictions, and this will be the first chance for riders to take on an open race event since March. Time Trials usually only attract serious League contenders, and with all three events counting towards the overall title , the 2020 winner […]
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Rás na mBan, Irelands premier women’s stage race event has posted a press release with its intention of hosting the event this year, depending on the current Covid restrictions allowing a return to competition. After a successful return to top level competition in 2019, the Women’s Commission are still intending to send a Team (possibly extending to two full race Teams and support) to this years event. We will […]
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Saturday 14th March – Rás Naomh Finian (Clonard RC) Sunday 26th April – Waller Cup (Bohermeen CC) Sunday 17th May – An Caislean nua Classic (Newcastle West CC) Sunday 24th May – Emyvale GP (Emyvale CC) Saturday 11th July – Limerick Racecourse (Greenmount CA)
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Saturday 14th March – Rás Naomh Finian (Clonard RC) Sunday 12th April – Rás an Laois (Ossory CC) Sunday 26th April – Waller Cup (Bohermeen CC) Sunday 17th May – An Caislean nua Classic (Newcastle West CC) Sunday 24th May – Emyvale GP (Emyvale CC) Saturday 11th July – Limerick Racecourse (Greenmount CA)
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The Women’s Commission Bursary 2020 is open for applications from January 1st 2020 until fund is exhausted. Applications by Email: womensracingsec@gmail.com ======================================== The Women’s Commission Bursary will help financially towards Travel & Race Entries to overseas Race events. Riders must have an IRL code on their 2020 Cycling Ireland licence. The fund will be open for applications from U14, U16, Junior and Elite Only. Only events outside of the Island […]
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Chairperson: Róisín Kennedy Treasurer: Colin MacHale Secretary / PRO / Coaching: Brendan Whelan Off-Road Rep: Bernie Commins Commission Member: Liz Roche Commission Member: David Tilly Corkagh Park: John Hammond Corkagh Park: Lorna Reilly Munster Rep: Theresa Finn Ulster Liaison Rep: Shaun McBride Leinster Liaison Rep: Brian Hammond Email: womensracingsec@gmail.com Email: womenscyclingpro@gmail.com
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Women’s Commission Of Cycling Ireland AGM 2019 Only Cycling Ireland Members, and persons invited by the Chairperson may address the meeting (Those casting votes must be at least 18 years old as at the date of the AGM). Each Club will have Voting Reps as per Cycling Ireland Membership M & A (Licence must be produced at Sign-on) A speaker shall not speak more than once in debate on any motion […]
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Cycling Ulster Women’s Commission It’s been a busy and very productive year with plenty of success at many different levels. On the Road Racing front the year kicked off with a training day, over thirty women joined high performance coach Brian Mc Kinney for a talk and then a training run. Three groups took to the road, a beginner group, a junior/U23 group and an experienced racing group. A fantastic […]
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Overview This year has been another busy and successful year for the Women’s Commission. This year we undertook several new projects including: Women’s Leisure Rider Recruitment Initiative Women’s Commission Team in Rás na mBan Women’s Commission Strategy Document In parallel, we continued our involvement in the promotion and organisation of Off-Road cycling camps, the Corkagh Park Racing Series and the Intermediate League. For the second year running, we entered a […]
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