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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Cycling Ireland Women’s Commission Terms of Reference/Strategic Plan & Asset Register Table of Contents Introduction and context 3 Background and operating context 3 Remit 3 Stakeholders 3 Plan 3 Mission 3 Vision 3 Values 3 Goals and Priorities 4 Advocacy and promotion 4 Coaching and development 4 Road racing organisation 4 Initiatives to support and include female cyclists 4 Appendix A: Miscellaneous notes and Policies 6 Appendix B: Asset Register […]
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The 2019 Intermediate League will have a new points allocation that will keep the final overall standings competitive until the final event. The Intermediate League caters for W2/W3 Category Senior & Junior riders only . The League is aimed at bridging the gap between our Introductory Racing Events and the National Road Series. The League has an overall prize list of €750+ The first race of the new season will […]
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Michelle Geoghegan competed in the British National Series Cyclocross on the 9th December (Ipswich UCI C2) – she was supported by the Women’s Commission , read her rider race report below “In a galaxy far far away…….. With the start of the road season fast approaching cyclocross does increasingly seem to be on a different planet so the phrase seems oddly apt as an introduction to this . It’s also apt […]
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If you are a woman intending to ride a Sportive or Leisure Event in 2019 – We want to hear from you. Name the event you are aiming for. Write an event report for womenscycling.ie (Including lead-up and training spins). Get a Pic of you at the event. The Women’s Commission will give you a 2019 Leisure Licence This should be your first Cycling Ireland Membership (Renewals will not be […]
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