Commission Rep: Silvia Gallagher “I am the Offroad representative for the Women’s Commission and have been involved in the promotion of different Offroad initiatives for Women since October last year. I want to give a summary of the types of activities that the Women’s Commission has been involved in from an Offroad perspective. This includes Cross Country Mountain Biking, Downhill Mountain Biking, Enduro Mountain Biking, Cyclo-cross and general non-specific […]
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Womens Commission AGM Sunday 16th September from 3 pm to 5 pm. Motions and Committee Nominations to be returned no later than 1700 hours on the 31st of August 2018 to the Women’s Commission by email to womenscyclingpro@gmail.com with the subject line “2018 WC AGM” (Please Include your Cycling Ireland Membership number in Email). All submissions will be acknowledged. Any suggested Motions from the Women’s Commission to the Cycling Ireland AGM […]
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In Munster this year we had two new Women’s races , one in March hosted by Newcastle west CC and the other in Cloughjordan in July hosted by North Tipperary Wheelers . Both were very successful and the North Tipperary event included a Women’s Commission Intermediate league race (Newcastle-west have applied to have their race in the Intermediate league 2019). The Dungarvan CC women’s race clashed this year with the […]
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Lots of changes in the final rider rankings after Rás na mBan & the Red Hand trophy .
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Dungarvan CC hosted a Women’s Commission training day on Saturday (Oct 6th) with the event proving to be a big success . Click Here For Photos: Pauline Russell (Women’s Commission) worked closely with Darren Tutty of the host club inviting all female cyclists of all ages and abilities to attend, Over 50 Riders left the Park Hotel to take in a spin covering Dungarvan, the world Unesco Global Geopark known […]
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Womens Commission Training Day : Dungarvan Dungarvan CC will host an Open ‘Training & Cycling Information Day’ for all female cyclists in Dungarvan, Co Waterford on Saturday 6th October. We are delighted to confirm that Multi National Champion Melanie Späth will attend, and she will do a talk on how she became involved in cycling , and her pathway from complete beginner to becoming a pro-cyclist. Melanie competed in the 2013 […]
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Dungarvan CC will host an Open ‘Training & Cycling Information Day’ for all female cyclists in Dungarvan, Co Waterford on Saturday 6th October. We are delighted to confirm that former World Champion & Professional Cyclist Martyn Irvine will attend, and do a talk (Q&A) on his pathway from complete beginner to becoming a pro-cyclist. Irvine competed professionally between 2008 and 2017 , before retiring to work as a directeur sportif for the […]
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Following on from our successful trips to Manchester & Newport Velodromes , the Women’s Commission will be selecting a team to travel over to Manchester in the new year (January 2019). The Manchester Velodrome (National Cycling Centre) was Britain’s first indoor Olympic cycling track, and since it opened in 1994, has achieved the status as the World’s finest and fastest track. The Women’s Commission will be travelling in January for […]
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Caoimhe O’Brien (Lakeside Wheelers) has won the 2018 Women’s Commission Intermediate League at Corkagh Park today (Saturday August 25th) . The Under 16 Rider went into the event wearing the Women’s Commissions League Leaders Jersey , and she increased her lead on the day by sprinting home to win the final stage. Click Here For Finish Line Video: Claire Ní Reachtagain took the Sprint for 2nd narrowly ahead […]
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The final event of the Women’s Commission’s 2018 Corkagh Park Race Series was held tonight (Aug 21st) with some exciting racing from the gun. Sundrive Track Team had the honour of hosting the final event and they put their usual Track Race twist on the proceedings. The B Group got Half Lap H/cap with a Sprint every 3rd lap *Double points last sprint Sofie Loscher from the host club won […]
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The Final Event of the Women’s Commission Intermediate League , and Final Event In The Women’s Race Series will be held at Corkagh Park on Saturday August 25th , 10am until 1pm. . Senior Riders from the Corkagh Park Womens Race Series are invited to race an Intermediate League in a stepping stone event to open racing in 2019. Event: ‘Intermediate League Round 7′ & Final Event In ‘Women’s Race […]
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Lauren Creamer was in International Race Action in the BeNe Ladies Tour UCI 2.1, 19th-22nd July (The Netherlands & Belgium) – Read her Rider Race Report Below: My first experience of the BeNe Ladies Tour Stage Race started with a flat out 3.9km Prologue. After leaving the Team Pursuit behind a few years ago this was going to be the shortest race I’d done in a while and true to form […]
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