12 year old Michael O’ Loughlin can rightly claim to be the club’s most successful cyclist in 2009 as he has notched up no less than eight wins in open races in Fermoy, Clonmel, Dungarvan, Balscadden, Patrickswell, Camross, Broadford and Banbridge. Keep it up Michael! The winning podium from the Noel Teggart Memorial race in Banbridge: Jake Gray (Juiced Orchard), Michael O’…
The weather was fantastic and our results matched it on the glorious June Bank Holiday weekend. Two wins for Rory Wyley and three for Michael O’ Loughlin were our highlights. Patrickswell, Killybegs, Camross, Broadford… Our riders certainly got around over the weekend. Patrickswell was the venue on Thursday night for the Munster Time Trial Championships. Sean Hahessy put in a…
Sam Bennett took his first win of the season in the Comeragh CC League last week. He took his second win today in Stage 7 of the FBD Insurance Ras from Castlebar to Clara, outsprinting world class names like Jan Kirsipuu, Nico Eeckhout and Luke Roberts. A full record of this historic day will be posted when we get…
Paul Lonergan (Manager), Joe Fenlon, John Dempsey, Hugh Mulhearne, Mark Power, Sam Bennett and Rory Wyley (Mechanic) look happy in Cobh prior to 117 miles of headwind and crosswinds on the road to Cahirciveen. See how they got on here: http://www.fbdinsuranceras.com/uploads/stage_3_results_004.pdf
Sam 7th on the stage & 9th overall, John Dempsey 2nd in the King of the Mountains and 10th overall, and Tipperary Dan Morrissey leading the county award after Stage 1 of the FBD Insurance Ras from Kilcullen to Wexford today. Definitely a great day for the club! John Dempsey just being pipped for the King of the Mountains prime…
No less than eight club riders will line up at the start of the 2009 FBD Insurance Ras in Kilcullen tomorrow. Sam Bennett, John Dempsey, Joe Fenlon, Hugh Mulhearne and Mark Power will be riding on our Tipperary Dan Morrissey team, while Kevin Shelly rides for the Clonmel team and Michael Fitzgerald and Cathal McCarthy will guest with Eurocycles. Once…
Glorious sunshine greeted the riders on Monday evening in Faugheen for the first race in our 2009 league – a time trial. Sean Hahessy was the fastest on the night, recording an excellent time of 6.03 for the 2.2 miles. Conal Conroy was next with 6.52, with Richard Dunphy 3rd with a time of 7.11. Caoimhe Kelly was the fastest girl with a…
First, second, third and fourth… Plus the team prize. You can’t do much better than that. Well done to Martin O’ Loughlin, Kevin Shelly, Cathal McCarthy and Rory Wyley who led the way in the Corkman 3 Day in Kanturk. Also to Michael O’ Loughlin and Sean Hahessy who made the underage prizes.
April was a quiet month for the club on the senior front, with no wins. However, the underage and vets continued to claim podium places. Eamonn Maher made his international debut riding for the Irish junior team in the Gorey 3 Day and acquitted himself well. Rory Wyley also donned a new jersey, guesting for the host club Killorglin in Ras…
Fermoy was the venue for the Silver Pail Grand Prix yesterday. In the main race, a dozen or so riders escaped after 10 km which included Cathal McCarthy and Sam Bennett. On the fourth of the five laps, the attacking started. Cathal lost contact with the leaders as Paul Griffin and Sam put on the pressure. Griffin got the better…
On Tuesday 7th of April at 10 pm, Setanta Ireland will present a 60 minute programme called ‘Wheel of Dreams’ as part of their weekly ‘Sport Matters’ series. This programme was recorded in August and September of last year. We don’t know what made the final cut, but interviews were recorded with Sam, Helen and Michael Bennett, Bobby Power, Sean…
The following riders will represent the club in the forthcoming Ras Mumhan in Kerry over the Easter weekend. A Team: Sam Bennett, John Dempsey, Joe Fenlon, Hugh Mulhearne and Martin O’ Loughlin. B Team: Michael Fitzgerald, Cathal McCarthy, John O’ Brien, Mark Power and Kevin Shelley. Manager Paul Lonergan assisted by Cian Power with Tim Barry as soigneur. Rory Wyley…
Ó Ceallacháin’s was the venue for our annual club dinner on Saturday 29th of November. 45 club members sat down to a beautiful dinner followed by the presentation of our annual awards. Bobby Power and Paul Lonergan presented the sports awards:
Seamus Healy, born in Carrick-on-Suir in 1932, rode his first road cycling race in 1953, and by 1957 he had emigrated to America, never to race in Ireland again. However in those intervening short few years he had a major influence on the sport of cycling in Carrick and was the first man to put Carrick on the national cycling…
Dan Morrissey rounded out one of its most successful seasons in recent memory with a 1-2 in the National Veterans Championships in Dunrod. Pre-Race favourite Martin O’Loughlin was able to retain his title ahead of club mate Rory Wyley, whilst Sean McIlroy and Leslie O’Donnell helped to ensure that we retained the team title won in 2007 also ! Well…
Breaking news: We have a European Champion in the club. Sam Bennett blitzed the opposition to win the points race at the 2008 European Junior Track championships in Pruszkow, Poland. Sam won the competition with 29 points compared to his nearest competitors 18 points. Pictured above: L-R Albert Torres (Spain) 2nd. Sam Bennett (Ireland) winner, Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) 3rd in…
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