Michael O’ Loughlin (above) who took his eleventh Under 14 win of the season in the D.A. Jones Memorial Cup race in Currow, Co. Kerry on Sunday.
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Bright sunny conditions greeted competitors for the penultimate round of the Ó Ceallachains League. Newcomer 10 year old Darragh Whelan from Coolnamuck blitzed around the course on a bike with 14 inch wheels, recording an amazing time of 10 minutes 12 seconds. Sam Hartley recovered from a disappointing race last week to sprint in second, ahead of Aisling McCarthy with Thomas…
Round 4 of the Ó Ceallacháins Underage Cycling League saw 29 riders take to the line in cool and breezy conditions. The 3 lap event was dominated by James O’ Hanlon and Elizabeth Moloney who have both shown a significant improvement in fitness as the league has progressed. In the end, it was Comeragh College student O’ Hanlon who took…
Carrick Wheelers rider Hugh Mulhearne made a return to winning ways last weekend with an impressive win in the Christy McManus Memorial Race promoted by Bray Wheelers. Mulhearne made the trip to Ireland’s highest village Roundwood to enter what was only his second open senior race of 2011 having competed aggressively in last month’s Kanturk 3- Day. In this 87km…
31 riders signed on once again for Round 3 of our Beginners and Underage League. The evening was sunny, breezy and cool. Katie Fleming knocked over 4 minutes off last week’s time to win the one lap race, ahead of Jack Hickey and Niamh O’ Loughlin. Luke Dunne, Aisling McCarthy and Roisín Dunphy rounded off the top 6. In the…
Well done to Paul Flynn who won his first race as a member of Carrick Wheelers this week by winning Round 3 of the Altitude Summer Series promoted by Comeragh CC. In this handicapped event the three groups merged on the last of the three laps, and the resulting bunch sprint ended with the Portlaw man powering his way to…
Club officials worried that they may have to postpone a second event today as gale force winds hit South Tipperary. The evening saw slightly calmer conditions, so we decided to go ahead. Club coach Martin O’ Loughlin gave instructions on how to ride safely in windy conditions. A minute’s silence in honour of our late handicapper and timekeeper Bobby Power was impeccably…
Our 2011 league kicked off tonight in blustery showery conditions not ideal for time trialling. 29 young boys and girls signed on in the village of Faugheen, with competitors travelling from as far as Knocklofty, Tramore and Slieverue. There was a considerable increase in the number of road racing bikes, many of them getting their first outing. However, for a slow night,…
Michael O’Loughlin impressively won the U14 Kanturk 3 Day held over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Michael won all three stages of the event, including the Stage 3 Time Trial as he posted a time that would have being good enough for second place in the U16 event!
Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland’s home of cycling, was again the venue for a cycling event as Carrick Wheelers promoted their second day of races for 2011 on Sunday last, held in honour of the one of the clubs founding members and former chairman and president, Tommy Sheehan. The day’s events consisted of five separate races for all grades and with the financial…
1st Sean Lacey (The Edge Racing Team) 2nd Martin O’Loughlin(Carrick Wheelers) 3rd Michael Fitzgerald (The Edge Racing Team) 4th Owen Cummings (Blarney CC) 5th Mickey O’Reilly (The Edge Racing Team) 6th Jarlaith Hassett (West Clare CC) 7th Michael Hennessy (Fermoy CC) 8th Eddie Barry (Blarney CC) Cat. 3 Race 1st John Murphy (Fermoy CC) 2nd Mick O’Mahony (Blarney CC) 3rd…
In the baking hot weather that any European country would be happy to have in Spring, Martin O’Loughlin recorded Carrick Wheelers first senior win of the 2011 cycling season with an impressive victory in The Coombes Connor Memorial Road Race last weekend! This national event promoted by Drogheda Wheelers in Ireland’s smallest county attracted the top cyclists from around the country…
Some Picture of the Carrick Wheelers Cup 2011 courtesy of John Troy and Joe Cashin.
Some pictures of the 2011 Carrick Wheelers Cup courtesy of John Troy and Joe Cashin.
1st Mark Power Dungarvan CC 2nd Anthony Doyle U/A 3rd Michael O’Reilly The Edge Racing Team 4th Sean Lacey The Edge Racing Team 5th Paudi O’Brien Team SportActive 6th Mike Storan West Clare CC 7th Greg Dempsey Barrow Wheelers CC 8th Micheal Hennessy Fermoy CC 9th David Walsh Wexford Wheelers CC 10th Edward Barry Blarney CC Check out video of…
The club’s underage riders had a very successful All-Ireland Youth Championship which was held in Tyrone this weekend. The highlight of the weekend was Michael O’Loughlin’s victory in the U13 Road Race Championship. Michael attacked on the last lap to solo to victory with a winning margin of 10 seconds over his rivals. Sunday’s Road Race victory impressively added…
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