Congratulations to Mark Power on the superb achievement of winning the Senior 2 category in the FBD Insurance RAS. This accolade will look rather nice next to his Senior 2 championship gold medal from last year on the mantlepiece ! Joe Fenlon whose comeback season continues to be a constant string of successes came second in the overall county rider…
Monthly Archives: May 2008
On a night you wouldn’t put the proverbial cat out, 12 hardy souls braved the elements to put in epic cycling performances. Crehana National School provided the winners on the night with Eoin Smith first across the line and Michael O’ Loughlin taking the overall lead. Eoin Smith led from the front in the wind and rain, followed by…
This event was cancelled due to inclement weather last Thursday. It has been rescheduled and now Martin and Michael O’Loughlin will race DJ Aaron Burchill from the FBD Insurance offices to Tipp FM live on air this Wednesday morning (May 28th) at 8am. Tune in to find out how they get on !
Good luck to our 2008 RAS team. Representing the club are : Mark Power, Joe Fenlon, Michael O’Reilly and Michael Fitzgerald. I will post any updates from the team here, if I receive them. Update: After 3 stages Dan Morrissey are 5th in the county team classification whilst Joe Fenlon is currently 50th a little more than 3 minutes down on…
Once again, the sun shone in Faugheen for the first road race in the league comprising of three laps of the ‘Faugheen 50’ motorcycle circuit. Tomás Lacey of Deerpark took full advantage of a generous handicap to build up a commanding lead and hold his advantage all the way to the finish.
Over the past 2 weekends the club has been in action in Dungarvan and Mulingar. There have also been some strong performances in some of the local leagues. Please read on for full details.
The club’s Beginners and Underage League started this evening in brilliant sunshine in Faugheen. Fifteen boys and girls signed on and went for a familiarisation lap of the circuit under the guidance of John, Vinnie and Eamonn Maher. They then lined up at one minute intervals for the 3.5km time trial. Clonmel’s Niall Dempsey set the early pace…
Please find attached a flyer advertising our Beginners and Underage League Races starting on Monday night next (12th May). Thanks to Ó Ceallacháins for once again sponsoring the race series. It went very well last year, and we got some new blood into the club. So far this year, Eamonn Maher, Dylan O’ Brien and Michael O’ Loughlin have won 7…
Corkman 3 Day The club retained the Corkman 3 day title won last year by Sam Bennett in fine style. Martin O’Loughlin started the day in yellow and with a lot of strong riders close on GC knew that it would take a huge team effort to take home the silverware. By all accounts Dan Morrissey produced an exceptional…
Dan Morrissey took a huge step towards retaining the Corkman title today. Martin O’Loughlin put in a massive effort in this mornings 4 mile time trial to finish an excellent 2nd in a time of 6:55, just 2 seconds behind the stage winner Michael Lucey. Former triathlete and recently minted “B” rider Cathal MacCarthy also had a great ride to finish…
Corkman 3 Day We have gotten our defence of the Corkman jersey, won last year by Sam Bennett off to a flyer on stage 1. Mickey O’Reilly took the opening stage with Diarmuid Carew a superb 5th whilst Martin O’Loughlin put in a huge effort to pull a 1:45 deficit back to just 10 seconds at the finish to ensure…
Heading to the Tour of Ulster today we have Joe Fenlon, Hugh Mulhearne, John O’ Brien, Mark Power and Rory Wyley. Tonight, our underage riders head down to Kanturk for the Corkman 2 Day. Eamonn Maher, Dylan O’ Brien and Michael O’ Loughlin are representing the club. The Corkman is a 3 Day for the adults with Mickey O’ Reilly,…
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