Monthly Archives: January 2009

Winter Training Gets Serious

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  With six weeks to got to the Lacey Cup in Tralee, club riders have stepped up their training. The racing cyclists have started a 9.15 spin on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Last Saturday, Brian Kenneally picked out an undulating route taking in Kells, Gowran, Graiguenamanagh, Thomastown and Kilmoganny. Sunday was very wet and windy, but that didn’t deter our…

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Disappointment for Sam

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Unfortunately, Sam picked up a chest infection and had to return home from Newport as David O’ Loughlin, David McCann, Martyn Irvine, Paul Healion and Sean Downey headed for Beijing. Sam’s on the mend now and will start training this weekend for the Copenhagen World Cup over St. Valentine’s weekend.

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Sam Heads to Beijing

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The young man in the photo has come a long, long way since this photo on his way to winning the Under 16 Bill Hyland Memorial race in 2006. Normally, our seniors make their adult competitive debuts in the Lacey Cup in Tralee. Not so Sam Bennett who heads to the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing for the World Cup Track…

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