Monthly Archives: August 2009

2009 Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford

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Quickly becoming Ireland’s most renowned leisure tour, The Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford takes place this Sunday, August 30th.  2009 will be the 3rd running of the event and entries are expected to exceed the 2,000 mark for this edition. Dan Morrissey Carrick Wheelers would like to wish all those participating in the event the best of luck and we’ll…

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River Suir Ride for Carrick’s River Rescue

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This Saturday, August 29th, Dan Morrissey Carrick Wheeler’s member Colin Simpson will cycle the entire the length of the River Suir in order to raise much needed funds for the Carrick-on-Suir River Rescue.  His charity cycle which begins at the river’s source at the Devil’s bit in Tipperary, ending in Cheekpoint Co. Waterford will total 140km.  Colin’s route will include…

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Bravo Sam!

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25th on the final stage of the UCI ranked 2.1 Tour of Ireland and 25th overall. A wonderful performance by the 18 year old. Lance Armstrong and Mark Cavendish abandoned the race while our Sam still battled against the professionals. Reports and photos to follow. See the results here: http://www.tourofireland.ie/media/stage_3_final_results.pdf

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3 In A Row For Michael

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After many years in Mosney, the HSE Community Games National Finals moved to Athlone in 2009. Although the track was different and the competitors were stronger, Michael O’ Loughlin overcame the odds to win an unprecedented third title in a row in the Boys Under 14 2km Cycling on Grass race. The Community Games race is an exciting event with…

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Message Board

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As discussion on our ‘Message Board’ has considerably dried up this year (only 2 posts for 2009) a cleanup operation has been carried out on our forums.  All club members and registered users can contribute to these forums, giving their tupence worth and opinions on various topics etc. and hopefully we can make some use out of this section of the…

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Sam Wins in France!!

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Yesterday, Sam Bennett claimed his first senior victory on French soil when he won the Alleins GP.  This race in the south of France attracted over 100 of France’s top amateur cyclists contributing to the race astonishing average speed of 45kph. Sam missed the main move of the day but held his cool until 10km to the finish when he…

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