Bobby Power RIP

By May 14, 2011 Club News

Our club is in mourning following the news that Bobby Power has passed away.

Bobby was the most prolific one day rider of his generation, notching up 107 senior open race victories. Bobby served as Club Chairman, Coach and PRO, injecting the same enthusiasm and energy into those roles as he did on the bike.

Bobby was our Captain; a leader of men.

To his wife Mags, his children Conor, Deirdre, Cian and Evin, his parents Peg and Tom we offer our deepest sympathies.

Funeral arrangements:

Sunday 15th May 2pm – 6pm visitors welcome at the house.

Monday 16th May – Mass – 11.30am at St. Molleran’s Church Carrickbeg, Carrick-on-Suir with burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery afterwards.

Join the discussion 15 Comments

  • gerard campbell says:

    RIP to a legend of his time from when he first appeared in about 1975 with the big mop of hair and a serious talent,right up to the present day.Condolences from Gerard Campbell and family Drogheda

  • Tom O'Brien says:

    My condolences to the family of Bobby and to all the cycling community that were lucky to have known him,i am glad to say that i was one of those people to have had the pleasure to train and race with Bobby back in the 80’s.
    RIP Bobby,you’ll be sorely missed

    From Tom O’Brien and Sportif Waterford C.C.

  • JP Hilliard says:

    Condolences from JP and all at Les Jeunes
    I remember Bobby from way back in one of my first Ras.
    JP

  • Ronan Fox says:

    Very sad news.

    I never really knew Bobby but raced in some of the same bunches when I was a junior in the 80’s. Bobby was one of those riders we all looked up to. A hard man, a great rider but down to earth and a nice bloke.

    May he rest in peace.

  • hubert power says:

    rest in peace bobby regards to all the power family and to carrick wheelers.was told you unwell by friends of yours when i was in jerusalem in october 2010. You fought like a champion.

    hubert power ex crystal rc comeragh cc team belarus waterford

  • Stephen Delaney says:

    On behalf of all the Delaney family may I pass on our condolences to Mags and family and the greater Carrick cycling community.

    “Sure he cant climb”. I can actually remember saying it after finally finishing the Tour of the Slade and being told Power had won it, the toughest climbing race in Ireland in its time, but Bobby had just blitzed all us soft Dubs.

    The welcome myself and my family got in Carrick was overwhelming sometimes and Bobby was always central to it. In fact for the 1st 4 days of the 83 Ras with Tipperary Bobby was the only one I could understand. A master for preparation and tactics he was always an inspiration. In 86 the night before the big mountain stage he just told Stephen, Andy and myself that we would be delivered to the bottom of the climbs at the front and it was our job to do the rest. Letting him down was not an option, he was our captain.

    Stephen

  • Rest in Peace Bobby, from all of us at Ballymoney Cycling Club N.Ireland. Rode races in the 80’s where Bobby was magnificent.

    See you in the morning old friend.

    Maurice

  • David Maguire says:

    Having cycled to lourdes with Bobby twice,I decovered what
    a talented man he was,A superb cyclist,a great story teller
    and not a bad singer,a great loss to cycling and to IHCPT

    May he ret in peace.

    David Maguire

    Chairman Wexford Wheelers

    La Braise CC (IHCPT)

  • Steve Nevin says:

    RIP Bobby Power.What a sad loss and my deepest condolences to his wife and children and all his many friends in cycling.Bobby let his legs do the talking. By the time I raced against him family and work had rightly taken priority but he could still make the best of riders hurt and could never be taken lightly. A true gentleman of the road.

  • michael kelly says:

    Bobby may you rest in peace, my condolences to his family,

    Mick Kelly
    Cahir

  • Donal Breen - Tipp Wheelers says:

    Very sad news. I raced as a junior in the 80s when Bobby was at the peak of his career. I also attended a cycling seminar he gave in Limerick around that time and got a lot of benefit from his knowledge. Rest in Peace.

  • T.J. Carey says:

    Very sad news. My condolences to the family of Bobby and to all the cycling community that were lucky to have known him

    T.J Carey

    Thurles & Hong Kong.

  • Joe Cashin says:

    I started racing the same night as Bobby did, during the Carrick Wheelers cycling league which started on the new bridge and one lap of Fiddown and Piltown. I rode seven Ras and most of them with Bobby, even though we were on different teams, he was always a Carrick Wheeler. Bobby’s passing has created a void in the cycling world. Deepest sympathy to his family and extended family and friends.

  • Frank Hynes says:

    He was slightly older than me but I knew him to see him in the old days. He was a good bloke and didn’t appear to have an enemy in the world.

  • Paul Kelly says:

    Very sorry to hear the sad news about Bobby I remember him from school as a lovely guy. Sadly despite cycling in Carrick with ‘the opposition’ I didnt get the chance meet up with him again though I followed his career with pride.

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