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Tour de France Draw 2012

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Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers   Tour de France Draw 2012 Prizes Yellow Jersey:             €200 Green Jersey:             €100 Polka Dot Jersey:        €100 White Jersey:              €50 Lanterne Rouge:         €50 No. Rider Name Ticket Buyer Ticket Seller 1. Cadel Evans Chris Dunne Eoin Dunne 2 Marcus Burghardt Stephanie Keating Cian Power 3 Steve Cummings Michael Hackett Ray Cullen 4 Philippe Gilbert…

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O’Loughlin takes Silver in National Veteran Championships

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Carlow’s Joe Fenlon just holds off Martin O’Loughlin (Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers) to win The 2012 National Veteran Cycling Championships in Clonmel.  Photo by John Troy. Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers rider Martin O’Loughlin took an excellent second place in last Saturday’s National Veteran Cycling Championships held in Clonmel.  O’Loughlin, a winner of this event on two previous occasions, made use…

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Record Numbers In Faugheen

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36 young cyclists signed on for consecutive weeks in the Ó Ceallacháins Youth Cycling League held in the village of Faugheen. The annual event promoted by Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers has gone from strength to strength. Week 3 saw Conor McGrath from Carrick-on-Suir leading from start to finish in the 3 lap event. A hot chase was on behind with…

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Tough Route…Tough Day…Tough Individuals!

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The torrential rain of the June Bank Holiday weekend greeted cyclists as they gathered in Carrick-on-Suir last weekend for The Carrick Wheelers Challenge Sportive.  The event which is billed as Ireland’s toughest sportive and is held in honour of its founder the late Bobby Power, was made all the more challenging by the heavy rain that poured down on Sunday…

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Nugent Comes Out On Top

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34 young cyclists signed on for the first road race in Ó Ceallacháins Youth Cycling League in beautiful cycling conditions. Having done a time trial last week, the cyclists were separated into 20 riders competing in the 3 lap event and 14 racing over the single lap. Slieverue’s Sam Hartley forced the early pace in the longer race, chased closely…

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Carrick Wheelers Challenge Sportive Event Info

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On-the-day entries will be accepted for this year’s Carrick Wheelers Challenge Sportive as the event has not reached its limit of 300 participants through the online entry process.  Participants who wish to enter on the day, will not face an increased fee to take part in Ireland’s Toughest Sportive, but unfortunately will not receive the specially commissioned ‘dri-fit’ t-shirt, as…

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Second Gear Order Has Arrived

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The second gear order has landed. The gear will be available for collection from John Dempsey’s house at 45 Westcourt, Demesne, Callan, Co Kilkenny. John requests that everyone tries to collect their  gear in the next 7 days if possible (he wont be available from the 24th to the 27th) as the club want to pay the supplier in a…

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Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers Tipperary An Post Rás Team

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Photo: Barry Sutton Irishcyclingphotos.com. L to R: Paul Lonergan (Manager) Greg Swinand, Ryan Sherlock, Sam Bennett (Hon. Member of Carrick Wheelers), John O’Shea, Michael Lucey and Martin Mizgajski. Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers will once again be entering a team in Ireland’s biggest bike race ‘The An Post Rás’, an eight-day cycling race around the island of Ireland. This year’s team…

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Youth League Gets Off To Flying Start

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Faugheen was the place to be on Monday night as 34 young boys and girls took to the start line of the first round of Ó Ceallacháins Youth Cycling League promoted by Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers. Our first race was a time trial held in bright but blustery conditions around the famous ‘Faugheen 50’ circuit. It was great to see…

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Kearney Takes U14 Crown in Cork!

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Regular readers of this website, may have only come across the name Aaron Kearney for the first time last week, as his top 5 placing in the U14 Kanturk 3-Day earned him a mention as one for the future, however, little did Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers know that Aaron first win would come just six days later! Yesterday (Sunday), Aaron…

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O’Loughlin King of Kanturk

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Kanturk, or Ceann Tuirc, as it is known in our native tongue, played host once again to a festival of cycling racing over this year’s May Bank Holiday weekend.  Ceann Tuirc translated means ‘the head of the boar’ and Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers were truly at the head of affairs over these three days of exciting racing. The first of…

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Beginners’ Cycling League Ready To Go

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Are you a boy or girl aged from 10 to 16 years? Would you like to try cycle racing? Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers will once again promote our Beginners and Underage League in May and June this year. It will run for 6 weeks commencing on Monday evening 14th of May In Faugheen village, Carrick-on-Suir. All that participants need is…

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O’Loughlin Enjoys Talent Team Launch!

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Iverk Produce Carrick Wheelers rider Michael O’Loughlin poses with model Hayley Ryan and Mark Downey during the Irish Talent Team 2020 photo shoot.  The team, which is now sponsored by FBD Insurance Group, consists of the top under-age cyclists in the country with its aim being to provide these youths with advice on best practices within the sport in addition to…

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