Our 2011 league kicked off tonight in blustery showery conditions not ideal for time trialling. 29 young boys and girls signed on in the village of Faugheen, with competitors travelling from as far as Knocklofty, Tramore and Slieverue. There was a considerable increase in the number of road racing bikes, many of them getting their first outing. However, for a slow night,…
Having completed Challenge 2 you will find yourself on the N76 which you will travel along for a few kilometres and this is where this article picks up… As you turn right (at Dempsey’s Cross) off the main N76 road along the Valley of Slievenamon in the direction of the village of Ballypatrick, you will now notice that you are…
Michael O’Loughlin impressively won the U14 Kanturk 3 Day held over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Michael won all three stages of the event, including the Stage 3 Time Trial as he posted a time that would have being good enough for second place in the U16 event!
Are you a boy or girl aged from 10 to 16 years? Would you like to try cycle racing? 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 9th of May in Faugheen village, Carrick-on-Suir. All participants need is a roadworthy bicycle…
Check out the high-quality specially commissioned “dri – fit” t-shirt that each participant in the Carrick Wheelers Challenge Sportive will receive! Carrick Wheelers are very pleased with the design and quality of the shirt, as it is made from the highest quality “dri – fit” material, and they are confident that all the finishers will make great use of it…
On leaving Carrick for the Carrick Wheelers Challenge Sportive Route the first of the eight challenges comes within 5km of the start and is possibly the least testing of the challenges, taking its short distance into the 160km event into account. The climb is 3 km long, reaches a height of over 200metres above sea level and has gradient of up…
Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland’s home of cycling, was again the venue for a cycling event as Carrick Wheelers promoted their second day of races for 2011 on Sunday last, held in honour of the one of the clubs founding members and former chairman and president, Tommy Sheehan. The day’s events consisted of five separate races for all grades and with the financial…
Some photos of the 2011 Tommy Sheehan Memorial Courtesy of Joe Cashin. Cat. 1/2 Race Start of the Race Early leaders Early pace destroys field! Tommy Sheehan Memorial Podium with sponsors Iverk, Sheehan Family Members and Carrick Wheelers Committee Members Winner of the 2011 Tommy Sheehan Memorial – Sean Lacey The Edge Racing Team Cat. 3 Race Start of…
1st Sean Lacey (The Edge Racing Team) 2nd Martin O’Loughlin(Carrick Wheelers) 3rd Michael Fitzgerald (The Edge Racing Team) 4th Owen Cummings (Blarney CC) 5th Mickey O’Reilly (The Edge Racing Team) 6th Jarlaith Hassett (West Clare CC) 7th Michael Hennessy (Fermoy CC) 8th Eddie Barry (Blarney CC) Cat. 3 Race 1st John Murphy (Fermoy CC) 2nd Mick O’Mahony (Blarney CC) 3rd…
In the baking hot weather that any European country would be happy to have in Spring, Martin O’Loughlin recorded Carrick Wheelers first senior win of the 2011 cycling season with an impressive victory in The Coombes Connor Memorial Road Race last weekend! This national event promoted by Drogheda Wheelers in Ireland’s smallest county attracted the top cyclists from around the country…
SEPARATE CAT. 4 RACE. On Sunday 17th April 2011 the annual Tommy Sheehan Memorial Cycle Race promoted by Carrick Wheelers and sponsored by local fruit and vegtable company Iverk takes place in Carrick-on-Suir. The club will be promoting races for both underage and senior riders, with a generous €1,000 prize fund. Sign-On (€10 for seniors and €5 for underage) will…
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS FAST APPROACHING! It seems like it was only yesterday that the Carrick Wheelers Challenge Sportive was launched, and yet the closing date for entries, Sunday 22nd May, is fast approaching. Billed as Ireland’s toughest cycling event for 2011, this new event on the Irish cycling calendar has generated great interest among the cycling fraternity and…
Michael O’Loughlin recorded his second victory of the season at the weekend, soloing to victory in the U14 Silver Pail GP. This event saw Michael again dominate his rivals by attacking them mid-way through the event to ride unaccompanied all the way to the finish line. This makes it two out of two for the Carrickbeg man who also won last weekend’s…
2010 National U23 Champion and former Carrick Wheelers rider Sam Bennett was featured again on the RTE Six-One news as part of their series on Ireland’s Sports Stars of the Future. RTE are featuring the most promising talent from a different sport each day, and Sam was the understandable choice for the sport of cycling. You can see the report…
Some Picture of the Carrick Wheelers Cup 2011 courtesy of John Troy and Joe Cashin.
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