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Carrick Wheelers Announce Additional Promotion for 2011

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Carrick Wheelers will promote the first annual Carrick Wheelers Challenge Sportive in 2011 over the June Bank Holiday Weekend.  This event, promoted on Sunday 5th June, will be over the toughest ever course devised in Irish cycling, and will be a serious challenge for even the fittest cyclists. It will coincide with the popular Carrick-on-Suir Clancy Festival whose events will…

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Barry Curran RIP

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It is with deep sadness that we learned yesterday of the death of club member Barry Curran. Barry had made a return to the bike after many years off last year. His fitness had improved and he had shed 14kg of weight. A lot of his cycling was done with his good friend Maurice Hartery. They recently did a seven…

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Club Gear!

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We are ordering new club kit. Jerseys are €36, shorts are €43 and gilets are €45. We need 50% payment up front. Please e-mail your orders to johndempsey1979@hotmail.com and post your cheques to John Dempsey 45 Westcourt Demesne Callan Co. Kilkenny   Please make cheques payable to Carrick Wheelers   I will be processing the order on Monday the 20th,…

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Michael Wins Annerville Award

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The postman brought some good news to Michael O’ Loughlin today when he learned that the United Sports Panel had awarded him the 2010 Annerville Award for cycling. The Annerville (formerly Cidona) Awards have been held for over 30 years. Michael follows in the wheeltracks of many successful club cyclists including Bobby Power, Stephen Spratt, Robert Power, and more recently,…

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56th Carrick Wheelers AGM

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   Some members of Carrick Wheelers CC pictured after the 2010 AGM.  Photo: Joe Cashin. Life President: Mick Woods Hon. Vice Presidents: Liam Butler Fr. Tom Flynn Billy Kennedy Eamon Kiely Tom Kiely Tim Lane Paddy Power Raymond Power Gerry McManus

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Dan Morrissey Carrick Wheelers on TV again!

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Check the TG4 programme ‘Ar Bhóithrín na Smaointe’ that features Dan Morrissey Carrick Wheelers as part of a programme dedicated to Carrick on Suir. Part 1: http://beo.tg4.ie/main.aspx?level=Siamsaiocht&content=352248551425 Part 2: http://beo.tg4.ie/main.aspx?level=Siamsaiocht&content=352262589441

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CHASING LEGENDS

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CHASING LEGENDS Showing in SGC.    Dungarvan  …OCTOBER 21st @8PM 150 min  BOOKING NOW WWW.SGCDUNGARVAN.NET152092701005845796   …CHASING LEGENDS the story of the recent Tour de France and British bad boy Mark Cavendish followed by a live Q&A featuring the HTC team (including Mark Cavendish). 

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All-Ireland Underage Success

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  The club’s underage riders had a very successful All-Ireland Youth Championship which was held in Tyrone this weekend.  The highlight of the weekend was Michael O’Loughlin’s victory in the U13 Road Race Championship.  Michael attacked on the last lap to solo to victory with a winning margin of 10 seconds over his rivals.  Sunday’s Road Race victory impressively added…

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Charity Fundraising Cycle in Carrick

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As many club members are aware, our club PRO, Bobby Power, has completed a number of charity fundraising cycles to Lourdes in recent years. The charity in question is Irish Pilgrimage Trust, a national organisation that takes 500 children with special needs to Lourdes each Easter, and also caters for them in their respite centre in Clarinbridge, Co. Galway all…

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Bike Fitting Session!

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On the 25th of September 2010, Bike Fitting Ireland will be coming to Carrick-on-Suir to offer its services to cyclists from the area.  This expert service has come in for much praise by cyclists throughout the country as well as from members  within our own club who have previously availed of the service.  The service will be available to local cyclists…

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Four in a row for Michael!

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Dan Morrissey Carrick Wheelers youth rider Michael O’Loughlin added another impressive win to his 2010 season by claiming the gold medal in the Community Games Cycling Final, held in Athlone, Co. Westmeath over the weekend.  Micheal made an aggressive start to the event attacking solo on the opening lap of five and maintained his advantage all the way to the…

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