Profiles

Katie Turner Katie is a second year student at Mount Anville Secondary School where she pursues a range of subjects and extracurricular activities. Her favourite subjects include History, Geography, Science and English. She also enjoys Basketball, Cross Country Running and Hockey. She has two siblings, 10 year old twins, who are also avid cyclists. In the winter months Katie is to be found on the CX courses around Ireland sloshing through the mud in CX races around the countr

UCI Category: M40 (cyclocross), C2 (road) Occupation: Engineer working in the renewable energy sector Riding since: 2014 Background: Proud Galwegian married to Aishling (a Dub) and father to two children (one self-professed Dub’ son and one daughter that I can still convince to declare as a Galwegian!) Disciplines : These days I’m a committed cyclocross rider who sometimes extends his season into road and mountain biking. This year my ambitions on the road are extending a

UCI Category: Under 23 Occupation: Business & Sports Science Student Medical Physics Resident Riding since: 2014 Rider Profile My name is Joe-Nathan Matar, I am 2nd year U23 riding for Orwell Wheelers. I’m currently enrolled in college at Maynooth University completing a Business and Sports Science degree. I started my journey in cycling through duathlons and triathlons when I was 9 and started focusing solely on cycling as a 2nd year Junior. I’m from Belgium but lived in D

UCI Category: Cat 1 Occupation: Medical Physics Resident Riding since: February 2023 Originally a track and cross country runner, I moved to cycling in 2023 after being plagued with injury during my late teens and early 20’s. I had respectable times over 5k (14:52) and shorter distances, which I figured would lend itself well to road cycling. After moving up to A2 in my first 2 months of racing I spent a Summer training and racing in Boulder, Colorado, USA, as a mesh of J