Racing

An emotional Conn McDunphy pays tribute to recently deceased club-mate and mentor Shay Murphy by winning his second Stephen Roche Grand Prix. Pic Credit: John Hammer Men 1. Conn McDunphy - Team Skyline Cadence 2. Sean McKenna - Unattached 3. James Davenport - All Human - Velo Revolution 4. Conor Murnane - UCD 5. Liam Crowley - UCD 6. Ronan Tuomey - Unattached 7. Mark Dowling - All Human - Velo Revolution 8. Stuart Carrick - Bray Wheelers 1st Unplaced A2 - Ronan O'Flynn - Orwe

Orwell Wheelers were the only Irish club team at this year’s Junior Tour of Ireland: six stages of hard racing in County Clare, in a field of nearly 130 riders. With club members also representing Ireland and Leinster it was a fantastic week of racing …

It’s not every day a club member wears the leader’s jersey at a major stage race! The story of a great weekend’s racing for Orwell in Newry and at the Donore races.

A huge thank you to all of the marshals who helped out tonight and made everything run like clockwork. It's a huge undertaking for a club of any size to run an event like the Stephen Roche GP, and it wouldn't be possible without the 50 or so club members who helped out in some way or other. Special mention to Dave Hendron and Stephen O'Shea who have put days or weeks of work in to do all of the organisation that allows the rest of us to show up on the evening to do our few ho

Congratulations to all our youth winners, and Autumn Collins (Awol O’Shea) and Daire Feeley (All Human Velo Revolution Racing Team) in the senior events. Full results inside.

Congratulations to all our youth winners, and Orla Walsh (UCD) and Conn McDunphy (Lucan) in the senior events. Full results inside.

Some super performances from the men and women, boys and girls of Orwell Wheelers over the weekend: between road racing, cross country mountain biking and paracycling. Well done all!

Pinergy Orwell Wheelers are pleased to announce the 2023 edition of Ireland’s most prestigious criterium, the Stephen Roche GP. This year, the action takes place on Wednesday June 21st. The evening will kick off with youth races from 18.30, the Women’s GP at 19.00, and the Stephen Roche GP at 19:45. ENTER HERE: https://eventmaster.ie/event/Q9YotnKSOy

Great results for Orwell keep coming in! This week it was time for the National Series round 5 in Currow, Co Kerry (130km in 22 degree heat), and the Bob Crilly Classic near Belfast.

From kids (and adults!) in Limerick to mountain biking in Killarney and the fourth round of the National Series in Navan, it was a huge weekend for Orwell Wheelers racers.

Pinergy – Orwell Wheelers is proud to announce a strong team for Rás Tailteann. Padraic O’Flynn, Cahir O’Higgins, Mark McKinley, Loughlin Campion, and Aimhirgin O Brannagain will compete over five gruelling stages of this year’s race.

A very strong weekend for Orwell racers, with trophis, placings and jerseys to go around. Results below from Sean Lynch, Ken Duff and Women’s Intermediate League.

With 4 stages over three days in the wilds of North Cork, the Kanturk 3 Day is one of the leading stage races for A2 and A3 riders in Ireland. The Orwell team of three juniors (Joe-Nathan Matar, David Harrington and Killian O’Brien) and one seasoned … non-junior (Cahir O’Higgins) had a roller-coaster ride.

Cesar Lopes took a win for Orwell in the first round of the Inter Club League, while Declan Malone and David Harrington got results in this weekend’s open races.

Some very strong Orwell performances and lots of learning at the Gorey Three Day this weekend, and lots of experience gained by our (mainly) young squad. With four stages over three days and almost 150 riders, Gorey is a fantastic stage race for A2, A3 and Junior riders, as well as having a strong ladies field.

The second round of the National Series was the Des Hanlon Memorial in Carlow. Dry and warm, with very little wind, that didn’t mean it was wasy, with hills right from the start making the racing hard. Two very strong performances from Orwell riders left one with a series leader’s jersey ahead of the pause for the big Easter stage races.

Round one of the 2023 National Series took place on Sunday 26 March in Blarney. While there was no rain, there was enough wind to add to what was already a challenging course. Run over a tough 140km circuit, Orwell had 3 riders in the A1/A2/Junior race, while Yvonne Doran flew our colours in the 90km Women’s race. Read the full article to see how the race panned out: without giving too many spoilers, there were some great results!

Entries are now open for the Inter Club which will be run weekly from April 12 until August 17. Get your weekly fix of racing against five other local clubs.

Orwell Juniors Patrick O’Sullivan and Killian O’Brien featured at the Boyne GP, with Yvonne Doran and Cahir O’Higgins also earning results this weekend.

Orwell’s Yvonne Doran, Ronan Grimes, and Patrick O’Sullivan bagged results at Sunday’s Newbridge Grand Prix in a tough afternoon of racing.