Leisure

A little under a year ago sixteen club members blissfully unaware of what they were letting themselves in for. They signed up to go on a trip to the Dolomites. Attracted by the motto of “Pedala forte, mangia bene” – meaning cycle hard, eat well. The sixteen looked forward to idyllic days basking in the sun as the road rose gently before them and returning sated at the end of the day to a good meal and copious wine. How did they fare?

The Joe Daly Memorial Charity Cycle Rally will take place on Sunday June 25th at 10:00 from Simpson’s Hospital on the Ballinteer Rd.

Lots to celebrate so far this season… Plenty tough sportives and races completed, our Rás team and their brilliant performance this week, Ken’s upgrade to A3 and lots of W200 completed!!

New for 2017 are the Summer Leisure Challenges.

John Twomey 8 January 2017 The Orwell Wheelers Randonnée is back for 2017, this year its got a little brother! As has become tradition, it's taking place Saturday 29th April, the bank holiday weekend, with start and finish at Lansdowne / Wesley rugby club on Ballycorus road. We've gone with the same route as last year but are now including a shorter option for those that may feel it's a hill too far for them. This shorter route will still include Sally Gap, Laragh and Wicklow

The Orwell Wheelers Randonnée is back for 2017, this year its got a little brother!

A gang of Scott-Orwell Wheelers took on the Giants causeway coastal sportive. Sinead Kennedy reports back…

Eamonn Eaton travelled up north to take on the Lap of the Lough sportive around the Lough Neagh..

Tuesday 7th June 2016 saw the grand depart for the Mustard Seed Ireland Euro Cycle from the Aviva Stadium. Scott-Orwell Wheeler Cahir O’Higgins reports back as a participant and an organiser…

Social and Womens Rep Ann Horan reports back from the yesterday’s climax event of the women’s beginner course, the Tour of Meath…

Run by Bray Wheelers this Randonnee is another of the cycling club gems that never get the numbers or attention of bigger charity run events. Usually they are run by bike people for bike people. Andrew Potts reports back…

New Scott-Orwell Wheeler Max-Emanuel Vingerhoets ventured up to Buncrana for the Tour of Inishowen and reports back on the event and on joining Scott-Orwell Wheelers..

A group of Scott-Orwell Wheelers went up to Buncrana for North Pole Cycling Club’s Tour of Inishowen. Gillian Baker recounts her story…

Scott-Orwell Wheeler Eugene SKIL undertook the Raid Alpine self supported and tells the story

Andrew Potts was one of the many Orwells to take on and complete the Wicklow 200 this year, and he takes us through his around the hills and mountains with the club crew.

It’s 5:00am and I’m waking up to the tune Song of Life by Leftfield, it’s my alarm sound on my iphone and it makes waking up in the morning that be sweeter. Rather than getting up too early I lie and contemplate…can I hear rain?

The Gran Fondo Giro D’Italia Northern Ireland is a new event that only started in 2015, to build on the legacy of the Giro Big Start in Ireland (North & South) in 2014…

The weekly leisure mail advised that “the MB200 is a tough tough day”. Repeating the word tough should have been a clue….

This time last year I completed a very cold and soggy Tour de Connemara. That same day on Facebook I saw pictures of my friends in….

Gillian Baker completed the Mount Leinster Challenge a week ago and in doing so did her first sportive since she joined Scott-Orwell Wheelers. Gillian recounts the whirlwind cycling romance of the past three months….