Youth

Corkagh Park 18 Oct 2025

Ulster CX Round 1 – Orangefield, Belfast A brilliant start to the Cyclo-cross season for Orwell Wheelers! 🌧️💪 🔥 Highlights: 🏆 Oliver O’Sullivan – 1st U10 Boys 🥈 Isabel Lopes – 2nd U10 Girls (after a huge comeback from 7th!) 🏆 Benjamin Cunningham – 1st U12 Boys 🥉 Daniel O’Sullivan – 3rd U12 Boys 4️⃣ Tadhg Connolly – 4th U12 Boys 4️⃣ Helena Lopes – 4th U12 Girls 4️⃣ Tomás Connolly – 4th U16 Boys 🥈 Cesar Lopes – 2nd Men’s B Race (from the back of the grid!) Fantastic per

Best of luck to all our youths on day 2 of the road national champs in cork. Brilliant little hand-built crit circuit here at Fermoy mart. Best I’ve seen so far - will be a lot of fun! Our riders had fantastic results yesterday in both the TT and RR, and we’re hoping for more big performances later in the crit – all will be revealed soon! Aideen

Congratulations to the Orwell youths who took part in the Track Nationals yesterday run by Sundrive Track Team! A fantastic day out for Ben, Eleanor, William, Jake, Seamus and Xander with standout performances all round. Special mention to Xander (U14), who brought home a national champs jersey in the sprint category with a hugely impressive ride along with other podium spots - and to Eleanor (U14) and Ben (U12) for claiming podium spots across all disciplines. Is there anyt

Some photos from the Youth presentations from the TT. Thank you to all parents and racers

Wishing the very best of luck to our incredible youth riders competing in Assen in the Netherlands this week! We’re so proud to see 7 Orwell youth riders – Molly, Ollie, Xander, Daniel, Josh and William plus Katie riding with a Belgian team – alongside several of our Corkagh Park Monday Night regulars – from Bear Cycling team, Carlow Road Cycling Club, TC Racing Team 🤞✈️ 🤞✈️ Breffni Wheelers Cycling Club and Sliabh Luachra Cycling Club- taking on the challenge at one of the

Best wishes to club rider @katieturner_ie who is racing for @team_ireland_olympic at 8am today at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje, North Macedonia 🇲🇰

Massive congratulations to Matthew who has been selected for the Leinster Development Squad for the Junior Tour of Ireland.

Huge thanks to all the youths and parents who made the trip to Corkagh Park today for the Savills Orwell One-Day! We had 70 riders from all over the country, including several newcomers to Corkagh Park as well as some novice racers. It was a brilliant day of action - fast, fun and incredibly spectator-friendly. With all 9 races visible from the comfort of a deckchair, it couldn’t have been better for those cheering from the sidelines. The kids had a fantastic time - racing ha

Some shots during Stage 1 Ulster 3 day hosted by Foyle Cycling Club .

The season kicked off last night in Corkagh Park, with youth riders (U8–U16) back in action. We’ll be racing every Monday evening for the next 17 weeks, right through to August 11th. It’s a brilliant intro to bike racing for many young riders, and with clubs travelling from as far as Wexford, Westmeath and Cavan, the standard is always competitive. A great way to build skills, confidence and a love for the sport! Online entry (€2)

Rás na nÓg Report A fantastic turnout from 14 Orwell riders at Rás na nÓg, all looking sharp in the new kit! For some, it was their first taste of stage racing - welcome to the world of racing Tadhg Connolly, Daniel O’Sullivan, and James O’Brien! Despite predictions of rain, the skies stayed dry, making for great racing conditions. Day one saw some standout performances, with Molly, Daniel, Ben, Tadhg, Xander, Laoise, and Katie all showing impressive form. Plenty of other str

There was a lot of ??Orwell green on show on the ??Leinster Youths TT and Road Race champs podiums last weekend, hosted by Cuchulainn CC in Co Louth! Congratulations to all our youth title holders and medal winners!! ????

A race report from a very successful two days of youth racing down in Kanturk, by Issy Huele.

Our annual One Day Youth Stage races took place on Saturday 6 May 2023 in Corkagh Park. A fantastic day out for nearly 80 kids, and some fast and furious racing. The results are here …

Finishing 3rd overall in the Ras na nOg was a huge confidence booster for me after crashing and breaking my collarbone last winter. Seeing the trophies was a delight on the final day and made me look forward to the presentation. As I stood on the podium on the final day, I felt so proud as it was my first time and I was so delighted to come home with my trophies and so many amazing memories.

14 Orwell Wheelers youths were in Bellewstown for Rás na nÓg, the start of the youth racing season. Super racing, great fun and some strong results for our super boys and girls. Here’s Aideen’s full race report.

2022 has been a hugely successful year for our youth section. Orwell Wheelers currently have 86 youth members (26 girls and 60 boys), and the massive growth in family cycling during the Covid pandemic is clear in the large number of U8 and U10 in this mix.