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Round 5 of the Appleby Orwell Women’s League was supposed to take place in the glorious sunshine of Mondello……. But May in Ireland had other ideas! Despite our crossed fingers, the putting out of the child of Prague and constant watching of weather apps/rainfall radars luck wasnt with us this time and racing was cancelled on the night. Read on for league standings now..

The Orwell Stage Race returns for 2022 and will take place on June 4th and 5th. Once again The Beehive Pub, Wicklow will be the Race HQ Categories include A1, A2, A3, Juniors and Women The overall winner will receive the Noel O Neill Trophy. Read on for details……

Saturday 14 May 2022 saw the return of the Orwell One Day Youth Stage Race in the enclosed circuit at Corkagh Park The event was open to all U10, U12, U14 and U16 boys and girls, with everyone taking part in three stages: Time trial: one lap of the Corkagh Park track Scratch race: because of numbers, girls joined the boys at each age level, but were marked separately U10: 4 laps U12: 15 minutes plus 1 lap U14: 25 minutes plus 1 lap U16: 35 minutes plus 3 laps Elimination ra

Results of Round 4 of the Appleby Orwell Women’s Crit League in Corkagh Park where new comer Abby Burke stole the show and tool the win in the B race while some new faces shock the A race up – an exciting nights racing in Corkagh Park! REMINDER: Next weeks race is on WEDNESDAY the 18th of May in Mondello. More details including start times will follow.

More excellent racing in Corkagh Park for Round 3 of the Appleby Women’s League on a dry and “almost” warm night! Read on for results from the B and A races ……

Orwell’s Club League moved to Corkagh Park for the past three weeks, where some high octane racing blew off the winter cobwebs. While some of the club’s seasoned racers acquitted themselves well, it was a number of up and coming youth riders who stole the limelight.

Round 2 of the Appleby Orwell Women’s League took place on Tuesday the 26th of April. Read on for results

Results From 1st round Appleby’s Jewelers Orwell Women’s League TT tonight.

A magnificent weekend of racing in Bellewstown with what must be a record number of Orwell Wheelers riding: 9 riding in club colours and 7 racing for the Leinster provincial teams. For a couple of families it was their first experience of children’s open racing and, as always, Drogheda Wheelers put on a fantastic show. I’ll just pick out a few highlights, because otherwise this report could run to PAGES! Read on …

Orwell Wheelers entered a team for the Youth Tour of Scotland, one of the most exciting youth racing events going, this year. While our boys were disappointed not to get an entry, we did send a strong team of four girls over to Perth: Áine Reilly, Rhiannon Dolan, Mya Doocey and Hannah Hayes. Here’s what happened … thanks to Áine for such a detailed and interesting report: plenty to learn about riding as part of a team, rather than just for yourself, in this one!

Ian Donnelly took the win in the opening round of this year’s club league, the traditional 5km time trial on Pine Forest Road. The track man used his power to good effect to narrowly beat Sean Murnane who heralded his return to club league with a searing time.

The Appleby Orwell Women’s League is down to the final 2 rounds – Mondello on Wednesday the 18th of May and the TT in Glencullen on Tuesday the 24th of May. Suitable for beginners and seasoned racers alike, you can still sign up for individual nights even if you havent done the whole series. Read on for details…

Colm Featherstone In conjunction with our new partner sponsor, Pinergy, we are delighted to announce the return of the Pinergy Orwell Wheelers Randonnée   SIGN UP AVAILABLE VIA  https://eventmaster.ie/event/xxZmIPyS91  Closing date is Monday 25/4/2022   The Randonnée returns on April 30th 2022 the Saturday of the May Bank holiday weekend A key milestone in the annual sportive calendar. The Randonnée promises to be a fantastic day for any rider seeking an early-season challeng

This year in conjunction with our new partner sponsor, Pinergy, we are delighted to announce the return of the Pinergy Orwell Wheelers Randonnée. The Randonnée returns on April 30th 2022 the Saturday of the May Bank holiday weekend. Read on for routes & more details…..

Round 2 of the Leinster League of Cyclocross, hosted by Orwell Wheelers, took place on a sunny but windy day at the GAP, Glencullen on Sunday 24th October. The day started with underage races from Under 6 right up to Under 12, kindly sponsored by Joe Daly Cycles, with medals for all participants.

Orwell Wheelers will host their annual Open Cyclocross Race, Round 2 of the Leinster League of Cyclocross, on Sunday 24th of October 2021 generously sponsored by Joe Daly Cycles, Footprints Early Years Preschool, All-American Laundrette and Bike-Fitting Ireland. Read on for full details…

Episode 3 of our National Road Championships trilogy is all about the Riders. Pro riders Nicolas Roche, Ryan Mullan, Eddie Dunbar & Sam Bennett along with a host of amazing talent!

Episode 2 of our National Road Championships trilogy is all about the Race. Enjoy watching the u23 & Elite men’s race – the event that also turned out to be our Nicolas Roche’s last race!

Club PRO Colm Featherstone and his crack camera crew were out and about at the National Championships. Episode 1 of the Orwell Trilogy is all out the people who made the event happen!