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Week 2 - Boyne GP, Sliabh Luachra, John Haldane

02-Mar-2025 The 2025 @cyclingireland road racing season got underway last weekend, with Orwell Wheelers putting in a strong first outing featuring both new and familiar faces delivering stellar performances. The first National Grade Event — the Seamus Kennedy Memorial hosted by @navanroadclub Navan RC — had a massive turnout. In the C1 race, @joe.nathan_matar put in an excellent performance, finishing in 4th position after getting up the road early on. @evan.keane worked h

09 Mar 2025, 07:00 – 20:30 Enter this Audax event via Eventmaster (now closed) 200km route See comments for more....

What a day and what a course for the National cyclo-cross championships 2025 hosted by Ballinasloe Cycling Club! Orwell youths were there in force with 12 young riders representing the club. First up for our riders was Fiachra Connolly in the Under 8 category. A fearless display by Fiachra who made his way through the field on a shortened course. The finish line came too soon for him as he sprinted down the straight finishing a very impressive 3rd. Next up we had the under 10

Matt Scallon of Orwell on the left - photo from www.muse-ette.com/2014/01/from-archives1...-road-racing-in.html Matt Scallon (Orwell Wh), John Lackey (Tailteann RC), Sonny Cullen (Eagle CRC), Jim Kennedy (Eagle CRC), 1958 Thats Peter Crinnion, Michelles dad shaking Matts hand in the first photo.

Sunday spin roster.

Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club was only 3 years old when a man called Joe Daly opened a new cycling shop in Dundrum on the 19th of October, 1951 Club jerseys have changed over the years, members have come and gone but spins from Joe Daly Cycles are still a regular feature of club life as is the constant generous support the club received from Joe and now his son David Tansey. The photo shows Joe outside the original shop along with the first coin he ever earned!

Below is the list of the winners from last nights Awards Night! Special Recognition: Niall Connolly Mike Hayden & Family Leonard Kaye Mags O’Brien New Member: Anne Doyle (Belatedly!) Gerry O’Dowd CXer Awards: Caoimhe May Ronan O’Flynn Cowgirl Awards: Anne Marie Kean Jillian Higgins Audax Award: David Costello Orwell Unsung Hero: Laura Casey Caroline Loughlin Spirit of Orwell: Jole Fitzpatrick Member of the Year: Sarah Murphy Grainne O’Callaghan

Completed by David Costello in 2024, the Wild Atlantic Way Audax is a 2,126km route that follows the West of Ireland Tourist Trail from...

After a nervy start - holding back the adrenalin - we’re in open, undulating roads. Dave roams up and down, placing his troops in formation. “Colin: go over there. Danny: come here … everyone set, ok, now gently accelerate … that's good.” A year of my life given for this moment. Time ceases - the night syncopated only by calls of “up and over!” Glancing back, the mother of all pacelines behind us, white LEDs snaking over the horizon, then back up the previous hill and beyond

The Club League has always been the basis of racing within the club since it's first racing season in 1949. It has followed various different formats across the years, sometimes combined with other clubs, sometimes on our own. ​ Through the glory days of the Kelly-Roche era the league was a great success, and in the early 1990s the newly founded St. Tiernans came to race within the Orwell league, but with numbers dwindling each year the decision was finally taken to merge wit

Run as a road race for several years, it reverted to its original time trial format in 2013. There are two trophies awarded each year - the Kieran Hammond cup and the Noel Hammond cup. ​ The Kieran Hammond memorial trophy was formerly the Kelly-Roche junior classic, organised by Kieran until his unfortunately premature passing. It used to get huge fields in the 90s, and only become the Vets and Cs prize when after years of steady decline we had a year that no Juniors showed u

The Stephen Roche GP is Ireland's most prestigious criterium race, running annually since 1988. The challenging but spectator-friendly circuit invariably produces great racing action for the crowd lining the roadsides and congregated in the central green area.The 1.3km loop is located in the housing estate where no less than three of the Roche family took their first tentative pedal strokes on the road to Tour de France glory See the Archive page for a full list of SRGP resul

Louise Keane 04 August 2024 Run on a Sunday this year, the weather Gods smiled on us and although breezy the rain stayed away leading to fast times and a big turn out for the Noel & Kieran Hammond TT 2024.  With over 50 signed on Johannes Rom Dahl of Denmark, riding for the Roadman Cycling Club rode an impressive 41:41 to take the win from last years winner Marcus Christie, Cycling club Isle of Man, and up and coming junior rider Conor Prendergast, Van Mossel Heist Cycling T

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

Colm Featherstone 15 February 2024   This year in conjunction with our partner sponsor, Pinergy, we are delighted to announce details of the Pinergy Orwell Wheelers Randonnée.   2024 SIGN UP AVAILABLE VIA https://eventmaster.ie/event/JkQWCpvHRk   The Randonnée returns on May 4th 2024 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 challenge. The