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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

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!