Alan McKeown

The Best A4 Team in Ireland!

You have probably all heard the news by now that the Island Wheelers team, Kieran Talbot, Dean Burnside, Colin Murtagh, Sean Scullion and Raymond Rocks, were crowned, as one of the team put it, “The Best A4 Team in Ireland” after winning the overall team classification yesterday at the Tour of Omagh. In addition to winning the team classification the …

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Tour of Omagh – Good Luck Lads!

The county town of Omagh is the place to be this weekend when the best A4 racing cyclists across Ireland take part in the 3-day Tour of Omagh.  The stage race takes place from 27-29th June and features a similar format to previous years with three road stages and one time trial stage. This year the Island Wheelers will be …

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NPS Round 5 – Garvagh Forest

Date: Sunday 22 June 2014 Event: Ulster Series Round 4 / NPS Round 5 Location: Garvagh Forest Host club: Carn Wheelers Garvagh Forest was the location for Round 5 of the Irish Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Point Series (NPS). This round also doubled up as Round 4 of the Ulster Cross-country (XC) series. Carn Wheelers had done a great job …

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ICL Round 11 Derrymacash TT

Andrew Reid ETCC 22:16.6 1 Cathal Hendron ACT 22:31.2 Michael Scullion Carn 22:53.1 2 James Mccusker OWCC 23:00.2 3 Richard Timmings OWCC 23:03.5 4 Barry Hayes IWCC 23:15.3 5 Rory Mcintyre ACT 23:15.5 6 Micky Murray CECC 23:42.0 7 Robert Greer ACT 23:46.9 8 John McAuley ACT 24:00.6 9 Davy Quinn ACT 24:14.9 10 Noel Mclaughlin IWCC 24:16.9 11 Liam …

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NPS Round 4 – Limerick

Last weekend a few of the Island Wheelers Mtb team made the 5 hour drive to the Ballyhoura Mountains on the Limerick – Cork border. It was well worth the journey with some strong results on the day which will stand well for overall positions in the National League. Results Senior 3: Sean Scullion 4th place Senior 4: Gordon Roberts …

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ICL Round 9 – Moy Road TT

1 Cathal Hendron ACT 22:45.4 2 James McCusker OWCC 22:55.1 3 Barry Hayes IWCC 22:59.7 4 Rory McIntyre ACT 23:01.5 5 Richard Timmings OWCC 23:03.2 6 Robert Greer ACT 23:11.7 7 Micky Murray CECC 23:31.9 8 David Quinn ACT 23:55.9 9 Kieran Talbot IWCC 23:57.1 10 Noel McLaughlin IWCC 24:05.3 11 Ethan Flavelle CECC 24:28.9 12 Dean Burnside IWCC 24:37.1 …

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Youth Training – Windmill Wood, Dungannon

There will be a Wheelers youth training session this Saturday 13th June at the usual time of 3pm at Windmill Wood, Dungannon.  Please note, parents must accompany children.  For more information please contact Gary Gary Rafferty – 07775902941

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Eagles Special Olympics Club Charity Cycle – Sunday 8th June

On Sunday 8th June the Island Wheelers will be holding a charity cycle event with all proceeds going to the Eagles Special Olympics Club. The Eagles Special Olympics Club was formed two years ago in the East Tyrone Area and is a club for children and adults with learning difficulties.  From starting out with just 8 members, it now boasts …

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ICL Round 7 – Dromore Road

No. Rider Time Avg. Speed 1. John Heverin 00:21:37 27.76 2. Declan Mulholland 00:23:10 25.90 3. Barry Hayes 00:23:21 25.70 4. Cathal Hendron 00:23:26 25.60 5. Rory McIntyre 00:23:47 25.23 6. Robert Greer 00:23:57 25.05 7. Micky Murry 00:24:17 24.71 8. Neil Stockton 00:24:50 24.16 9. Owen Campbell 00:24:51 24.15 10. Noel McLoughlin 00:24:53 24.11 11. Cathal McLoughlin 00:24:58 24.03 …

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MTB Round 3 Lady Dixon

Last weekend was a busy one for the Island wheelers club with the Limavaday Triathlon, Strabane 100 and Wicklow training over the Glenshane etc. On Sunday it was the Island wheeler’s ‘mud men, women and children’ who made the trip down the M1 to Lady Dixon Park in Belfast for the third round of the 2014 Irish National Point Series …

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