Last Sunday saw over 90 cyclists sign on to take part in the Age NI Three Counties Charity Cycle.   The event went extremely well, and everyone had a great time, made even better by the fantastic weather and the food at the end!  A big thank you to everyone who took part in supporting the event, a few photos of …

Just when you thought Paul Daly, Aidan Lafferty, and Cathal Mc Guigan might be coming to their senses, the self-proclaimed “three mud seekers” decided to launch their Cyclo-cross career.  Last weekend saw the three Wheelers take on 7 laps of Lurgan Park in the first round of the Ulster Cyclo Cross series.  The weather was class, the event really well organised, …

Sunday saw the last round of the MTB season at Craigavon lakes, to our delight we had 9 Wheelers entered into the event, what a change from last year when there were 2 of us! Really great to see, so many people commented in the rise of the Island Wheelers in the MTB scene. This was a fast but energy …

It was a successful days racing at the inaugural Tyrone Championship Road Races last Sunday for the Island Wheelers with Alan McKeown and Martin Collins both coming away with a medal.  The racing, hosted by Omagh Wheelers commenced in Carrickmore along a challenging 19 mile circuit, with the ‘A’ race undertaking three laps of the circuit, and the B race …

The Island Wheelers triathletes; Gareth Donnelly, Kieran Talbot and Claire Burns, were racing in Galway on Sunday at the Ironman 70.3 event.  All three had been training hard over the last few months for this prestigious race, however Gareth and Keiran were unfortunate to be both subjected to stomach problems during the race (a third athlete also travelling with them encountered the same problems, so …

Results from the final round of the ICL

  Nathan Weir’s great run of form continued last weekend at the 2012 Ulster Youth Championships where he took a fantastic silver medal in the under 14’s TT.  Nathan was also in action in the road race, however was unlucky to have a mechanical and was forced to pull out. Well done Nathan, showing the more ‘experienced’ Island Wheelers how …

Results from the fifth round of the Ernie Magwood Memorial Super Six TT series from Tuesday evening on the Moy/Armagh road course. Round 19 of the Inter Club Results also included.

Fantastic day out had by all!

Sunday saw Paul Daly and Cathal McGuigan race the Ulster MTB XC Championships in Castlewellen.  The course itself was very technical with a number of drop offs and rock gardens but Paul Daly used his excellent bike handling skills to take a fantastic first place in the senior 4 cat race making him the first Island Wheeler to stand on …