The Hugo Loughran GP takes place this Friday 2nd May. Sign on from 6.00pm at Derrys Ltd with the first race set to commence at 7.00pm.  Derrys is located a short distance from Junction 13 (Loughgall) on the M1. The race circuit can be found on MapMyRide here.  A3’s will complete 6 laps (42 miles approx) and the A4’s will …

All the best to Cathal McLaughlin who will be racing in the Tour of the North this coming weekend for Cookstown CCT.  Cathal is the youngest senior rider in the club and has been training hard in preparation for the race all year.   He has been racing most Saturdays and Sundays since the season started and finished strongly in both …

Date:                     15/04/2014 Event:                   Interclub Road Race Round 1 Host Club:           Island Wheelers On a perfect evening for Road Racing Island Wheelers welcomed a bumper field of 74 riders to the first Road Race of the 2014 Interclub League. The race was backed up with a Youth Race comprised of …

Round 2 of the Ulster cross-country (XC) mountain bike series took place at Ballykelly Forest near Limavady on Sunday past, 6 April 2014.  Host club Caldwell Cycles, put on a great event with a well-marked course, sign on and huge selection of food. The weather was good with lots of blue skies and sunshine but there was a couple of …

Congratulations to Owen Campbell on a fantastic second place in the tough Bann Valley Classic on Sunday. Owen was active throughout the race but conserved enough energy on the final fast run into the village of Clady to be beaten by just a bike length. This result sees Owen upgraded to A3, the second Wheeler to be upgraded this year …

The 2014 Interclub League kicked off with a 5 mile lung-buster at Scotch Street run by Orchard.  Over 40 riders took part. Barry Hayes (pictured) was fastest man on the night with five other Wheelers in the top 10 ICL riders – Gareth Donnelly, Owen Campbell, Noel McLoughlin, Kieran Talbot and Dean Burnside.  Keep up the good work lads! Great to …

Online entry for the Hugo Loughran will open on Entry Central on Wednesday 16th April at 9pm.  The event itself takes place on Friday 2nd May.  There will be two races on offer, an A3 race and A4 race.  Note that there will not be separate Youth, Masters or Ladies races. The race this year will move to a new …

A new order will be placed for club kit soon.  If anyone needs anything please contact Cathal McLaughlin over the next few days.

Below is the marshals rota for 2014.  This includes both the Interclub League, Hugo Loughran and 5 Club League Event hosted by the club. If anybody cannot marshal on the date they are down for can they please swap with someone else and let Sheena know of the change. 2014 Marshals List  

As you may be aware, the Island Wheelers are taking part in the new “5 Club” interclub league with Harps, ETCC, Lakeland and OWCC.  Below is a link to the timetable for these races. The first event is being run by Lakeland in 3 weeks time on 23rd April. More information for any Wheelers interesting in racing in this league …