Club News

Wheelers turn out in force for Ulster XC MTB Series

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 …

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Wheelers in the medals at Tyrone Championships

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 …

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Donnelly, Talbot & Burns take on Ironman 70.3 Ireland

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 …

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Nathan takes Silver at Ulster Youth Championships

  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 …

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Super Six TT – Round 5 – Armagh Road

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.

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Paul Daly takes MTB glory in Castlewellen

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 …

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