News 2014

Tour of Ulster - Team Carn Wheelers

Good luck to Ali Gribbon, Johnny Taylor, John Heverin and Gary Jeffers racing for Carn Wheelers in the Tour of Ulster this weekend.  With all the preparation done and arrangements finalised we're set to light the fuse on what will be a fantastic weekends racing that'll make the Giro organisers a little nervous! The clubs Facebook and Twitter feed will post up to the minute information o...

Carn Team Confirmed for Tour of Ulster

Carn Wheelers will take to the roads again this weekend in the home club promoted Tour of Ulster.  This prestigous race which is limited to Category 1 & 2 riders only will start and finish in Maghera each day on the 3rd, 4th & 5th of May.   The team are:   Ali Gribbon Johnny Taylor Gary Jeffers John Heverin...

Child Protection training

A reminder to all who attended the recent child protection training event by the club that the necessary paperwork needs to be signed by the attendees asap and returned to Aidan Higgins as soon as possible.  The completion of this paperwork means that those who attended the course are registered with the authorities and with the club as being trained....

Bus to Giro

The bus to the KOH of the second stage of the Giro d'Italia is filling fast!  If your still undecided don't worry as there is still a few seats remaining.  For anyone who would like a seat if you could let Barney Mulholland know by the start of next week this would be greatly appreciated. ...

Sunday Cycle

Despite the clubs promotion of the Tour of Ulster this weekend the Sunday Cycle will go ahead as normal although on a slightly reduced time scale.  Everyone meet as normal at the leisure centre for 8am with a cycle that will return for 11am, this will allow any volunteers to get their cycle in as normal on sunday morning and still be available for the race start at 12noon.  See you there...

Club Meeting on Thursday

The monthly club meeting will take place in An Carn at 8pm this Thursday (1st) final arrangements for Tour of Ulster will be discussed on the night, all welcome to attend....

Heaney in Cycling Ulster squad

Club youth racer Marc Heaney has been selected to represent Cycling Ulster in a four man CUYA (Cycling Ulster Youth Academy) U16 squad at this  coming weekends O'Leary Stone Kanturk 3day race in Cork.  Selection was confirmed after his 2nd place finish in the Mid-Ulster GP on Sunday....

Young takes win at Mid Ulster GP

Carn Wheelers success at races continued at the weekend with a win at the Mid Ulster GP.  The day started with the youth racing, the under 12 race saw the Elder sisters Sara and Emma take to the corse, in a tough race the girls finished 5th and 6th respectively.  Up next was the under 16's in which Marc Heaney put in another great performance and showing the seniors how to sprint came ho...

Sunday Cycle 27th April 2014

Sunday Cycle  27th April 2014 Copeland Charity Cycle   Such a wonderful sight to see a group of similarly dressed cyclists hasting their way along the road, in a strict side-by-side formation. This was the spectacle available to anyone who saw the 30ish Carn Wheelers as we made our way from Maghera up to Cookstown for the, now annual, Copeland chari...

1st Club Road Race of 2014

Thursday night (24th) saw the 1st Club Road Race of the season take place on the Wood Rd circuit in Tobermore.  With a summer feel in the air and the sun still shining, 33 signed on for the 7pm start. The groups were well evened out in numbers which made the decision for the time handicaps much easier.  The 1st group set of 2 minutes before group 2, with group 3 a minute behind th...