News 2014

Tour of South Derry (Updated)

Over the years the Tour of South Derry organisation committee have honed this charity event into a very popular cycle run.   This year we again intended to adhere to our winning formula (Stick strictly to cycling, plan a safe but challenging route, marshal it well,  feed and reward the participants with a memento of the day).   And so with months of preparation behi...

CX Round 1

It was a return to Lurgan Park for the first round of the Ulster Cyclo-cross season 2014 hosted by Apollo Cycling Team on Sunday 5 October.  Only the Friday before race day had seen any significant rain on the park after 6 weeks of dry weather.  The park was in super condition with vibrant autumn colours which saw the venue full of walkers, children playing and, of course, cyclists....

More Ironmans

Well done to club members Tommy Evans and Artie O’Kane,  who completed the Ironman circuit in Barcelona at the weekend. These multi-time Ironman athletes did so in style this time, clocking up personal bests.   Nice, lads. ...

Sunday Cycle

Today about 20 cyclists gathered up and decided to do the Tour Of South Derry, backwards!   It was a good spin of 50 miles everyone home safely! Hope you got your bike sorted Aidan McMullin!   See you all next week at the TOSD!...

Marc Heaney at UK Inter-Regional road Championships

      Nowhere in the cycling world can you find a truer quote than the above.  Ask any cyclist, Sunday morning spinner, competitive road racer or sportive sultan no matter how hard you train and how many miles you put through your legs there are always challenges in cycling simply because you always get faster!  In the Carn Wheelers camp Marc Heaney is the embodiment ...

Giro di Glen

The Giro di Glen is on this Sunday.  The big route group leaves Glenullin at 8am. https://www.facebook.com/events/366210703534515/   There will be a group of Carn Wheelers who are doing the Giro, and who will be leaving the Maghera Rec at 7am, in order to be there, signed-on and ready for the off at 8am. If you are going to be part of this 7am group, please have a working tail-l...

Marc Heaney & Cycling Ulster ride again!

Carn Wheelers own celebrity Marc Heaney is back on the road again! This weekend Marc and his Cycling Ulster team mates are in Essex, but they aren't there to get paped coming out of the Sugar Hut with Mark Wright and Sam Faiers, team Ulster are there for the Inter-Regional Road Championships.   The racing starts tomorrow at the Redbridge Cycling centre with the 3Km boys individual TT foll...

Cancer Research MTB Sportive

If your fed up of all the recent charity road sportives then rejoice!  This Saturday, 27th, the boys at NorthWest CC have organised a charity mountain bike sportive.  The 24mile route takes in the stunning scenery of Banagher forest including the dam and reservoir.  Banagher forest is one of the most picturesque areas of the Sperrin mountains and this author can personally guarant...

First Aid training

This evening at the An Carn centre 8 Carn men undertook some basic first aid training to ensure that in the event of an accident on the road all club members are in safe hands.  Peter Doherty, Paddy Kelly, Eunan McAleese, Vincent Bradley, Barney Mulholland, Jimmy Lagan, Darren Mulholland and PC Convery were shown the basic skills needed when they are the first responder to an ...

Wednesday Evening Cycle

To the sad lament of many Carn Wheelers due to the short evenings creeping back the Wednesday evening cycles have been concluded for 2014.  DO NOT DESPAIR! There will be night runs organised in garvagh and/or davagh but as yet nothing has been organised.  Also cyclocross evenings runs are being organised so keep an eye on the website and Facebook page for details!...