News 2015

North West youth road race league round 1

 Sunday the 1st of March saw round 1 of the north west youth road race league take place in Crolly in Donegal hosted by Errigal cycling club and representing Carn Wheelers was Cathir Doyle and Sarah Elder. It was a tough day for racing with fierce cross and head winds on a very exposed circuit but it did not deter the large number of young riders who made the journey to Donegal for what s...

great results at 3rd round of spring league

  Sunday the 1st of March saw the 3rd and final round of the xmtb McConvey cycles spring league take place at Ormeau Park Belfast .As always Carn Wheelers were well represented with riders in most categories. First race of the day for the Carn crew was the under 8 boys with Patrick Elliott taking a strong 7th place finish in his first race of the new season,next up was the under 10 boys a...

youth mountain bike spin

There will be a youth mtb spin this saturday 28/02/15 meeting at the usual place at 2pm  anyone who can help out please contact Shane on 07834786557 ...

carn wheelers going strong in round 2 of xmtb spring league series

 Round 2 of the XMTB McConvey cycles spring league took place on Sunday the 22nd of February with as always a strong showing of Carn Wheelers in all categories . As always the racing started with the youth categories the first rider to the line was Eimer Skelly and coming of the back of a great result last week she was full of confidence for the challenge ahead but as sometimes happens in m...

Carn Wheelers placed at the Pheonix GP

Well done to Johnny McConomy (5th) and Gerard Scullion (8th) at the Pheonix GP A4 race yesterday.   The race was  commissaired by our very own "seasoned veteran”,  Aidan Higgins.   Well done to all....

Marc Heaney does well at Anaclone, Johnny too

 On Saturday two Carn Wheelers, Johnny Taylor & Marc Heaney travelled to Banbridge for the 1st road race on the 2015 calendar Tha Travers Annaclone GP. Approx 180 riders from A1/2/3, Juniors &A4 gathered for this annual season opener.  For Marc this was his first taste of adult road racing having previously raced at youth U16,  he has recently moved into the Junior ranks ...

***BEGINNERS CYCLE CANCELLED***

Due to predicted adverse weather conditions, and in the interest of safety, there will be no Beginners Group Cycle tomorrow morning. Our aim is to encourage people to get out and enjoy cycling, and speaking from experience, there is very little joy in going out on a very cold, wet, windy and wintery day, especially with the elevated risk involved. Apologizes for any inconvenience caused,...

youth development discussion evening planned

 This year the club would like to build on the success already achieved by our many youth  riders who take part in many races and events all year round with great success.It is hoped  that we could get more volunteers and parents to help with the future development of our youth  riders through training spins, day trips or team bonding events to be held throughout the year....

Xmtb Spring Series - Round 1 - 15 Feb 2015

Carn Wheelers were in action amongst 160 riders at Ormeau Park, Belfast for the first round of the Xmtb Spring Series mountain bike event hosted by Xmtb McConvey Cycles on 15 Feb 2015.   Although overall numbers seem to be well down from last year, there was a great turn out for the club with some great results. The course was dry and very fast, and as there was no...

Cathir and Sarah qualify for the Irish National Youth Academy

To say these 2 are happy would be an understatement.  Really well done to Sarah Elder and Cathir Doyle after Qualifying for the Irish National Youth Academy teams at Corkagh park in Dublin today. They have done themselves, their club,  and province proud....