News 2015

successful end to the mtb season for the carn off road team

Sunday the 6th of September saw the final round of this season ulster mtb league at Craigavon hosted by Apollo cc with a few changes made to the course from previous years and the dry conditions the racing was fast and furious in all categories . As always there was a strong carn wheeler presence in most categories. The racing started with the under 6 fun race with Ciara Elliott taking part in ...

Open 10 mile time trial at woodgreen on Saturday

  Carn Wheelers Autumn 10mile TT. Well done to David Heagney for organising the 10 mile TT at Woodgreen on Saturday.  Here is David’s report. A bit like throwing two jumpers down on the ground for goal posts, today's Carn Wheelers Autumn 10 was only strung together a few days ago, but with a bit of work all went without a hitch.  We had a brutall...

Spires Sportif 6th Sept

Anyone interested in going to the Spires Sportif on Sunday should meet at the Maghera Rec at 8:30am, and the group will cycle over to Magherafelt for the event.   NB, for anyone not wanting to go to Spires,  the normal Sunday cycles will still be on as usual this Sunday, ie 8am for the 8am group, and 8:30 for the In-betweeners. ...

Round-Up of recent results

Successful Summer in Belgium for Marc Heaney Marc Heaney returned to us safe from his month of August in Belgium, racing, as part of the Belgian Project.  Well done Marc,  you are a credit to your family and club.     Ulster Youth Road Race and TT Championships The 2015 Ulster Youth Road Race and Time Trial Championships were hosted by Omagh Wheelers.  Our cl...

Carn Wheelers Road Race and TT League

The last 2 weeks have finished off the Road Race and TT Leagues, with Wood Road RR on 13th August and Curran TT on 20thAugust. The final Road race of the season was well represented by our own club members as well as local Spires CC with 5 laps off the Wood Road course. With youth included in group 1 of this race there was a good mix of ages present. The groups went off at their variou...

Inishowen 100 - the inside view

Sunday 16th August 2015. The sun rose at 0542. It was going to be a good day. The Inishowen 100 was beckoning and the Carn Wheelers were going.   With bikes  checked/shined and saddle bags filled with essentials nutrients for the day we all met up at Templemore Sports Complex in Derry.  A few last minute checks/photos (thanks Fiona )  we all  rolled out at 08...

Cathir Doyle in the Medals

Well done to Cathir who got Bronze in scratch +Bronze 250TT and gold interprovincials riding for the ulster team in the all Ireland track finals in orange field track in Belfast! ...

Inishowen 100

Well done to all the Carn Crew who completed the Inishowen 100 today.   Plenty of photos attached with Jim Bradley never far away when there is a camera about!   Thanks to Fiona glass for doing support vehicle for the day.   ...

Tour of Omagh 2015

Tour of Omagh 2015 Team - Nigel Gibson, Dean Lockhart, Darryl Mullan, Shane Elder, Tomas Mc Elwee Shea Gribben - Guesting for Spires CC / Stephen Murtagh - Guesting for Bann Valley CC Woman's Race – Mairead McGurk Stage 1 The Spar Tour of Omagh 2015 kicked off on Friday 7thAugust with 129 riders tackling the 45 mile circuit. The pace was high from the start with the first few c...

IRONMAN 70.3 Dublin

Well Done to Carn Club Members who competed in the first Dublin 70.3 IRONMAN over the weekend.   This involved: ·        1.9 mile swim ·        56 mile cycle ·        13.1 mile run Times below: ·      &nbs...