Sorrento Cycling Club

Pictures sent to me by Claire taken at the  2010 UK 24 hour TT Championships, that featured 4 Sorrento members among the startlist!    Click here.

This video showing snippets from the event is well worth a watch. Look at an expert musette handout from Claire at 5:19!!

The Interclub League was run over a series of 5 races from April to July. It concluded with a 32 km CP at Calary which was won by Greg Sinclair from Bray Wheelers, who also won the overall race series. You can get the results of the series and the final league table on the Club League page. Apologies for the delay in posting the results. It was caused by the large entry and a consequent difficulty in determining riders finishing positions in some of the races.

Hard working Racing Sec

The final Club League race took place on July 28 over two laps of the Filterbeds circuit. First home, taking his second win of the league, was underage rider, Fintan Ryan, who held off the fast finishing chasers led home by Roy Bowden. With this result, Roy took the league title for 2010, backing up his 2009 win. No mean achievement.

The club Hill Climb Championships took place on the Old Long Hill on August 4th. First home on the 1.5 mile climb in a tie of 6 minutes even was Dave Peelo, from Paddy Mackey and Aidan Ryan. Lapsed member Saran Greene rode as a guest and was the only rider apart from Dave to break 7 minutes on the night.

The race was also handicapped for league purposes, with Dave taking 4 points as winner and all others taking 3 .  This left  Dave as runner up to  Roy with Paddy Mackey just one point behind in third.  Many thanks to Joanne for all the time she put in to running the league once again and to Geraldine for marshalling every week.

See the full results and the league table HERE

Congratulations to Rob Cullen of taking top prize in the Sweepstake with Alberto Contador. The full list of prizewinners can be seem HERE. I will arrange for distribution of the prizes in the coming week. Thanks again to all who supported this fundraiser by buying or selling tickets.

The draw for the 2010 TdF sweepstake is listed here.

FULL RESULTS HERE. See also photos taken by Karl Monaghan on the club Flickr page (click photos on top menu).

The club will run its 6th Annual Open 10 Mile TT on Saturday 10th July at Kilpeddar.

Sign-on will open at 10am with the race start at 11am. Sign-on will be in Kilpeddar Village, off the northbound carriageway of the N11, 5 miles south of Bray.

Entry fee is €10 for Seniors/Vets and €5 for Juniors. Underage are free. A racing license is required (CI or IVCA) and one day licenses will be available.

The course runs from Kilpeddar to Coynes Cross and back. Turns will be marshalled and the road marked.

Congratulations go to long time member and current committee member Dave Peelo who yesterday won the veterans National Road Race Championships in Sligo. This is the premier road race in the cycling calendar for veterans. Dave has had an outstanding career on the roads for almost 25 years and his latest triumph confirms his place as one of the countries most successful road racers.

STOP PRESS!. Saturday 29th May, Ashford Car Park. 10:15am. Usual spin with a stop in Laragh. All welcome. Hope to see you there.  John

Last month we started running easy tours , along a route that started at Ashford and headed to Laragh via the Vale of Clara.  So far a number of people have come on the spins. All are welcome. You don’t need a road bike, a mountain bike is fine. You do need a helmet.

All welcome, particularly any underage mountain bikers or their parents. You do not need to be a club member to come along first time. Just show up. If you like it, join up and come again. Any experienced club members who want to join us are also more than welcome. Its an enjoyable social spin with a coffee stop along the way.

The spring Newsletter has been issued. You can link to it from the News tab at the top. Hope to see you all out on your bikes now that winter is behind us (well nearly!!) and the bright evenings are approaching.

Details of the 2010 Club Road League and Championship calendar can be seen here.

Entry fee. Senior €16, Junior €8, Underage €5.

Please note that the league will run on Wednesdays this year.

Please find information on the Ardrattin 200 Audax event HERE

Welcome to Chile

Our long distance adventurer and former chairman  Paul O’Donoghue has spent February cycling in the high Andes, between Argentina and Chile. He is due home March 8 but he has sent on some great photos from the trip which I have uploaded on the Photos page.

As you know the discussion forum has been activated for membership. If you have any interest at all in joining this forum (and I suggest that you do so), I am requesting that you register for the forum in the next week. After that time, you will only be able to register by contacting me in advance by e-mail.

There was a good attendance at the 2009 AGM. We moved through the officer reports and prior year mnutes quickly as they had been sent to members before the meeting. This allowed ample time to get members inputs into the running of the club and the committee appreciates all the feedback received.

The committee for 2009 is as follows:
Chairman John O’Sullivan, Secretary Mark McGarry, Treasurer Claire Irwin, Touring Paul Murray, MTB Linda Haug, Racing Joanne O’Shea, Social Stephen Healy, Coaching Aidan Ryan and Dave Peelo.

The 2010 Audax programme has been put together. Some of these events are run by Sorrento, some by other clubs. Details HERE.

There will be a MTB spin (Senior only) at 10am on Sunday 25th from Djouce lower car park. This will cover the trails that will be used in the club MTB Champs.

On Sunday Nov 1st the club MTB championships , Senior and Underage, will take place at Djouce Lower car park at 10am.

The club prize presentation will be held on the Friday 6th November at 8pm in the Esplanade Hotel, on Bray seafront. There is a charge per person of 15 euro to cover finger food. This is a good chance to catch up with everyone. It is important for all the prize winners to come on the night.

As I need to commit to numbers soon please contact me by return to let me know if you are, or are not, attending (and if anyone will accompany you). You can contact me at geraldinec.oshea@gmail.com

The 08 Avonmore Achievers

The event will start in Rathdrum at 10am. All groups will finish at a Glenealy Hall at approx 1:30pm and will receive certificates. Some food will be provided afterwards, but parents are asked to bring along some additional food if possible as the riders will be hungry. All club members and their parents are most welcome

See Aidan’s training advice and other details of the event here. Hope to see you all there.

Wicklow Local Sports Partnership will be holding a 1 day Sports Injuries First Aid Course on Saturday 10th October 2009, 9.00am-5pm at Shoreline Leisure Centre, Mill Road, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.

The course which is certified by Heartbeat Saftey, will bring participants through the basics of emergency care focusing on:
- Aprroach to an accident
- Disorders of breathing & CPR
- Wounds & bleeding
-Fractures & broken bones
- Spinal injuries
- Burns & scalds
- Medical emergencies

Places available are limited and pre-booking is essential. The cost of the course is EUR30 per person. The Club will pay half this fee for any club member who want to attend this course. Course information and application forms are available by contacting Wicklow Local Sports Partnership on 01 287 8184 or emailing TBunyan@wicklowcoco.ie.