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.
Seasons Greetings to all club members. The December 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 more than ever in 2010.
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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.
Circuit training will start on Wed 30th September at 8pm in Presentation College Bray. €40 for the series (Wednesdays to mid December, except for Oct mid term) or €5 per night. €2 per night for Juniors and underage, or €10 for the series. 2nd and subsequent kids in each family go free.
Underage League
The last race in the league is on Monday 31st August at 7pm. It is a MTB event at Kindlestown woods, near Delgany. You can see al of the results to date here.
The Murphy & Gunn Interclub League prize night, is on Fri 11th of Sept, at 8.00pm in the Bray Clubhouse. This will be the prize giving for both the senior and also the underage leagues.
There will be refreshments, some spot prizes for the underage, and a slideshow of photos of the riders in action. Anyone willing to bring cakes etc, would be very welcome.
The upcoming Audax events on Sat 5th September will start and finish at Bray Wheelers Clubhouse.
Dying Sow 300k 06.00hrs
Dying Cow 200k 08.00hrs
Dying Sparrow 160k 09.00hrs
Entry fee is 5 euro. A.C.P medals available for anyone who rides 200/300 distances
Shower facilities/coffee at finish. Insurance required but day licences available on the day.
Sit down control at Hacketstown
Preliminary route sheet for 200k Dying Cow here. There may be some changes posted to the final route sheet.
Route sheet for 160k Dying Sparrow here.
Route sheet for 300k Dying Sow here.
GPS map for Dying Sow here
Congratulations to Enda Ryan who capped a fine season by taking first place in the Interclub League, the first time that a Sorrento rider has taken that honour. Enda finished second in the fifth and final race to win the title in style. See the full results and table here.
The club Hill Climb Championship was won by Dave Peelo with Conal Higgins (Jnr) second and Mark Prendergast third. In the club League, the final places were settled with Roy Bowden taking top spot for 2009 after a very consistent series of results over the season. Second place went to the 2008 winner, Enda Ryan, who beat Dave Peelo on countback. Full resultshere.
I’m sure I speak for all the riders in thanking Joanne O’Shea for running another super league. Thanks also to Danny and Geraldine O’Shea for their invaluable help each Thursday night, rain or shine.
Congratulations to Enda Ryan on capping a great year on the bike by winning the U-16 Scratch Race title at the Underage National Track Championships last Saturday. Enda also took bronze medals in the 500m TT and Sprint events.
Update… Congratulations to Joey Keane (ticket sold by Aidan Ryan) on scooping the top prize of €125 in the sweepstake with Alberto Contador. All the winners are listed here and distribution of the prizemoney will happen shortly (through the ticket sellers).
Hi everyone. Thanks to all those who bought and sold tickets in the 2009 TDF sweepstake. The draw has taken place. You can see your star (or dogs!) here.
The blank area will be filled in when those tickets have been returned.
The winner of the first stage was Fabian Cancellara and the winning ticket was bought by Conal Higgins Jnr. He wins €25.
Paul Healion (South Dublin), setting record
Well done to the Sorrento riders who set PB’s on the day…Mark Prendergast, Enda Ryan, John O’Sullivan (Audax), Eileen O’Sullivan and Fintan Ryan.
See full result here.
Karl Monaghan took some great pictures, now loaded on the club Flickr account, here
A blue overtop with a Suburu Team logo was not collected from the starter after the race. Contact John O’Sullivan (see contacts page) to reclaim.
The club is running its annual open 10 mile TT at 11 am on Saturday July 11th at Newtownmountkennedy (opposite Gregory’s Garage).
Sign-on from 9:30am to 10:30am. Entry Fee €10 (€5 for Juniors, free Underage). Open to all categories from U-14 upwards.
Contact Joanne O’Shea (see contacts page) for further details.
You can see the course here.