Great performances from Sorrento riders in Round 7 of the National Points Series race held at Djouce, promoted by MAD. Conal Higgins, Matthew Cosgrave, and David McKenna took 1st, 3rd and 4th respectively in the Junior race, a fantastic achievement by the lads. Paddy Mackey took 5th place in the Vets race. Well done to all!
The club offers its condolences to John Piggott on the death of his mother Agnes. Funeral service , Church of Ireland, York Road, 11am Sat 13 June.
Those of you with a facebook account might like to join the Sorrento Cycling Club group that has been set up for current and former members
The Mick Byrne Randonee is a very important event for the club. Mick was a founder member and the main diving force behind the early development of the club. He died in 2007, aged 81 and the Mick Byrne Randonee is staged in his honour.
For full details of the event see the flyer. Please print it out and distribute freely.
The 200k will start at 8am, the 160km at 9am, and the 100k will start at 10am. All routes leave from and finish at Dalkey United FC, Hyde Road, Dalkey (behind Cuala GAA). Please note that the 200k is over an extremely difficult route. It is all climbing with no respite. See here for a profile of all but the last 10k of the course.
The club offers its condolences to the Claire Irwin and Paul O’ Donoghue on the death of Claire’s mother, Margaret. Removal Tuesday 28th April, to Monkstown church, arriving at 5 o’clock. Funeral on Wednesday after 10 o’clock Mass.
See new photos of the Ballyhoua underage MTB trip on the photo page
Thanks to everyone who took part in the 2009 running of Sorrento’s annual open MTB race and to the many people who helped organise and run the event on the day. The full results are available here.
The first audax date of this years calender is on Sunday April 5th, starting at 8:00am.
The route is designed to be relatively flattish with a routesheet that is easy to follow. The start will be from Bray Wheelers Clubhouse.There will be parking and showering facilities on site. See here for full details, routesheet and entry form.
The club offers its condolences to the Conal Higgins and his family on the death of Conal’s father, Kevin. Go ndeana Dia trocaire ar a anam.
Removal Tuesday 31 March from Quinn’s of Glasthule to the Church of S.S. Alphonsus and Columba, Ballybrack, arriving at 5 o’clock. Funeral on Wednesday after 11 o’clock Mass to Deansgrange Cemetery.
You know that spring has finally arrived and summer must be just over the horizon when the club league schedule appears. Joanne has once again put together a full and interesting programme.
We have now received the new stock of club clothing. If you ordered clothing please now contact Paul O’Donoghue (087 7850890) to arrange collection and pay the balance.
Aidan is organising a weeked away for our underage MTB riders at the Ballyhoura MTB trails on the weekend of 20- 22 March. This is a great opportunity to enjoy these top class MTB facilities. Demand is already very high so contact Aidan immediately if you are interested. See attached for all the details.
Congratulations to Liam Hayes and Martin McInerney who were the fastest pair in the underage MTB orienteering in Tiglin on Sunday 28th Dec. This was despite the team losing one member when Martin became ill. We hope Martin has made a full recovery.
Fiona O’Callaghan and Fiachradh McDermott were the second fastest team closely followed by Luke O’Callaghan, Caolan Higgins and Fintan Ryan in third.
In the Adult event Karl Thomas was triumphant with the team of David & Robert Mckenna and Matthew Cosgrave in second. Third was the winner 2 years ago Robert Cullen. 20 people participated.
The dates for the Irish 2009 Audax calendar have now been set with a full programme from April to the end of August. See the details here.
2009 memberships are now open. You can download all the necessary forms and get details of fees on the Join page.
REMINDER.
Aidan Ryan is holding a coaching session on Monday 8th December in conjunction with Bray Wheelers. The event will take place in Bray Wheelers Clubhouse at 8:00pm and the focus is on Planning your season for 2009. All members welcome and encouraged to attend.
Club Member, Will Byrne (wearing his track commission hat) is running a First Aid course for track coaches on Saturday, December 6th. There are currently additional places available on a first come first served basis for any Cycling Ireland members who have an interest in completing the course. The course will run in the hall in Pres Bray from 9:45am to 6:00pm and the fee is €15, to include lunch. For further details, contact Will on 086 8047839
The committee will be placing a restocking order for club clothing in the coming weeks. If you require any clothing now is the time to let us know. You can find the order from here.
The Avonmore Challenge is took place on Sunday November 2nd. There was a great turnout from our underage members for the event, run off in glorious winter sunshine. Following the event, there was a prize presentation in the Ashford House for the event and for all the 2008 underage competitions . Well done to everyone involved.
See photos of the presentations on the photos page.
Well folks, the big day has come and passed. Many thanks to all members, past members, friends and family who came out in great numbers to support the event. Thanks also to Rob Cullen for performing MC duties and running the 
slideshow and to Geraldine O’Shea for decorating the room and running the raffles. There were may highlights among which were Aidan Ryan reading the late Mick Byrne’s address to the first club dinner dance 40 years ago in 1968, and Jimmy Eglington’s account of the early years of the club. It was great to meet up with so many old friends. See photos of the event on the photo page.