James Dane recently joined the club after attending some of our midweek races and weekend runs. He has his first bite at A4 racing on Saturday 2nd March at Banbridge Cycling Club’s annual Annaclone race. It wasn’t the best weather for Jame’s first outing but as always a well run and attended race, with great…
For the new forthcoming 2019 Spring / Summer kit the committee is pleased to announce another sponsor for our new kit. We are excited to welcome Ballykine on board as our sole shorts sponsor. Again we would like to thank the members of the committee and Garth at Powerhouse Sport for continual development of our…
Club kit 2019 2019 will see Velo Club IVEAGH enter it’s 6th year, with its foundation as strong as ever. Although currently recognised as one of the smaller clubs within the Cycling Ireland umbrella, membership remains healthy with the smaller numbers allowing a much more personal feel to the club. As part of our continued…
Velo Club Iveagh will hold an Annual General Meeting on Mon 8th October. 7pm at Tesco Boulevard. This is the most important meeting during the season for any organisation and we ask all members for their support. An agenda has been emailed to all members and will include annual updates from our chairman, secretary and…
Katesbridge Loop 15.5mile ITT Round 6 in the BICRL was full blooded affair with our club riders looking to keep the moment of several good weeks now in both club level and open level racing. A little cooler than previous weeks and with some light rain and wind, this was not enough to deter club…
Apollo CT hosted the annual Billy Stewart GP on its familiar circuit, just a short distance from Lurgan. Velo Club Iveagh were well represented, with riders in the A2/3 race (Neil, Mark, Pete and JD) in the A4 race (Richie, Gordy B and Colin) and in the Masters race (Gordy M). Great efforts by all…
The Banbridge Inter Club Race League hostilities began again in earnest on Wednesday past (10 Aug), with a return to Kinallen for the second race on the circuit and event 5 of 8 in this year’s series. With mixed weather and a promised Indian Summer still a fair bit away, this event would prove a…
Tour of Omagh presented by Omagh Wheelers and written by club member and participant Colin Abernethy. I was contacted by Gavin from Cuchulainn Cycling Club late on the Tuesday night before the event. One of their riders was injured and couldn’t compete in the 3 day event. Having given Gavin a run down of my…
John Moore memorial hosted by Castlereagh cycling club took place on Sunday 22nd of July. This race had to be rescheduled and normally takes place at the start of the season. Taking part we had Colin in the A4 cat, Pete and Mark in the A3 cat and Neil in the A2 cat. The A4s…
With July recognised as a busy holiday seasonal period, this years hill challenge was as expected a quiet affair. With many on holiday and a local road race to compete against, not to mention hill in our event title, the event was expected to be a low key affair. Replacing an Aussie Pursuit, with a…
On Sun ( 8th of July) several members of VCI travelled to compete in the Moynalty GP. One in particular travelled in search of a targeted one point, which would be enough for promotion from A4 to A3. Colin Abernathy and Mark Johnston took to the start line with around 50 others. A field maybe…
