The 2025 Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike Championships took place at Todds Leap on Sunday 3 August 2025. It was great to see host club Team Caldwell Cycles, under event organiser Gary Donaldson, step up to take on these championships. The last Ulster Cross-country championships was held in 2022 by Ards Cycling Club at the Leadmines. The entry numbers for 2025 were very similar to those of 2022, around 70 people….
Are you interested in trying cross-country mountain bike racing? There is a three round series coming up in March. The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is offering free training on Sunday 25 February in Belfast. This training is available to youth and adults. Contact secretary@offroadcyclingulster.com for more details.
The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is now looking for expression of interest from riders who wish to join their cross-country, enduro, downhill mountain bike development squad. The aim of the squad is to improve riders through a set of coaching sessions. Inclusion in the squad would be very beneficial to those thinking of competing in races outside of Ireland. Age categories for the squad are Under 14s, Under 16s, Junior…
Kinning Cycles will be hosting three rounds of the Spring Series this year. Technical Guide here. Link to register is given here. Closing date for Round 1 is Friday 1 March 2024 at 8 pm.
On Sunday 26 March 2023 Kinning Cycles hosted the Spring mountain bike race at Ormeau Park in Belfast. This is the second year that the host club has ran a cross-country race at this site. The weather in the lead up to the race was wet and the conditions were quite muddy. The weather on race day stayed dry and mild. There was a full range of races from Under…
Kinning Cycles will be hosting a cross-country mountain bike race on Sunday 26 March 2023 at Ormeau Park. Races for Under 6s to adults. Technical Guide is given here which will provide details of the event schedule etc.
The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission sent 8 riders to this year’s Inter-regional Mountain Bike Cross-country Championships. The event was held over the 10-11 September 2022 at Cannock Chase hosted by Hope Technology and Crank It Cycling in association with British Cycling. Riders: Aine Doherty, Aliyah Rafferty, Conor Murphy, Curtis McKee,Caleb McGreevy, Cameron Henry, Cara Suckling and Lacey Aiken Johnston
The Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike Championships took place on Saturday 13 August 2022 at Whitespots Country Park (the leadmines) which is just outside Newtownards. Host club Ards Cycling Club had already run a cross-country race back in April this year which was Round 1 of the National Point Series (NPS). Back in April the event attracted over 200 entries. Unfortunately the Ulster championships attracted less than 70 entries with many…
Ards Cycling Club will host this year’s Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike Championships on Saturday 13 August 2022 at the Leadmines in Newtownards. More details here
