The 2019 Ulster Cross-country (XC) Mountain Bike Championships took place at Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in South Belfast on Sunday 28 July. Host club Xmtb has been running XC races at this venue since 2009 and had devised good courses for all age categories. Unfortunately the predicted weather front did arrive on the morning of the race. Racing in light to heavy rain for most of the day….
The Youth Camp returns this year with 5 dates. These sessions are for Under 8s, 10s and 12s. Dates are as follows:Monday 29 July, Monday 5 August, Monday 12 August, Monday 19 August, Monday 26 August. Time 7-8:30 pm. Locations given below.
Ulster riders headed over to Thickthorn, Norwich for Round 5 of the HSBC UK National Cross-country series over the weekend of 29/30 June 2019. There were 4 athletes riding for Cycling Ulster: Lee and Dean Harvey, Niamh McKiverigan and Darcey Harkness.
The third and final round of the Ulster Cross-country (XC) Mountain Bike Series took place at Castlewellan Forest Park on Sunday 23 June 2019. The event doubled up as the fourth and final round of the Irish XC National Point Series (NPS). Hosted by Banbridge Cycling Club, under the direction of Race Organiser Gareth McKee, this event also doubled up as Round 3 of the Ulster XC series.
The first round of the Irish Cross-country Mountain Bike National Point Series took place at Davagh Forest, Co. Tyrone, on Sunday 19 May 2019. This event doubled up as Round 2 of the Ulster Cross-country series. Course designers from the host club, Carn Wheelers, are well used to the venue but had to do some amendments this year due to construction of the Dark Sky Observatory due to open in…
Last weekend the Cycling Ulster off-road riders competed at Round 2 of the British National mountainbike series which was based at the Olympic Games venue at Hadleigh Park, Essex overlooking the Thames estuary. Some of the riders had been there before for the inter-regional games but quickly found that the full Olympic configuration track was a different beast altogether. Nevertheless they got down to work on Saturday with Cycling Ulster…
The first round of the Irish Cross-country mountain bike series was scheduled for 28 April and due to be hosted by Dromara Cycling Club. This race was due to double up as Round 2 of the Ulster cross-country series. Unfortunately the club has not been able to secure a venue for this event due to ongoing MTB event restrictions in Northern Ireland. The club has been working closely with the Cycling…
The first round of the 2019 Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike series took place on Sunday 7 April at Craigavon Lakes. Hosted by Apollo Cycling Team who, although have been running races on this site for decades, this is only the second year the club has used the Tannaghmore Gardens side of the lake to host the event. The terrain is a mixture of gravel trails, technical sections and a wide…
Ormeau Park in Belfast was the venue for Xmtb’s Spring Trophy cross-country mountain bike race. As opposed to the regular Spring series of 3 races the host club put all their efforts into hosting one race this year. The format remained the same with the course designed through the trees using both natural trails and the established gravel trails. The Under 6s had their own separate race area with all…
We are just waiting to confirm some of the venues for the 2019 Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike series. Dates so far Xmtb Spring Series – 3 March 2019 – Ormeau Park Ulster XC Series – Round 1 – 7 April 2019 – Apollo CT – Venue TBC Ulster XC series – Round 2 – 28 April 2019 – Dromara CC – Venue TBC Ulster XC series – Round 3 –…