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Banbridge Cycling Club hosted the 2018 Irish National Cross-country Mountain Bike Championships on Sunday 22 July at Castlewellan Forest Park in County Down. This is the 5th year the club has been running mountain bike events in this part of the popular forest park which includes a mixture of grass field start in front of the castle, fire roads, trail centre sections, natural sections, bomb holes and technical descents. Riders…

The fifth and final round of the Ulster Cross-country series took place at Davagh Forest, County Tyrone, on Sunday 8 July 2018. This round also doubled up as the final round of the Irish Cross-country National Point Series (NPS). The forest is home to a popular trail centre and parts of the trail network were used today, along with the fireroads and some new natural sections through the trees thanks to…

The Youth Camp returns this year with 6 dates.  These sessions are for Under 8s, 10s and 12s.  Dates are as follows: Monday 23 July, Monday 30 July, Monday 6 August, Monday 13 August, Monday 20 August, Monday 27 August.  Time 7-8:30 pm.  Locations given below.

The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is launching the fourth of their training sessions for Under 14s and 16s on Saturday 7 July 2018 at Davagh Forest.  We are delighted to have a visiting coach from British Cycling at the event. This session is open to all riders in these age categories. Riders to meet at 10 am on site. The morning session will be skills based using the format of the Inter-regional Mountain…

The fifth and final round of the Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike series takes place at Davagh Forest on Sunday 8 July 2018.  Details of the race and a link to registration is given here.

Phoenix Bike Park in Suffolk was the venue for Round 4 of the HSBC British National XC series which took place on the weekend of 9-10 June.   With Thomas Creighton sitting exams Cycling Ulster had a four rider team at this event.

Round 3 of the Irish Cross-country Mountain Bike National Point Series (NPS) took place on Sunday 17 June 2018 at St. Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in south Belfast. This event, hosted by Xmtb, doubled up as Round 4 of the Ulster Cross-country series. The club wish to thank Belfast City Council for their ongoing support of cycling. The recent dry weather had left the park in great condition with…

The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is launching the third of their training sessions for Under 14s and 16s on Saturday 16 June 2018 at Lady Dixon Park in Belfast. This session is open to all riders in these age categories. Riders to meet at 10 am on site. The morning session will be skills based using the format of the Inter-regional Mountain Bike Championships. NOTE: For this season the training will include individual…

Round 4 of the Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike Series will also double up as Round 3 of the National Point Series (NPS).  Event to be held in Lady Dixon Park in Belfast on Sunday 17 June 2018. See details here.

Round 3 of the Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike Series took place at Drumcairne Forest Park on Sunday 20 May 2018. This was the third year that local club Island Wheelers had hosted an event in this location and they had been busy developing the structure of the tracks and the set up of the site. Thanks to the Northern Ireland Forestry Service for their permission and support. The course had…