1Bike Handling Skills Competitionfor Under 14s and Under 16sThe Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is organising a skills competition for youth riders in the Under 14 and Under 16 age groups (male and female). This is a new set up for 2015 and has been based on the skills competition at the Inter-regional Mountain Bike Championships. These events will take place at the same venue and date as the Ulster Cross-country…
Report Round 5 2015
Date: Sunday 6 September 2015 Event: Ulster Series Round 5 Location: Craigavon Watersports Centre Host club: Apollo CT Many thanks to the hardworking team at Apollo CT for putting on the event. This concludes the Ulster series. Commissaires: Martin Grimley and Lisa Millar Full results here Photographs
Report Round 4 2015
Date: Sunday 2 August 2015 Event: Ulster Series Round 4 / NPS Series Round 5 Location: Castlewellan Forest Park Host club: Banbridge CC Castlewellan Forest Park in County Down played host to Round 4 of the Ulster Cross-Country Mountain Bike Series 2015. This event doubled up as the 5th and final round of the 2015 Irish National Points Series (NPS). Hosted by Banbridge Cycling Club, under the guidance of event…
Report Round 3 2015
Date: Sunday 31 May 2015 Event: Ulster Series Round 3 Location: Lady Dixon Park, Belfast Host club: Xmtb McConvey Cycles It was a return to Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in Belfast for Round 3 of the Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike Series 2015. Host club Xmtb McConvey Cycles has been running an off-road cycle race in the park since 2009 and has built up a great knowledge of the…
Report Round 2 2015
Date: Sunday 12 April 2015 Event: Ulster Series Round 2 Location: Colebrooke Estate, Co. Fermanagh Host club: Caldwell Cycles Caldwell Cycles’s usual venue of Ballykelly Forest was unavailable this year due to tree felling which left event organiser Clive Caldwell the task of finding another venue to host a cross-country mountain bike event. Thankfully Lord Alan Brookeborough of Colebrooke Estate in Brookeborough County Fermanagh was happy to accommodate another race…
Report Round 1 2015
Date: Sunday 9 March 2015 Event: Ulster Series Round 1 Location: Kilbroney Park Forest, Rostrevor Host club: Dromara CC The 2015 Ulster Cross-Country (XC) Mountain Bike Series kicked off on Sunday 8 March at one of Ireland’s premier mountain bike trail centres, Kilbroney Park beside the village of Rostrevor in County Down. Host club Dromara Cycling Club has been running XC events here since the trail centre opened in 2013….
Xmtb Spring Series 2015 report
The Xmtb McConvey Cycles Spring Series is a well-established set of three off-road cycling races which take place just before the start of the main off-road race season. The three races were held at Ormeau Park in Belfast and the club wish to thank Belfast City Council for their continued support. The races have always been aimed at the youth riders with a senior race tagged on at the end…
Xmtb Spring Series 2014 results Rd3
Xmtb McConvey Cycles – Spring Series – Round 3 – 02 March 2014 Ormeau Park Belfast The third and final round of the Xmtb McConvey Cycles mountain bike series took place on Sunday 2 March 2014 at Ormeau Park in Belfast. The task for the course builders was to come up with a challenging but flowing course that used the same area of the park but making best use of…
Xmtb Spring Series 2014 results Rd2
Xmtb McConvey Cycles – Spring Series – Round 2 – 23 February 2014 Ormeau Park Belfast It was a return to Ormeau Park for Round 2 of the Xmtb McConvey Cycles spring series. This event was almost not going to go ahead as the course from the previous round had been very mucky and the weather during the week had not helped it. Thankfully Mark Harvey and Robbie Lamont came…
Xmtb Spring Series 2014 results Rd1
Xmtb McConvey Cycles – Spring Series – Round 1 – 16 February 2014 Ormeau Park Belfast Round 1 of the 2014 Mountain Bike Spring Series hosted by Xmtb McConvey Cycles took place at Ormeau Park on the 16 February. The weather in the lead up to the race had been awful with heavy rain, strong winds and then a sharp frost on the morning of the race. Thankfully the day…