Cycling Ulster Youth CampOff-road skills sessions for Under 14s Monday evenings 7-8:30 pm Price per rider £2 All riders must have a current Cycling Ireland licence. Licences can be obtained on the night price £5 which covers the rider until the end of December 2011 (For those riders born in 1997 – 2003). CalendarMonday 25 July 2011 – BelfastMonday 1 August – BelfastMonday 8 August – LisburnMonday 15 August –…
Spring Series 2011 Round 3
Date: Sunday 13 March 2011 Event: XMTB Spring Series Round 3 Location: Ormeau Park, Belfast Host club: XMTB McConvey Cycles The third and final round of the Spring Mountain Bike Series took place back at Ormeau Park in Belfast on Sunday 13 March 2011. The series, which has been held on consecutive Sundays, was hosted by local club XMTB McConvey Cycles who are well known for their pre-season racing series which are geared towards youth…
Spring Series 2011 Round 2
Date: Sunday 06 March 2011 Event: XMTB Spring Series Round 2 Location: Ormeau Park, Belfast Host club: XMTB McConvey Cycles Round 2 of XMTB McConvey Cycle’s Spring Mountain bike series returned to Ormeau Park in Belfast on Sunday 6 March 2011 where there was another gathering of riders from age 5+ looking to race around the short circuit among the trees. The course had benefitted from several days of dry weather which helped to reduce…
Spring Series 2011 Round 1
Date: Sunday 27 February 2011 Event: XMTB Spring Series Round 1 Location: Ormeau Park, Belfast Host club: XMTB McConvey Cycles On the same weekend that the road racing season began XMTB McConvey Cycles hosted the first of their three round off-road mountain bike series at Ormeau Park in Belfast. The club has ran this type of series for many years now but this was only the second year at the Ormeau Park site. The primary aim…
XMTB Spring Series 2016
XMTB McConvey Cycles spring series returns to Ormeau Park on Sunday 28th February 2016. A series of 3 mountain bike races aimed primarily at the youth riders from the Under 8s up to the Under 16s. The club wish to thank Belfast City Council for their support and ongoing permission to use the venue. Because of the popularity of this league in addition to the normal program, we will be…
Lakeland MTB 2015 report
Date: Sunday 25 January 2015Event: Lakeland MTB XC RaceLocation: Colebrooke Estate, FermanaghHost club: Lakeland Cycling Club The beautiful surroundings of Colebrooke Estate was the location for the first cross-country (XC) mountain bike event of 2015. Host club Lakeland CC had been busy over the winter days developing the course that was run on this 1000 acre site last year by reversing the course and opening up new sections. The venue…
About us
After a one year break in 2009, 2010 saw the re-commencement of cross country mountain bike racing in Ulster. We presented a season of exhilarating mountain bike racing on some of the best courses in the country from the Mournes to the Sperrins. The 2010 Ulster Cross Country league consisted of 7 rounds of off-road bike racing held over a wide range of terrains and venues from parkland racing, singletrack…
28 June 1997
Date: Saturday 28 June 1997Event: Bangor Bike WeekLocation: Castle Park, BangorHost club: Toyota North Down Pity help the dog walker who happened to stray across the all weather pitch in Bangor’s Castle Park on Saturday 28 June as a stampede of highly charged mountain bikers started the Toyota North Down Bangor Bike Week mountain bike race. Always a success, this well established week of competition culminated in an open cross…
1 June 1997
Date: Sunday 1 June 1997Event: NI MTB League Round 2Location: Moneyscalp ForestHost club: Belfast Belvoir Road Club NI XC League Round 2 MONEYSCALP WOOD Round 2 of the Northern Ireland Cross Country League was held at Moneyscalp Wood on a scorching hot Sunday on the first day of June by the Belfast Belvoir Road Club. Some ingenious undergrowth exploration had seen the familiar loop of the wood course altered to…
Unknown 1997
Date: S?? ?? 1997Event: NI MTB League Round 3Location: Davagh ForestHost club: Unknown The good weather enjoyed at the Moneyscalp weekend was continued at Round 3 of the Northern Ireland Cross Country League the following week at Davagh Forest. The course contrasted massively from Moneyscalp in that most of the lap involved gravelled forest path.