The 2018 Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike Championships took place on Sunday 5 August at Castlewellan Forest Park in County Down. Host club Shimna Wheelers elected to run their event on the ‘old’ course which is located towards the Leitrim side of the lake.
Banbridge CC host super XC Championships at Castlewellan
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…
Exciting racing at the final round of the Ulster XC series
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…
Youth Camp 2018 – Under 12s off-road training
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.
Training day for U14s and U16s – Mock exam!
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…
Registration now open for the 5th and final round of the Ulster XC series
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.
More success for Ulster riders British XC series
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.
Strong racing at Lady Dixon Park
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…
Third training day for U14 and U16 riders
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…
Entries now open for Round 4 of the Ulster XC series
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.