The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission has set aside a bursary to support riders who are competing in off-road cycle races outside of the island of Ireland. The bursary is open to riders competing in cross-country (XC), enduro, downhill (DH) and cyclo-cross (CX). The bursary is available to Ulster riders in the following age groups: Under 14, Under 16, Junior or Under 23 (year of birth 2000-2009). There are a limited number of bursaries of £150 per rider with each discipline being offered the same number of bursaries.
Continue reading “Ulster Off-road rider bursaries 2022”Enduro / Downhill training
The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission organised an enduro / downhill training session at Tollymore Forest on Sunday 1 May 2022 with Glyn O’Brien with some of the top performing Ulster riders.
Glyn advised on race prep including nutrition, bike prep, mental approach, physical conditioning, line choice etc. Plenty of sectioning with some weird and wonderful suggestions, timed runs with a few spills but thankfully no injuries. The riders really appreciated the advice and are looking forward to the future help.
CUORC U8-U12 training day 27 Feb 2022 – XC racers
The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is hosting a training day for youth riders (Under 8s to Under 12s) who are planning on competing in cross-country (XC) mountain bike races this year. The first cross-country race will be at Ormeau Park in Belfast on Sunday 6 March 2022.
The youth training day will be held at Gosford Forest Park starting at 10 am on Sunday 27 February 2022. We should be finished by 12:00.
All riders must pre-register in advance. The link to pre-register is given here.
The training is provided free but is limited to 15 riders. There is an admission fee of £5 per car to the forest.
XC Development Day
The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is going to host a cross-country mountain bike training day for riders who are planning on racing outside of the island of Ireland. The training day will take place on Sunday 27 February at Tollymore Mountain Centre. The training is aimed at second year Under 16s, Juniors and Under 23s (2000-2006), male or female. The training is limited to 10 riders. Riders must be from Ulster.
Meet up at Tollymore Mountain Centre at 10 am. After a briefing, head out onto the trails.
All riders must pre-enter. The training is being provide for free. Entry link here.
Youth off-road cycle training u14/u16
The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission (CUORC) is hosting off-road training days at Castlewellan Forest Park on Sunday 20 February 2022 and Sunday 27 March 2022. These sessions are for Ulster youth riders, boys and girls, in the Under 14s and Under 16s age categories. (Year of birth 2006 – 2009).
Continue reading “Youth off-road cycle training u14/u16”Ulster riders travel to Falkirk for CX race
A team of Ulster riders travelled over to Scotland for Round 3 of the HSBC National Trophy Cyclo-cross race which took place on 23/24 October 2021 at Callendar Park in Falkirk. Results can be found here.
Race reports from Enduro bursary receivers
Below are some short reports from three riders who have competed in enduro races outside of the island of Ireland.
Continue reading “Race reports from Enduro bursary receivers”Race reports from CX bursary receivers
Below are some short reports from four riders who have competed in cyclo-cross races outside of the island of Ireland.
Continue reading “Race reports from CX bursary receivers”Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission AGM 2021
This year’s Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission Annual General Meeting will take place online on Monday 18 October 2021 at 8:00 pm. Attendees will need to register in advance (link to register here).
Minutes from the 2020 AGM can be found here. Please review these as we will need to have these proposed and seconded at the meeting.
Expression of interest to race at the British National Trophy Round 3 at Falkirk
The purpose of this of this post is to set out the selection process for riders to compete in a Cycling Ulster team the British National Trophy Round 3 at Falkirk (24/10/2021). The selection is open to riders in the following categories: second year Under 16 boys, second year Under 16 girls, Junior men, Junior women, Under 23 men, Under 23 women. Maximum 8 riders – maximum 2 per race category. Riders may be asked to contribute towards food costs etc.
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