Galway Bay Cycling Two Wheels Good

by Sean McCarthy

Did this race as I as down these parts for the weekend, and my brother (Noel) was doing it.

Stage 1: 8km TT

This was my second time doing a TT having all ready done the Galway Bay league TT a few weeks back.
Was alot of fancy TT bikes aero helmets and disc wheels which i didn’t expect in the A4 cat. The course
was mostly flat with a 500m drag after about 1 km and another shorter drag before the finsh. Was run
on main Kilarney-mallow road so surface was good and we had a slight crosswind. Didnt start very well

Round 4 of Galway League on Tuesday, 15th May - sign on from 6-30 to 7pm - race starts at
7-15pm from the Long point at the lake on Woodford road. 37km of up
and down roads with a 1km 8% climb in the middle, finish... is same as
WCW open race. One for the climbers!
Sign on Fee 5euro, please bring your race numbers , if you have yet
got a number they are 5euro deposit. Head Marshall is Paul Brennan
0857755500.

map of course
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/57291764

Tony and Mark

by Tony Bourke.

On Sunday last 10 members of Galway bay turned up in Sligo for the an post ox mountain challenge.

Terry Staunton,Tj Mullins,John Fahy,Tom Fahy,Mairtin og McDonagh,Tony Bourke,Mark Herrick,Mike Smith,Larry Kelly,Ronnie Greaney.

What lay ahead was 160+km of good cycling and craic and plenty of Cake.

We met in the carpark of Sligo I.T. ,with Mullins starting the slagging early(what is his problem with my red shoes).
It was decided to head away a few minutes early as the lads are camera shy and they reckoned we would get the pick of the food at the first stop(Tj).

Oranmore - Loughrea - Oranmore

Round 5 of the GBCC Spring League gets underway at 7pm sharp from Oranmore. Riders can park at the Oranmore Community centre and cycle through the roundabout towards Loughrea to assemble at the starting point for the race.

The 47km race goes through Craughwell and continues on to the first roundabout on the way into Loughrea, round the roundabout and back to Oranmore. The finish line just before the water tower coming into Oranmore.

*** Note: the route takes riders over the railway line in Craughwell in both directions. Please use caution when crossing the tracks. ***

More on the route here:
http://app.strava.com/segments/1322479

Wild West Tour

Details are emerging on the Galway Bay double-header of events happening over the weekend of the 16th / 17th of June. First up is the Galway Bay Criterium which will involve two races, Cats 1, 2 and 3 together and a separate race for Cat 4 all happening on Saturday, 16th of June from about 6pm onwards around the fast Cladagh circuit. Secondly is the Wild West Tour which is being run again in Connemara over a choice of two distances, 50k and 100k.

Watch this space for further updates.

Marrey, Sherlock, Frawley

Joyce, Ryder, Frawley

Dooley, Joyce, Ryder

Liam Frawley continued his recent string of good results with a great performance in the 175km 2-day stage race held in Letterfrack over the May 28th weekend. The race was attended by a number of high category riders including last year’s winner David Walsh from Slaney, Padriag Marry, who competed and completed 9 FBD Ras Tailteann and one of Ireland most highly rated riders, Ryan Sherlock from Cycleways.

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Thomas McGuire won the Bog Week shield held in Letterfrack. The race was held over 2 circuits of the challenging Tullycross, Letterfrack circuit and fought off the challenge of Westport’s Tom Bourke to take his first race win of the year.

Thursday Night Race Route

With the poncing around on the time trial and hill climbs out of the way it's time for the real racing to begin! Round 3 of the Galway Bay Spring League continues at Bushy Park tomorrow, Thursday, 26th of April with a 36km road race out to Moycullen, across to An Spideal and finishing up at the Barna Golf Club.

Things to note:-

1. Sign-on is mandatory

2. You must hold a Cycling Ireland Club Licence to participate in these races.

3. We will try to accurately assign handicaps on the night.

The Great Spin Out West Charity Cycle in aid of cancer Care West takes place again this year kicking off at the Connemara Gateway Hotel in Oughterard on August 11th next. See
Great Spin Out West for more details.

GBCC Spring League Round 2

Round 2 of the GBCC Spring Race Series is coming up on Thursday after a great turn out of 30 riders for Round 1. This round is a hill climb up Pollagh (or Moycullen Back Hill) which is a short 2.2km of pain. The start is about 1.7km past Moycullen, there's a V-junction and the start is at the bridge. There are 2 junctions to watch out for - 1st is about 650m up and it's a left and then the 2nd is about 1.4km, also a left.