Date: Sunday 15 April 2012 Event: Ulster Series Round 1 Location: Ballykelly Forest, Limavady Host club: Strabane / Lifford CC The Ulster Cross-Country Mountain Bike Series for 2012 kicked off with the first round at Ballykelly Forest near Limavady. Host club Strabane / Lifford CC had only put forward the application to host a round of the series in late February and had their work cut out for them preparing the course…
Date: Saturday 3 September 2011 Event: Ulster MTB Championships 2011 Location: Craigavon Watersports Centre Host club: Apollo CT Craigavon Watersports Centre was the venue for the 2011 Ulster Cross-Country Mountain Bike Championships hosted by Apollo Cycling Team and held on Saturday 3 September 2011. Pre-entry had opened the week before and over 100 riders had registered for the day. In total 123 riders took part on a pleasant day with…
Date: Sunday 14 August 2011 Event: Ulster Series Round 6, NPS Round 6 Location: Castlewellan Forest Park Host club: Xmtb McConvey Cycles The final round of both the Irish National Point Series (NPS) and the Ulster XC Series took place at Castlewellan Forest Park on Sunday 14 August 2011. The NPS status was only recently awarded to the event when a previous NPS round had to be cancelled and host…
Date: Saturday 2 July 2011 Event: Ulster Series Round 5 Location: Dunmore Mountain, Spa, Ballynahinch Host club: Dromara Cycling Club Round 5 of the Ulster Cross-Country Mountain Bike Series took place on Saturday 2 July 2011 at Dunmore Mountain located near Spa, Ballynahinch. Dromara Cycling Club was the host of the event and the organisers are very grateful to the Wightman family who own the land for the use of…
Date: Sunday 5 June 2011 Event: Ulster Series Round 4 Location: Magheramorne Quarry, Larne Host club: Team Madigan Round 4 of the Ulster Cross Country Mountain Bike Series 2011 took place at Magheramorne Quarry near Larne in County Antrim. This is the fifth year that host club Team Madigan have had access to this site to put on a race and the club is grateful to the landowners Lafarge. Unfortunately this was…
Date: Sunday 29 May 2011 Event: Ulster Series Round 3, Irish NPS Round 5 Location: Lady Dixon Park, Belfast Host club: Xmtb McConvey Cycles Round 3 of the 2011 Ulster Cross-Country Mountain Bike Series took place at the beautiful Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in south Belfast. This was also Round 5 of the Irish National Points Series (NPS). The park, which is managed by Belfast City Council, has proved…
Date: Sunday 15 May 2011 Event: Ulster Series Round 2, Irish NPS Round 4 Location: Tollymore Forest, Newcastle Host club: Banbridge Cycling Club The second round of the Ulster Cross-Country Mountain Bike Series 2011 took place at Tollymore Forest Park on Sunday 15 May 2011 hosted by Banbridge Cycling Club. This event was also the fourth of seven rounds of the Irish National Point Series (NPS) which meant a larger attendance of…
Date: Sunday 1 May 2011 Event: Ulster Series Round 1, Irish NPS Round 3 Location: Davagh Forest, Cookstown Host club: Carn Wheelers The opening round of the 2011 Ulster Cross-Country Mountain Bike Series took place on Sunday 1 May at Davagh Forest near Cookstown. The venue, which is managed by the Forestry Service, was also included as part of the National Point Series (NPS) for the first time. It was the…
Date: Sunday 12 September 2010 Event: Ulster Series Round 7 / Ulster MTB Championships Location: Tollymore Forest Park Host club: Banbridge CC The 2010 Ulster Mountain Bike Cross-Country Championships were held on Sunday 12 September at the excellent Tollymore Forest Park, County Down. The event was hosted by Banbridge Cycling Club, who have had a long history of organising off-road racing events, and attracted over 140 riders from age 5 to 50+. The club…
Date: Saturday 4 September 2010 Event: Ulster Series Round 6 Location: Craigavon Lakes Host club: Apollo CT Round 6 of the Ulster Cross Country Mountain Bike League took place on Saturday 4 September 2010 at the Craigavon Lakes hosted by the Apollo Cycling Team. Race headquarters was in the excellent Watersports Centre which had a room set up for sign-on, a café and shower facilities.