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…
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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.
11 May 1997
Date: Sunday 11 May 1997Event: NI MTB League Round 1Location: Ballykelly ForestHost club: Roe Valley CC There were three descents which conspired to make things difficult for even the so called downhillers taking part with a short, steep climb, two river crossings, a four foot drop off and a section of mud that the Eurosport Tractor Pulling TV show would have been proud of completing the lap.
25 May 1997
Date: Sunday 25 May 1997Event: Redhall Open MTB XC RaceLocation: Redhall Estate, CarrickfergusHost club: Bann Wheelers Sunday 25th May and Redhall Estate outside Carrickfergus was the venue for Bann Wheelers first major open mountain bike event of the year. As ever, Norman Atkins’ involvement in proceedings ensured scorching sunshine and although the record numbers of last year didn’t materialise, over 100 riders made the journey out the coast to try…
30 May 2004 – Drumkeeragh Forest
Date: Sunday 30 May 2004Event: NI MTB League Round 2Location: Drumkeeragh ForestHost club: Banbridge CC Results and Reports – NI Cross-Country League 2 Drumkeeragh Forest near Dromara was the venue for round two of the Northern Ireland Mountain Bike Cross Country League on Sunday 30th May. The promoters, Banbridge CC at last got a dry day for their event, after three years of trying. For once the normally boggy forest…
17 June 2004 – Barnetts Demesne
Date: Thursday 17 June 2004Event: Ulster MTB League Round 3Location: Barnetts Demesne, BelfastHost club: TeamFergie N.I. X/C Mountain Bike League Round 3 – 17th June 2004 Round 3 of the league was promoted by TEAMFERGIE and sponsored by BHB (Fire & Rescue Training Consultants, Muckamore, Antrim). The venue was at Barnett Demesne and the event was part of the Belfast City Council Bike Week.