The first round of the Irish Cross-country Mountain Bike National Point Series took place at Davagh Forest, Co. Tyrone, on Sunday 19 May 2019. This event doubled up as Round 2 of the Ulster Cross-country series. Course designers from the host club, Carn Wheelers, are well used to the venue but had to do some amendments this year due to construction of the Dark Sky Observatory due to open in…
Ulster team at Round 2 of the British XC series
Last weekend the Cycling Ulster off-road riders competed at Round 2 of the British National mountainbike series which was based at the Olympic Games venue at Hadleigh Park, Essex overlooking the Thames estuary. Some of the riders had been there before for the inter-regional games but quickly found that the full Olympic configuration track was a different beast altogether. Nevertheless they got down to work on Saturday with Cycling Ulster…
Event cancellation
The first round of the Irish Cross-country mountain bike series was scheduled for 28 April and due to be hosted by Dromara Cycling Club. This race was due to double up as Round 2 of the Ulster cross-country series. Unfortunately the club has not been able to secure a venue for this event due to ongoing MTB event restrictions in Northern Ireland. The club has been working closely with the Cycling…
A great opening round to the Ulster XC series thanks to Apollo CT
The first round of the 2019 Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike series took place on Sunday 7 April at Craigavon Lakes. Hosted by Apollo Cycling Team who, although have been running races on this site for decades, this is only the second year the club has used the Tannaghmore Gardens side of the lake to host the event. The terrain is a mixture of gravel trails, technical sections and a wide…
Xmtb Spring Trophy – results
Ormeau Park in Belfast was the venue for Xmtb’s Spring Trophy cross-country mountain bike race. As opposed to the regular Spring series of 3 races the host club put all their efforts into hosting one race this year. The format remained the same with the course designed through the trees using both natural trails and the established gravel trails. The Under 6s had their own separate race area with all…
2019 Ulster Cross-country dates
We are just waiting to confirm some of the venues for the 2019 Ulster Cross-country Mountain Bike series. Dates so far Xmtb Spring Series – 3 March 2019 – Ormeau Park Ulster XC Series – Round 1 – 7 April 2019 – Apollo CT – Venue TBC Ulster XC series – Round 2 – 28 April 2019 – Dromara CC – Venue TBC Ulster XC series – Round 3 –…
Expression of interest to join the CU XC development squad
The Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission is now looking for expression of interest from riders who wish to join their cross-country development squad. The aim of the squad is to improve riders through a set of coaching sessions. The Commission will then select a team from the squad to compete at the British cross-country mountain bike series in 2019. Age categories for the squad are 2nd year Under 16s, Junior and Under…
Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission – AGM – 13 October 2018
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Cycling Ulster Off-road Commission took place on Saturday 13 October 2018. Minutes here.
More success for Ulster riders at British XC series (Round 5)
The Cycling Ulster Cross-country team travelled to the last round of the British XC Series at the Royal Welsh showgrounds in Wales over the weekend 4/5 August 2018. A total of five riders had been selected for the team consisting of, Thomas Creighton, Lee Harvey, Niamh McKiverigan, Ben Wilson and Darcey Harkness. The team was managed by Nicola McKiverigan and team Coach was Gareth McKee.
A great conclusion to the season with the Ulster XC Championships
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.