The club are welcoming new members right now and if you would like to hear more …all you will need to do is make contact with us first, by contacting sorrento.cycling@gmail.com to reserve your spot…. We have three tours each weekend and Spring training each Wednesday to the end of April has just started. So […]
The end of the Summer league took place last night with race 12 in the series ascending the climb of Ballycullen, a climb that almost runs parallel to the Devils Glen and is nearly as steep. A good field comprising the key riders in the league positions making up the field to take on this […]
In a great night of racing on a tough circuit the fast men(and woman) came out to play and made a great night of close racing with a great finale in our penultimate race of the year. The circuit at Kilmacurragh always favours a strong rider with a kick as the finish is uphill on […]
A battle royale took place on the Ballymurin circuit last night with the main protagonist’s fighting it out right to the line on this uphill sprint finish in the club road race championship. Across the water Boris may be gone but here Dave Peelo is firmly back in place following a few weeks away from […]
The conditions could not have been much kinder for League race 8 in the club summer league on the Newcastle circuit last night. The winner Patrick Bradshaw and second placed Cearbhall Guilfoyle finishing on the last climb within a second of each other after a number of groups formed but split during a heated hour […]
It was back to normal with our scratch-man Paul Cullinan taking the honours and title on the Tap 25 mile TT course last night in near perfect conditions for a time trial. In winning his time was 18 seconds improved on last year. In the Ladies race the victor was Suzanne White with Jackie MacNamee […]
The waters of the Varty reservoirs were like millponds last night but that didn’t stop Club chair Stephen Healy making a big splash in only his second race of the league series, winning by 10 seconds from his marker Suzanne White. Both riders sliced through the field catching Aine MacCarthy (3rd) and Patrick Bradshaw(4th) less […]
A very strong performance by Dave Peelo following a couple of marshalling stints showed his sights are firmly set on this years league title with a strong 10 Mile TT on the Beehive RAB circuit . The southerly wind on the return did not deter him from carving through the field winning by a slim […]
As Winter is just about here it is necessary to keep up your fitness level and why not get out with one of our groups this weekend, with three tours this weekend there is one for your fitness level available. Saturday 13th November – Grove Bar, Willow Grove @9.30am. Leaving Promptly ! Led by […]
This week we congratulate our chair Paul O’Donoghue, the genial and tireless face of the club (for decades) on what seemed like one of his most difficult challenges. In the last week he rode the 1000km Alicante Audax event which took in a staggering 15,000 metres of climbing in the allotted 75 hours for the […]