The committee has decided to look to acquire two “beginner” road bikes, suitable for use by our underage memers in underage races. If you have a small framed bike in reasonable condition that is surplus to your requirements, please contact Aidan Ryan.

The Mick Byrne Randonee is a very important event for the club. Mick was a founder member and the main diving force behind the early development of the club.  He died last year, aged 81 and the Mick Byrne Randonee is being staged in his honour. Aidan has put together a flyer for the event. Pease print it out and distribute it freely.

The 200k will start at 8am with the 100k starting at 10am. Both routes leave from and finish at Cuala GAA Club, Hyde Road, Dalkey, where changing facilities and showers will be available.

The young guns were at it again in Race 4 with Enda Ryan just pipping Ben Kavanagh to top spot. This was Enda’s second win and it sees him open the first significant gap, 8 points, at the top of the league. Ben takes over second spot. The chasing pack are closely grouped with just 2 points separating 3rd from 8th. See the full results on the club league page.

Next Thursday’s event is a 15 mile Interclub CP starting at the southern end of Newtownmountkennedy at 7:30pm.

Next events.

• Club Tour, Glen of the Downs, Sun 11th May, 10:00am sharp
• Underage  MTB, Djouce, Mon May 12th. 7:30pm.
• Interclub CP, Newtownmountkennedy, Thu 15th May 7:30pm.

Thanks to everyone who raced in the event and also to the many people who came along to help run the event on the day. Thanks also to The Bike Rack, Johnstown Road, Cabinteely for once again providing sponsorship for the event. You can get a full list of results here.

There are almost 200 pictures loaded so have a look at the photo section. You can also see them on Flickr, here. 

The first event of the 5 event league kicked off with a 6.8m TT at the Kilmacanogue flyover on Thu 24th April. First home from the 77 riders was John Lynch Of Bray Wheelers. See full results here.

Entry fee is €5 for the league, payable on the night. If you are not riding, please come along and help on the night. Full schedule of races here.

This years Wicklow 200 takes place on Sunday June 8th. It starts and finishes in UCD, as it did last year. The closing date is mid May, so get your entry form in if you want to do it. 

(Eileen and I are planning a relaxed easy W200 with a 6pm finish. Drop me a mail if you are interested in keeping us company. A tour group like we had in the early years of the event would be good!…John)

Find a summary of the recently released programme of racing for the coming season here.

Many thanks to Paul Murray for putting together an informative newsletter with details of all upcoming events, and more. Read all about it here!

Paris Brest Paris 2007 will go down in history for the exceptionally wet and windy weather visited on the event. Read the reports from Sorrento members and from the wider Irish contingent on the Audax page.