The preparation work had been done, the spins of recent weeks had increased in distance and most importantly, the sponsorship drive had taken place. Now it was just the small matter of completing our 8 county challenge! The plan was to gather at our usual meeting spot at the Bank of Ireland on Waterford’s Paddy […]
This Saturday, September 15th, a group of us here in Comeragh CC will attempt to complete a pretty arduous task when we take on our 8 counties challenge. The cycle encompassing upwards of 260km on the day for most, will travel through parts of Wexford, Wicklow, Kildare, Carlow, Laois, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford. The participants, […]
Comeragh CC youths took home a haul of three Munster Champion golds, two silver medals and two team prizes from the Annual Blarney CC hosted event on Sunday August 26th. First up was Hannah Hayes who rounded out a great season, which also saw her take home 3 medals from the national championships, with gold […]
New National 10 mile Tandem Record; Damien Vereker has this weekend, along with pilot Dermot Radford, set the National Tandem 10 mile record. Setting a time of 18’54”, breaking the previous record of 19’04” Well done Damien & Dermot. Silver Pail Races in Fermoy; Fermoy Cycling Club hosted their Silver Pail races also this Weekend […]
For the second year in a row, representatives from Comeragh CC made the journey to picturesque County Clare for the Eurocycles-Eurobaby sponsored Junior Tour of Ireland. Competed over 6 days with an individual time-trial kicking things off on the Tuesday evening followed by 5 road stages, the last of which was a circuit race just […]
Our last, but by no means least, rider profile of this years Team Comeragh for the Eurocycles Eurobaby Junior Tour of Ireland is none other than the hugely talented Tomás Walsh. With a string of top results to his name his victory in the Frank O’Rourke combined A2/A3 race earlier this year in Wexford ranks […]
Our penultimate rider profile in the run-up to this years Junior Tour is that of Jason Kenny. Unlucky at times, finding himself at the wrong side of his fair share of incidents, Jason is capable of a very good sprint. A decent result in the opening Individual Time-Trial on Tuesday evening wouldn’t be beyond the […]
So here we are. The 2018 Junior Tour is almost upon us. The 5 riders, Aaron, Ciaran, Jason, Rhys and Tomás have set this event as their respective main target event for the season. Even though they’ve all recently completed their leaving certs, they’ve put in a stellar few months preparation for the Junior Tour […]
The start list for this years junior tour, including our own Team Comeragh CC, numbers 77 to 81; http://www.juniortourofireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Entry-List-2018.pdf
With just a few days to go before we head to Ennis, we profile the youngest (by one day) of the five Team Comeragh riders, Aaron. No stranger to breakaways, Aaron is yet to get his name on this years score sheet. Won’t be long though I’m sure I joined Comeragh CC in 2014 […]