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Lough Derg MTB Challenge 2010: 16th & 17th October

Aug 31

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The Mountain Bike Challenge, Lough Derg 2010 is your chance to explore and enjoy some of the finest off-road trails around Lough Derg and raise money for The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland (MS Ireland) while you’re doing it.

With kind permission from Coillte, The East Clare Way and Lough Derg Ways, you will have access to some of the country’s most stunning views and ride through areas and tracks that are not generally available to Mountain Biking. The event is open to everyone regardless of ability or age. You can compete to win or just join the event for a fun day out on the trails.

The event is being run in aid of Multiple-Sclerosis Ireland (MS Ireland) in a drive to raise much needed funds for the organisation which runs offices and provides support services across the country.

Dust off your mountain bike or sharpen up on your racing skills and come join us. It’s a unique event and one that the entire family will enjoy.

Full details here!

Online Reg open for IMBRC Team relay!

Apr 8

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Get your teams registered asap!
Registration for the Team Relay will close on Friday evening 9 April at 6pm so get your team info together and register!

Here is the link or you can use the form below


<a href="http://fs17.formsite.com/offroadeventsreg/IMBRCrelay/index.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','fs17.formsite.com']);">Click here to complete: IMBRC Team Relay</a>

IMBRC Team Relay – get your teams together!

Apr 6

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As a warm-up to the first NPS of the year, the IMBRC Team Relay event will make its return on Saturday the 10th of April, the day before the NPS event.

Teams will be made up of 3 riders with no more than one elite rider.
Each rider will complete 1 lap of the NPS course each.
Only one rider from each team will be on the course at any given time.
This was great craic last year so make sure to get a team together and get down there – you will register on the day, it looks like it may even be as sunny as it was the last time they ran the event!!

Sign on will start at 12pm, Racing will start at 1pm
Entry fee is €15 per team

TC Racing presents XC and CX Fun race

Dec 11

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TC RACING and Empowerment Plus hope that you can travel to the Park Hotel Virginia Co. Cavan on Sunday the 20th of December to battle it out in the Christmas XC and CX Fun Race.

The venue is on the grounds of the Park Hotel making great use of the forest paths and lakeside tracks to offer close and exciting racing.
The timetable of events is as follows:

Race start:

  • U8/ U10/ U12: 11.45am
  • U14/ U16 12.15pm
  • Senior/Mtb 1.15pm

There will be a local School team prize.
All proceeds go to (Empowerment Plus) a charitable organization working with young people and families at risk

For further information please contact Tom Clogher: 086-7710-099

Trail Quest Winter League

Oct 21

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Trail Quest

Course description: K Capital Challenge Rnd 3.

Sep 28

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The Start is a mass start leaving Kippure house with a nice fast 1.5km on the road
A couple of minutes later and you will hit Athdown and you’re on fireroad and climbing for one kilometer. On from there and you head downhill on the first technical descent of the day and into some flowing fast single track for 1km before getting on to an old double track for 2km’s.

You’re now in Cloughleagh and more winding single track and double track before getting into even more single track ahead of a fireroad climb for 200meters. Head down from here and full concentration required as you have 2km’s of intense single track

After the last 2km’s of single track it’s time to get into a rhythm and focus on the steady 3km climb before you get into a steep one hundred meter climb before a short descent and a river crossing (feet up) and then more climbing through a fantastic open heather single track for another km.

Back on the road for a bit and some more tarmac let you get your breath back and it’s on to Butter Mountain and we’re back into a mix of fireroad and single track before descending down the old downhill track (just past Mick Jordan’s house, K Capital Challenge feed sponsor, so just pop in and ask for food if you’re hungry) and a bit more climbing now for about 2km’s and you’re into some nice double track climbing and descending.

From here it’s a short bit of tarmac before heading back towards Athdown to climb for the last time before hitting the fast flowing single track before the finish. Once you’re back into the grounds of Kippure house it’s head down for the final finish loop.


Notes:
There will be a feed on the course as per the other rounds.
It is hunting season in the area so pre-riding on the Saturday is not advisable.
Course and Distances are subject to change:
Long course – 28km’s
Short course – 18km’s

The Ballyhoura Screamer MTB race

Sep 25

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The ‘Ballyhoura Screamer’ is a two stage mountain bike race that takes place on Halloween, Saturday October 31st.

Stage One: 1pm Saturday October 31st

A day stage race offering a tough 30 km circuit setting off at 1pm to tackle the world class Ballyhoura MTB Single track trails.

Stage 2: 7pm Saturday October 31st

A 10 km night stage bringing riders through the forest enclosed by the dark of Halloween night and by the ghastly ghouls, grisly gremlins, devilish demons and creatures of the night from this world and the next.

The overall winner will have to complete both races but it will be possible to race just the day stage on its own if persons do not feel up for the forest on Halloween night.

More info:
http://ballyhouraspook.wordpress.com/

K Capital Challenge Round 2

Aug 18

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Round 2 of this years K Capital Challenge takes place this Sunday in Carrick Mountain, Co.Wicklow. Race HQ is based just outsie Glenealy and will see riders being truly tested on a totally new fantastic 40km loop.

Round one saw the riders face two laps of a very technically demanding lap in Kilruddery Estate just out side of Bray in county Wicklow. In round 2 riders will be on a longer course but a less technically demanding one. That doesn’t mean no fun tracks though as course desginers have searched high and low to bring you some amazing new single track most of which has never been ridden by mountain bikers before.

Robin Seymour, chief course designer today described the venue by saying ‘Carrick.. a secret Nirvana of biking..’ Asked what did he mean he was quick to add, ‘The place has tons of tracks untouched by mountain bikers..’ ‘We’ve managed to build a 30km loop which will see the riders climb up and over the near virgin soil of Carrick and enjoy some fantastic unspoiled views of the Garden of Ireland’… Worth noting also that there is a shorter loop for those riders that want to take part but feel the 30km a bit too long for them. Stuart Galloway added ‘We were in two minds about having the shorter event, but after seeing how much beginners enjoyed doing just 1 lap in round one we just couldn’t leave it out’… ‘We want everyone to enjoy these new challenge races, so it’s important to have a race that everyone can do.’

Sign on opens at 10am this Sunday. Directions can be found on the website http://www.kcapitalchallenge.com.

The race itself kicks off at noon with all senior riders starting in a mass start. No bottle necks this time though as riders start their climb to the top of Carrick Mountain on a nice open fireroad.
“Carrick Mountain is located in the eastern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains in the Republic of Ireland. It rises directly above the village of Glenealy on the R752, midway between Rathnew and Rathdrum. The mountain is, bar a few large rocky knolls, completely covered in forest. There is a network of forest roads on the hill, with long straights, steeps slopes, hair-pin bends; the forest roads, with their sand and gravel surfaces, ascend to within 100 m of the summit.”

Carrick Mountain Hill Wicklow County
Height: 381 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 56 for top
Grid Ref: T23263 94064 Latitude: 52.983460 Longitude: -6.165459
ITM: 723185 694099 Prominence: 174m Isolation: 6.8km

Why should I ride the K Capital Cup Challenge?

Jul 20

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Well…. where to start?
The K Cup Challenge series is aimed at many types or riders.
If you’re the hardened cross country rider and love going head to head with the competition then you won’t be dissapointed.  If you’re the Sunday warrior who likes to go out with his mates but are not really into the XC scene then this is also perfect for you.
Get out on your bike, enter the race and get around the course just to finish or beat one of your mates.
What about the first time racers?
The guys who get out and ride every weekend but have never really thought about racing at all. The Challenge is perfect for you.
This is your chance to get out and ride in some new places, find some new tracks, and while you’re at it just put your head down and ride with other like minded people.
With the mass start, its long loops, it breaks all the rules of XC racing.
Don’t forget that every rider who finishes all three rounds will get a special edition t-shirt which will only be worn by the best of the best on the Irish mountain bike scene.
Last but not least we all get to enjoy three fantastic courses designed by the Godfather of Irish Mountain Biking: Robin Seymour.
A man with such passion for good trails that no stone will be left unturned or unmoved to make sure we have the best trails around for you to ride on.
The K Capital Challenge Team

KCapital Challenge Series Round 1

Jul 14

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Killruddery is the opening round of the 3 race KCapital Challenge Series, www.kcapitalchallenge.com , being held on the Sunday 26th July.
Venue is Killruddery Demense, Parking and start is in the Belmont Area [old castle], which can be accessed from the Bray to Greystones road turning off at Windgates

Event will be a Mass start for all competitors at 12.00 Noon, and will be over a 35km course [2 laps], with all the flowy singletrack in Killruddery from last years Nationals as well as a big Climb up high onto the small Sugarloaf, and long descent too. As everyone is riding the same course we are leaving out ‘The ROCK’ but We’ve found something else as spectacular

We are going to run the Underage on a Mini Challenge Course, one loop, starting just after the start of the other categories.

We are having a Top 10 prize list for the 10 fastest riders overall and awards for the various categories, and the series then for the categories also.

Entry fees:
All Senior Cats €20
Juniors €15
Underage €5

For More Info see www.kcapitalchallenge.com