News date: 20-April-2008 Castlewellan: Singletrack from heaven!
A simply amazing course in cool-but-later-sunny conditions greeted the final round combatants of the excellent K-Capital Cup series.
Click here for the race results.
Full race report by Andy Potts here
News date: 16-April-2008 Irish MTB Riders Excel In British Events!
In particular, Ryan Sherlock and
Mel Spath from MADMTB
had an excellent weekend's racing in Thetford UK.
Checkout the racing report from Andy Potts for
all the details.
News date: 06-April-2008 K-Capital Cup Round 3
An amazing race in some equally amazing weather conditions: hail, sleet, snow flurrys, high winds, and incredible blasts of sunshine
taunted the riders as they tackled the superb Djouce trails.
Off-camber skills were tested to the max as new sections provided excellent variety and challenge.
Ensure to check out the official K-Capital site
for the latest results info.
News date: 4-April-2008 Big thanks from Banbridge Cycling Club!
Banbridge Cycling Club is extremely grateful for all the kind words spoken about the Moneyscalp course, used for K-Capital round 2.
For six weeks a small team worked every weekend to construct the course only for part of the course to be removed five days before the race due to damage done by torrential rain.
Due to loosing part of the course we had to quickly add on the grass sections near the bottom of the course.
Thankfully the raceday went well, sorry about the cold wind.
For me it was great to see the Paramedic being able to sit in his vehicle and complete the Times crossword.
Since the race we have received many messages of support concerning the course, communications from all ages and abilities.
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank all who supported the race and especially to those who took time to give us their views on the course.
The plan now is to repair the section that you did not get to race on, it had 27 bridges!
Hopefully the new course can be used for an NPS event in August.
Thankyou all,
Andy Potts on behalf of Banbridge CC
March-2008
News date: 31-March-2008 K-Capital Cup Round 3 is just around the corner!
There's no let-up in the race action as Ireland's finest XC racers (as well as a healthy international contingent)
descend upon Djouce woods this weekend, home of Benchcut, Ecstasy, GC and many more top-class trails!
The last time this venue was used for an MTB event was back in a sunny November 2007 when over 80 MTB'ers assembled in the lower
Djouce car park for the Djouce Challenge
which was an excellent event, enjoyed by everyone that took part.
This weekends race promises the same top-quality singletrack that riders previously enjoyed so much, and of course, excellent post-race wind-down
refreshments while riders 'wow' each other with their tales of their days racing...
Checkout the preview from Andy Potts
here or click the image below:
News date: 25-March-2008 K-Capital Cup Round 2 race report
Another amazing installment in the KCapital Cup series, top quality technical singletrack provided no room for rest and little room for error!
News date: 10-March-2008 K-Capital Cup Round 1 ignites the Irish XC race season!
A huge attendance and an excellent days racing enjoyed by all,
a lot of riders had made the diffficult but rewarding move from Sports to Experts or Masters and were glad they did so as they got to do The Rock!
Full report to follow, but there was glowing praise on the various forums soon after the race:
"What a day, savage course, my body is destroyed .. pizza is the only answer!"
"Great race. I was getting serious cramps towards the end but just managed to keep the pace. The pressure was on!"
"That was a pretty savage course to start out on! It was great riding around having people cheer you on the whole time "
"That was a deadly race. Really enjoyed it. Was going really well the whole way round"
"it was mind boggillingly savage, even if you were going well..everybody was deadly and the amount of EPIC jerseys in the races was dazzling."
"Deadly buzz, can't wait for the next one. Racing in the has been category is the place to be"
"Realy enjoyed it all other than that first climb holy smoly, but the rock was a deadly buzz. I was in need of gel bags on the third lap.. the clap was coming in fast and furious"
"There's some absolutely lovely singletrack on the course. A good mix of pain, climbing, and reward, technical."
"Thanks for a very well organised weekend on a fantastic course, loved the new course, bits of everything in it, garlic fields, paintball fields, straw fields, strewn bodies, bottles, gels, muck savages, plain ould muck and class racing. Pure carnage coming through the experts on the rock on lap 1, hilarious stuff"
"Lads, really well run event. Just thinking over it today, realising how good the singletrack is, and so much of it. Getting that amount of track up to race spec must take ages"
"The K Capital Cup is the best thing to happen to XC racing in Ireland. "
"You can never hear this enough - huge thank you to all who contributed to this event but particularly to TW and the Seymour family. I've been racing for several years now and its the same selfless people putting in enormous efforts for the benefit of the Irish MTB community. It was a fantastic day, course, riders and spectators alike."
"Another brilliant day out, Team WORC did themselves and the image of MTB in Ireland proud with the race on Sunday. The course was amazing, its such a brilliant venue and a treat to get to ride it even if its only once a year"
....you get the idea, people REALLY liked it...
Everyone is now looking forward to round 2 in Tollymore on Sunday 23rd March.
Full race results now on the official K-Capital site
here
See below links from various people for other photos and videos of the race:
News date: Mar-06-2008 K-Capital Cup Round 1 preview
On Sunday 9th March the 2008 K-Capital Cup International MTB XCO Series will blast into action at Bray in County Wicklow, the curtain raiser promoted by Team Worc. At this stage the entry for the Elite Mens race looks like the best ever assembled at an Irish event.
The superb setting of Kilruddery Estate is the venue for the first of the four rounds.
As in 2007, two rounds will be held in the North and two in the South.
The K-Capital Series was one of the highlights of the 2007 Irish MTB season with entries coming from Britain, Europe and South Africa.
The various race organisers have already received interest for the 2008 series from both Britain and Europe.
Sponorship for 2008 once again comes from Mark Kenny and his K-Capital Source company with the promoting Clubs also benefiting from grant funding from Cycling Ireland/Irish Sports Council.
Mark Kenny’s K-Capital Club will host the third race in the series. Sunday’s course is described as 8km long and varies from climbs to forest roads, technical single tracks and rides through wooded areas.
Extra spice will be added to the first three rounds as they will also act as Olympic qualification races for the Irish MTB XCO representative for the Beijing Olympics in August. Following the set criteria, the race off for the Olympic place is between the three top UCI ranked Irish riders as published at the end of 2007.
The three riders who qualified for the race off were Robin Seymour 49th (386 points) , Niall Davis 86th (253 points)and Conor McConvey 126th (177 points). The Irish riders will be awarded UCI ranking points for their finishing positions in each of the three races, the top scorer gets the place for Beijing.
At the time of writing the news concerning Conor McConvey is distressing. The young Belfast rider suffered a broken shoulder after being knocked off his bike by a car while cycling on the Shore Road in Belfast. Conor, 21st in the U-23 World Championships at Fort William, will be out of action for six weeks thus wrecking his early season plans, this after he has spent much of the winter at warm weather and altitude training.
Everyone involved in Irish MTB wishes Conor a very speedy recovery.
Joining Niall Davis and Robin Seymour in the Elite line up at Kilruderry will be the BCF Olympic squad of Oliver Beckingsale (Giant RC), Ian Bibby GB National Team, David Fletcher GB National Team, and Ross Creber GB National Team. Beckingsale is one of the best known British riders and is current British Champion. Other confirmed British entries are Adrain Lansley (Pedalon) and Gareth Montgomery (Singletrack/Pipedream).
European entries come from German Pro rider Jochen Coconcelli (Zwillingscraft) and Polish rider Rafal Plucinski. Other Irish riders to look out for include Richard Felle and Yvain Sugno, Phillip Roche all Team Worc, Lewis Ferguson (Northern/Dave Kane) and Roger Aiken (Banbridge CC), Aiken the reigning Irish Cyclo Cross Champion. There have also been rumours that Commonwealth Games Champion Liam Killeen will make the trip to Bray; if this happened it would be the ‘cream on the cake’.
There is a full programme of support races, the Elite Ladies event starting just after the Elite Men. This year the Elite Ladies race is not a UCI class and therefore does not carry UCI points. The Expert Class will feature a wealth of Irish talent including Dave Barry(IMBRC), Connor Campbell(Newry Wheelers), Oisin Boydell (UCD), Dave O’Neill (Swords CC), Luke Manning (IMBRC), Alfie Wallace (Epic) and Evan Ryan (Team Worc).
The Junior riders are led by Irish Junior MTB and Cyclo Cross Champion Liam McGreevy (Banbridge CC) with his main threat coming from Paul O’Reilly (IMBRC), Chris Cameron (XMTB), Conal Higgins (Sorrento) and Johnny Beers (East Antrim). Making her debut in the Junior Class will be North Downs Jes Laird.
The Masters Class in 2007 was a superb battle between Joe McCall (K-Capital/Rocky Mountain) and Peter O’Farrell (U/A), however for 2008 Joe McCall will ride as an Elite. The supporting cast will include Team Worc’s Gordon Lucas, Stuart Galloway and Dave Gill plus Niall Quinlan (Cycleways), Andrew Wallace (Dave Kane/Northern), James McCluskey and the event ‘dark horse’, Epic’s Damien Mulchrone.
The Vets class is one of the best supported categories of Irish MTB, with the ‘old men’ always putting on a good show. Apollo CT’s Aiden McDonald won the 2007 Vets K-Cap title and will be a strong contender this year. His main rivals should be XMTB’s Robbie Lamont, the infamous McCabe brothers Johnny and Gerry (Cuchulainn), Paul Coyne (Team Worc), Paul McMenamin (Leisure Lakes), William Mulligan (Banbridge CC), Gary Wilson (East Antrim) Andy Burns (Orchard Juiced) and the Epic duo of Justin May and Richie Byrne.
The Sports event, for fun riders, always attracts a huge entry and some of the best racing of the day.
*****Riders are reminded that if they wish to ride in the Masters World Championships in France in August they can not ride in an Elite event.****
Ireland’s future talent will be on show in the Youth race program, with races from Under 8 up to Under 16 level. At all four rounds the U-8 to U-12 riders will have their own courses with the U-14 and U-16 riders racing on the main course.
Supporting the Youth races will be riders from the following Clubs, Sorrento, Epic, Team Worc, XMTB, Banbridge CC and Orchard Juiced.
February-2008
January-2008
News date: 28-Jan-2008 Munster XC MTB League Round 1 Round 1 Killaloe Co. Clare, organised by MBUL.
Click here for the results.
Great work Darragh and the Limerick bikers for putting on the race and posting the results quickly!
The other races in this series are scheduled as per news item below (also checkout the Race Calendar on this site).
News date: 28-Jan-2008 XMTB Winter League Rd. 2 2008: Fun in park sunshine Checkout Andy Potts' race report
News date: 20-Jan-2008 XMTB Winter League Rd. 1 2008: Mud lark in the Park Checkout Andy Potts' race report
News date: 11-Jan-2008 Munster XC Spring Series 2008 announced! The Munster MTB clubs have organised a series of XC race events for the spring - fair play to them!
Checkout the XC Calendar
for the most up-to-date info, below are the originally scheduled dates/locations:
o 3rd Feb Killaloe Woods, Limerick (MBUL)
o 17th Feb Loughitanne Woods, Killarney (Killarney CC)
o 2nd March Tracton Woods, Cork (MBCC)
o 16th March Rossacroo Woods, Killarney (Killarney CC)
The Munster clubs would love to see bikers from all over the country down at their races so head-on down if you can
and see if you can beat them on their own trails!
More info available on this thread on the MBCC website.
News date: 10-Jan-2008 K-Capital Cup XC C2 race series confirmed for 2008!
The KCapital Cup is back for 2008, building on the sucess of the 4 race series last year when 270 riders took part in the series and 190 in the final round at Castlewellan.
Riders last year were treated to some top-class venues with excellent race organisation and this year is going to even better!
For the latest news and info check out the KCapital Cup site.
It's time for some hard training...
December-2007
News date: 14-Dec-2007 2008 XC Race Calendar now online The preliminary XC Race Calendar has been updated
with events for 2008, note that note all info is yet complete, and dates/venues are subject to change, so
ensure to check back regularly for the latest updates.
The new Coillte website includes details on the new Ballinastoe MTB trail, as well as other Coillte MTB trail projects,
checkout their website for the latest info.
News date: 18-Oct-2007 MTB News by Andy Potts Irish riders at two European venues:
Last weekend Irish MTB riders took part in two events on the continent of Europe. The Irish International Team brought their 2007 season and Olympic qualification programme to a close in Turkey. In France a number of our well known riders took part in the traditional end of season finale, the Roc d’Azur.
The Irish International Squad traveled to Turkey for the 11th Alanya MTB Cup, a UCI Class 1 ranked event, the team comprising of Robin Seymour, Connor McConvey and new boy, Richard Felle. Held on Sunday in atrocious weather conditions, the race brought together five national champions, with victory going to British Champion Oli Beckinsale, the Giant rider breaking clear of his fellow national champs in the closing stages of the race.
Ukrainian champion Igor Bogdan was runner up with fellow countryman Sergiy Rysenko in third. Irish champion Robin Seymour finished in 4th, collecting a very useful 25 world ranking points. Turkish champ Bilal Agal was fifth as Hungarian champion, Andras Parti completed the top six. After making a rocket like start, Connor McConvey eventually finished in 12th, thus bringing to an end a most memorable first season in the senior ranks, the high point being his 21st in the U-23 World Championships. Niall Davis pulled out of the trip due to work commitments, his place being taken by Team Worc’s Richard Felle. With Niall moving into the main Elite ranks next season, Richard will compete at U-23 level along with Connor. The Turkish trip was an ideal introduction to the international scene for the quiet spoken Dubliner. Richard was rewarded by finishing in 15th and in doing so won his first ever world ranking point.
This was the last race on the Irish Team’s Olympic qualification schedule, the end of a hectic two year battle for world ranking points. For the London Olympics riders face the ridiculous situation of having to spend four years to qualify.
Announcement of run-off competition for Olympic MTB XCO place
With Ireland having almost secured an Olympic place for the XCO event in Beijing in 2008, the following details the three races which will be used to select the rider who will represent Ireland at the Olympics. Under the criteria set down in 2006, Irish riders ranked in the top 300 in the World Rankings over both of the years 2006 / 2007 will take part in a series of three races, the overall winner being the selected Olympic rider. At present three riders meet the criteria Robin Seymour, Niall Davis and Connor McConvey. The three races chosen will be rounds One, Two and Three of the 2008 K-Capital Cup series which will take place during the months of March and April 2007. It was decided not to use an outside / European venue as this would have given an unfair advantage to the current highest ranked rider, as they would have started the race from further up the grid. The race for Olympic selection should add extra spice to the 2008 K-Capital series.
Irish riders in France: A number of Irish riders took part in the traditional end of season festival on the French Riviera, the Roc d’Azur.
A total of 4378 riders entered the various events which included BMX racing and various forms of the main event, the Roc d’Azur itself, held over a 55km course.
Irish Masters Champion Joe McCall finished 27th in the MA1 (Masters 30-39) Class of the ‘Roc’.
Other Irish finishers in this class were, James McCluskey 36th, Dave Gill 40th, Niall Quinlan 60th,
Paddy Daly was 70th, Stuart Galloway 147th,
Paul Coyne was 347th, Patrick Mackey was 320th, Rory Walsh was 358th.
Evan Ryan got taken down in a crash at the start of the Roc and bent his wheel which put him out.
In the Junior event Belfast rider Neil McGimpsey produced a great ride to finish 68th, a boost for the young rider at the end of an injury plagued season.
The MA2 category, what we would call Vets, gave Peter Buggle a superb 6th place, while Ian Sutton finished in 88th and the grand old man of IMBRC, Les Walpole was 193rd.
News date: 01-Oct-2007 Connaught XC MTB league starts 14th October
The first round of the Connaught XC MTB is on in Moorehall just outside Ballinrobe in Co. Mayo on the 14th of October.
All categories are catered for from Under 10 up to Expert.
The league will run from October to March with about 10 rounds.
It's a great way to keep the fitness levels up over the dark winter months or even to get fit for next years national league.
We are really trying to get mountain biking up and running in the west and your support would be greatly appreciated!
This is the third year of the league and we have some great trails and a high level of skilled riders.
The venue is Moorehall, about 10 mins from Ballinrobe in the forest that surrounds an old ruined landlord mansion on a lake.
Sign on will be from 11.
Racing starting at 12.
Race will be NPS length but nothing too hard!
For further info contact: Fran Kearns ph: 0830056263
July-2007
News date: 05-July-2007 Irish MTB squad in Canada UCI MTB World Cup Round 5, Irish in action, read Andy Potts' race report here.
June-2007
News date: 16-June-2007 NPS Round 5 Limerick review
Mountain Bike UL hosted Round 5 of the National Points Series in Ballycuggaran Woods near Killaloe, Co. Clare on Saturday, 16th June.
A week of torrential rain turned the well-designed track into gloop on sections providing heavy going conditions for the competitors.
Riders were rewarded with lap-times, shower facilities, tea and sambos back at the UL Actvity Centre, a lucky few also received customised trophies
for their troubles. Race results (including overall NPS 2007 rankings):Excel
file | HTML
Race results (including overall NPS 2007 rankings):Excel
file | HTML
News date: 14-May-2007 Cycling Ireland Squad in Nottingham The Cycling Ireland Squad took part in round two of the British XCO NPS at Sherwood Pines near Nottingham at the weekend, the only one of the British events to be Class 1 UCI status.
Robin Seymour led the way for the Irish in the Elite Mens race, scoring a superb eighth place. Niall Davis took time off from his studies to finish 13th, just one place ahead of Conor McConvey. Riding for Team Worc James McCluskey was 31st and Ryan Sherlock (MAD) was 33rd.
Tarja Owens almost retired at one stage from the Elite Womens event while out of the points, however her determination was rewarded as she finished 12th. Ciara McManus was 18th.
In the Junior event Paul O’Reilly was 13th and Robert McCabe 17th, both riders making their Irish debuts. IMBRC’s Dave Barry made his British debut to finish 22nd in the Experts race.
The Cycling Ulster MTB Academy riders had a superb set of results. In the U-14 race Jack Wilson was third with Matt Adair fifth on his British debut, one place ahead of Michael Runciman. In the U-14 Womens race Claire Oakley took a magnificent second. The Womens U-16 race saw Jes Laird gain her best ever finish in Britain with a second place. In U-16 Mens event, Jonny Beers was 13th and William Boyd 29th.
News date: 08-May-2007 Coillte present plans for official MTB trail
at Ballinastoe A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening 8-May-2007 in Roundwood by representatives from Coillte (Tim O'Regan, Bill Murphy,
Bill performed the presentation and Q&A session) to advise of a new MTB track planned for Ballinastoe.
The track, costing 260K to build, is funded 50-50 by Coillte and the NDP (National Development Plan).
Ballinastoe trail (3km from Roundwood) is due to be complete by September 2007.
The trail will consist of 9km singletrack, 4km fireroad, some boardwalk section may be used over soft ground.
It is based on a 300 hectare site, adjoining National Park across Whitehall may possibly be used in future to extend trail, Daydd Davis (Coed y Brenin
trails in Wales designer) is chief architect.
9 out of 13 sections are funded, funding for remaining sections uncertain, possibly come from NDP 2007-2013 budget.
In other Coillte-trails news, the Ballyhouras trail: Loop 1 to be complete by end of May 2007, loops 2&3 due completion by Autumn 2007.
Portumna and Curraghchase will be leisure/family trails.
A new Coillte website: coillteoutdoors.ie to be online by July 2007 approx highlighting & detailing trails and plans.
News date: 06-May-2007 NPS Round 2 Ballinastoe!
The 2007 Irish Mountain Bike Cross Country National Points
Series continued today at Ballinastoe, Co. Wicklow, hosted by
Sorrento
cycling club
News date: 08-May-2007 Irish International squad in Poland
Last Saturday the Irish International Squad of Robin Seymour, Tarja Owens and Ciara McManus took part in the second round of the Skoda Auto MTB Grand Prix at Szczawno in Poland, a UCI Class 1 ranked event.
The Elite Mens race had an entry of 44 and was won by Canadian Ricky Federau.
Robin Seymour was in sixth place when he crashed out after being blinded by dust on a tricky downhill section.
The Irish rider lost a number of places before he rejoined the race, eventually finishing 12th.
In the Womens Elite race Tarja Owens was well pleased with her performance as she took eighth place with Ciara McManus 13th, both women scoring excellent ranking points. Niall Davis and Conor McConvey will miss the next few foreign races due to exam commitments. This Sunday the official Irish Squad at Sherwood Pines for round two of the British NPS will be Tarja Owens, Ciara McManus, Robert McCabe and Paul O’Reilly.
Robin Seymour and Conor McConvey will also compete but not as part of the Irish Squad.
April-2007
News date: 03-May-2007 EPIC Inter-Club evening league Round 2
A real scorcher in terms of performance and weather at the Leadmines venue this evening.
It was another excellent turn out with strong representation from EPIC, MAD, and IMBRC.
The race results brought about a surprise result this week as Colm Keane claimed first place, followed by Alan Clogher, Oscar, Gar Maguire, then Bon.
Last weeks winner Damo Mulchrone finished in 7th place.
The ladies race was again won by Moire,followed by Vanessa, then Roisin in 3rd place.
Race results: PDF file News date: 30-April-2007 NPS Round 1 report from Glenarm Andy Potts race report on Round 1 of the XCO NPS from Glenarm Co. Antrim
News date: 30-April-2007 Buyukada success for Cycling Ireland MTB Squad Cycling Irelands MTB XCO Squad scoreda superb set of results in Sunday at the world ranked Class 1 race on the island of Buykada near Istanbul in Turkey. Already on a high following the release of the world rankings last week, the points scored by the squad will greatly strengthen Irelands Olympic MTB hopes.
Ireland sensationally dominated the Elite Mens race with Robin Seymour winning and Niall Davis taking second. Conor McConvey finished fourth, the ranking points earned will place him inside the top 100, giving Ireland three riders in the top 100 world ranked MTB XCO riders. Although not part of the official Irish team, Peter Buggle, the ageless wonder, finished in eighth place.
In the Elite Womens race Tarja Owens overcame all her recent health problems to take second place with Ciara McManus a brilliant fourth. The points earned by the two Irish ladies will hopefully bring them towards their target of a top 18 place in the overall team rankings.
News date: 26-April-2007 EPIC Inter-Club league starts report here
News date: 24-April-2007 EPIC evening league preview EPIC MTB are resuming their highly successful evening race league
at their renovated and extended club course at Leadmines.
A huge amount of work has been out into repairing the course after the ravages of winter, with the result that there is a brand new section
that boasts an uphill rock garden, fast flowing initial section and tight technical second section.
This league is open to non-EPIC club members also, with MADMTB expected to make a strong showing.
There is a handicap system in place for this entire league where the faster riders start last with the less experienced riders starting first.
This league and course are excellent training for NPS race season, so you are encouraged to come down and give it a go.
The league will run every Thursday night, starting from the Leadmines tower at 7:30pm.
The general meeting point is Palmers Golden Ball pub,
at 7:00pm, it is not recommended to drive-up to the Leadmines, as there is is not any parking space, the cycle-up should only take about 15 minutes and is a good warm-up for the race.
News date: 22-April-2007 K Capital Round 4 report Report to follow.....
K Capital Round 4 review/report
For the official race results, reports and photos, check-out the official site:
K-Capital Cup
News date: 26-Mar-2007 K Capital Round 2 report The 2nd installment of the K Capital Cup descended upon a sunny Kilbroney Forest Park in Rostrevor.
Report to follow.
For the official race results, reports and photos, check-out the official site:
K-Capital Cup
also: IrishXCMTB race results
News date: 20-Mar-2007 K Capital Round 2 preview / Round 1 report The next exciting installment in the K-Capital Cup International MTB Cross Country Series takes place on Sunday 25th of March in the beautiful setting of Rostevor Forest.
Banbridge CC will be promoting the event . For the past few weeks members of Banbridge CC have worked hard to prepare the course and make it worthy of an international event.
There's quite a bit of hill climbing in this one, with the climb at the start and middle third making up 50% of the overall course
but riders are to be rewarded with some savage technical decents sure to put a smile on many faces.
Round one in Wicklow saw Irish number one Robin Seymour take the glory in the Elite race, though he was pushed all the way by English rider Adrian Lansley.
On Sunday at Rostrevor Seymour could have another battle on his hands with confirmed entries from leading South African rider John Paul Pearton, German Winter Triathlon ace Benjamin Sonntag, and top English rider Phil Spencer.
Looking for good finished will be Irish riders Nial Davis, Lewis Ferguson, Peter Buggle and James McCluskey.
The Womens Elite race should see a dual between Beth McCluskey and Tarja Owens.
For the official race results, reports and photos, check-out the official site:
K-Capital Cup
News date: 12-Mar-2007 K Capital Round 1 is a great success! An excellent days racing on a truly inspired track, team WORC & friends performed an excellent job cutting and shaping
the grounds and hills of Kilruddery estate for the first installment in the K Capital Cup - even the forecasted foul weather held-off until the end of the race, which everyone was very thankful for!!!
For the official race results, reports and photos, check-out the official site:
K-Capital Cup
News date: 10-Mar-2007 XC race fever grips the nation! A lot of MTB'ers around the country are looking forward to the first big race of 2007 which is the K-Capital Cup round 1 in Kilruddery.
According to various reports, the course is a very challenging and exciting advancement on last years course which was the host for the XC National Championships.
Many beginners from various clubs, especially MAD and EPIC are looking forward to their first taste of real race action, the more experienced riders are also
eager to put tyre to trail and see how their winter training will fare them.
For full details on Round 1 and all other K-Capital Cup races,
checkout the official K-Capital Cup website. Jan-2007 News date: 25-Jan-2007: Mountain Bike Club of Cork (MBCC) is Cork's newest mountain bike club! The club has been revived by a small group of like-minded Cork bikers with the chief aim of becoming
a big group of like-minded Cork mountain bikers. The goals of the club are to get more people out on their bikes
and enjoying having fun in the hills and in the woods regardless of experience, interests or abilities, read more here
News date: 8-Jan-2007: Winter 2007 XC Night Race League:
EPIC are currently running a Winter Night Race League at their club course in Leadmines, Barnaslingan, with ALL clubs welcome to participate.
The first round on Thursday 4th Jan was a great success with 20 riders battling it out over 3 laps of a dry technical track in perfect weather conditions.
Results / info on this forum thread: night race results
A huge attendance and an excellent days racing enjoyed by all,
a lot of riders had made the diffficult but rewarding move from Sports to Experts or Masters and were glad they did so as they got to do The Rock!
"That was a pretty savage course to start out on! It was great riding around having people cheer you on the whole time "
"Realy enjoyed it all other than that first climb holy smoly, but the rock was a deadly buzz. I was in need of gel bags on the third lap.. the clap was coming in fast and furious"
"Thanks for a very well organised weekend on a fantastic course, loved the new course, bits of everything in it, garlic fields, paintball fields, straw fields, strewn bodies, bottles, gels, muck savages, plain ould muck and class racing. Pure carnage coming through the experts on the rock on lap 1, hilarious stuff"
The KCapital Cup is back for 2008, building on the sucess of the 4 race series last year when 270 riders took part in the series and 190 in the final round at Castlewellan.
The 2007 Irish Mountain Bike Cross Country National Points
Series continued today at Ballinastoe, Co. Wicklow, hosted by
Sorrento
cycling club
An excellent days racing on a truly inspired track, team WORC & friends performed an excellent job cutting and shaping
the grounds and hills of Kilruddery estate for the first installment in the 
