An Post Meath Heritage Cycle Tour: 29th of July 2012
Early bird closes the 19th and penalties will follow if you enter after this date. 11km Family Loop, 50km Tara Loop €20, 100km Royal Tour €30, 160km Royal Challenge €35. Cycling Ireland members can avail of a 10% discount on their respective entry fee. All details for the event are on http://www.meathsports.ie/ or www.anpost.ie/AnPost/IrishCycl
Already there seems to be a good numbers of Wheelers travelling to this event. So contact fellow members or drop me an email and we can try to travel in groups to make it easier. It looks like the first event that Curlieu Wheelers will be in there new Club Gear. So it would be great if as many members as possible could make it to this event.
July 11th/ Wednesday Eire Og summer Race League Round 5 @ Rosses Point Sligo. Sign on at 6.00pm till 6.45pm. Race start at 7.00pm.
Tour of Connacht 300km and 210km on the 4th and 5th of August.
This will be a great event and with the L’Etape gang just back from their tour there will a few Wheelers gearing up for this. The West Aware 2012 Tour De Connaught Charity Cycle is to take place over two days on starting on Sat August 4th and concluding Sunday August 5th. The aim of the cycle is to raise funds for Pieta House West, and to spread awareness of Suicide Prevention services available to people in Ireland currently. There is two routes planned a Gold Route (Day 1 190km, Day 2 110km), and a Green Route (Day 1 110km, Day 2 100km). This event is a Charity Cycle, therefore not a race per se. Closing date is July 19th. Fee €75 (More info racedates.ie/road-cycling/west-aware-2012-tour-de-connaught-cycle-tuam-galway)
Tour De France Live coverage every day on connachtcycling.com .Thanks to Brian Nerney for the pictures he got a closer look at the action at the Start of the Tour.
Tuesday and Thursday Spins are still rolling out at 7.00pm from St Josephs Boys National Abbeytown. The weather hasn’t been great for the last few spins in the evening so if you can make it out this week. Make sure to come along.
Sunday Spin this week is 9.00am for advanced and 11.00am for intermediate. Same start point. It’s the last spin for the L’Etape crew so why not come out and join us for the spin and offer them some encouragement for their trip ahead. Some members are heading on the 9th and the 11th and the big event starts on the 14th so make sure to keep an eye on our face book page and curlieuwheelers.blogspot.ie for updates.
L’Etape 14th July
After months of training and preparation and regular spins over the Curlews in all weather conditions Joan Gardner, Gavin Brennan, Brian Mc Mahon, Enda Madden and Brian Supple will take on the Pyrenees on the 14th of July
L’Etape du Tour – Pyrenees, is one of the most famous Tour de France stages, it encompasses 4 huge climbs totaling 4500M and will have close to 8,000 cyclists participating. Less than 1 week later the official Tour De France race will cover this exact route
They will be raising awareness for Cancer Care West Family Support Fund. We wish Joan, Gavin, Brian, Enda, Brian Supple and Dessie Mc Loughlin all the best for the event and make sure to follow their travels on our facebook page.
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