Cycling Ireland Offroad Commission Blog

Ticknock Trail Official Opening 0

Ticknock Trail Official Opening

Dublin’s first official mountainbiking trail was officially opened yesterday. Minister for Sport, Leo Varadkar; Coillte Head of Recreation, Bill Murphy and Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Lettie McCarthy conducted the ceremony at Ticknock. Over 200 riders of all ages were in attendance for the inaugural Dublin Biking Blitz event. Photos from the day: Aine Conneff Morgan […]

Biking Blitz Round 4 Results 0

Biking Blitz Round 4 Results

The final round of the highly popular Biking Blitz, managed by Niall Davis of Biking.ie and his enthusiastic Blitz crew, was run on the new MTB trails at Ticknock forest, Dublin. The Blitz coincided with the official opening of the trails by Leo Varadkar T.D. Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, and there was some hard […]

Irish XC NPS Round 4 Preview 0

Irish XC NPS Round 4 Preview

Banbridge CC are proud to host the Irish XC NPS Round 4 on Sunday 15 May 2011 at Tollymore Forest , Co. Down (click for map). Full details here. Video of action from the venue last year here Please note that the organisers require that you register online for this event, click the button below to […]

XC NPS Round 3 Results 0

XC NPS Round 3 Results

Provisional results from round 3 of the 2011 XC NPS, held in Davagh Forest by Carn Wheelers are now available.
Race Photos
Graham Boyd’s photos on Facebook (1, 2)
Cieran Maunsell
Aine Conneff (and Conor Lavelle)
Richie Byrne

2011 Irish DH NPS Round 2 – Leap, Co. Cork. 0

2011 Irish DH NPS Round 2 – Leap, Co. Cork.

The Venue in leap is a new venue, on private land so before we start can I say that this  is a RACE ONLY venue so no pre riding! The track was built by Richard Thornhill and the West Cork lads and is best described as a Jekyll and & Hyde tra…

World Cup DH Rd 1-Pietermaritzburg 0

World Cup DH Rd 1-Pietermaritzburg

The Downhill World Cup is back in action this weekend! Its felt like ages since Sam Hill took the Gold in Mont Saint Anne to become 2010 World Champ. We head to Pietermaritzburg in South Africa to kick off the 2011 season.