Category: General News

General News

Gay Farnan Memorial Tour – Sunday September 26th

The IVCA Leisure League are delighted to announce the Gay Farnan Memorial Tour on Sunday September 26th from the Grasshopper Pub car park in Clonee Co. Meath at 10.00am sharp.

 Gay was a founding member of the leisure league and worked tirelessly for the league during his time as Leisure League coordinator, until his untimely death in 2017. He is greatly missed by all in the IVCA.

 There will be two routes available on the day – a 75km Route & a 42km route ( Maps will be added here soon) . Both routes will be marshalled by an IVCA  Leisure League rider. There will be a tea stop for both routes.

Parking will be available in the Grasshopper Pub car park and in the LIDL in Clonee.

 ALL participants are required to register for the event using the below link to the Cycling Ireland (CI) website. For those participants that have a CI licence participation in the event is free. For those riders who do not have a CI licence they will be required to purchase a one day leisure licence when they register. This will cost €10.00 and will cover them for insurance on the day.

 https://eventmaster.ie/event/kbm4sK2TA2

 We look forward to seeing you there on the day to remember Gay

General News

IVCA Track Championship Saturday 4th September – Details

Hi all

This year’s IVCA Track Championship will be replaced by an Omnium
style event which will have both timer events and bunch races. We
would hope to have at least two groups split by ability or age
depending on entry level.
The format may include 2k pursuit, F200, Scratch Race and Points Race and Mile.


We would ask those interested in riding to register their intention by
signing into the session by Thursday 2nd Sept at the latest and we can decide
the format from there.


The event will run on Saturday 4th September from 0930 to 1400 with open track from 0830. Bike
Hire available and Track Accreditation required

Please sign in from midnight on Sunday via
https://membership.cyclingireland.ie/reservation.html using your
Cycling Ireland Licence number

Regards

Hugh Byrne

086-3488708 – hughabryne@gmail.com

General News / Road News

IVCA RR 7 Results Sunday 15th August 2021 the Beehive circuit.

Hi Everyone ,
Mixed weather  today at The Beehive,
It picked up for the finishes and was warm.
Thank you from the Race committee for your support and your co-operation,
Thank you to the Paramedics, Motorbike marshals and the staff at the Beehive pub for your great support.
Thanks to our marshals for keeping everyone safe.
Thanks to Brendan Culleton for the photos and the Photo Finish.
Numbers were down so we merged the Blacks and Oranges into 1 race with the Oranges starting with a 4 minute handicap.
One small crash incident on the day, thankfully both riders are OK.
The winners from each race who received a Winner’s  Medal are as follows.
RACE 1 BLACK Paul McKenna.
RACE 1 ORANGE: Darren Kearney.
RACE 2 Anthony McMahon.
RACE 3. John Deegan.
RACE 4 Mick Davis.
Next Sunday 22nd August  The Dorey’s Forge (31.5kms)circuit.
Sign On as usual from 8.00am will be at The Hatchet Pub.
Location link available on the Website.
Race Committee.

General News / Road News

New circuit The Hatchet-Batterstown-Dorey’s Forge-Mullagh-The Hatchet 31.5kms Sunday 1st August

Hi All.

We have been preparing and have now finalised  a new circuit for this Sunday, August 1st.
Sign-on will be as usual at the Hatchet pub from 8.00 am.
The circuit is 31.5kms and incorporates 2 Tuesday circuits that we already use with the Culmullin road stretch removed.
Map and route detail below so have a close look at both to familiarise yourselves.
We will have a briefing for each race before the start on Sunday.
Marshals, please arrive on time for  briefing and Junction/Corner/Lead Car  allocation
It is important not to block the road outside the Hatchet before the start, we will call each group out onto the road in race order.
Your co-operation is very important to help for a smooth start.
 Race director

General News / Road News

Results Road Race 3 Sunday 18th July 2021 The Green Sheds Circuit

Hi All
Today’s races again all ran off very well with Fantastic weather. Thank you from the Race committee for your support and your co-operation,
Thank you to the Paramedics, Motorbike marshals and to the staff at the Hatchet pub for your great support.
Thanks to our marshals for keeping everyone safe.
Thanks to Brendan Culleton for the photos and the Photo Finish.
The winners from each race who received a Winner’s  Medal are as Follows.
RACE 1 Ronan McDonnell.
RACE 2 Karl Elliott.
RACE 3 Ken Farrar.
RACE 4 Mick Usher(Upgrade to White)).
RACE 5 Larry Staines(Upgrade to Green).
The White race(Race 3)Caught the Orange race (Race 2)early on so for Safety reasons  I temporarily stopped this large group and let the Whites go ahead as this group which was much larger than the Oranges were faster on the day.
Next Sunday 25th July Sign On from 8.00am will be at The Beehive  circuit again.
Location link available on the Website. JUNCTION 18 M
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Regards
  The Race Committee

General News / Road News

Race Results Beehive DMS – 11th July

Hi everyone .
Today’s races again  all ran off very well so Thank you from the Race committee for your support and your co-operation,
considering the weather was not so good.
Thank you to the Paramedics, Motorbike marshals and to the staff at the Beehive pub for your great support.
Thanks to our marshals for keeping everyone safe.
The winners from each race who received a Winner’s  Medal are as Follows.
RACE 1 Mark Mearns.
RACE 2 Gerard Murphy.
RACE 3 Gary Cooper.
RACE 4 Stephen Walsh.
RACE 5 Larry Staines.
Sign on went pretty much to schedule so we started almost on time and Race  distances increased so hopefully enjoyed the races.
Next Sunday 18th July Sign On from 8.00am will be at The Hatchet Pub-Green Sheds circuit again.
Location link available on the Website.
Race Committee.

General News / Road News

IVCA Members Update on Racing from July

Hi all.

I hope everyone is keeping well and adjusting to getting back to some sort of normality now that Covid restrictions are lifting?
The Executive and Race Committees have continued to  meet on line  during  the lock down.
We are actively looking at Starting the racing season at the beginning of July.
We have agreed to just go with Weekend events, Road races TT’s and a Track event.
There will be no league, just stand alone events each week.
We have a lot of preparation work to do so we will update everyone as we make progress securing venues, Motorbike marshals, paramedic cover etc.
We are restricting which venues we use so we will probably stick with 3 or 4 venues repeating.
We are currently getting information from our current membership so we gauge participant and marshalling numbers etc, we will then publish the amended calendar in the next week or so.
As you are aware everyone needs to join Cycling Ireland and take out the Appropriate licence. LEISURE LICENCE  for the Touring members, LIMITED/CLUB COMPETITION Licence for riding the IVCA Races.
FULL COMPETITION Licence if you chose to Race IVCA and Cycling Ireland Open Races.
All IVCA fees  carried over from 2020 but Insurance fees which CI membership provides have to be paid to enable you to Race.
The IVCA Insurance policy lapsed in 2020 because the cost was too prohibitave and we have affiliated with CI for the benefit of availing of their affordable insurance cover.
We will start the races based on the groups that we had prepared for the start of the 2020 season and we will adjust the make up of each group as we see how everyone progresses through the first events.
We will publish the groups on the website in plenty of time before the races commence .
We will keep you updated as we are progressing.
Best regards
RACE COMMITTEE.