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December 20, 2013
The weather is looking poor for the weekend with high winds leading to potentially dangerous situations on the road. Murry’s saturday spin from ALDI tomorrow has been cancelled.
We haven’t had a tour on the Sunday just before Christmas week for the last few years as people generally have bigger things on their mind! As such we don’t have a planned Slaney route for this week so if anyone is going out by themselves be careful in that weather.
The following Sunday falls neatly between Christmas and New Year so we might put up a club spin for that day if people are interested in working off the excess turkey & ham???
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December 14, 2013
At the recent club AGM Ken Blanche mentioned a upcoming event that might suit our touring members or the saturday spin if they want to ride up. Its takes place in Tullow on Saturday next and some details are below;
Get on your bike for a great cause. Sat 21st Dec @ 11am. Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow Co. Carlow
A local Girl Amber Lily O’Rourke is just 5 yrs. old and has no previous medical history. On Sunday November 3rd Amber suddenly became ill at home and was rushed to Temple Street Hospital and unbelievably was diagnosed with having suffered a stroke. She was ventilated for a week. She subsequently suffered a bleed to her brain and went into renal failure. She is currently on dialysis. Her condition remains unstable as she has uncontrolled hypertension. She has left sided paralysis. Doctors have yet to determine a cause for Amber’s stroke. Everyday Amber undergoes extensive tests and procedures to try to solve this medical mystery. Currently there are bloods being tested in Paris and America (as well as our own hospitals here) for many rare genetic diseases and conditions and Doctors from Crumlin Hospital, Beaumont Hospital and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital are liaising with the Neurology and Renal teams in Temple St. Amber requires 24 hour care and has a long and difficult road ahead of her but despite all this she remains such a brave and determined little girl with plenty of fighting spirit. Please register for this very worthy cause at the leisure club on 059 9180108 and join in what is sure to be a fun day.
Liam Bennett Memorial Cycle
Liam Bennett Memorial Charity Cycle: Paddy Kinsella is again hosting this event departing Kinsellas of Kileens on St Stephens Day 26 december at 11 am . The annual charity cycle in memory of Liam Bennett takes place on St Stephens Day. Its a 40-50K cycle with sponsorship cards/donations to Our Ladys Childrens Hospital, Crumlin.
All of us who had the priviledge of riding with and knowing Liam remember him with great affection. He was a fantastic cyclist, arguably Wexfords finest ever All Ireland winning hurler and undoubtedly an absolute gentleman.
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December 14, 2013
The second of three Underage training days will take place on January 11th and the base will be at Kiltealy Hall, Kiltealy. Underage riders from the county clubs are welcome to attend.
Sign on at 10am followed by a spin designed to help with descending and climbing skills. Support will be provided but please bring spare wheels if you have them. Refreshments in the hall from the Mt Leinster catering crew. Instruction on suitable core and body resistance exercises for youth cyclists will following morning session. Please wear appropiate warm-clothing for training and tracksuit for afternoon session. Day will finish off with workshop on training for early Spring.
As this is a Slaney event we are looking for several adult volunteers to ride shotgun with the various groups and a couple of support cars.
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December 12, 2013
Saturday training ride: The Saturday training spin leaves the ALDI carpark at 9.30am. Pace is faster than Sunday at 27-30kph and distances longer. Forecast for tomorrow is very bad, gale force SSW winds and rain. Saturday spin will head towards Rosslare Harbour. We can turn around at any point if the weather is too bad and have a tailwind home.
Sunday tour: The Sunday tour leaves the Duffry Gate at 10.00am. Planned route for this week is heading towards Oulart, Kilmuckridge, Blackwater, Curracloe and home for a 65km ride map below below. Couple of shorter escape routes if desired turing right at Oulart or at Blackwater for a short cut home or heading on to Castlebridge to make it longer. The Sunday spins have been averaging about 25/26kph lately with around 22kph at the outset and ramping up a bit towards the end. All welcome and no one is ever left behind…. (unless you name is Ciaran!)
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December 11, 2013
Jer and Don – picture taken before the row in the Peugeot on the way home over who was getting the Cornflakes and who was getting the vegatable soup!
Some great racing in Gorey this morning. Mick Foley, Don Ronan, Jerry Tobin and Caimin Ruth rode for Slaney with Don & Jer crossing the line in a dead heat the video camera couldn’t separate to share the 1st unplace Novice prize. 2 and a half laps of the course saw some fast racing in blustery and damp conditionswith the groups coming together on the 2nd lap. In the end Joe Christian and Martin Mizgajski fought out a great match sprint over the last 300m of the finishing straight weaving accros the road before Martin took victory.
After last weeks hamper race in Wexford attention now turns to the Conor McCabe Memorial which is hosted by the South East Road Club on the Inch circuit. Sign on/parking at the Parish Hall which is just up the road from Toss Byrnes pub near the petrol station. 2 laps of the circuit will give an hour and bits racing and all categories are welcome. Sorry no underage this week.Details below.
Conors dad Garrett is a great supporter of our novice league and I’m sure we’ll have a big Slaney turnout again this year. Garrett is a big man with a big heart and we send him and his family our support at this time.
Conor McCabe Memorial Race 2013 details laps
Date: Sunday 15th Dec.
Sign-on: Toss Byrnes car park 9:00-9:45am
Race starts 10am.
Course: 2 laps of the N11 course, finish at Greens Berry Farm.
Prize giving ceremony and refreshments afterwards in the Inch Parish Hall (National School) which is beside the church, directly opposite Canavans shop in Inch.
This week I would like all club members to support our Conor McCabe Hamper race on Sunday. Five years ago this week we lost our beautiful and beloved son Conor at the age of 7. Since Conors passing SERC has been very supportive of our family and have honoured Conor each year by naming our hamper race after him. Conor was an inspiration to many people, he faced more challenges than most of us will ever face in our lifetimes. Conor smiled easily and very rarely cried. He had such a positive and sunny disposition that he drew people in.
Because of Conors physical disabilities he could not experience the joy of cycling a bike like we all do. What we learned from Conor was that winning does not matter on any level as long as you do your best and try to fulfill your potential. Conors race is not just about racing but having fun and challenging yourself. Conor proved that by smiling through every challenge and fighting you can conquer any adversity.
Our son and brother, our life.
Garrett, Sandra and Sarah McCabe
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December 10, 2013
A lot of familiar faces in this race……..
For the young people out there ( or aul lads like me whose memory is getting dodgy!) the Slaney jersey back in the day was mainly green with purple and gold shoulders/top. The Wheelers jersey was mainly white with purple and gold vertical stripes on the bottom.
God be with the days when you could park cars and vans on both sides of Ferrycarrig Hill and hold a TT!
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December 8, 2013
Well done to Don Ronan and Ger Tobin on the first race today and all the Slaney crew at the Hamper Race. Don, Ger, Mick Foley and John Dobbs all finished in the group sprinting for 2nd place. Results are now up on the Wheelers website. I’ve upload a batch of photos to http://pix.ie/LiamR
Great result for Seamus Sinnott Wexford Wheelers who took 1st place.
Well done to Slaneys underage Mikey Hynes U10, Elliott Young U12 2nd, Fionn Jordan U16 3rd and Reece Young U16 4th
We send our best wishes to Eamonn O’Neill Wexford Wheelers who took a very hard fall along with a Waterford Road Club rider at ‘my’ bend. Eamonn is being kept overnight in hospital but we understand has no broken bones (although we can’t say the same for his bike!). This was Eamonns first race and we hope hes back in competition soon.
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December 6, 2013
Short Sunday tour this week to take in part of the Hamper race in Wexford. A longer loop can be added on if desired. Meet at the Duffry at 10.00am.
Good luck to all Slaney members taking part.
Saturdays training spin may also be short after Friday night Christmas meal!
Due to entirely foreseen events Murry tells me the Saturday spin is off!
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November 30, 2013
The Slaney CC AGM will take place this Thursday December 5th upstairs in MAD restaurant in the Market Square, Enniscorthy. Meeting will begin at 8.00pm sharp. All members are very welcome. If any members have specific motions they would like aired on the night can they email them to secretary@slaneycyclingclub.com and we will address them on the night. The club can only continue and evolve with new blood and we encourage members interested to put their names forward for committee positions and to help spread the workload.
Many thanks to those members who attended the recent touring and racing meetings or who sent apologies. The touring meeting developed some healthy ideas which we’ll discuss at the agm.
Thanks also to the half dozen or so who have paid their membership online and ordered their 2014 licences. Membership can be paid by online below.
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November 29, 2013
Weather is looking fine but chilly for the weekend with north or northwest winds.
Saturday: The Saturday training spin leaves the ALDI carpark at 9.30am. This weeks route is Enniscorthy/Gorey/Arklow/Aughrim and home via Carnew & Bunclody. Approx distance is around 110kph and the Saturday spins have been averaging about the 30kph mark.
Sunday : The Sunday tour leaves the Duffry Gate at 10.00am. Planned route for this week is Enniscorthy, Bunclody, Clonegal, Kildavin, Bunclody, Halfway House and home. There are a couple of shorter options by turning back home in Bunclody avoiding Clonegal/HWH or cutting straight back to Enniscorthy after Clonegal section. The Sunday spins have been averaging about 25/26kph lately with around 22kph at the outset and ramping up a bit towards the end.
Note the routes are liable to change due to weather conditions and numbers out.
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