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Last Updated: 6 Apr 2018 - 12:06:24 PM |
For the past two months or so, eleven Cycling Ulster clubs have been looking to the future in a pro-active way.
The following clubs have each had several adult members complete the Bike Leaders Coach Education Course, and subsequently began a series of Bike Skills sessions.
Omagh Wheelers, Emyvale CC, Fintona CC, Clann Eireann CC, Banbridge CC, Cookstown Harps CC, Castlereagh CC, Newry Wheelers, Lakeland CC, Orchard Wheelers, and East Tyrone CC.
A total of 80 volunteers from all of the clubs are enjoying the Bike Skills each week at the various venues across Ulster, introducing well over 150 kids to the skills of cycling.
Each club has delivered or is delivering 6 structured Bike Skills sessions, followed by weekly fun Bike Spins for their club's new young cycling enthusiasts. Bike Spins are then the core activity of the junior clubs. The Bike Spin activities vary from towpath spins to grass track racing sessions to rides along the national cycle network routes, whereby the kids are really getting a taste of all aspects of cycling.
"The volunteer Bike Leaders from the clubs are doing a first class job - and really enjoying it!" says John Bann-Lavery, CU Youth Development Officer. "Guys like Mark Gilmore of the Castlereagh Club, Martin Brennan from Cookstown Harps, and Barry Cassidy from Emyvale are really putting a great effort into the initiative. Thanks to them and their fellow Bike Leaders in the various clubs, around 150 kids are enjoying cycling across the country each week". Orchard Wheelers' Lester Fiddis has been instrumental in getting Bike Skills off the ground in Richhill, where there were 28 new kids at the first Bike Skills session last Thursday.
Now that the clubs have many new recruits enjoying their club based cycling, the Bike Spins and grass track sessions will provide an opportunity for the YDO to do some talent spotting during the summer. Who knows where the next Kelly, Roche, or Scanlon will come from...
Cycling Ulster Bike Leaders:
EMYVALE CC
Barry Cassidy
Dominic Toner
OMAGH WHEELERS
Hugh McCann
Margaret Curran
Gerry Crozier
Julie Mulligan
John Mulligan
Tommy Fleming
Philip Caldwell
Una Chism
Cahal Baxter
Michael McAleer
FINTONA CC
Patrick Withers
Patsy McElhatton
Chris Withers
COOKSTOWN HARPS CC
Peter Field
Robert Bloomer
Martin Kelly
Pat Bloomer
Gary McGuire
Des Eastwood
Rodney Parke
Martin Brennan
CLANN EIREANN CC
Michael Murray
Joe Brennan
Maurice Bann-Lavery
Eileen Casey
BANBRIDGE CC
Euart Dennison
Marty Kearns
Andy Potts
Paul Anderson
Patrick McAleavy
CASTLEREAGH CC
Steven Wallace
Gordon Ellis
Mark Gilmore
Stephen Carson
Bryan Monson
Martin Teggart
Sean Roe
Adrian Hughes
Gerard Heverin
NEWRY WHEELERS CC
Paddy Harty
Paddy Clarke
Peter McConville
Conor Sweeney
Paddy Mackrell
Stephen Byrne
Des McDonald
John Harty
Brian Henning
Henry McGloughlin
Anne Duffy
Jan Sweeney
Eamon Murphy
LAKELAND CC
Raymond Pauley
Raymond Dunlop
David Dunlop
Cecil Arthur
Marian Campbell
Mark Kavanagh
Mark McGirr
Anthony McGirr
ORCHARD WHEELERS
Eileen Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Keith Gallagher
Lester Fiddis
Rebecca Fiddes
Freida Brown
Alister Fiddis
Paul Williams
Edgar Brown
Trevor Wright
Simon Williams
EAST TYRONE CC
Ernie Magwood
Brian McComb
Jim Slane
Noel Wilson
Nigel McKeagh
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