Donegal events

ednwireland

few things coming up in the near future

Tonight 11th April 7pm
teds bike shop Killybegs road, Donegal Town, Donegal

Padraig Marrey and David O' Sullivan will be coming to Ted's Bike Shop to give a presentation on training and nutrition for endurance sports. This will be of huge benefit to cyclists, both race and leisure, runners and triathletes. Padraig will give a 90 min talk followed by a short presentation and product sampling by David. Plenty of time for Q&A afterwards along with refreshments. Healthy of course

sunday 14th april

four masters knockalla tour

The 2013 Knockalla Tour is set for Sunday 14th April. The Four Masters CC Knockalla Tour 2013 guarantees to be bigger and better than last year.

Based in the Aura Leisure Centre sign on will open from 8.45am on the morning of the event with one mass start at 10.00am. Like last year this tour will have a controlled pace until the Carrigart


Leaving the Leisure Centre in Letterkenny the route takes you to Kilmacrennan via Trentagh. From Kilmacrennan you will go towards Cresslough where you will turn right just before you enter the town of Cresslough and cycle toward Carrigart.

Leaving Carrigart village you will head over the Mulroy Bridge where you will enter Fanad Head. From here you will travel through some of fanads small villages before arriving in Portsalon where you will get the view of the Knockalla Mountain rising out of the Atlantic Ocean.

Once over the climb its on towards Rathmullan, then Ramelton and back towards Letterkenny. This years event is app 80 miles, but apart from Mulroy Bridge and Knockalla this is a mostly flat circuit. There will be ample support vehicles on the route. The entry is €15.00 for Cycling Ireland members and €17.00 for non members. Your licence must be produced at sign on.


http://connect.garmin.com/course/3269989

Donegal Bay’s Spring Classic April 21st

http://www.donegalbaycyclingclub.com/donegal-bays-spring-classic-leisure-events/

Donegal Bay Cycling Club is hosting its first sportive event. There are three route options which have been chosen to accommodate a wide range of cycling abilities while allowing participants enjoy some of Donegal’s most impressive scenery. This event allows cyclists who intend to participate in the An Post Tour of Sligo on the May Bank Holiday weekend to test their fitness on routes which are just slightly shorter than those on the Sligo event.
Event details

Date: Sunday 21st April 2013

Sign-on location: Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town (parking available)

Sign-on time: 8.30am to 9.30am

Cycle start location: The Diamond, Donegal Town (500m from sign-on location)

Cycle start time: 10am

ashleey

Thanks for posting these Edwin. They could coincide with one of our trips back to my wife's family hopefully. I might get in trouble for avoiding confirmations etc though

buffalo

And entries for Rás Dhun na nGall are open next week, right? Can't wait!

ednwireland

buffalo wrote: »

And entries for Rás Dhun na nGall are open next week, right? Can't wait!

ha didnt notice that on the race blueprint !

16th april for anyone whose interested

http://www.fourmasterscycling.com/index.php

ednwireland

ras donegal entries open

http://regonline.activeglobal.com/builder/site/?eventid=1227520

ednwireland

Donegal Bay’s Spring Classic sunday April 21st

see you there

ednwireland

Four Masters Cycling Club
Anyone wishing to enter Ras Dhun na nGall is reminded that you have less than 9 days to avail of the early bird price. From midnight on 30th April the price to enter will increase to €65. We want as many as possible to enter before this date. €10 is as good in your pocket as in our bank account. Get entering folks.

ednwireland

four master cycling club

The club season starts this Tuesday 30th April @7pm with a TT at Burt, we need 3 marshals for roundabout, so if you can marshal please comment below b4 12 o'clock on Tuesday, if we don't get 3 marshals we will have to cancel the TT, we are going to use this format all year for TT and Road races, so no Marshals no racing, Sorry.

Please check this Facebook page every Tuesday after 12pm before you travel to a club event to see the status of the race/TT,
Bring your license or copy of you CI page with you as they will be checked this year.

ednwireland

for anyone thats interested

Harrybelafonte

Is there anything on this Saturday?

ednwireland

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Is there anything on this Saturday?

nah everyones doing tour of sligo on sunday !

or at least not that i know of

ashleey

Sorry to dig up an old thread and good luck with the Ras (real one) this weekend.

Do you know if the Poison Glen Tour is going ahead this year on July 21st as my wife has just informed me of when we are visiting the homestead for this summer?

Hope you get better weather than I did last weekend on Glengesh and Granny!

ednwireland

apparently so

http://www.fourmasterscycling.com/poison_glen.php

ashleey

ednwireland wrote: »

apparently so

http://www.fourmasterscycling.com/poison_glen.php

Thanks.

MB Lacey

my OH is about to spend the next 6 weeks up in Donegal, so I looked at that link, clicked on the more info bit and was taken to a website telling me all about L3 military soloutions.

Interesting sportives up in Donegal :rolleyes:

MB Lacey

Interesting date for the Sportive too

Poison Glen Heading 23/23/1002

ednwireland

Donegal Bay Cycling Club
Plans are well under way for the 'Donegal Bay Kermesse' on Saturday 20th July in Mountcharles. Belgian racing, Donegal style!! A simple explanation of a Kermesse race is basically a hard man’s hammer race. The main race will cater for A1/A2/A3 riders. 13 laps of a 6.3km circuit, 82km total. The separate A4 race will also be 13 laps of a 4.9km circuit, 64km total. A nice 'wee' climb is included in both circuits. Both circuits pass through the village of Mountcharles on each lap and they also take the riders right on the waters edge of Donegal Bay. More info and pre entry details to follow soon.

ednwireland

Don`t forget the North Pole Cycling Club Tour of Inishowen takes place on Sunday 7th July. The clip below shows the majesty of Mamore Gap in all its glory.We will be passing Mamore at the 90 mile mark

https://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Pole-Cycling-Club-Tour-of-Inishowen/134477946748847?ref=stream

ednwireland

ednwireland wrote: »

Donegal Bay Cycling Club
Plans are well under way for the 'Donegal Bay Kermesse' on Saturday 20th July in Mountcharles. Belgian racing, Donegal style!! A simple explanation of a Kermesse race is basically a hard man’s hammer race. The main race will cater for A1/A2/A3 riders. 13 laps of a 6.3km circuit, 82km total. The separate A4 race will also be 13 laps of a 4.9km circuit, 64km total. A nice 'wee' climb is included in both circuits. Both circuits pass through the village of Mountcharles on each lap and they also take the riders right on the waters edge of Donegal Bay. More info and pre entry details to follow soon.

Online entries are now open for our first open race. We are now ready to start promoting. Just sending an email to give any of our own racers a chance to register before anyone else. Just go to eventmaster.ie and go to cycling events or click on the link below.

https://eventmaster.ie/event.php?event_id=344

ednwireland

a1 a2 a3 circuit
http://www.mapmyride.com/ie/donegal-...oute-116403625

a4 circuit
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/227661935

Mountcharles, Donegal, 20th July 2013
Sign on at St. Nauls G.A.A grounds, Mountcharles from 8:30am.

A4 race starts at 10 am. 5km circuit, 13 laps, total 65km.


A1/A2/A3 race starts at 1pm. 6.3km circuit, 13 laps, total 82km.

ednwireland

The 2013 Four Masters Poison Glen Tour is set to take to the roads of Donegal on Sunday 21st July. The 78 mile course will take the same route as last year with a feed station at An Churt Hotel in Dunlewy.

Cycling trough Glenveagh National Park and the Poison Glen this is a must do tour for all cyclists who appreicate the scenic beauty that Donegal has to offer or those who just enjoy a challenging cycle.



Similar to last year this event will be leaving Aura Leisure centre in Letterkenny and travel through Kilmacrennan via Trentagh. We will then turn left in Termon through the magnificent Glenveagh National Park before turning right to tackle the first climb of the day, the Muckish gap. Once over Muckish its down into Falcarragh and on to Gorkahork and Dunlewy before a feed stop at An Chuirt Hotel in Dunlewy.

After a 15 min stop here we set of to tackle the toughest climb of the day, The Poison Glen. After you summit the Poison Glen you have a fast descent down into Glenveagh once again and then back towards Letterkenny via Gartan.

This is a fun day for everyone and not a race. Sign on will open from 8.30am and we will leave at 9.30am.

Showers and refreshments will be available afterwards in the Aura Centre in Letterkenny

http://fourmasterscycling.com/poison_glen.php

ashleey

ednwireland wrote: »

The 2013 Four Masters Poison Glen Tour is set to take to the roads of Donegal on Sunday 21st July. The 78 mile course will take the same route as last year with a feed station at An Churt Hotel in Dunlewy.

Cycling trough Glenveagh National Park and the Poison Glen this is a must do tour for all cyclists who appreicate the scenic beauty that Donegal has to offer or those who just enjoy a challenging cycle.



Similar to last year this event will be leaving Aura Leisure centre in Letterkenny and travel through Kilmacrennan via Trentagh. We will then turn left in Termon through the magnificent Glenveagh National Park before turning right to tackle the first climb of the day, the Muckish gap. Once over Muckish its down into Falcarragh and on to Gorkahork and Dunlewy before a feed stop at An Chuirt Hotel in Dunlewy.

After a 15 min stop here we set of to tackle the toughest climb of the day, The Poison Glen. After you summit the Poison Glen you have a fast descent down into Glenveagh once again and then back towards Letterkenny via Gartan.

This is a fun day for everyone and not a race. Sign on will open from 8.30am and we will leave at 9.30am.

Showers and refreshments will be available afterwards in the Aura Centre in Letterkenny

http://fourmasterscycling.com/poison_glen.php

On our way up for the family holiday. Thanks for the info. Any chance of keeping the weather too!

ednwireland

ashleey wrote: »

On our way up for the family holiday. Thanks for the info. Any chance of keeping the weather too!

we'll do our best !

Iwernia

Donegal Bay Kermesse Jul 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lrjc0lSzbk

Full Report Here

http://www.donegalbaycyclingclub.com/donegal-bay-kermesse-results-2013/

ednwireland

Tour de Glen

The second annual Tour de Glen charity cycle takes place on Sunday, October 13th, 2013. Last year’s event was a major success, and raised a grand total of €16,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. The benefactors of this year’s cycle are The Cleary Centre in Donegal Town. If any of you are interested in taking part in the cycle, and require further information, please call into Doc’s Bar, contact Caitríona at CLG Naomh Columba on 086 1970127, or message CLG Naomh Columba on Facebook. Go raibh maith agaibh



http://activedonegal.com/tour-de-glen/