starting a cycling club

furyen

Hi all,
trying to get a local cycling club going any good advise ?

MajesticDonkey

Ask yourself some questions first:

• How far away will the nearest cycling club be?
• Is it going to be primarily a leisure or racing club?
• Are there enough people within 5-10 miles that would be interested in joining?
• Can you get adequate funding to get it off the ground?

Are you on your own setting it up or have you some friends interested in helping?

1. Call a meeting to gather the interest in setting up a club.
2. Elect a committee.
3. Get affiliated with Cycling Ireland.
4. Start promoting the club to new members.
5. Fundraise and/or get sponsorship.
6. Get club gear (with sponsors' names etc.).

Getting affiliated with Cycling Ireland would be a recommended thing to do, for insurance purposes mainly but also for easy "access" to Cycling Ireland promoted events. (discounts!)

Hope that helps.

seamus

Do a search for "Reservoir Cogs" on this forum. A couple of guys set up a new leisure club in West Wicklow which appears to be doing very well, but they started off here by holding a "Should we bother our arse doing this" meeting. Maybe see if you can get in touch with them for a couple of pointers.

Jovetic

I want to start a club called Cadence Clearwater and Cycle

Eamonnator

Jovetic wrote: »

I want to start a club called Cadence Clearwater and Cycle

I'm in.