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Welcome to Scott-Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club
Cycling Ireland 2018 Club of the Year
Founded in 1948, Orwell Wheelers is amongst the biggest and most famous cycling clubs in Ireland. Based in Dublin, we cater to all levels of fitness and ability - from beginners to elite riders, male and female from youth to veteran. The club had its roots in road racing but has become very active in many other areas including leisure riding, audaxing, randonnée events, cyclocross and track racing. We run organised weekly training spins most of the year.
Membership via Pathways 2019 is now open
Pathways to Membership Opens 1st August for the next club intake. See membership page for details
Lara Gillespie wins Bronze in the World Junior Track Championships
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On the track which has previously seen Orwell members Aideen Collard and Stephen McNally win medals at the World Masters Championships, Lara Gillespie has today won bronze in the Individual Pursuit at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany.
PBP Participants 2019 (Part 2)
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It's finally here! It's Paris-Brest-Paris starts tomorrow, Sunday the 18th of August sees 13 Scott Orwell Wheelers line up to complete the 1,250km challenge that they have been working towards for the past 2 years. This is the second of a two part look at the who is taking on the challenge and why! Andrew Potts put some questions to the group .......
Scott Orwell Wheelers PBP 2019 Participants (part 1)
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It's finally here! It's Paris-Brest-Paris week and on Sunday the 18th of August 13 Scott Orwell Wheelers will line up in Paris to start the 1,250km challenge that they have been working towards for the past 2 years. This is the first of a two part look at the who is taking on the challenge and why! Andrew Potts put some questions to the group - the first 6 answer here...
Another day another Dolomite
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Why would any sane person spend a day of his summer holidays cycling 140 K with an ascent of 4400 metres in the middle of a roasting Italian summer. Halfway up the Passo de Giau the answer is startlingly obvious. No sane person would even dream of it. The gradient is 14 %, the sun is beating down, there is no breeze and there is no shade. Above you is wave after wave of switchbacks without seeming end. Below you...you do not care what is below you. It is then you realize that you are a little mad......
Good luck to Caoimhe May in the European Youth Olympics!
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Scott Orwell Wheeler Caoimhe May set off to Baku to compete in the European Youth Olympics this morning! Caoimhe is part of a 6 person Irish Team and will compete in the Time Trial on Tues 23rd and the Road Race on Thurs 25th of July. We wish Caoimhe and all her team mates the best of luck next week
3 silver medals for Lara at the European Junior Track Championships
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Only a month after finishing her Leaving Cert Lara Gillespie has just taken 3 silver medals at the European Junior Track Championships! The Scratch race, the Individual Pursuit and the Points Race....
Stephen Roche GP Results 2019
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Congratulations to all our youth winners, and Maura Claffey (UCD) and Mark Dowling (U/A) in the senior events. Full results inside.
Snakes and Ladders at Gaelforce West 2019
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"This is when the second crazy incident of the race happens (and within only a few minutes of the first). Pushing 55km/h, spiralling down the winding corners of the Sheeffry Pass descent on the racing line, cliff faces on one side, cliff edges on the other, Shaun goes into the tightest of the corners ahead of me and out of sight. The next second I come in and around the same corner and come across him immediately in front of me, lying on the ground, face down and completely motionless".
Youths Summer 2019
