Profiles
Below you can find a selection of interviews with Orwell members past and present.
Lifetime Members
All members of the Roche family
- Stephen Roche
- Lawrence Roche
- Nicolas Roche
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All members who completed the Tour de France
- Stephen Roche
- Lawrence Roche
- Nicolas Roche
- Paul Kimmage
Others
- Noel O'Neill
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Club Person of the Year
Every year, the club vote to reward someone who's shown huge dedication to the club, who gives time and effort on multiple occasions, or in some way has been an outstanding volunteer. This person is awarded the Club Person of Year trophy to take home.
Previous winners
2017 Michael Hanley 2016 Stephen O'Shea 2015 Ann Horan 2014 Stephen Ryan 2013 Brian McArdle 2012 ... 2011 Denis Gleeson 2010 Aideen Collard 2009 ...
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- Written by Louise Keane
Following on with our Five Minute Series we are talking to our hard working Club Secretary Fergal O'Sullivan this week. Fergal has been a club member for over 10 years and in that time has helped run the Orwell Randonnee, sat on the committee in various roles, helped with many many club spins and still managed to find time to ride his own bike! Find out more about the man behind those "membership reminder" emails here.......
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- Written by Louise Keane
Ronan Grimes took up para-cycling relatively late in his life, but that has not stopped him from flourishing in the sport. Since he’s settled into the saddle, he has competed in both the Road and Track Para-cycling World Championships in the past two years, achieving a total of four top ten finishes. Get to know more about our club mate on the rise thanks to this Bio first published by Cycling Ireland.
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- Written by Louise Keane
George Flanagan has only been with the club for a few years but has made a big impression in that short time - earning the accolade of "Rookie of the Year" in 2017 and recently being elected to the role of Vice- President of the club. We asked George a few questions to get to know the man behind the smile a little better.......
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- Written by Garret Connolly
Tom Weymes won't mind me saying this but he is one of the elder statesmen of the club and is a real inspiration to all the younger Orwellians out there. At the ripe age of 74 Tom is heading towards doing his 11th Wicklow 200 this June and even has eyes on the 6 day iconic Alpine Classic Cols with the rest of the Orwell Alpine nutters (myself included!).
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- Written by Eugène SKIL
After several profiles with members who race primarily, we also wanted to profile Sinead Kennedy, one of our active and consistent members in the leisure/touring section. Sinead Kennedy participates as part of the Orwell gang in a calendar of events and she was part of the gang that took on the epic Marmot in 2014.
