Track GP - thanks and well done!

Jen Sheridan is looking for help with the International Track GP on 11th and 12th July in Sundrive Rd.

This year it is a UCI grade 1 event - the highest level of racing in this country. We will need lots of helpers. The event takes place from 08.00-18.30 each day, and help will be taken for any portion of that, or if anyone can commit to either all day Saturday or Sunday (or both), we do need a few volunteers for a full day.

Help is mega-appreciated by Jen, and indeed the club - we will hopefully have a few riders taking part, and picking up UCI points.

If you don't know Jen, she supplies many of the tasty baked goods and tea at so many Orwell and women's gatherings, as well as organising league races and helping at the TTs, and massive work with the youth section. In short, she does a lot of work for the club and its members, and it would be great if the members could help her in return, even for just a few hours.


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We're still looking for help this weekend. It doesn't require any specialist knowledge of the track, and in fact can be very educational if you've never been!

We've gotten a few volunteers, but more are badly needed. If you can spare a day, or just a few hours, Jen will find a job for you!

One final bump for this - there's been a crew on site since 7am this morning getting the track ready for the weekend. I'll be there all day Sunday, so if you can spare a few hours, let myself or Jen know - it would be very appreciated and helps boost Orwell's reputation and image as one of the friendliest and most helpful clubs around!

A message below from Jen, who put in enormous work over the weekend and indeed in the many weeks leading up to the event - and is probably still working today! To get the meet up to UCI grade 1 standard, there has to be a certain amount of events, a particular number of competitors per event, and a minimum amount of nationalities in each event.

So huge efforts to make sure it meets the criteria, all while juggling start lists, results, and running multiple events over two days. I'm exhausted just writing about it, so next time you see Jen, make sure you thank her for doing the club and the country proud!

Mega appreciation for Colm Bradley, Daniel McElroy, Conor Murnane, Orla Hendron and Fionn Sheridan for all day Saturday, Diarmuid Collins for Saturday morning, Brian McArdle, David Swift, Naoise Sheridan and Fionn Sheridan for all day Sunday, Valdis Andersons and David Hendron for Sunday morning. Fionn did a little more commissaire duty and also did mechanic for the Dutch national team and Slovakian rider, Uisneach was flag bearer on Saturday after racing in mondell earlier in the day, thanks to Dave Murnane for bringing him.
It couldn't have been done without the help, so proud to say that a huge proportion of the helpers were Orwell Wheelers. If I have overlooked anyone it is because we got back so late last night and my brain function is seriously impaired at the moment!

I should also point out that Orwell were active on the track too, with two of our youngest and brightest winning two of the most exciting races of the weekend - the Junior women's and men's Scratch races.

Both Naoise Sheridan and Conor Murnane were aggressive from the gun, and it paid off handsomely with a gold medal each! Congrats to both!

Conor will be racing for Leinster this week in the Junior Tour, so a great sign of form for him - good luck!