Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club

Congratulations to Rachael Kaye Mellor on her bronze medal performance in the Under 12 100 metre Team Trial at the National Youth Track Championships at Sundrive Road last weekend.

Star youth rider Darragh Long is enjoying a fabulous late summer with a string of victories and placings in recent weeks.

Despite claiming to have worse form than the entire east wing of Mountjoy Prison, Declan Quigley has stumbled into the prizes in his last two open races.

Patrick O’Brien’s two wins in succession have vaulted the Orwell rookie into contention for victory in the club league with long time leader Patrick Conlon and earned him a promotion to Semi Scratch for the last three races in the league.

 The annual Murphy and Gunn Underage Inter-club League kicked off again last Monday night with a Time trial and road races in Ashford, and almost thirty youngsters made the most of the fine weather to get some good racing in. Read on for a report by Aoife Sheridan.