Before the festivities of the evening begin I would like to take this opportunity to wish a happy New Year to all our members, followers and friends!
2019 was a great year for the club with many key moments, a few that stand out to me are - youths dominating every discipline of cycle racing, our Audaxers battling against the odds to come home with a 100% finish at PBP, Lara Gillespie winning more medals on the world stage and more National Championships, Orwell at sportives the length and breadth of the country as well as across Europe, new members graduating the Pathways Program, 200+ members completing the Wicklow 200, IVCA members winning league races week after week and generally everyone enjoying their bikes!
My personal highlight was being nominated as Club President and then elected to the role at the AGM - thank you all for the honour!
Also my sincere thanks to everyone who helps in any way towards making the club the success that it is. Committee members, league organisers, trainers, coaches, leaders, marshals, volunteers, drivers, parents............
What will we do in 2020 - These are a few of the club organised events for your diaries:
Sun 8th March: 08:00 Orwell 200
Sun 5th April: 06:00 Midland 300
Tues 14th April: 19:00 Appleby Orwell Women's League R1
Mon 27th April: 18:30 Monday Night Youth Racing Starts
Sat 2nd May: 09:00 Orwell Randonnee
Sat 9th May: 09:00 Orwell One Day Youth Stage Race
Sat 30th May: 08:00 Orwell Stage Race Stage 1 & 2
Sun 31st May: 08:00 Orwell Stage Race Stage 3
Weds 24th June: 19:00 Stephen Roche GP
Sat 27th June: 09:00 Hammond Memorial Race
Sun 28th June: 10:00 Joe Daly Memorial Cycle
Sun 18th Oct: 10:30 Gerry Brannigan Memorial
For 2020 we are also delighted to be adding a new name to our jersey along with Scott Sports - Welcome to Quanta Capital and thanks for your support!
Happy New Year!
Louise
