Open Racing

Orwell are very active on the national scene - see all the results and reports from open races here.

Scott-Orwell Wheelers had a very successful weekend with victory in the A4 Lucan GP and in A2 Des Hanlon. Ronan O'Flynn took victory in one of the epic one day races on the Irish calender. Scott-Orwell's Brian Ahern supported the riders on the day and reports back...

In addition to Lawless' victory in Newbridge and the Orwell 200 audax, the Orwell picked up results in other races, particularly with the Orwell women in the Rás Naomh Finian and the Darach McCarthy. A round up...

Orwell scooped a hatful of results at Ras Mhaigh Eo this weekend, with Valdis Andersons, Brian McNally, Stephen Barry and Jamie Busher in the prizes. Dick O'Brien reports....

Orwell's Brendan Lawless is clearly enjoying good form, following up from a podium finish in the Cycleways Cup with victory in Newbridge GP.

Further results and report from last weekend, Brendan Lawless reports back from Sunday's Cycleways Cup.

To the background of political uncertainty, thirty two of us lined out for the race of truth. Unlike Emily and Raffaele, this is not a Cinderella story

A great day for the Orwell, with the A4 win for Raffaele Bonadio on his racing debut, and Eoin Ahern making a strong start also with 3rd. Stephen Barry spent the A3 race in a break of two, taking the prime and 2nd place for his efforts, while Sean Murnane won the unplaced Junior prize.

Racing kicked off this season and Orwell Wheelers posted great results including victory by Emily Brick.Updated with race report from A4 race

Our league winner for 2015, Brian McArdle, collected his trophy on Saturday night after 21 weeks of trying to fend off the Murnane brothers. Earlier this year he undertook his first Rás, and we finally published his account below.

Following on from Cong and Charleville, the A3s were ripping it up at the Laragh Classic, securing a bronze Leinster Champs medal for Jamie Busher, and another two places in the top ten for Bernard English and Brian McNally. Busher tells us how it went below!