With the course in tip top condition and the weather cold but dry it was a dirty dozen who turned up for round 8 at Ormeau park on Sunday. Starting out with Carter winning the u6’s then racing in the U8’s race along with Faye in the U8 girls, next up Cole & Elliot lined up for a 4 lap U10’s both finishing well, Reuben took to the start line in U12’s and after a Read more
Our AGM is at 8.30pm on Thursday 2nd November in Killinchy Community Hall. All welcome to come and discuss how the year went and also to discuss the plans for next year.
On Sunday 22nd October Killinchy CC hosted round 4 of the Ulster cyclo-cross series at Delamont Country Park, Killyleagh. This was our first time hosting a cyclocross event which was in planning by Scott and myself for the last year. In the last few weeks running up to the event the catering, marshals and the course was finalised and looked good. Then storm Ophelia hit with torrential rain, followed by Storm Brian just before the Read more
On Sunday 8th October I did a 200 mile cycle as part of my fundraising effort for 1st Saintfield Scout group. I started fundraising about a month ago using different ways to raise money. E.g. Just Giving and asking local businesses for sponsorship. 1st Saintfield scouts has served the Saintfield community for 106 years and we pride ourselves on our ability to teach kids from ages 6 – 18 the different ways which they can Read more
Today we had Max in the U6s, Faye in the U8s, Cole and Elliot in the U10s, Reuben in the U12s, Andrew in the U14s, Richard and Andy in the Bs and myself in the As. Phoenix opted not to run this event as part of the Ulster series as it had no MTB support race and instead the Women racers had their own separate race slot. After Lurgan Park and last weeks mud-fest at Read more
It was the opening round of the Ulster Cyclocross series on Sunday hosted by Apollo CT. This course at Lurgan Park had changed a bit for this year but was still as mucky as ever – proper CX terrain! Killinchy had a rider in every Cat apart from U16 – great show! First off we had young Max in the under 6 race: Then it was big brother Cole’s turn in the under 8s. Well Read more
Killinchy Cycling Club member Drew Armstrong riding for Mech Monkey Mixtape team won the last round of the Vitus First Track Enduro series on Sunday 17/09/17 in Castlewellan Forest Park. Drew won all 4 of the Ulster series races securing the league win to add to his Irish league win. He will travel to the Olympic course at Hadleigh Farm, Essex this weekend to represent Ulster in The School Games. The following weekend he races Read more
KCC members and some staff from our main sponsor The Poachers Pocket met on Thursday 31st to hand over a cheque for £4500 that was raised through the club at their annual charity event on the 21st August in Killinchy. The club would like to thank all those who participated in the event, donated through the ballot and the helpers on the day, as it wouldn’t have been possible to raise this amount without the Read more
As the weather temperature begins to drop as well as the sun light fading, it’s time to look at our spin and Yoga/Pilate classes. So Laura has kindly offered to take charge of all spin classes starting in October every Tuesday & Thursday nights. The other classes details will follow once we confirm KCH for our venue. The committee have also set the dates for our AGM – 02/11/17 at Killinchy Community Hall from 19.00 Read more
On Sunday past we had our annual charity cycle, the Killinchy 150. This was the 4th year that we have run this event, picking a charity each year that our members can relate too. This year all proceeds are going to Friends of the Cancer Centre at the City hospital. The weather wasn’t looking good earlier in the week but fortunately things changed and we had perfect cycling weather (and BBQ weather)! Over 250 riders gathered Read more