- Every Saturday and Sunday morning, we leave from the Castle Gate on the Parade in Kilkenny at 9am for our weekend spins. These times may change with the summer hours, but this will be updated on our website.
- Monday night spins will be re-introduced in April. These cycles are for beginners and leave the Castle Gate at 7pm. We will update our website once dates are confirmed. This was hugely popular for people who started cycling in 2009.
- A TT (time trial) league will start on 13th May. This will be held over a 5 week period on aThursday eveving and will be organised to allow cyclists of all abilities to compete. Details will be posted on our website closer to the date of the event.
- Marble City 200 is a 200km “audax” cycling event on 22nd May (rather than end of April, as in 2009). We are also considering holding a 100/125km event on that day also. The route is likely to change from the 2009 route. Details will be posted on our website closer to the date of the event.
- The very popular Tour de Kilkenny is pencilled in on 31st July, which is the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday weekend. Details will be posted on our website closer to the date of the event.
- Subject to the success of the initial TT, we will consider introducing another TT league later in the summer, whereby participants will be able to compare results from a couple of months previous!!
- The Castlecomer Challenge is a 100km cycling event starting and finishing in Castlecomer on 17th October. Details will be posted on our website closer to the date of the event.
- We’re also on Facebook and Twitter (handy for RSS/web feeds) for updates on the above events. Please see our website (marblecitycyclers.com) for links to both of these.
- We are always looking for new members of all abilities, men and women, to join our Club. If you are already cycling but feel you could benefit from group cycling, we would like to hear from you. If you are looking for a fun and enjoyable way of getting fit and think road cycling could be for you, we would also like to hear from you!
Our contact details are:
Brendan O’Reilly (086) 1647495 ~ Michael Shields (086) 604 5918 ~ Pat Murray (087) 922 1987
Email: marblecitycyclers@gmail.com
Marble City Cyclers is affiliated to Cycling Ireland, the governing body of all cycling in Ireland.
