CLUB NOTES
Post date: Mar 07, 2011 9:49:17 PM
The second main group of 6 followed the same route as the first group as far as Lismore where they had the ‘coronas’ to tackle an accent of the Vee. At the top, they turned left for Mellary and dropped down into Cappoquin for their coffee break. Shortly on the road again, they took the scenic route home through Dromina Drive, Villarstown, Aglish and Clashmore before rolling back the main road to Youghal for 12.30pm with a tough and hilly 90km completed.
The third and final group of 6 also gathered at Moby Dicks last Sunday morning at 10.00am for their weekly run. They covered a sheltered route around East Cork taking in Ballymacoda, Ladysbridge, and Castlemartyr for the coffee stop, Killeagh and back to Youghal for 12.45pm with a challenging 40km loop completed.
Club Monthly Meeting
Our Second of the years Club Monthly Meetings took place last Wednesday, the 2nd of March, at the Holy Family Church, Youghal at 8.00pm. Again, a good turnout on the night had a good same. debate about the Mizen to Malin head cycle. In particular, the training was discussed and a decision was made to start the Sunday mornings at 8.00am instead of 9.00am for the foreseeable future. Membership cards were also handed out on the night. Arrangements are also currently being made for the ordering of additional club kit for club members. An order will shortly be placed so anyone requiring some new or additional club kit is asked to contact Club Secretary Jonathan at 086-8563292 in relation to
YOUGHAL CYCLING CLUB NOTES 06th March 2011
Club Spin – 06th March
The good weather conditions continued last Sunday morning where a healthy 18 members of Youghal C.C. lined up at Moby Dicks for our weekly club spin. The anti was how ever upped last week with an earlier starting time and as usual, we split up in to two groups of 12 and 6 and departed at 8.00am and 8.10am respectively.
The first group of 12 headed in the Waterford direction where we tackled the Tallow road climb, avoided the countless potholes along the top stretch and dropped down nicely into Tallow on the newly re-surfaced Waterford County Council section of the road. From Tallow, we again climbed the Lismore road and coasted along the good surface into Lismore and onto Cappoquin. With the wind picking up at the front, we all did our bit, except for the secretary who did more moaning than cycling, and coasted onto Dungarvan for the coffee break. Fully re-fueled, we hit the road again and decided to take in a loop around Ring before taking the coast road around to Ardmore. All going well at this stage, we cruised back into Youghal and rode a very steady pace up the by-pass where to everyone’s concern, Fabian, aka the blocklayer, faltered !!. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Outward bound, we dropped down off the by-pass and took in a loop around Gortroe and a leg busting accent up Boreen Nora for the Finish. All completed the climb well with the exception of the Bulman's old pedals which were squeaking like his old knees !!. Re-grouped at the top, we dropped down to the strand and rolled back into town for 12.15pm with a respectable 115km completed at an average speed of 29km/hr. Well done to newcomer Eoin who rode very strong all day and held his place very well.