Club
History
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1991 |
The club was started by
Danny Curtin with
two members. |
1992
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Membership is up to ten. |
1993
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The Under-Age All- Ireland
Championships were organised by the club for the first time and it won 12 medals.
First trip abroad- to Wales. |
1994
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The club hosted the Under-Age Championships for the second year.
Thirty seater bus purchased.
Visit Wales again. |
1995 |
The Club makes a more adventurous
two week trip to
France where we raced, toured, trained with local clubs and won five races!
A stage end of the Junior Tour was hosted in Kanturk. |
| 1996 |
A second trip to Brittany. |
| 1997 |
Willie Curtin captained the Irish Cycling Team at the Youth Olympics and
his sister, Helen, represented Ireland at the English Schools Championships.
A larger 35 - seater bus is purchased.
The club hosts the All-Ireland Under-Age, Veterans and Ladies Championships. It won 19
All-Ireland Under-Age Medals and the Veteran's team prize.
The club fund-raising Lottery begins. |
1998
|
Juniors compete in Junior Tour for the first time. Dennis
Lynch wins the First Year Junior Category. The club visits Manchester Velodrome for the
first time and there is big success in the
All-Irelands. |
1999 |
One of the most exciting years for the club. Two mini-busses are acquired
and a Spring League is started. There is a second trip to Manchester Velodrome.
The first group of cyclist to join the club have now reached second-year Junior ranks and
Michael Dennehy wins the Junior National Championships. Along with team-mates Willie
Curtin and Dennis Lynch, they win the team prize. Kanturk riders dominated the
Junior Tour of Ireland. Later in the season, Daniel Lynch recovers
form injury and all are picked for the Irish team for the World Championships in Verona,
Italy.
There is a big influx on young riders into the club and the U-11 teams come first and
second in the All-Ireland Championships. Danny
O'Connor, Paudi O'Brien and Barry Meade win outright at U-13, 15 and 16 level.
Barry Meade represents Ireland in the Youth Olympics. |
| 2000 |
The most pleasing part of this year was the continuing strength of the
Under-Age activities and the number and quality of riders in the lower age groups.The club
again dominated the
All-Ireland Under-Age Cycling
Championships which were held in Charleville and took sixteen All-Ireland medals in
the event which spanned three stages over two days.
In the U-11 category, the club took gold, silver and bronze, as well as the team prize.
Kanturk also won the U-12 team category, along with individual silver and bronze.
Kanturk was second in the U-14 individual category, won the U-15 team prize and the U-16
gold medal.
Two under-age riders won places on Irish teams and another on a Munster team. There were
numerous individual wins during the year.
In the Junior ranks, Kanturk Credit Union Cycling Club had the largest number of riders in
the Junior Tour of Ireland. One of the Club's riders won the
"King of the Hills" category in the Tour and will represent Ireland in the World
Junior Cycling Championships in October.
The Club is now beginning to achieve success in the Senior ranks as some of the riders are
coming through. The Club won the All-Ireland U-23 Team Championships. |
