Carlow Road Cycling Club

Our young riders are heading to Moy in County Tyrone this weekend for the 2026 National Road Race Championships.

Over the course of the two-day event, riders will compete in a time trial, road race, and criterium.

Representing Carlow Road Cycling Club

- Under 13: Caden Byrne
- Under 14: Ashton Foley Doran
- Under 15: Noah Byrne
- Under 16: Aaron Foley Doran
- Under 16: Naoise Byrne

All riders have put in some serious training over the winter and summer months, mixed with some excellent performances in their races, and we look forward to enjoying the weekend and hopefully some good results too. Well done, gang, and best of luck from all in Carlow Road Cycling Club

Best wishes to riders receiving their LC results tomorrow.

Ulster 2 Day 2026

CRCC was represented at the Ulster 2 day International Youth Tour by Aaron & Ashton last weekend.
The 3 stage race took place over two days consisting of a TT, Criterium and Road stage.

Ashton was in third on GC after the TT, 4th in the Crit and Third in the Road racd leaving him in 4th place overall on GC.

Aaron went into the TT further down the standings and the hotly contested Crut meant that there was limited opportunity to move up the GC standings as a strong bunch crossed the line together. In the final stage, Aaron was in the action til the end riding strongly in the wet conditions.

All eyes on Ulster roads again next week as the Carlow gang head north again for the National Championships.

Youth Track National Championships Report
Naoise, Noah and Caden Byrne competed in the National Track Championships in Kanturk over the weekend.
Naoise won🥈in Sprint Races and🥉in the Scratch Race.
Caden won🥉in the Sprint Races and another🥉in the TT.
Noah was just outside the podiums this time.
Thanks to Kanturk Cycling Club, Cycling Ireland and all the volunteers for running this National youth event. 👏
Looking forward to the upcoming UK Track Inter-regionals in Glasgow next month.

on the road for Carlow today in the Brendan Campbell memorial race 💪

📸 Damien Faulkner

Race Report 📝

Yesterday saw riders from CRCC participating in the Leinster Youth Championships and Peter Bidwell Memorial Races, hosted by Drogheda Wheelers in Donore.

First in action were the youths, with Carlow riders participating in races at under-14 and under-16 level.

U14

Ashton & Caden got into an early break and rode strongly the three-lap race. Ashton rolled over the line in first position🥇, while Caden came home in second 🥈. A 1-2 for Carlow!

U16

The under-16 race took off at a blistering pace, and with the group together after the first lap, the attack started coming, with Noah managing to go with the move at that early stage. Unfortunately he lost contact with the leader but rode strongly to finish in second place🥈. The follow group had Aaron riding well throughout. In the uphill sprint Aaron took third position 🥉. Second and third place for Carlow.

Our only Senior rider on the day was Brian. Riding in C2.

Thanks to Drogheda Wheelers for another great day of racing.

Youth Racing Report

On Wednesday at the Roche GP, Noah and Aaron represented CRCC in the under 16 race, while Ashton rode in club colours in the under 14 race.

Noah and Aaron finished safely in the bunch in what was a very fast and hotly contested race, while Ashton claimed the victory in his own race.

On the track, Naoise and Noah were successful recently, winning their categories in the recent Duane Delaney Track TGP in Sundrive.

🇮🇪 🥇🥇Huge congratulations to Con Scully who has ridden to the top step of the podium in the National Paracycling Time Trial and Road race along with Ciarán O'Toole.

Con is going solo in the u23 road race on Sunday, we'll all be cheering him on.

📸 Sean Rowe

We are all shocked and saddened to hear the sad news of Shane's passing.

Shane was held in such high regard by his racing companions and will be missed by all.

Shane's parents, siblings, family, clubmates, friends and all who will miss him are in our thoughts at this terrible time.

Thats a wrap for the 2026 youth races. A huge thank you to all the marshals and volunteers who helped out and made sure that the races could go ahead safely.

Results
U12 Girls
🥇 Molly Turner - Orwell Wheelers CC
🥈 Caroline Collins - Sliabh Luachra CC
🥉 Sophia Quigley - Waterford RC

U12 Boys
🥇 Conor Whelan - Bohermeen CC
🥈 Jaxon Jennings - Bear Cycling
🥉 Rian Flavin - Dungarvan CC
4️⃣ Josh Turner - Orwell Wheelers CC
5️⃣ Tadhg Connolly - Orwell Wheelers CC
6️⃣ Jake O'Donovan - Strabane Lifford CC

U14 Girls
🥇 Vicky Sevastupulo - Dublin Bay CC
🥈 Lilly McDermott - TC Racing

Prime - Lilly McDermott - TC Racing

U14 Boys
🥇 Ashton Foley Doran - Carlow RCC
🥈Joel Cummins - Sliabh Luachra CC
🥉 Jake Govan - Bear Cycling
4️⃣ William Hance - Orwell Wheelers CC
5️⃣ Conor Cox - Sliabh Luachra CC
6️⃣ Caden Byren - Carlow RCC

Prime - Conor Cox - Sliabh Luachra CC

U16 Girls
🥇 Ciara Flavin - Dungarvan CC
🥈 Vera Coujo Ortiz - Bohermeen CC

Prime 1️⃣ & 2️⃣ - Ciara Flavin - Dungarvan CC

U16 Boys
🥇 Tom Lane - Dan Morrissey Pissei CT
🥈 Conor Lynch - Sliabh Luachra CC
🥉 Brian Cullen - Dan Morrissey Pissei CT
4️⃣ Ethan Real - Sliabh Luachra CC
5️⃣ James Geary - Fermoy CC
6️⃣ Craig Ennis - Bohermeen CC

Prime 1️⃣ - Darragh Murphy - Rostrevor MTB Club
Prime 2️⃣ - Tom Lane - Dan Morrissey Pissei CT

Thank you to the race organising committee for their work on this race and to the parents and other supportive adults who do the driving for these kids week in week out.

Some great racing today - Safe home, see you next year!

👚Jerseys supplied by bodibro