Castlereagh Cycling Club

A great event for your summer sportive season with next weekend's Crossgar Cycling Club event. In aid of a fantastic charity NI Chest Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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🚴‍♂️ Get on Yer Bike for Mike – Let’s Ride for a Cause! 🚴‍♀️ Join us on Sunday 31st August 2025 for a heart-pumping, pedal-powered tribute to our cycling buddy Mike Crowe – all in support of NI Chest Heart and Stroke ❤️

📍 Starting Line: Cedar Primary School, Crossgar 🕗 Sign-On Begins: 8:15 AM 🚦 Roll-Out: 9:00 AM sharp 🍰 Refuel & Relax: Refreshments en route and a celebratory spread back at the school hall!

🎟️ Secure Your Spot Now! Book your ticket on EventMaster ✅ Note: If you're not a Cycling Ireland member (including British Cycling non-Gold), grab an Event Licence (£9 + booking fee).

https://eventmaster.ie/event/ZqrMFMWcZY

🌄 Choose Your Challenge:

Route 1 – 60km (37 miles) Cruise through scenic countryside with gentle terrain and no major hills – perfect for a relaxed ride that skips the infamous Dree Hill. 📍 View Route on Strava 📈 Elevation: 2,164 ft | Highlights: Smooth roads, mellow gradients, and stunning views.
https://www.strava.com/routes/3383199897903519022

Route 2 – 100km (61 miles) Ready to level up? This route takes you up and over Dree Hill, with 4,406 ft of elevation and epic climbs. 📍 Explore Route on Strava 📈 Elevation: 4,406 ft | Highlights: Rolling hills, thrilling descents, and serious bragging rights
https://www.strava.com/routes/3383200488397806488

Let’s ride together, celebrate Mike’s legacy, and make a difference. Good vibes, great roads, and an unforgettable day await – are you in? 💪

Crossgar Cycling Club are hosting a sportive on 27th August in aid of a very worthwhile cause. Two route distances available and refreshments provided.

1️⃣ Register On the App
2️⃣ Register by making a £25 Donation on Just Giving with your name and Slieve Croob in the comments
3️⃣ Call into the Crowes Near Crossgar with £25 cash

APP - https://www.buyticketapp.co.uk

JUST GIVING - https://www.justgiving.com/page/getonyerbikeformike?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fgetonyerbikeformike&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

This weekend North Down CC are hosting The Bangor Coastal Challenge.

This years local charities are
`Air Ambulance and `Ards Peninsula First Repsonders.`

A scenic coastal route of 100km around the Ards Peninsula rolling to up and down to a tasty lunch in Portaferry.

The Challenge starts and finishes at the Bangor Aurora.

https://www.entrycentral.com/NDCCcoastalchallenge2023?fbclid=IwAR08BvJCcm9kq_g_G_dvn6mOx1R8hW6z_cfS3Den9nX385GH8bF5lhQ8tjg

NDCC Coastal Challenge 2023 **ONLINE ENTRY OPEN** **LIMITED ENTRY AVAILABLE AT SIGN ON** Are you up for the challenge ??? If you are …… then welcome to the twentieth year of our great Charity cycle event, the most popular touring cycle event in the Northern Ire

Bike the Blackwater 2022 on Sunday 25th September, one of the final leisure events of this season. A highly popular event with two route distances (120km and 60km) along the river Blackwater going through the counties of Monaghan, Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh.

This year the BTBW sportif is hosted by Emyvale Cycling Club and sponsored by The Spin Doctor bike shop in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan. Proceeds will be donated to charity. Here is a direct link to the Eventmaster registration page: Apologies, I sent the wrong link earlier. Here is the correct one:

Bike The Blackwater - Buy Tickets A popular leisure event with two route distances along the river Blackwater going through the counties of Monaghan, Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh.

Autumn challenge for a great cause! www.amh.org.uk

Cycle Against Su***de’s ‘Ireland’s End to End – Malin to Mizen Challenge’ is taking place from May 21st - May 28th this year.
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Cycle alongside Olympians, take in the spectacular sights of the Wild Atlantic Way, forge lifelong friendships and make memories to cherish along the way. This event is crucial to support the vital work of Cycle Against Su***de.
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Join us from start to finish or choose a leg of the journey to take part in, we would love your support. Check out the range of registration options and book your spot now:

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Today, we remember Noel on his second anniversary. As always, our thoughts are with his friends and family. Rest in peace.

Castlereagh CC have been known to take the odd wrong turn and end up on a mucky back road, but rarely does it happen intentionally! Well done to Lee, Andrew and Nigel who completed the 100km Lakelander Gravel Grinder down in Fermanagh yesterday. Looks like everyone had fun. Glad I am not cleaning those bikes down!!

Photos courtesy of Sharon McFarland

Yesterday's club run took us down the Ards Peninsula where we got to see a bit of Ards Cycling Club Champions of Champions 25 mile TT. Congratulations to George Peden on breaking Chris Boardman's course record which has stood for 27 years.

Thanks to Bobby Magreechan for the photographs.