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Noticeboard (updated 28-08-09)

WEEKEND AWAY

Hi Everyone,
The club weekend away has been confirmed. It will take place on Saturday 10th October 09. In The Heritage Hotel Portlaoise.The price is €85 per person sharing, and includes dinner, bed and breakfast.
Use of pool and leisure plex. Secure lock up of bikes. Entertainment that night. Payment to be made to hotel on morning of departure home. Please contact me A.S.A.P. as rooms are limited.
Regards John. 0876458184

** A small number of slots have become availaable - contact John ASAP if interested

Race Around Ireland

Please note SWORDS Cycling Club have entered a team in the inaugural Race Around Ireland in September. The ultra marathon cycling competition is a time trial consisting of 1,350 miles of open roads over some of Ireland's largest mountains, taking in magnificent scenery and passing some famous landmarks. Please clink on to the attached link for full details

The Swords team consists of Henry Crowley, Derek Fagan, Shaun Gilbride and Karl Twomey, and they will be backed by fellow club members. The support crew, includes Jason O'Callaghan, Sean Halpin and Paul Feely,

Best of Luck Lads

Paul Deans
PS my thoughts will be with you while I'm down in Sneem looking after Team Bike Aid in this year's ladies 3 international stage race "Ras na mBan"

http://www.fingal-independent.ie/sport/other-sports/meet-the-marathon-men-1862916.html

Minutes from Swords CC Committee Meeting February 23rd  

Sam McArdle

  • Proposed honorary Membership be offered to Peter Brogan.
  • The proposal was passed.Proposals were made to recruit motorcycle marshals for this years club league.
  • The club car insurance is due for renewal.

Joe McNally

  • Joe proposed organising a fundraising night.
    The night is to be held in May in Fingallians GAA Club - Swords.
  • Club member ship has exceeded 100 members.

Paul Deans

  • Paul Deans The FBD RÁ S final stage will finish in Skerries, July 24th. Once again Paul has requested the assistance of Swords CC club members with Marshalling duties.
  • Paul also requested volunteers to participate in the Skerries St. Patrick’s day parade. It was suggested the Swords CC Club car lead a number of Cyclists in the parade.

The next committee meeting to be held on March 30th
Meeting will be at McNally Joinery Walshestown

Swords CC Committee Meeting January 12th

Alan Kelly

  • Cycling Ireland have agreed to waive the €5 increase in 2009 for membership applications received to date. All future applications must be at the increased fee of €55.

Sam McArdle

  • Swords League 2009 - The Swords league will be sponsored by “Dyno-Rod” and will be called the SwordsCC - Dyno-Rod League.
  • Following discussions with Cycling Ireland, it has been agreed that there is no limit to club race numbers.
  • The League Launch will be held on Thursday April 16th .
  • After discussions with Cycling Ireland Swords CC will have two open races this year:
    1. The Kathleen O'Sullivan Memorial on Thursday, June 4th.
    2. The Swords Grand Prix on Sunday August 9th.
    Both date have been confirmed by Cycling Ireland, yesterday the 14th of January 2009

Jim Callaly

  • Jim suggested reviewing the club league fees structure, in order to generate revenue to maintain the team car. As it was decided at the AGM not to change the current fee structure emphasis will be put on increasing club league participants.
  • Jim also suggested making the team car available to club members participating in the Wicklow 200

John Ward

  • The Swords Tour will be held on May 31st and will consist of a 150k route and an 85k route.
  • The Swords Tour is also listed on Irishcycling.com.

 
2008 AGM
Committee for 2009

Chairman: Sam McArdle
Vice Chairman: Pat Halpin
Secretary: Alan Kelly
Treasurer: Breda McNally
Touring Secretary: John Ward

Committee Members:
Keith Sharky, Jim Callally, Joe McNally, Conor McGrane, Paul Deans, Grace McNally, Evelyn Doyle


Reports taken from

Sam McArdle: Chairman
Breda McNally : Treasurer
Pat Halpin: Vice Chairman and Race Co-ordination
John Ward : Touring Secretary

Under any other business

1. Paul Deans recognised the contribution of Swordc CC to the success of the Ras finishing in Skerries. The sucess of the Ras in Skerries is as a result of the committment of Swords CC members to the requirements of marshalling etc.

2. Jim Callaly brought up a number of points
   a. That the committee should be able to offer  "Honorary Membership ". This would be at the discretion of the committee. This motion was approved by the agm

   b. A provisional timetable is available for the League next year and this would be published in Jan 2009 once approved by the committee.

   c. A revised fee structure for the League was proposed but the general concensus of the AGM was that this would not be a positive for the League.

3. The AGM passed a motion that " For the season 2009 and beyond Email communication by the club will be considered as formal written notice "

4. All Committee meetings for 2009 will take place in the Board Room of Mc Nally Joinery

5. There are some stocks of the old "McNally Joinery "  and this will be made available to all new juniors.

6. The membership at the AGM were asked if there were any old bikes that were lying in garages etc. If members made these available that these would be given to some of the young members who are currently getting involved via the training group in Balrothery every Sunday morning.

Regards
Sam
 
 

Neuromuscular Physical Therapist
 
My name is Martina Kelly. I am a qualified and insured Neuromuscular Physical Therapist. I completed my studies at the National Training Centre, Dublin, under the directorship of Mr John Sharkey who is a member of the Olympic Council of Ireland’s Medical Team.
Initially I qualified as a Health Fitness Instructor and Personnel Trainer, and received the National Qualification in Exercise and Health Studies. The combined knowledge of exercise science and treatment of injury allows me to provide the ideal service needed by sports athletes. As a competitive cyclist, ex-runner and International volleyball player, I can emphasise with  sports clients.
As a Neuromuscular Therapist, when analysing an injury or complaint, I consider and evaluate the entire body, sources of repetitive strain (including over training), while identifying early signs of problems and dealing with them before they manifest as a true injury. Pain and injury are usually caused by a chain of events, such as poor posture, repetitive strains and so on.
One of my specialist areas of treatment is Myofascial Trigger Points. Trigger Points can be the true source of many musculoskeletal pains, yet they are most often overlooked.
I am living and working in Meath, At present I am working with Dublin and Meath Senior GAA teams, The Meath cycling team, Competitive runners, Mountain bikers, tri-athlete's  iorn men competitors the list goes on.
I am sure I would be of assistance to your club or team in prevention and treatment of  the type of pain and injury we all experience as we push ourselves for competition. I would be delighted to meet with you and discuss in detail the pre, inter and post event modalities I can provide to your members,
I look forward to the possibility of meeting with you.
Yours sincerely,
Martina Kelly.    
PH; 087 760 3801.  www.martinakelly.com
 
Subject: Bike Set up (07/08/08)

Hi,
We are now doing bike setup analysis using video cameras in our
clinic both for people who want to check their basic bike setup and
also more in-depth analysis with video from both sides of the bike for
people who might have injuries or pain etc.

More info here: http://www.irishfit.eu/bikesetup.html

Thought this might be something that would interest you and your
members.

Thanks
Sean

http://www.irishfit.eu

Hello,
My name is Emma Quirke and I cycle as often as possible with the group on Saturday mornings. I am a qualified Sports Therapist based in Skerries and after speaking to several of the guys they suggested that i get in touch with you to post my name on the website for those looking for treatment for any niggles or aches and pains they may have. I can be contacted on 087 2389795 if you wish to speak to me or I can be contacted at the email address below.  
Kind regards, Emma Quirke.

Injured Yourself Recently???? Suffering With Aches and Pain?
Need Treatment?

...............................RELIEF !

Massage - Ultrasound - Interferential - Aromatherapy

Rehabilitation Programmes all available.

Make an Appointment at The Surgery, Strand Street, Skerries
or contact Emma Quirke B.Sc (Hons) on 8490 678. (e-mail)

 

National & Provincial Honours

2009 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Bronze

2009 Leinster C/ships
Leinster 25 Mile TT C/hips : (C)- Mike Brookfield - Silver

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2008 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Gold
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Silver
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Gold
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Silver
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally -Silver
IVCA Age Standard C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold

2008 Leinster C/ships
Leinster Track C/ship: Sprint  - Adam Lawler (U16) - Gold
Leinster Track C/ship: 500m TT - Adam Lawler (U16) - Gold
Leinster Track C/ship: Scratch  - Adam Lawler (U16) - Gold

2008 National C/ships
All Ireland Track C/ship: - 500m TT (U16) - Bronze
All Ireland Track C/ship: - Sprint (U16) - Bronze

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2007 Leinster C/ships
Leinster 25 Mile TT C/hips : (A)- Colm Cassidy - Silver

2007 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Silver
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Bronze
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold
IVCA 50Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Bronze
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally -Silver
IVCA Age Standard C/ships: Sean Lally - Winner

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2006 Leinster C/ships
Leinster 25 Mile TT C/hips : (B)- Fergus Ryan - Silver
Leinster 25 Mile TT C/hips : (C)- Mark Cassidy- Gold
Leinster Road Race C/hips : (J)- Michael Daly - Silver

2006 National C/ships
National U23 TT C/ships : James Whelan - Bronze

2006 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold
IVCA Age Standard C/ships: Sean Lally -Silver
IVCA 10/25/50 BAR: Sean Lally - Gold

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2005 Leinster C/ships
Leinster Road Race C/hips : (J)- Michael Daly - Gold

2005 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Gold
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Bronze
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Silver
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Bronze
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Silver
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Bronze
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally - Winner

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2004 Leinster C/ships
Leinster Road Race C/ships : (C)- Fergus Ryan - Silver
Leinster Road Race C/ships : (J)- Sean Rock - Silver
Leinster Road Race C/ships : (U16)- Michael Daly - Bronze

2004 National C/ships
National U/age C/ships : (U16 Team)
M.Daly, S.Halpin, G. McNally - Gold
All Ireland Track C/ship: 1km TT(J) - James Whelan - Gold
All Ireland Track C/ship: Pursuit (J) - James Whelan - Gold
All Ireland Track C/ship: Sprint (J) - James Whelan - Silver
All Ireland Track Championship: Points (J) - James Whelan - Silver
All Ireland Track C/ship: Points (U16) - Michael Daly - Bronze
All Ireland Time Trial C/ship: (J) - James Whelan - Gold

2004 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Bronze
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Silver
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Gold
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Fred Harte - Bronze
IVCA Age Standard C/ships: Sean Lally - Winner
IVCA Age Related C/ships (40-49): Pat Halpin - Winner
IVCA Age Related C/ships (40-49) : Anthony McMahon - Runner up
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally - Winner

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2003 Leinster C/ships
Leinster Road Race C/ships : (C)- Jason Ludgate - Gold
Leinster Road Race C/ships : (V)- Mick Rock - Bronze
Leinster Road Race C/ships : (V Team)- M.Rock,A.McMahon,S.Lally,- Gold
Leinster 25 Mile TT C/ships : (C)- Brian Crinion - Gold
Leinster 25 Mile TT C/ships : (J)- Keith Daly - Gold
Leinster 25 mile TT C/ships : (V)- Mick Rock - Bronze
Leinster 25 Mile TT C/ships : (J)- Keith Daly - Gold
Leinster U/age Road Race C/ships : (U14)- Niall Rock - Bronze
Leinster U/age TT C/ships : (U14)- Niall Rock - Bronze
Leinster U/age TT C/ships : (U16)- Sean Rock- Gold

2003 National C/ships
All Ireland Time Trial C/ship: (C) - Brian Crinion - Gold
All Ireland U/age Road Race: (U15 L) - Grace McNally - Gold

2003 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 10 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Bronze
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Silver
IVCA 50 Mile TT C/ship: Sean Lally - Bronze
IVCA Age Standard C/ships: Sean Lally - Winner
IVCA Age Related C/ships (40-49): Anthony McMahon - Winner
IVCA Age Related C/ships (40-49) : John Shortt - Runner up
IVCA Age Related C/ships (40-49) : Liam Maguire - 3rd
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally - Runner up

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2002 Leinster C/ships
Leinster TT C/ships : (J)- Keith Daly - Silver
Leinster Mile TT C/ships : (V)- Mick Rock - Bronze
Leinster U/age TT C/ships : (U12)- Niall Rock - Gold
Leinster U/age TT C/ships : (U14)- Grace Nally - Bronze

2002 IVCA C/ships
IVCA 25 Mile TT C/ship: Pat Halpin - Silver
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally - Winner

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2001 Leinster C/ships
Leinster Road Race C/ships : (V)- Sean Lally - Bronze
Leinster U/age Road Race C/ships : (U12)- Niall Rock - Gold

2001 National C/ships
All Ireland U/age C/ship: (U11) - Niall Rock - Gold

2001 IVCA C/ships
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally - Winner
IVCA Age Standard C/ships : Sean Lally - 3rd

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2000 Leinster C/ships
Leinster U/age C/ships : (U11)- Nial Rock- Gold

National Community Games
Road Race : James Whelan- Silver

2000 IVCA C/ships
IVCA Age Related C/ships (60-69): Sean Lally - Winner


Note re Stewarding (submitted by Paul Deans)
I am reminded of a colleague of mine from Southern Australia who encountered a similar difficulty and responded  with the following comment(s).
You have three options:-
* You can hope that someone else will do it (after all you joined to race not to help) and the problem will go away.
* You can leave and ride the coast road or better still try anothersport.
* You can offer to become a Marshall/Stewart and give added value to the club and your sport.

Cycling Irelands On-line registration (optional)
Cycling Ireland's Online Registration is now active for
Swords CC. It works as follows
1. Go to Cycling Ireland's web site, www.cyclingireland.ie
2. Click on Register Online
3. Click on " Membership Form " in the left hand Panel
4. Fill out the form as requested
Club : Swords Cycling Club
Forename : Etc...............
5. with e


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