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Kilbehenny Cycling Club will be holding its 1st Annual Fundraising Cycle this year on June 9th in aid of the refurbishment of the Community Hall in Kilbehenny. Information on the cycle can be found here: fundraiser.kilbehennycycling.com or in the event’s poster below. Online Registration  

This week’s A group cycle headed for the Glen of Aherlow to test the Tour of the Galtees route for our upcoming fundraising cycle. Our B group headed on our 50km fundraising cycle route.

 Today, the club saw its first day out of 2012. The A-route headed to Ballygiblin-Ballyporeen-Burncourt and back via the main road to Kilbehenny. The shorter B-route headed to Ballygiblin-Cooladerry-New Line and back to Kilbehenny.

Wednesday evening’s outing involved two cycles of similar distance, one going the the Kilcoran motorway roundabout and the other going to Ballyporeen via Ballygiblin and back by Burncourt. The second of the two routes is show below. The next event for the club is a family fun cycle on Saturday evening as part of the [...]

For the Wednesday evening cycle, we headed from the hall in Kilbehenny to Mitchelstown, on through Ballygiblin cross to Ballyporeen and back to Kilbehenny, roughly 27.5km altogether. The route is shown below. At the meeting afterwards, attended by all club members, it was decided that we start a third cycle for those members who want [...]

Today’s route, chosen by Pat McGrath and John and Margaret Clancy, brought us to Cahir and back – a nice, easy-going route in perfect weather conditions.

After the terrible weather over the last few weeks, Wednesday evening turned out to be perfect for cycling. A few members decided to opt for the shorted B-route, while the majority decided to go for the longer, more hilly route, which is shown below.

The club’s Wednesday evening A-route cycle took us through Ballyporeen, turning left, up by the mushroom farm about 4km from Clogheen. After an early puncture at the community hall before starting and another just before coming off the Ballyporeen-Clogheen road, we made it back to the hall about an hour and a half later. The [...]

The club’s recent bag pack in Tesco in Mitchelstown turned out to be a huge success with a large amount of money being collected. The club would like to thank everybody who supported us and also to the people who were roped-in to help with the packing. A third of the money will now go [...]

We enjoyed perfect weather conditions today as we set out to Cahir and back, some of us going the extra bit to the Tipperary road roundabout. After stopping in Cahir House Hotel for some refreshments, we headed back towards Kilbehenny and faced into a relatively strong breeze. We were greeted by the company of members [...]