Archive for November, 2007

Cycling for charity !

Posted: November 26, 2007 in ardfinnan, blazing saddles, clogheen, daytona, Eamon Duffy, florida 500, Fort Lauderdale, gearoid pierse, istanbul, joe duffy, listowel, ncbi, newcastle, Stefan Grace, visually impaired people, worldwidecycles
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Last week I received a message from Gearoid Pierse who is cycling from Istanbul to Listowel next May/ June .  As well as being a great adventure it is also in aid of Goal , a charity which does fantastic work throughout the developing world . He is looking for like minded cyclists who may be [...]

A clever piece of marketing !

Posted: November 22, 2007 in carrick on suir, clever marketing, make up, sean kelly
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Last night , in a simple hotel in the town of Carrick on Suir a small town make up party planner staged a coup which left all of the swish marketing agencies like Saatchi and Saatchi in her wake . For over thirty minutes she gave a good account of all of the different beautifying products [...]

I’m a Cyclist – Get me out of here !

Posted: November 19, 2007 in i'm a cyclist get me out of here, Uncategorized, worldwidecycles
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A group of ten Irish cyclists have entered a new type of off season competition called ‘I’m a cyclist – get me out of here ! They will be marooned in a deserted house in Merchtem in the Belgian outback . Each day they will be given some very difficult tasks to complete and the last [...]

Rocky the cyclist part I….V.

Posted: November 12, 2007 in bray wheelers, dell, rocky, Uncategorized, worldwidecycles
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I have had a number of people asking ‘ what happened next ? ‘ after a recent post about a cycling version of Sylvester Stallone’s most famous character so here is what I think might have been the next instalment ; Both cyclists are lying on massage tables in the Na Piarsaigh GAA club hall [...]

Ballyhoura ATB trail

Posted: November 5, 2007 in atb, ballyhoura, ballyhouramtb, bike wash, cycling ireland, irish cycling, j.p.mcmanus, mountain biking, worldwidecycles
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Last Sunday in a prelude to Ray’s stag night we decided to check out the new mountain biking centre in Ballyhoura . We have been hearing about it for the past twelve months now , so we were all curious to see just what it is like . It was first due to open back [...]