Results from tonight's time trial on the B34 Ballygawley to Cabragh Road now on the Racing Results page.

Congratulations again to Glenn Warnock on an exceptional time on what proved to be a difficult course...hilly on the way out and windy on the way back!

Tour of Fermanagh

Sunday 20th May

Starting from Halfway House, Tattyreagh Road, Omagh

Sign On from 9.00am, 10.00am start

60 miles (shorter options also available)

Refreshments at half way point and at finish

Entry Fee £10

All welcome

This year's Tour of Omagh road race will take place on the weekend of 27-29 July 2012 and promises to be the biggest and best yet!

The event will be open to A4 open licence holders only

Further details to follow soon

Omagh Wheelers is delighted to announce that the Club will be hosting the official Tyrone County Champoinship Races 2012 on Sunday 8th July.

There will be a A1-A3 race, with a separate race for A4's. To participate a rider must be a member of a Tyrone based club.

More details to follow soon.

Time trial 3, on 15th May 2012, will be held on a new course on the 'old' Ballygawley to Belfast Road. It will start at a point about 100 yds from the roundabout (on the Belfast side) and continue to the hamlet of Cabragh before returning to the finish line which will be directly opposite the start line.

The course is undulating but the road is wide and should be quite lightly trafficked.

Parking is available on the road into B'gawley and other local side roads, but competitors should avoid parking on the main road.

Sign On at 6.15pm for 7.00pm sharp start time

Entry £3

Results from Road Race 2 now available under Racing Results

Results from 10 mile tt at Creggan now available under Racing Results. Some excellent times despite very poor weather conditions.

Congratulations to Glenn Warnock on a fine win.

Two of Omagh Wheelers top riders,  Marc Potts and Glen Warnock lined up for the Sean Beggs Memorial A Race in Dromore, County Down on Saturday last against an exceptionally strong field of riders including three from the An post Sean Kelly Academy.   With 7 laps of the notorious 9.5 mile circuit ahead, including two climbs, both riders knew this would be no easy race.  The An Post team showed their strength decimating the field but not without Marc Potts spoiling a number of their breaks on the way. Such was the severity of the course that the top 6 came across the finish line with considerable time gaps between them before the first grouping of riders containing Potts and Warnock sprinted for the line with Potts claiming 10^th and Warnock 12^th place, an excellent performance by the two relative newcomers.

Meanwhile, the Club was represented in the B race by Darragh McCarter, Seamus Keenan and Ciaran O’Hagan as they joined a full field of riders on 5 laps of the same course. In this race, McCarter went off on a break with two others on the third lap, opening up a considerable gap on the remainder of the field. However, it was not to be for the enthusiastic McCarter as he was finally caught by the chasing pack with just 500 metres to the finish line. Three other riders did stay away though, leaving a bunch sprint for 4^th place which was won impressively by O’Hagan with Seamus Keenan just a few yards behind in 10^th place.

The first club race of the season was held on Tuesday evening last with a record attendance of 77 riders signing on for the event. The riders were set off in 3 different groups with the first group having a 5 minute head start on the second, which in turn had a 4 minute gap on the scratch riders. With a short race of 17 miles these gaps would be hard to close and in the end that proved to be the case as a breakaway from the first group stayed away with newcomers claiming victory in the form of Nial McEnhill in first place ahead of Aidan Kelly, followed by Steven Smyth in third place.

Next up club event is a 32 mile road race taking the riders along the Cookstown Road to Creggan crossroads before turning left for Gortin and then the infamous climb over Gortin Glens before the fast run back to Omagh.

Below is the Race Groupings for the first race of the season, 24 April 2012.

Please refer to rules and regualtions for any queries

Omagh Wheelers Racing Regulations & Guidelines 2012

OWCC racing co-ordinators:

Stephen McKenna, assisted by Seamus Keenan

ROAD RACING

• You need a minimum of a Cycling Ireland 'Club Competition' license and a helmet to participate


• Admission is £3. Sign will close each night at 6.45pm and riders must ensure their name is legible!
• OWCC road races will be promoted under a handicap basis as standard unless otherwise stated
• The standard group format will be as follows:
  • Group1 – Beginners and those not regularly racing
  • Group2 – Club Competition license holders and standard A4 riders
  • Group3 – Best A4 riders & A1/2/3 riders
  • Group4 – will only run in event of more than 1xA1 rider. In this case, Gp4 will contain all A1&A2 riders.
• Riders may request to ride in a harder group if they desire. Requests must be made to OWCC co-ordinators (S McKenna in first instance) in advance, but riders must respect decision of OWCC co-ordinator
• As riders progress physically, they may be moved to the harder group for the following event
• Riders MUST obey the rules of the road
• Riders MUST wear club clothing kit of their home club. This is to help identification by organisers, and promote your own Club sponsors
• Misconduct of riders will NOT be tolerated on OWCC events. OWCC reserve the right to disqualify riders or ban them from future OWCC events.

TIME TRIALS

• You need a minimum of a Cycling Ireland 'Club Competition' license and a helmet to participate

• Admission is £3. Sign will close each night at 6.45pm and riders must ensure there name is legible!
• You will sign on in the order you arrive. Riders cannot select when they will start. Riders will start at 1 minute intervals
• Riders should be at the start line 5minutes before your start time
• You MUST wear your race number on your left arm facing forwards so that the timekeeper can easily identify you. Failure to do so may result in you not receiving a time
• At the turn, riders must check for traffic before turning. Marshalls will be in place to slow traffic, but it is the final responsibility of the rider to check if it safe to turn before doing so. Marshalls legally not have the power to stop traffic
• You MUST return you race number after the race
• After finishing riders should NOT pass the finish line twice, and should clear the finish line area to ensure safety of marshalls and of other riders and road users
- you must obey the rules of the road, and avoid riding towards the white line!
• Riders are advised to use rear lights for safety
• Riders will ride alone and unassisted. When overtaking another competitor they will do so as widely as possible and the overtaken rider will drop back until the other rider is 25metres ahead. Riding side by side for a distance of greater than 1km constitutes pacing and will lead to disqualification
• Rider times will be presented at the end of the event. Riders should not ask the timekeeper for times during the event.