Team WORC riders stole the show in Fermoy at the weekend with Robin Seymour winning the Senior 1 event and Greta Lawless winning the Senior 1 women's event. Full results download at bottom of page.

National Points Series (NPS) - Cross-country Mountain Bike Race Round 4
Organised by Fermoy Cycling - in Glensheskin Wood, Kilworth, Co. Cork
On 16th June 2024

Senior 1 open
1 Robin SEYMOUR Team WORC 1:23:24
2 Gareth McKEE Cycleology Racing Team 1:29:35
3 Graham BOYD McConvey Cycles 1:30:51
4 Lee HARVEY Spellman-Dublin Port 1:32:53
5 Geoffrey ROBINSON Bray Wheelers 1:33:03

Senior 1 women
1 Greta LAWLESS Team WORC 1:20:24
2 Caoimhe MAY Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 1:27:15
3 Joanna BULA Team WORC 1:30:29
4 Faith ROBINSON Bray Wheelers 1:18:13
5 Leah McCARTHY K Capital Rocky Mountain -1 lap

Junior men
1 Ben O'KEEFFE Spellman-Dublin Port 1:09:46
2 Donagh O'CONNOR Sliabh Luachra Cycling Club 1:12:42

Senior 2 open
1 Fionn DESMOND MBCC 1:14:55
2 Sean FEENEY Team WORC 1:14:55
3 Pj HYNES Bellurgan Wheelers 1:14:57
4 Paul CALDWELL Team WORC 1:20:50
5 Ciaran BYRNE Northwest MTB 1:23:33

Senior 3 open
1 Colm BRADLEY EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles 1:02:59
2 Emil TYSZECKI MBCC 1:04:25
3 Patrick CLIFFORD Killarney Cycling Club 1:07:23
4 Harry ROCHFORD Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 1:07:41
5 Fergal POWER MTB Assoc of Dublin 1:08:35

Senior 2 women
1 Jean WILSON EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles 58:32
2 Fiona LALLY EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles 1:05:53
3 Catriona WHEELER Agivey Cycling Club 1:07:38

Senior 4 open
1 Jason TRAVERS Dungarvan CC 54:18
2 Michael COGHLAN Killarney Cycling Club 54:36
3 David RYAN Un-Attached Leinster 56:07

Senior 3 women
1 Sinead GREENAN Galway MTB 34:38
2 Hazel MURPHY Yellow Furze Road Club 34:43
3 Emma CONVEY EPIC MTB/Expert Cycles 39:51

Exciting Weekend Of Cross-Country Action Ahead

Press Release June 14th

The 15th and 16th of June will see cross country riders head to Cork for an exciting weekend of racing, not only is Round 4 of the National Series taking place on Sunday but Fermoy Cycling Club will become the first club to host an exciting new Mountain Bike discipline: Short Track Cross Country Mountain Bike.

Both the Short Track Cross Country Mountain Bike and Round 4 of the National Series will take place in Kilworth Woods, Craigue, Co. Cork.

Cross-country Short Track (XCC) is an exciting and relatively new format of Cross Country (XC) which was introduced by the UCI in 2018.

The 20-minute race sees riders battle over a course that ranges between 1km to 1.3km long – around two to three minutes per lap.

Speaking about the addition of this new discipline to the calendar, Caroline Martinez, Cross Country Mountain Bike race coordinator said:

"Short Track XCC is fast and furious, short and intense. A number of federations have now introduced the XCC format to their National Series weekend, as a warm-up race, before the main Sunday XCO event.

"During a recent trip to the British Mountain Bike series, we had a good look their set up and thought, why not try do it too. Stephen McGrath and his team at Fermoy CC was game, so here it comes!"

The races will start at 1pm on Saturday 15th. The categories will be divided in three races to suits racers from under 14 upwards, open and women.

Cross-country National Series Round Four Preview

The cross-country National Series hits its business end as riders compete for round victory as well as ever-important overall ranking points this weekend.

Round four, hosted by Fermoy Cycling Club, brings Irish cycling’s mountain bike elite to Co. Cork and Glensheskin Wood for what is sure to be yet another cracking round of racing.

As scorching weather and fiercely contested racing proved the highlights of the opening rounds, riders and spectators will be looking forward to this weekend’s action.

The excitement for this round is also doubled by the inclusion of cross-country short track racing on Saturday, June 15th, for the first time in the series.

Cross-country Short Track (XCC) is an exciting and relatively new format of Cross Country (XC) which was introduced by the UCI in 2018. The 20-minute race sees riders battle over a course that ranges between 1km to 1.3km long – around two to three minutes per lap.

Here's everything you need to know ahead of the third round of the 2024 Cross-country National Series:

Date & Location

Round Four of the 2024 Cross-country National Series takes place on Sunday, June 16th at Glensheskin Wood, Graigue, Kilworth, Co. Cork.

Schedule

09:00 – Sign on opens
10:00 – Under 6’s fun race
10:15 – Under 8’s
10:30 – Under 10’s
10:50 – Under 12’s
11:15 – Prize giving for Under 8’s, Under 10’s and Under 12’s
12:00 – Under 14’s, Under 16’s, Senior 1 women, Senior 2 women, Senior 3 women, Senior 4 Open
13:30 – Prize giving for Under 14’s, Under 16’s, Senior 1 women, Senior 2 women, Senior 3 women and Senior 4 Open
14:00 – Senior 1 open, Juniors, Senior 2 open, Senior 3 Open
15:45 – Prize giving for Senior 1, Senior 2 and Senior 3 Open and Juniors

Short Track Races – Saturday, June 15th

A programme of cross-country short-track races will take place on Saturday, June 15th.

Schedule

12:00 – 12:50 - Sign-on & practice.
13:00 : Race 1 – U14’s, U16’s & Women (Junior, Senior, M30, M40, M50, M60).
13:30 : Race 2 – Open (M40, M50, M60).
14:00 : Race 3 – Open (Junior, Senior, M30).

Sign-on

Sign-on will take place at the race village. Signage will be in place to direct riders to the race village and sign on area.

NOTE: There are no registrations on the day – only race number collection.

The registration desk opens at 9am on Sunday, June 16th.

Riders must collect their race number at least 15 minutes before the start of their race.

Overall Rankings

With riders’ best results from four of the five rounds counting towards their overall rankings, this round will be one of the most important yet for those with eyes on overall honours.

View the overall rankings after three rounds of racing - click here

2024 Cross-country National Series

Round 1: May 5th - Biking.ie, Co. Wicklow
Round 2: May 19th - Epic MTB, Co. Dublin
Round 3: June 2nd - Banbridge CC, Co. Down
Round 4: June 16th - Fermoy CC, Co. Cork
Round 5: July 7th - Bellurgan Wheelers, Co. Louth

Results from all previous rounds can be found - click here

Find out more about the 2024 Cross-country National Series - click here