Phoenix Cycling Club

04/10/2026

☘️ NATIONAL TITLE ALERT ☘️

Congrats to Stuart McCaughey who added another Irish Champion jersey to his collection, taking a fifth M40 title in a row(!) at yesterday's Irish Hill Climb Championships, hosted by Dromara CC up Slieve Croob 🏆

Last week saw Stuart retain his title at the Ulster Hill Climb Championships hosted by Smugglers CC 🥇, while Karen Hull claimed another provincial medal with a 🥈 in her age category

📷 Dany Blondeel, Smugglers CC and Breifne Green

15/09/2026

Congrats to Karen Hull and Stuart McCaughey who both came home from the Masters National Championships in Tipperary with a 🥈 each in the TT, with Ellis Allen just off the podium in 4th 🙌

Stuart and Ellis then headed down to Waterford for the Road Race on Sunday, with Ellis getting up the road before a mechanical ended his race, while Stuart finished in the bunch in a very competitive M40/45 race

📷 Sean Rowe & John Hammer

25/08/2026

🏆 EAMON BURNS CLUB LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS🏆

Overall
🥇 James Gordon (Phoenix CC)
🥈 Aaron Parks (Banbridge CC)
🥉 Callum Stewart (Phoenix CC)

Women
🥇 Aoife Craig (VC Glendale)
🥈 Karen Hull (Phoenix CC)
🥉 Emer Heverin (Camsmajaco)
🥉 Naomi Morgan (Banbridge CC)

Massive thanks to everyone who volunteered throughout this year's club league, and to the over 130 individual youth and adult riders from 38 clubs who participated across the season 👏👏👏

25/08/2026

🏁 EAMON BURNS CLUB LEAGUE ROUND 16 FORT ROAD HILL CLIMB RESULTS 🏁

Thanks to our timekeepers for this evening's final round of the season, and to everyone who helped us out throughout the season. It's really greatly appreciated by those of us racing and organising 👏👏👏

1 Stuart McCaughey (Phoenix CC) 3'40"
2 James Gordon (Phoenix CC) 3'48"
3 Ivor Hession (Phoenix CC) 4'07"
4 Ellis Allen (Phoenix CC) 4'15"
5 Thomas Crymble (Apollo Cycling Team) 6'32"

23/08/2026

🏁 EAMON BURNS CLUB LEAGUE ROUND 16 FORT ROAD HILL CLIMB 🏁

Season finale this Tuesday with the traditional hill climb, this time up the 1.4km Fort Road at 8% average gradient

✍️ Sign up here: https://eventmaster.ie/event/oRMzUk3tLm

🕖 First rider starts 7.01pm, Tuesday 25 August

🔁 https://strava.app.link/w0JCfkKiQ5b

📍Sign on / start: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pFa1h8kmYzYE3q488?g_st=ac (please keep start area free of vehicles, those driving are recommended to park at Minnowburn https://maps.app.goo.gl/VcvJxGprzTFfy8aKA?g_st=ac)

The Phoenix CC Belfast club race series takes place from the 21 April to 25 August with a mixture of Road Races, TTs and Criteriums

19/08/2026

🚲 NUTTS CORNER CRIT YOUTH RACES RESULTS, SPONSORED BY Scribe Cycling 🚲

Thanks again to Keith Crymble for running the show for all our youth races this year, and for this write-up on last night's final round 👇

An enthusiastic group of almost 30 kids took to the track for the third and last round of the Phoenix CC Crit series. We had lots of U8’s and U10s so took the decision to give each group their own race (mainly so the timekeepers could keep track of the positions!)

Under eight’s up first who flew round five laps of their loop, legs going like crazy! We had a sibling pair of wins with Sarah inspiring big brother Elliott to take his win in the seniors. Timothy flew away in the boys taking the win comfortably.

They were followed shortly behind by the under tens - with the addition of a couple of U8’s who’s chauffeur had got lost on the way. Saying that, Noah, one of those U8’s went on and took the U10 win after a good battle with Toby. Ava, up from Banbridge CC took the girls win.

The U12’s and U14s were away next, a smaller field for them then hoped as I think some others were resting their legs before the National Champs this weekend. The U12s were given a minute's lead before the U14s were unleashed to hunt them down on the slightly shortened course. Six laps and approximately fifteen minutes later the race ended up with Lewis (U12) taking the win after smartly taking Reuben’s (U14) wheel when he came past. Will (U14) took his race by taking the lead from the gun and not looking back.

As it was the last race of the year for the kids we had some drinks, crisps and sweets followed by medals on the podium. Thanks again to Phoenix CC for supporting youth racing in Ulster - as a parent of a young rider I know how much I and other parents appreciate having our kids being able to race in safe environments.

U8 Girls
1st Sarah McKeegan
2nd Hope Corey

U8 Boys
1st Timothy Little
2nd Riley Mercer
3rd Rory Manogue

U10 Girls
1st Ava Parks

U10 Boys
1st Noah Finnegan
2nd Toby Heywood
3rd Jack Corey

U12 Boys
1st Lewis Sheils
2nd Thomas Crymble
3rd Rory Young

U14 Boys
1st Will Sunderland
2nd Reuben Mercer
2nd Daniel McKeegan

18/08/2026

🏁 EAMON BURNS CLUB LEAGUE ROUND 15 NUTTS CORNER CRIT SPONSORED BY SCRIBE - RESULTS 🏁

Massive thanks again to Scribe Cycling for the support for this evening's races 👏 Shout out to league race organiser Cónal McKee (who near drowned 🌧), youth race organiser Keith Crymble (who didn't drown) and our youth development officer Callum Stewart for a very successful series of youth races 👏👏👏

Results for the adult race

1 Elliott McKeegan (Caldwell-Powerhouse Racing)
2 Lindsay Watson (Caldwell-Powerhouse Racing)
3 Gavin Clarke (Banbridge CC)
4 James Gordon (Phoenix CC)
5 Stuart McCaughey (Phoenix CC)
6 Felix Hagan (Phoenix CC)
7 Stephen Hanna (Dromara CC)
8 Naomi Morgan (Banbridge CC)
9 Darragh Young (Apollo Cycling Team)
10 Gareth Rogers (U/A)

Youth race report to follow tomorrow

18/08/2026

Reminder of this evening's FREE crit races for both Adults and Youth riders, kindly sponsored by Scribe Cycling

🏁 *FREE RACE* NUTTS CORNER CRIT + YOUTH RACES, SPONSORED BY SCRIBE 🏁

We're delighted to have Scribe Cycling on board as sponsors for the last crit of the season. Entries for all races are *free*, and all youth riders will also receive a goodie bag 🎉 as well as some podium medals for each underage race🏅🥈🥉

✍️ Sign up here for Adult race: https://eventmaster.ie/event/oRMzUk3tLm

✍️And here for Youth races U8 to U14: https://eventmaster.ie/event/Vq59HERTwv

🕖 Track open from 6.00pm, Youth races start 6.30pm, Adult races 7.15pm Tuesday 18 August

🔁 https://strava.app.link/c5XPWSTaG2b 45mins + 3 laps for Adult race

📍Sign on / parking: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6yhhKREMfvusju4v9?g_st=ac

18/08/2026

Bandit group away day , Boyne Cycle, Saturday 15th August
Group meet in Castlebellingham , with a 73 mile route around the Boyne valley and onto the coast at Clougherhead, super day out for all See less

18/08/2026

The Women’s Lap of Louth for Sarah Fagan 🚴‍♀️💨

Six Phoenix women took on the 90km Women’s Lap of Louth yesterday in honor of Sarah Fagan, and what a brilliant day out it was!

Ride Highlights:
* The First Half: Hilly, fast, and tough with a solid group pace to keep everyone on their toes.
* Pit Stop: A well-earned snack break to refuel the legs.
* The Second Half: Pure enjoyment! Fast, flat, and blessed with a glorious tailwind—plus, the rain held off completely.

Massive Thanks to the Event Team:
A huge shoutout to the amazing marshals. We knew the route every step of the way, and they handled traffic seamlessly so we felt completely safe and protected throughout the entire 90km.

Rider of the Day / MVP:
👑 Bernie! Absolutely flying, super strong on the pedals, and pure class fun to ride with all day.

An incredible event for a great cause—all six of us had the absolute best time, and we'll definitely be back next year! 💙💚

~womenslapoflouth