Slieve Gullion Wheelers

The following are the new committee members for the forthcoming year:

Chair: Mr. John McElroy

Secretary: Mr. Sean Morgan

Treasurer: Mr. Raymond McKenna

Vice Chair:  Mr. Kevin Kenny

P.R.O.: Mr. Gabriel Murphy

CARLINGFORD TOUR is on SUNDAY 12th APRIL 2009starting at Silverbridge F.C. at 10.00am
SGW100 TOUR is on SUNDAY 24th MAY 2009 starting at Mountain House at 10.00am
MINI CLARK TOUR is on SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2009 starting at 10.00am at Crossmaglen Rangers F.C.

This will be organised and run by the SGW club on Sunday 5th October 2008 starting and ending at Silverbridge F.C.  This is a special tour organised in memory of our deceased sponsor and friend, Sean Hearty.

This will be held on Thursday Night, 16th October 2008 in The Mountain House at 8.00pm.  All members are invited to attend.

It is with sad regret that we learn of the tragic death of Dave McCall a member of Maryland CC. Dave was a larger than life character who has cycled all his life and won a bronze medal for N.Ireland in the Commonwealth games. More details on his achievements on www.cyclingulster.com. If you haven’t heard the news Dave was killed at a club cycle race last night on the Dunrod (Airport) road. Apparently he was in a group racing when a dog run into the bunch and cyclists moved to the right and Dave being on the outside moved crossed the white line and was fatally hit by a passing car travelling to the airport.

Many of us from the club and members of other local cycling clubs knew him well as the organiser of Sportactive trips to Majorca. He was well liked and will be sadly missed. Sincere sympathy from all of us to his partner and family.

Usual place (The Mountain House). Usual time (8.00pm).

If anyone wants to get themselves kitted out for whatever reason; maybe you lost weight and want smaller stuff or maybe the stuff you have is not complete. Maybe you want a thermal for the winter.
Anyway, Kevin is putting an order together in the near future. Send an e-mail to Kevin Kenny or Danny McSherry or Sean Morgan. We do need a minimum quantity to place an order but we don’t anticipate that being a problem.

The date is definitely set for Saturday 30th August 2008 in The Mountain House. Hope you know where this is. It’s about half way between Newry & Newtownhamilton.
The BBQ will be up and running at 7.30 or thereabouts. There’ll be live music in the lounge.
We would love to see as many of you as we can. Do come along and support the club. Meet the cyclists. Talk shop if you want to. There’s always something to learn no matter what age you are.
By the way, this is a Pay as you Go event.

The date & venue for the Annual Presentation evening is now set in stone. It is on Saturday night in The Newry Golf Inn. The date is 27th September 2008. There’ll be food and drink and music and loads of craic. Isn’t that what’s it all about; the bit of craic. There’ll be the usual presentations of course. We would like to see you all there and the wives and the girl friends and the boy friends. Take your ma and da as well. The more the merrier. They’ll all be made welcome. Look forward to a really good night. Help us to make it good by coming along.

The date for this event is Sunday 14th September 2008. Start and finish at Crossmaglen Rangers FC. This is a charity event and deserves support. We want to get this Tour on the road at 10.00am so registration will be open from 9.00am for the early birds. As usual with events run by Slieve Gullion Wheelers, there’ll be food and drink available. Everyone will be made welcome.