Lakeside Wheelers AGM Well Attended

Lakeside Wheelers members turned out in great numbers on Sunday evening for the 2025 AGM held in Caffery’s Bar on Mount St. The meeting was opened by club Chairman Pearse Murphy who gave a brief review of the events and occasions the club was involved in over the previous twelve months. Pearse thanked all members for their contribution to the club over the year and paid tribute to the committee for its dedication and hard work getting all the big events run off smoothly and successfully.

Following this the various officers of the club delivered the annual reports covering areas such as finance, administration, road and off-road racing, Sprocket Rocket, leisure cycling and finally, there were reviews of the Tour of the Lakes, Mullingar GP and the Elite National Time Trial Championships which the club ran in August, the second time Lakeside Wheelers has taken on this big task.

With the coming year marking the club’s 50th anniversary, club PRO, Shay O’Toole gave a presentation on some of the events already in the planning to celebrate this big milestone. Another initiative is the addition of a 50th anniversary commemorative jersey which was revealed to the members in attendance. The committee put a lot of thought into this jersey and it was very well received by the members at the meeting. It will be available to order after Christmas and its hoped every member taking part in the Golden Anniversary cycle next April will wear it.

The next item on the agenda was the election of officers and committee members for the coming two years. Adrian Dorr is welcome as as joint treasurer. Paula Connolly is joint secretary and the newly elected President is Jack Nugent.

Following this there was some very interesting discussions on a few topical issues which were very well debated and will be carried forward for action by the 2026 committee.

Cyclocross

While this time of year is traditionally quiet from a competitive point of view there were a few hardy souls clearly inspired by the recent Lakeside Wheelers cyclocross in Belvedere. A few of these headed to Oldcastle last weekend to race another round of the Leinster CX league. It was a trip worth makwing for a relative newwcomer to the club as Nick Vorwoerk took his first result in Lakeside Wheelers colours claiming the 2nd spot on the podium at the Co. Meath venue.

Congrats to Kate Horohoe, 2nd in the U12’s; Siobhan Marshall, 2nd in U14’s; and to young Sprocket Rocket members Finn Franzoni, Ben Molloy, Padraig Savage, Eoghan Savage and Ruairi Horohoe.