Irish cyclo-cross support fund

My name is Barry Rogers, you may know me from the Bobble Hat stand at many of the cyclo-cross races in Ireland. I'm passionate about cycling and about cyclo-cross. For me it is a great pathway for young riders to enjoy this cycling discipline . I know that there is a hard-working group of volunteers who commit a lot of time into developing riders from Under 14s up to Under 23s. This group is supported by Cycling Ireland's High Performance unit and has helped to improve the skills the riders have and also provided opportunities for the riders to gain experience racing outside of Ireland. The development group has a broad range of coaching backgrounds and experiences. The group, however, lacks the funds to fully realise their goal of continued development of the riders (more training camps etc.) and providing opportunities to compete in suitably races outside of Ireland. This is the purpose of this page. I'm hoping to encourage all those who have an interest in this sport and the development of the riders to chip into a fund that this development group can use to supplement any budget they get from the governing body. The fund will most likely be used to have more youth training and perhaps a multi day training camp in 2024. These funds go to an account held by Gareth Gibbons off road commission treasure and will be managed by himself and Paul birchell chairperson off road commission