Cycling Ireland is looking to add to his high performance development capacity and has opened a recruitment process to hire a new coach to strengthen its "high performance pathway" for riders who aspire to reach the highest level on the sport.
The new role is being filled just months after Michael Black was appointed by the national governing body to identify and nurture talent towards OIympic level.
Cycling Ireland said the new role of 'high performance paracycling development coach' was aimed at helping riders reach elite championship level competitiveness into the Los Angeles Paralympic cycle and beyond. The role is co-funded by, and in partnership with, Paralympics Ireland.
Cycling Ireland high performance director, Iain Dyer, said the pathways in "both able-bodied and para-cycling" were "critically important" for the national body.
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"The connection between our emerging high performance pathways and the wider participation and development aspects via clubs, regions and commissions is central to building a large, healthy base of young riders in the sport," he said.
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"Whilst we recognise that from a high performance perspective, the athlete cohort will always be comparatively small compared to the amount of racing licence holders, it’s important that we offer a visible high performance pathway for both para and able-bodied riders that have the potential and the aspiration to become the best in the world.
"We are proud to be a leading para sport in Ireland, and the Cycling Ireland paracycling commission do a great job signposting and bringing newcomers in to the sport. However, without a full-time professional coach operating in the pathway space, the jump towards Paralympics success is large and not easy to navigate.
"We envisage this new post… can work closely with the commission, and our national paracycling coach and high performance unit staff in developing an effective high performance pathway for para-cyclists that have the potential to be competing in the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympic Games and beyond."
Cycling Ireland said the successful candidate would work with its head coach, national paracycling coach and its Paracycling commission to, among other things, build "sustainable structures and systems specific to Olympic and Paralympic programmes". The successful candidate would "lead the development and delivery of an inspirational HP pathway programme, from participant or talent ID entry point through to senior elite competitiveness on the world stage".
Applications, to include current CV and cover letter, should be sent to [email protected] on or before close of business on October 23rd. If potential applicants would like to have an informal discussion regarding the role, they can contact Dyer - [email protected] - or head coach Neill Delahaye - [email protected].
