Just 48 hours after it emerged the Youth Commission of Cycling Ireland had resigned, the outgoing chairman of the commission, has moved to clarify the group’s position.
Curtin, who is a well known figure on
the Munster scene and with the O’Leary Stone Kanturk club, said he wanted to
respond to some suggestions circulating within the cycling community, including
on social media.
“The members of the former Youth
Commission on Cycling Ireland wish to clarify that, contrary to reports
circulating in social media and other sources, we have not received any
invitation to be re-instated from Cycling Ireland and, if we did, would not be
accepting it,” he said.
The reference to reports on social media and from other sources does not relate to Cycling Ireland or to stickybottle’s reporting on Monday of the commission’s resignation.
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Dan Curtin’s statement on the commission's resignation continued: “While we appreciate the very many messages of support we received, along with requests to re-consider our position, we believe we have exhausted our discussions with Cycling Ireland about the direction and management of youth cycling development in Ireland.
“While we believe the Board of Cycling
Ireland acted in good faith, our policy differences are not reconcilable.
“We will all continue our work at
grass-roots level and in other capacities in Cycling Ireland, and wish the very
best to the new incoming Youth Commission.”
On Monday Cycling Ireland issued a statement announcing the commission, which is charged with managing the development of youth cyclists, had resigned.
It cited “policy differences”
between the board of Cycling Ireland and the Youth Commission.
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