Details of the events that will look to save the Junior Tour of Ireland have been unveiled (Photo: Stephen McMahon - Sportsfile)
The organisers of the Junior Tour of Ireland have launched a trust fund that people can donate to in an effort to raise the monies needed to secure the future of the Irish showpiece event.
And the first details of a number of sportives being organised in Dublin, Derry and Cork have also emerged.
The organising committee, headed by Alice Sherratt, said it had been overwhelmed with the level of support from the Irish cycling community since stickybottle revealed last month the race was on the brink of financial collapse.
At the annual general meeting of Cycling Ireland the weekend before last, a motion to impose a levy of €2 on all racing licences next year to raise the money to save the race was defeated.
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However, Gabriel Howard of the Stamullen club and Martin O’Loughlin of Carrick Wheelers both proposed other efforts to secure the badly needed funding should be progressed, including a charity sportive.
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Responding to those calls, a number of charity cycles have now been arranged for the coming months.
- On December 13th in Munster a sportive will be organised by Will Curtin of Cork Giant CC. Further details will be announced by them shortly.
- On Sunday February 1st the Junior Tour organising committee in conjunction with Irish Air Corps Cycling Association will host a fundraising sportive from Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Dublin, which is also the venue of the popular Morgan Sparrow Memorial Sportive. Further details on routes and other arrangements will be announced shortly.
- On Saturday February 7th, a sportive will be organised by Sean McNicholl of Church Island Cycling in Bellaghy, Co Derry. Full details are available on the event’s Facebook page.
The trust fund into which people can donate has also been established. It is now up and running and can be accessed on the Junior Tour website.
When any further details emerge about the sportives we will bring them to you.
“Once again we would like to thank everybody at home and abroad, for their support in ensuring that this vitally important event for the youth of Irish cycling continues for many years to come,” the organising committee said.
Winner of the race for the last two seasons, Eddie Dunbar was just one of the riders to call for people to support efforts to save the Junior Tour (Photo: Stephen McMahon - Sportsfile)
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