The CUYA League starts on Sunday 25th March at the PJ Logan Cup. This year’s league will comprise of nine events as outlined below. The Cycling Ulster Youth Academy are also requesting that parents who have children participating in CUYA events this season sign the CUYA Parent Code of Conduct which can be downloaded here and should be returned to Paul Dixon (paulbt38@gmail.com).
Dates for the CUYA League
- Island Wheelers (PJ Logan) Sunday 25th March
- Foyle CC Sunday 8th April
- Mid Ulster GP Sunday 22nd April
- Bishopscourt Race Circuit (Emma McMullan GP) Saturday 2nd June
- Strabane Lifford Crit Wednesday 13th June
- Ards Crit Wednesday 20th June
- All stages at Errigal Youth International 4th August – 6th August
- All races at Irish Youth National Championships Saturday 18th August
- All races at Ulster Youth Road Race Championships – date tbc
TRAINING DAYS
3 League points will be awarded for attendance at each CUYA training day. Dates of these will be published via our Facebook Page in advance of the events. This includes our Selection event at Omagh Wheelers, held on 3rd February.
RULES
- All riders need a current Cycling Ireland License.
- License must be presented at sign on
- We would ask that no parental cars follow the races – this will allow race organisers vehicles proper control over the races
- Parents will be required to sign parental consent forms at sign on if they wish to take photos
- Any parental interference will result in the races being stopped, and if deemed necessary points deductions applied
- Riders will have to abide by the Cycling Ireland Code of Conduct
- Parents will abide by the Parental Code of Conduct
- First Aid will be available at all races
- Race Directors will have the last say
Points System
1st 10 points
2nd 9 points
3rd 8 points
4th 7 points
5th 6 points
6th 5 points
7th 4 points
8th 3 points
9th 2 points
10th 1 points
All riders will also get 3 points for attendance at the individual club races to help promote the individual club races. Riders will also be able to drop their worst result.
Format
In line with Cycling Ireland’s recommendations, we will be encouraging all participating clubs to run separate girls races with U16 & U14 girls racing together. U16 & U14 girls will start 1 minute behind the boys races and if there are more than 5 U12 girls they will start 30 seconds behind U12 boys. If there are less than 5 U12 girls they will race with the U12 boys. We appreciate that this is up to the individual race organisers who will have the final say.
The leagues this year will be U16, U14 and U12 boys and girls with additional prizes for the first unplaced U15, U13 and U11 in the overall league.
