Expressions of interest are sought from Youth riders (Boys & Girls) interested in being considered for selection for the UK Inter-Regional Mountain Bike Competitions which will take place on 22-24 September 2017 at Hadleigh Park, Essex.

This event is for Ulster riders in the Under 14’s or Under 16’s age categories.  Ulster will be up against 13 other regions from across Great Britain.  Riders must be able to travel over to the games on that weekend.

The team can be made up of 4 boys and 4 girls with 1 non-travelling reserve.
The team would have a Manager and Coach and all travel and accommodation will be paid for from the off-road budget.

Riders will travel over on Friday 22nd.  The games start on the Saturday morning (23 September) with bike skills competition. A link to a video of the skills competition from 2014 is given HERE

Saturday and Sunday has various types of bunch races (Combine, Dirt Crits, Team Relay, XCO).

If you are interested, please send an email to Martin Grimley (martin@ulsterxc.com) before close of play on Friday 4th August 2017 giving your name, club, date of birth, contact details and a summary of your results in the last year.  During August we will be holding training / testing days. More details to follow.

Final rider selection must be submitted to British Cycling by Sunday 3 September 2017