Off-road commissaires course – 29 & 30 August 2015
Congratulations to the eight newly qualified off-road commissaires. The Cycling Ireland Off-road Commission had arranged for a UCI commissiare to come over from England to train willing volunteers in the disciplines of downhill, cross-country and cyclo-cross.
The training took place over two days in City North Hotel in Dublin on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August 2015. Kelvin Hoy, a UCI commissaire with British Cycling delivered an informative course with lots of time for discussion.
The course included some practical work including sketching out and fully labelling a cross-country, cyclo-cross and downhill course.
At the end of the second day there was a written exam paper to complete.
All eight passed the course and are now provisional commissaires. Mentoring at events will then add to their training.
Left to right, back row (Gary Sheils, Maciej Staroniewicz (Max Power), Colm Mullen, Kelvin Hoy, Glyn O’Brien, Maurice Mayne
Left to right, front row (Conor Conneff, Catherine O’Brien, Lisa Millar)
Report and pictures by Martin Grimley
