Cycling Ireland Race Grant Funding
The Board of Cycling Ireland would like to update our members on race grant funding for 2015. A
A recent Board review was carried out on the race grant funding over the past four years; done in the context of the new Cycling Ireland strategy for 2014-2019 to be launched later this year.
As a result we will discontinue the current race grant policy and target support for strategically important National events that cater for identified priority categories, including Youth, Juniors and Women.
This will provide a guaranteed level of funding to allow these events to continue at their current level.
The following events will receive funding in 2015
| Event | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| An Post Ras | €40,000 | €40,000 | €40,000 |
| Dublin International Track GP | €12,000 | €12,000 | N/A |
| Junior Tour of Ireland | €10,000 | €8,250 | €6,000 |
| An Post Ras na mBan | €6,000 | €5,500 | €5,500 |
| Youth Tour | €2,000 | *** | *** |
| Ras na Og | €2,000 | €2,000 | €1,500 |
| National Series | €4,000 | N/A | N/A |
The Board would also like to advise members of the intention to run a National Road Series in 2015. This series will consist of 12 x 1-day events with 3 in each province whereby a rider’s best 5 results (that must include events from 3 provinces), will count towards the overall position. The intention is to have the events spread out over the course of the year, with no restriction preventing races on the same day as a National Series event, for other categories.
As the 2015 calendar is currently being finalised the proposed events for the series will be “selected” shortly. Full detail of the series will be announced at the end of November.