dole gang

  • Cycling is the new Everysport

    After the 2008 banking crash and following recession many found themselves taking up cycling for exercise. It became more popular than ever and was determined by official figures in both the USA and Europe to have surpassed golf in terms of numbers of participants. Many of these new cyclists came from the ABC1 demographic that…

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  • King Kelly and the Dole Gang

    When Sean Kelly first began cycling he trained with the local cycling group in Carrick on Suir. Throughout his career and multiple years as the Worlds Number One cyclist he continued to train with the local group whenever he was at home. Now that he is retired from competition, in between Eurosport commentating duties he…

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  • Drama with ‘The Dole Gang’

    It's 9am on a cold and fresh Wednesday morning. The heat of the past week has dissipated as the group gathers outside The ESB in Carrick on Suir - It's many a year since this location housed the ESB office for the Town, but everyone still arranges to congregate 'Down at the ESB' as Joe…

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  • The Dole Gang from Carrick

    Stephen Roche was in an Airport recently when he bumped into a cyclist from Dungarvan. As the conversation went on Roche remarked that Sean Kelly was flying on the bike, going better that he has been in years and Roche put it all down to Kellys' training with the Dole gang in Carrick. Whilst it…

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