Ulster MTB Development Day - Davagh

Ulster MTB Development Day - 1st December

Join us for the Ulster MTB Development Day, designed to cater to a range of ages and skill levels! This event is ideal for young riders looking to build foundational skills as well as more experienced riders aiming to refine advanced techniques in preparation for the 2025 season. These sessions are for U18s and belows. 

• Beginner/intermediate: 10am - 11:30am
  We recommend younger riders from U10-U12 would fit best in this group for the reduced duration better suited for this age group. 
• Advanced: 10am - 1pm
  This will suit older riders as it will be a 3hour session and include more riding to get out to the trails further from the base.

Selecting your category: 

Beginner: This group will focus on essential cycling skills such as cornering, speed control, and gear selection. Training will take place in the car park, pump track, and skills loop, providing a safe and controlled environment to build fundamental skills.

Intermediate: Riders in this group should have solid bike control and a good grasp of fundamental skills outlined in the beginners group. Training will be based on the pump track and skills loop, focusing on techniques for more challenging trails, such as handling small drop-offs, maintaining speed, body position on steep up hills and downhills.

Advanced: This group will focus on refining advanced skills with an emphasis on high-level abilities applicable to enduro, cross-country (XC), and downhill racing. A vareity skills will be worked on such as maintaining speed, line choice, braking timings. Skills required for this group: Bunny Hop on flat pedals, wheelie for 5 seconds, clear table top jumps (similar to those on the steam trail at Davagh)

For questions and enquiries please contact stuart.balfour@cyclingireland.ie 

We look forward to an action-packed day of MTB growth and fun—see you on the trails!