Officials / Volunteers / Coaches

As with all amateur sports, cycling needs the input of a number of volunteers in order to ensure the safe and effective running of any event.  Volunteers tend to be people with a direct interest in the sport, either as members of a club, or by association with club members.

No event can be run without officials. Commissaires, judges and timekeepers are the referees who ensure that every Cycling Ireland event is run in accordance with international standards. The role of the commissaire is to oversee the event and ensure that the rules of the sport are being applied at all times. They are assisted in their duties by timekeepers and judges who measure and record the events as they happen.

Volunteers perform a variety of jobs at events from deciding the race routes in advance to sweeping the roads! Volunteers are involved in setting up courses, marking roads, driving cars, assisting with marshalling duties, servicing riders, erecting signs, the list is endless. No event can be run well without the invaluable input of the volunteers.

Over the past number of years, the coaching of athletes has taken on an increased importance. Coaching has become an integral part of all sports and cycling is no exception as the attempt to excel in all areas becomes increasingly important. Coaching is now undertaken at all levels from U-12 right up to veteran level.