AMANDA GALLAGHER was in the winners’ enclosure at the Ulster Cycling Awards Presentation Night over the weekend.
A fifth year student at Rosses Community School in Dungloe, Gallagher was at the The Elk, Toome Bridge, Co Antrim.
She received her gold medal for winning the Ulster Youth Time Trial event and silver medal for the Road Race from Mark Downey (pictured above) – a National Time Trial Champion himself, and like Amanda, also represented Ireland at the European Youth Olympics held in Turkey in 2011.
Gallagher, from Dunlewey, is with Caldwell Cycling Team from Omagh this year again and her final year as an under 16 youth. She got word this week she is on the Cycling Ireland Talent Team again for 2016.
The launch of the Team in Dublin takes place this Saturday and the team will work under the tuition of national coaches Martin O’Loughlin and Nicola McKiverigan. The first outing for the team will be the Youth Tour of Scotland, which take place the weekend after Easter, and some continental racing and training camps during the summer.
