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Doherty wins a Cyclocross World Cup Trophy

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WORLD CUP: Frank Doherty finished third in the Mens' Senior Race in the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Dublin on Saturday.

By Sean Moriarty

Killarney Cycling Club member Frank Doherty has a World Cup Trophy to his name after finishing third in an international Cyclocross competition on Saturday.

WORLD CUP: Frank Doherty finished third in the Mens' Senior Race in the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Dublin on Saturday.

Cycling Ireland hosted the ninth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup at the Sport Ireland Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin over the weekend.

While some of the sport’s biggest names took part in the main event on Sunday, club and national riders were allowed enter support races over the same course on Saturday.

Doherty has ambitions to contest Rás Mumhan next Easter and is in the middle of an extensive winter training campaign to make the cut for the biggest road race in Kerry.

Cyclocross, a cross-country style race, is popular in traditional cycling countries like Belgium and The Netherlands. It was devised to give road racers an opportunity to compete through the winter and has grown to be one of the world’s most popular cycling disciplines.

Doherty entered the event as part of his winter training regime.

Sunday’s main event was won by three-time world champion Belgian Wout van Aert, a nine-time Tour de France stage winner.

On Saturday, Doherty competed on the same course that the world stars tackled the following day.

He describes the sport as being a hybrid of cross-country running, mountain biking and road racing.

“The atmosphere was crazy up there,” Doherty told the Killarney Advertiser.

“But I have a trophy that says the World Cup on it.”

He was surprised to finish third in the Senior Mens’ race. He was grouped with other riders including junior and masters and had lapped several other racers over the course of his seven laps.

“I thought I might have been fifth, I was over loading the van when I heard: ‘Can Frank Doherty make his way to the podium’ over the Tannoy.”

Mark McGlynn was the only other Killarney Cycling Club member competing in the event but his bike suffered a mechanical failure and he was not classified as a finisher.

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Two of Killarney’s rising musical talents, Amano and Lillie Foley, are set to perform their first ever joint headline concert at the ANAM Cultural Centre.

Singer-songwriter and sean nós singer Amano will bring her ‘Mythilligocial Meitheal Tour’ home for a special live performance of both her contemporary and traditional music.

Joining her on the night is local rising star Lillie Foley, making it a special event to celebrate two young Killarney songwriters making their mark on the Irish music scene. The event is supported by Kerry County Council Arts Office.

Amano, described by Hot Press in 2024 as an “idiosyncratic talent” is comfortable performing in both English and Irish, draws influences from alt-folk, R&B, and traditional sean-nós singing.

Her project THREAD was nominated for Irish language Album and Song of the year at the Gradaim Nós in 2024.

Her recent singles, ‘Burn’ and ‘The Birthing House’, have received airplay on RTÉ Radio 1, Radio Kerry, and Raidió na Life.

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The event is supported by Kerry County Council Arts Office.

The concert will take place on May 23, at the ANAM Cultural Centre in Killarney, starting at 7:00pm. Tickets are available from €15 plus a booking fee on Ticketpass.org.

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