John Holian Cup

The John Holian memorial Cup will be held on the evening of Friday the 11th of June in the Village of Cross County Mayo. The race covers 5 x 11km laps.There will be 2  events on the night.

John Holian was a founder member of the Western Lakes CC, which was formed back in 1999, he was a great stalwart to cycling in Connacht acting as manager, mechanic and driver to many Connacht teams over the years.

Holian transport Cross have kindly sponsored a perpetual cup in honor of John’s cycling talents.
The sign on/ Check in takes place at the community hall Cong from 6.15pm there will be no post race refreshments due to covid-19  restrictions
A1,2,3 Check in from 6.15pm, race  start at 7.10pm with a small Hcap between categories

A4 /LC check in from 6.30pm race start 7.15pm

The route takes in the 11km lap, starting at the community hall at Ashford gates Cong  passing the finish line 5 times with the 6th been the final sprint.

Route Start to Cross turn sharp left in Cross, after 5km turning left in The Neale and after 4km left again at Ashford castle gates Cong for Cross, for a total distance of 58k finishing at the hill of the Derries approx 500m form the village of Cross at approx 8.35pm.

The A4/LC race starts directly after the scratch (A1)