Date: Sunday 5 October 2025
Event: Ulster Cyclo-cross series Round 1
Venue: Orangefield, Belfast
Host club: Kinning Cycles
Location: The venue is Orangefield Playing Fields, East Belfast. To get to the course, join the A55 (Outer Ring). Head city bound on Castlereagh road, then turn right on Houston Park. Course will be sign posted from Outer Ring “GP KinningCycles”
Address:
Co-ordinates:
Location of sign on:
Google map link: Google Map.
Course Description: The circuit is approximately 2.5km long and the number of laps will be communicated by the finish judge after the second passing over the finish line. The map below shows the entrance and rough course plan.
The course makes great use of the park including the velodrome. Please remember that the park is open to the public. Please ride and race in a respectable manner.
Race Registration:
Opens:
Closes: Friday 3 October 2025 at 8 pm.
Link to register – here
NOTE: There are no registrations on the day.
Race number collection:
Location: There will be a registration tent on the day.
Number boards must be collected before practice and racing.
Closing times for collection of number boards is 15 minutes before the start of the race
Number boards must be returned at the end of the race
Race fees and race categories:
See details of fees and categories (here)
Race schedule including practice times and prize giving
See race information here
Gridding:
Gridding for the A’ race will be based on UCI points and points from last year’s Ulster Cyclo-cross series. Gridding for the B’ race will be based on registration time.
Prize list:
Details of the prize list and points allocations (here)
Parking:
There is ample parking at the Houston Park, follow signage and guidance from marshals. There will be an area for 1 vehicle on the inside of the track. Access to this area is limited due to crossing the course.
Teams MUST be in place for 9:00am for course opening.
Facilities on site:
Toilets: In Houston Park
Showers: None
Bike wash: There is no tap on sight. During the races, pit crews are asked to wash the bikes in the wash zone and not in the pit lane. The organisers will not be supplying high pressure hoses, hose pipes or buckets. Riders/pit crews must supply their own equipment. Non-racing participants who are cleaning their bikes are asked to keep the water and mud off the tarmac road and tarmac surfaces.
Refreshments:
There will be a coffee van on site.
Race organiser: Glenn Kinning (email)
Telephone: 07739 709149
