Tour de Foothills 2017

Naas Cycling Club · 05-03-2017 8:51am #1

The 2017 Tour de Foothills will take place on Sunday 9th April and there here will be two routes, 65km around the Blessington Lakes and 110km around the foothills of the Wicklow mountains, so there is a route to suit all cycling levels and abilities. Pre-register and pre-pay online at www.ncctourdefoothills.com or sign up on the morning of the cycle at Finlay Ford, M7 Business Park, Newhall, Naas from 8am. Both 65km and 110km routes leave at 9:30am. Safety, medical, mechanical and broom wagon support vehicles, road markings and refreshments are all included.

Saplings Special School, Kill, is a co-educational, autism specific special school, providing high quality education for pupils with autism and complex needs. The school offers a range of child-centred, autism specific education which draws on a range of evidence based interventions. There are currently 24 students attending the school between the ages of 5 and 18. All students have a primary diagnosis of autism and a secondary diagnosis of a mild, moderate or severe/profound learning disability. Some of the students also have another diagnosis such as epilepsy, ADHD, ADD etc.

NCC’s previous collaborations with Saplings has resulted in a new sensory room, adaptive climbing wall and specialist equipment being provided for the children’s use. This year all proceeds from the TdF will be used to go towards funding an onsite Speech and Language Therapist in the school for three days a week. It is through SLT that the children are given as many opportunities as possible throughout the school day to practice their communication skills and become the best communicator they can be!

So please take the opportunity on Sunday 9th April to get out on your bike, enjoy the cycle and help provide the children of Saplings with essential speech and language sessions which will ensure that their communication skills are developed in the most functional way possible.

Charlie69 · 05-03-2017 5:18pm

Naas Cycling Club wrote: »

The 2017 Tour de Foothills will take place on Sunday 9th April and there here will be two routes, 65km around the Blessington Lakes and 110km around the foothills of the Wicklow mountains, so there is a route to suit all cycling levels and abilities. Pre-register and pre-pay online at www.ncctourdefoothills.com or sign up on the morning of the cycle at Finlay Ford, M7 Business Park, Newhall, Naas from 8am. Both 65km and 110km routes leave at 9:30am. Safety, medical, mechanical and broom wagon support vehicles, road markings and refreshments are all included.

Saplings Special School, Kill, is a co-educational, autism specific special school, providing high quality education for pupils with autism and complex needs. The school offers a range of child-centred, autism specific education which draws on a range of evidence based interventions. There are currently 24 students attending the school between the ages of 5 and 18. All students have a primary diagnosis of autism and a secondary diagnosis of a mild, moderate or severe/profound learning disability. Some of the students also have another diagnosis such as epilepsy, ADHD, ADD etc.

NCC’s previous collaborations with Saplings has resulted in a new sensory room, adaptive climbing wall and specialist equipment being provided for the children’s use. This year all proceeds from the TdF will be used to go towards funding an onsite Speech and Language Therapist in the school for three days a week. It is through SLT that the children are given as many opportunities as possible throughout the school day to practice their communication skills and become the best communicator they can be!

So please take the opportunity on Sunday 9th April to get out on your bike, enjoy the cycle and help provide the children of Saplings with essential speech and language sessions which will ensure that their communication skills are developed in the most functional way possible.

Will definitely be supporting this... well done on the great work with Saplings, great cause.

py · 05-03-2017 7:43pm

Have signed up for this, really looking forward to it. A great cause.

Unknown Soldier · 05-03-2017 8:06pm

A great day out on the bike, well worth doing, if only for the spread before and after!

Cheap too, compared to a lot now.

This will be my third and looking forward to it. Great cause as well.

lethal dose · 05-03-2017 8:20pm

Looking forward to this again.

A great event for a great cause.

Whatwicklow · 06-03-2017 9:25pm

The cold after the stop in donard last year near killed me!

Borderfox · 06-03-2017 11:23pm

Did it last year but a lot of junctions had nobody at them and very little signage

Naas Cycling Club · 07-03-2017 12:15am

Whatwicklow wrote: »

The cold after the stop in donard last year near killed me!

Hopefully we get a break on the weather this year

Naas Cycling Club · 07-03-2017 1:42pm

Naas Cycling Club · 07-03-2017 1:44pm

110km Route

Naas Cycling Club · 07-03-2017 1:44pm

65km Route

Naas Cycling Club · 07-03-2017 1:47pm

Naas Cycling Club wrote: »

The 2017 Tour de Foothills will take place on Sunday 9th April and there here will be two routes, 65km around the Blessington Lakes and 110km around the foothills of the Wicklow mountains, so there is a route to suit all cycling levels and abilities. Pre-register and pre-pay online at www.ncctourdefoothills.com or sign up on the morning of the cycle at Finlay Ford, M7 Business Park, Newhall, Naas from 8am. Both 65km and 110km routes leave at 9:30am. Safety, medical, mechanical and broom wagon support vehicles, road markings and refreshments are all included.

Saplings Special School, Kill, is a co-educational, autism specific special school, providing high quality education for pupils with autism and complex needs. The school offers a range of child-centred, autism specific education which draws on a range of evidence based interventions. There are currently 24 students attending the school between the ages of 5 and 18. All students have a primary diagnosis of autism and a secondary diagnosis of a mild, moderate or severe/profound learning disability. Some of the students also have another diagnosis such as epilepsy, ADHD, ADD etc.

NCC’s previous collaborations with Saplings has resulted in a new sensory room, adaptive climbing wall and specialist equipment being provided for the children’s use. This year all proceeds from the TdF will be used to go towards funding an onsite Speech and Language Therapist in the school for three days a week. It is through SLT that the children are given as many opportunities as possible throughout the school day to practice their communication skills and become the best communicator they can be!

So please take the opportunity on Sunday 9th April to get out on your bike, enjoy the cycle and help provide the children of Saplings with essential speech and language sessions which will ensure that their communication skills are developed in the most functional way possible.

Launch day in Finlay Ford

Naas Cycling Club · 22-03-2017 10:04pm

This year all proceeds from the Tour de Foothills will be used to go towards funding an onsite Speech and Language Therapist in the school for three days a week.
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lethal dose · 05-04-2017 4:42pm

All signed up for this.
Anyone else going?

Eamonnator · 05-04-2017 5:23pm

lethal dose wrote: »

All signed up for this.
Anyone else going?

I'm just getting over a cold.
Going to do 70-80kms in the morning, if that works out, I'll be there.

Don't Chute! · 05-04-2017 7:53pm

All going well I'll be there. Wimped out last year and did the short route so want another crack at it!

grouchyman · 06-04-2017 4:45am

lethal dose wrote: »

All signed up for this.
Anyone else going?

Doing the 65k route. At the start of the year I had entertained hopes of doing the 110kms but I haven't enough preparation done. Still with a bit of luck I'llget to see all the Kildare v Galway match afterwards on the telly.

fat bloke · 06-04-2017 7:11am

Link to the 65k route appears to be broken, anytime tell me what it is, roughly? See if my two girls would be able for it

detones · 06-04-2017 7:56am

Plan to be there for 110k, looking forward to it. Did 65k last year very well run.

Crocked · 06-04-2017 8:52am

fat bloke wrote: »

Link to the 65k route appears to be broken, anytime tell me what it is, roughly? See if my two girls would be able for it

Someones spin from last years event here:

https://www.strava.com/activities/541066727

Out around the lakes from Nass and back via Ballymore Eustace

lethal dose · 06-04-2017 8:54am

fat bloke wrote: »

Link to the 65k route appears to be broken, anytime tell me what it is, roughly? See if my two girls would be able for it

Last year it went Naas-Blessington-BallyKnockan-Valleymount-Kilcullen-Naas roughly. As long as they have climbing gears and have done 40/50k comfortably they would be grand.

lethal dose · 06-04-2017 8:55am

detones wrote: »

Plan to be there for 110k, looking forward to it. Did 65k last year very well run.

Likewise, weather is supposedly better this year so 110 it is!

Eamonnator · 06-04-2017 2:16pm

fat bloke wrote: »

Link to the 65k route appears to be broken, anytime tell me what it is, roughly? See if my two girls would be able for it

Link for 110k seems to be broken as well.
I think, its different than the last time I did it.
Could someone, please post a Strava thingie for the route.
Thanks.

nilhg · 06-04-2017 2:36pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Link for 110k seems to be broken as well.
I think, its different than the last time I did it.
Could someone, please post a Strava thingie for the route.
Thanks.

https://www.strava.com/activities/541290639

Minus the in and out bits obviously.

Eamonnator · 06-04-2017 2:47pm

^^^^^^^^^
Top Man, thanks

Unknown Soldier · 06-04-2017 7:25pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Link for 110k seems to be broken as well.
I think, its different than the last time I did it.
Could someone, please post a Strava thingie for the route.
Thanks.

Last years from the starting point. This is why I name my rides the way I do, Strava Calendar FTW.

https://www.strava.com/activities/541276334

Techo · 06-04-2017 9:48pm

Just got the bike back from Bikeology this evening, fully serviced and cleaned. All ready for Sunday. She's so clean that I'll hate to get her mucky.Hope the rider is as ready for the 100k!

Eamonnator · 06-04-2017 10:14pm

Forecast good for Sunday - Dry and tail wind for last 20 kms

grouchyman · 06-04-2017 10:28pm

Genuine question - if you sign on at 8am what do you do between 8am and 9.30?

Eamonnator · 06-04-2017 10:38pm

Gloat at all the people looking for a parking space?

grouchyman · 06-04-2017 10:41pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Gloat at all the people looking for a parking space?

Hadn't thought of that!!!

Tour de Foothills 2017

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