Down Syndrome / Sportif Waterford Cycle

Muckers · 03-08-2010 10:39pm #1

Down Syndrome Ireland Waterford Branch and Sportif Waterford CC are holding a Sportif on Saturday August 14th. Three distances are on offer. A 15-20k family spin from the City to Tramore and back. A 50k spin taking in some of the coast road, and a 100k spin up the coast road to Dungarvan and returning on the main N25.

All 3 events will start from John Roberts Square (which is city centre) at 10:45am. Sign on from 10am. 20euro entry fee all going to the charity.

This is our first Sportif as a club, and it would be nice to see as many of you as is possible join us on the day.

The finish line for all 3 spins is the Regional Sports Centre.

crazydude · 10-08-2010 10:24pm

Nice one, I'm helping out so I hope it all goes well.

Aquos76 · 11-08-2010 9:27pm

More info on this spin can be found here, the 100km route is a very good route, and would be an excellent training spins for those doing either the 90km or the 160km in the up and coming Sean Kelly challenge.

As its for a very good cause, we hope to see as many as possible coming out to support this cause. The volunteers within Down Syndrome Waterford branch have put an awful lot of work into this spin and hopefully their efforts will be rewarded.

I would appeal to those in and around the South East of the country if you can indeed, please support this sportive.

With regards to parking facilities for the start of this event, we hope to be in a position to have details on this by tomorrow evening. We are hoping to be able to use the Waterford regional sports centre as this is where the cycle for all three route finish.

ktz84 · 11-08-2010 9:34pm

That 100k route looks familiar. Is that the normal sportive route that you do earlier in the year? Wanted to do that one earlier in the year but couldn't get down that weekend so might head down for that as I have a place to stay down there so no accommodation worries like I do for so many other events.

I'll have go all Blorg someday and just pitch up a tent somewhere

Aquos76 · 11-08-2010 9:38pm

Yeah its pretty much the same as the sportive that Comeragh CC run in April, except due to ours been a fund raiser for a charity, we have to take in Waterford City centre along with the town of Dungarvan, this is to facilitate bucket collectors along the route.

ktz84 · 11-08-2010 9:50pm

Great stuff. Will have to check things out but hopefully will be there

Aquos76 · 12-08-2010 8:06am

In relation to parking facilities, we have just had it confirmed that the Waterford regional sports centre will be open from 8am for those wishing to park there. The RSC is situated 2km out the cork road from the main quays in the city centre. It is hoped that particants park up at the RSC and then make there way in to the starting point of John Roberts Square.

I'll put in google maps reference points to both the starting location and the RSC in the next while.

Down Syndrome / Sportif Waterford Cycle

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