Boyneside 80k Challenge

Fr Pat Noise

The Boyneside 80k Challenge is a charity cycle around county Louth, starting in Drogheda at 11am on Sunday 7th of July.
All proceeds in aid of The Shalom Community in Uganda, which cares for people with disabilities.

Description:
The Route for the cycle is as follows:
Drogheda (D Hotel), Baltray, Termonfeckin, Clogherhead, Annagasan,
Castlebellingham, Tallanstown, Ardee, Slane, Drogheda (D Hotel)

Registration is from 10am on the day at the D Hotel, Drogheda.
Further Info. contact Andrewkieran2011@gmail.com

The entry fee is €10.

bcmf

sounds good. probably count me in

Get In There

It'd be great if you could throw up a strava/mapmyride link of the route here.

feck sake lads

excellent count me in.

Felloffmebike

Sounds good. I think I'll have a go at that one.

Fr Pat Noise

Here's a mapmyride link to the route, thanks to Get In There for the suggestion: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/228299045

Hope whoever makes it on the day enjoys it, it's for a great cause!

leecurlywurly

Fr Pat Noise wrote: »

Here's a mapmyride link to the route, thanks to Get In There for the suggestion: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/228299045

Hope whoever makes it on the day enjoys it, it's for a great cause!

Thanks for that however you need to be friends with people in order to see it, can you change it to public?

Thanks

granda

try this route it comes out at 90km so might be 100% but its pretty close
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2703437

bren_mc

that link isn't to a route, granda

Fathead

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/227905405

One i made up from the towns referenced above.

Fr Pat Noise

Thanks folks, the route can now be seen from the link above. Here is a link to a poster for the cycle:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1oqjFGJqgRMJE89hPUgS5hfzp82KKOOfo8sdn3dn723BFeGk0tO6Tj7qGnKW9/edit?usp=sharing

Please note, registration ends at 10.45 on the day.

Fr Pat Noise

O'Raghallaigh's GAA club will be the official finish point of the cycle. It is just outside Drogheda on the North Road, just off the M1.

Free parking, changing rooms and ladies and gents shower facilities will be available for cyclists at the clubhouse.

Participants can park at the GAA club, get changed, and cycle down to the D Hotel to sign up for the challenge before 10.45am.

Free bottled water and fruit will also be available at Castlebellingham, which is the half way point of the cycle.

The clubhouse bar will be open, and there will be free food for all cyclists after the event.

Looking forward to seeing you on the day!

Andrew, cycle organiser
Andrewkieran2011@gmail.com

Fr Pat Noise

O'Raghallaigh's GAA club is now unavailable on the day, so the new finish point for the challenge is St Oliver Plunkett's GAA club, Mell, Drogheda (just off the M1, exit 11).

There will be free parking and changing facilities at the club before the challenge, and showers and free food at the finish.

Fr Pat Noise

Looks like the weather will be ideal on Sunday for cycling, with temperatures in the low 20s with a light breeze. Participants are advised to apply sunblock and to bring water bottles. Best of luck to everyone taking part!

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/5day-ireland.asp

Fr Pat Noise

The route for tomorrow's challenge has been slightly amended and will be avoiding Tallanstown. It takes a few km off the route and it will now be 78 km long. Hope everyone taking part has a great day!

Amended route here:

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/228299045

red man walking

hi folks, newbie to boards here so forgive me if I've already missed the answer, I was wondering if you can sign up for this event in the morning or does it have a limited capacity

Fr Pat Noise

red man walking wrote: »

hi folks, newbie to boards here so forgive me if I've already missed the answer, I was wondering if you can sign up for this event in the morning or does it have a limited capacity

Yes, registration is in the morning between 10 and 10.45 at the D hotel. There is free parking and changing facilities beforehand at St Oliver Plunkett's GAA club, Mell, Drogheda (just off the M1, exit 11). The club is also the end point of the cycle.

red man walking

many thanks, looking forward to taking part

Fr Pat Noise

Cheers, should be a great day!

bcmf

Fr Pat Noise wrote: »

Cheers, should be a great day!

Great day. Great route. Great weather. Great scenery.
Hopefully you organise it again nxt year as it was a little tougher then I had expected.
That's not a bad thing.

RobFowl

Really enjoyed that. The route was simply gorgeous.

red man walking

enjoyed today ( even tough I forgot the sun cream ), hopefully it will be the first of many boyneside challenges to add to the calendar

feck sake lads

yeah done and dusted man those hills out of ardee dont get any easier still back home to tell the tale.met a few nice lads on the spin today one lad from clogherhead well done buddy on your first event hopefull it will be the start of many, i was the good looking guy with the big saddlebag:D:D
and the lads from The well oiled wheelers nice to meet you boys;)
yip good event super day to be cycling.

bcmf

feck sake lads wrote: »

yeah done and dusted man those hills out of ardee dont get any easier still back home to tell the tale.met a few nice lads on the spin today one lad from clogherhead well done buddy on your first event hopefull it will be the start of many, i was the good looking guy with the big saddlebag:D:D
and the lads from The well oiled wheelers nice to meet you boys;)
yip good event super day to be cycling.

Yeah never knew the route outta ardee was so lumpy.
Anyway there was only one good looking lad there today and I didnt have a saddle bag.

vektarman

For a first organised event it was very well run, nice scenery and a good route. The organiser said he didn't realise there was so much was involved in running the event so fair play to him. A turnout of 80 which wasn't bad considering the ROK was on.

strava

would there be another one by the end of the summer?

bcmf

strava wrote: »

would there be another one by the end of the summer?

you have you pick of at least 3 or 4 every weekend from now till prob Sept.

Fr Pat Noise

Many thanks to everyone for taking part today, great to hear you all enjoyed it! A lot of people generously gave more than the entry fee which was much appreciated. The Challenge will be an annual event, so hope to see you next year!