Will any Sportives go ahead in 2021?

Macy0161 · 27-05-2021 10:25am

Lagers were a bit off trend for them, unfortunately. The Coffee one was lovely. Had good beer chats with him at one of the big grills.

fryup · 30-05-2021 9:19am

tour of kilkenny going ahead?

ednwireland · 30-05-2021 2:54pm

first one ive seen advertised is tour of monaghan on june 13th run by emyvale cycling club

Buzwaldo · 31-05-2021 6:54pm

fryup wrote: »

tour of kilkenny going ahead?

Still up in the air, but logistics of staggered starts, no proper food stops etc makes it questionable. To be decided!!

this.lad · 31-05-2021 7:15pm

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Still up in the air, but logistics of staggered starts, no proper food stops etc makes it questionable. To be decided!!

You'd want the grub on that one!

fat bloke · 31-05-2021 8:58pm

ednwireland wrote: »

first one ive seen advertised is tour of monaghan on june 13th run by emyvale cycling club

Quays the route like? Very little info on d'web

Sandwell · 01-06-2021 8:49am

There are links to the two routes at http://www.cyclingulster.com/tour-of-monaghan-entry-opens/

I'm from the area and either route will be challenging enough if you haven't the miles in your legs. It's drumlin country which means there's very little flat, just constant energy-sapping short hills. I don't think I'll be doing it this year but it's a well organised event from a long-established club along fairly quiet country roads.

AxleAddict · 01-06-2021 2:09pm

Sandwell wrote: »

There are links to the two routes at http://www.cyclingulster.com/tour-of-monaghan-entry-opens/

I'm from the area and either route will be challenging enough if you haven't the miles in your legs. It's drumlin country which means there's very little flat, just constant energy-sapping short hills. I don't think I'll be doing it this year but it's a well organised event from a long-established club along fairly quiet country roads.

I would concur with this - did the longer route back in 2019 - no 'killer climbs' (in my opinion) although as I recall there were a couple of short steep-ish hills near the end of the route. We got a great day for it then, and I managed to stay in a group which worked well together for a good part of the day (which was a pleasant surprise because the weather leaving my house in Belfast in the morning was truly, truly awful). I was well ready for the burger at the end!

Buzwaldo · 01-06-2021 10:10pm

fryup wrote: »

tour of kilkenny going ahead?

It has been decided now by the committee ( of which I’m not a member) that unfortunately due to the logistics of max group of 100, need for multiple waves, marshalling etc and inability to have proper food stops for that many, that this year will also be a blank on the Tour de Kilkenny calendar. ðŸ™ðŸ™

Now, if somebody does want to organise a trip for a few mates to come down and do the route sometime, I’m sure I could find a file of the route somewhere. Just drop me a PM.

this.lad · 01-06-2021 11:36pm

Buzwaldo wrote: »

It has been decided now by the committee ( of which I’m not a member) that unfortunately due to the logistics of max group of 100, need for multiple waves, marshalling etc and inability to have proper food stops for that many, that this year will also be a blank on the Tour de Kilkenny calendar. ðŸ™ðŸ™

Now, if somebody does want to organise a trip for a few mates to come down and do the route sometime, I’m sure I could find a file of the route somewhere. Just drop me a PM.

Pity but understandable. Did it twice and really enjoyed it both times.

Mercian Pro · 02-06-2021 6:10pm

Not really a sportif, more a 2-day charity cycle from Sligo to Bray in early August: https://www.purplehouse.ie/2021-cycle-challenges/

AxleAddict · 17-06-2021 9:48pm

*phew* Managed to squeeze into the first tranche of tickets for the Reservoir Dog in September - I don't do Facebook any more and just stumbled across a post on Instagram about registration opening earlier this evening. Fingers crossed it goes ahead as planned.

Mercian Pro · 17-06-2021 9:55pm

AxleAddict wrote: »

*phew* Managed to squeeze into the first tranche of tickets for the Reservoir Dog in September - I don't do Facebook any more and just stumbled across a post on Instagram about registration opening earlier this evening. Fingers crossed it goes ahead as planned.

Just about to post that I'm a bit pi**ed off at having missed out despite having registered my interest on Facebook ages ago. No sign of any email about early registration which is apparently what should have happened . Hopefully there will be more spaces after July and the booking system will be a bit clearer.

AxleAddict · 17-06-2021 9:56pm

Mercian Pro wrote: »

Just about to post that I'm a bit pi**ed off at having missed out despite having registered my interest on Facebook ages ago. No sign of any email about early registration which is apparently what should have happened . Hopefully there will be more spaces after July and the booking system will be a bit clearer.

Thats a shame. Could it have ended up in your junk mail perhaps?

Corker1 · 17-06-2021 10:49pm

Hi Mercian Pro,

Emails went out yesterday after lunch to all of the 152 email addresses we had from the preregistration . I am sorry that you didn't receive one. I do not know what went wrong there. Don't worry we will sort you out when we are allowed sell the next Tranche of Tickets by Cycling Ireland. We are expecting these to go on release in July. I will message you beforehand to ensure you get registered. Again, apologies that you didn't get a pre-reg email. A gremlin in the works there somewhere!

Corker1 · 17-06-2021 10:57pm

Getting the ticketing set up on Eventmaster has taken much longer than usual this year We only got the link active two days ago after a lot of work in the background. The process has changed significantly this year. We will give more notice of the release of the next batch of tickets.

maxamillius · 17-06-2021 11:00pm

Corker1 wrote: »

Hi Mercian Pro,

Emails went out yesterday after lunch to all of the 152 email addresses we had from the preregistration . I am sorry that you didn't receive one. I do not know what went wrong there. Don't worry we will sort you out when we are allowed sell the next Tranche of Tickets by Cycling Ireland. We are expecting these to go on release in July. I will message you beforehand to ensure you get registered. Again, apologies that you didn't get a pre-reg email. A gremlin in the works there somewhere!

Is there a way to pre reg for the second tranche? Would be great to get this in the diary.Cheers

Corker1 · 18-06-2021 12:31am

maxamillius wrote: »

Is there a way to pre reg for the second tranche? Would be great to get this in the diary.Cheers

I'm not sure Maxamillius. I will ask our Tech guy. The pre-registrations accounted for a big chunk of entries so far. And as we saw from Mercian Pro if it doesn't work perfectly it can be very frustrating. What we can definitely do before the next Tranche is give better advanced notice across our communications channels. It was a bit rushed for the first ticket release TBH. We were originally hoping to have the Eventmaster link sorted by 4th June. For better visibility here I will start a dedicated thread on Boards for The Reservoir Dog 2021 giving plenty of notice for the second Tranche.

Macy0161 · 18-06-2021 8:59am

Wasn't sure on the dates, so didn't pre-register, but club racing yesterday evening when it went live anyway. On works time would be better!

ednwireland · 18-06-2021 9:18am

not sure what the numbers were like but well done emyvale CC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfQTkPDA7AI

Jahcork · 25-06-2021 8:43am

Tour of beara going ahead it’s full but you can add your name to waiting list

fat bloke · 15-07-2021 3:47pm

Any updates in the National sportive calendar? Would be nice to have something in the pipeline for August or September

Jimbo789 · 04-08-2021 10:07pm

https://www.hri.ie/content/press-office/press-releases/coast-to-curragh-charity-cycle-in-memory-of-pat-smullen/

A new charity cycle announced last week. 155km with lots of stops and looks like a very leisurely pace judging by the stop times.

05-08-2021 3:38pm

Majorca 312 is back on the 24th October

AxleAddict · 06-08-2021 12:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117710924#Comment_117710924

I remember when they first postponed this in 2020 it was rescheduled for early October (can't remember the exact date - but I think it was either the first or second week in October) and even then there were questions around limited daylight hours, so I was surprised when they announced the rescheduled date for 2021 and it was even later in October - I mean, it may be fine if you're super fit and whizz around the course, but for those who might need the full 14 hours (arriving back at the finish line around 9pm at night) it's gonna be pretty dark - there's also a greater chance of poorer weather conditions.

According to this website, sunrise is 08:07 and sunset is 18:55 on 24th October:

Sunrise and sunset times in Alcúdia, October 2021 (timeanddate.com)

I'm itching to get back and do it for the third time, but I think I'll leave it until next year at least, and even then we'll have to see what the post-winter COVID situation is. Fingers crossed.

06-08-2021 2:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117713251#Comment_117713251

That's the excuse I am using for only doing the 167 route 😁

Will any Sportives go ahead in 2021?

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