Tour Proposal for Bayside Girls Under 18’S Rugby Club Ireland Rugby Tour 11Th March 2022 – 20Th March 2022 Provisional Tour Itinerary
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TOUR PROPOSAL FOR BAYSIDE GIRLS UNDER 18’S RUGBY CLUB IRELAND RUGBY TOUR 11TH MARCH 2022 – 20TH MARCH 2022 PROVISIONAL TOUR ITINERARY Your Rugby Tour Destination - Ireland Belfast This was our first experience with Irish Rugby Tours. The level of pre-tour engagement was fantastic. All the staff Belfast - What to Know: with whom we had Belfast is Northern Ireland’s Ulster Rugby are located in the city contact were very capital. It was the birthplace of the center at Ravenhill Stadium. professional but also had a great sense of RMS Titanic, which famously struck If your itinerary timing allows you an iceberg and sunk in 1912. humour which was there’s the possibility of attending appreciated by all of This legacy is recalled in the a PRO14 game with Ulster Rugby. us. renovated dockyards' Titanic Traveling to hosting clubs is no Quarter, which includes the Titanic problem, there are many located We would definitely Belfast, an aluminium-clad around the city and there’s nothing use them again. museum reminiscent of a ship’s like an Irish Welcome. Definitely recommend hull, as well as shipbuilder Harland to other rugby clubs . For all you Game of Thrones fans & Wolff’s Drawing Offices and the Many thanks!! you can’t go home without visiting Titanic Slipways. one of the many film locations Russell Amos Belfast is now a vibrant & situated outside the city. cosmopolitan city offering shops, Head Coach pubs, nightlife and is easy reach to Most if not all the scenes were Basingstoke Girls RFC all of the major tourist sites. filmed around the city of Belfast Rugby Tour to Belfast which helped the city grow to what Rugby is also on the agenda in the it is now. city. RUGBY ★★★★ PRICE ★★★★ SOCIAL ★★★★★ STANDARD ★★★★ Far Left: Visit the grand Belfast City Hall. Middle: Giants Causeway. Right: Enjoy Belfast Aqua Park. Your Rugby Tour Destination - Ireland Derry All I can say is that it was without doubt a great weekend and I have nothing but praise for your efforts and in terms of value Derry - What to Know: for money there have been no complaints Derry, also known as Londonderry, Derry is either the perfect One Stop from parents etc. is a city on the River Foyle in Shop or add it in as part of a multi- Northern Ireland. city rugby tour. Overall, our experience It’s known for the intact 17th- You will go home happy! of dealing with you century Derry’s Walls with 7 gates. and your Derry has a diverse sporting company has been first Within the walls, spired St. heritage, with a history in sports class and would not Columb’s Cathedral displays ranging from Gaelic games, soccer artefacts from the 1688–9 Siege of and rugby to rowing, basketball, hesitate to recommend Derry. motorsport, hockey and other your business to Near the Peace Bridge, the Tower sports. anyone who makes Museum has city views and inquiries. The name Derry is very much in historical exhibits. Huge stained- popular use throughout Ireland for Philip Anthony glass windows adorn the neo- the naming of places, and there are Head Coach Gothic red sandstone Guildhall. at least six towns bearing that Southwold RFC U18s It has everything you want from name and at least a further 79 shops, pubs, nightlife and is easy places. reach to all of the major tourist Derry is now very much a multi- sites. Suitable for all ages - Derry cultural city and well worth the has everything to offer. visit. RUGBY ★★★★ PRICE ★★★★★ SOCIAL ★★★★★ STANDARD ★★★★ Far Left: City of Derry RFC club crest. Middle: Coasteering in Derry. Right: A view from the Derry City walls. Your Rugby Tour Destination - Ireland Donegal If we ever returned to Ireland, we would absolutely return with Irish Rugby Tours. I felt like we got a genuine glimpse of authentic Donegal – What to Know: Ireland and it is an Donegal is Ireland's most Rugby is popular in the town and is experience that we will spectacular County on the Wild widely played at all age groups. never forget. Atlantic Way - packed full of You would be greatly welcomed culture, heritage, spectacular and would be sure to have a blast Gordon was exceptional in beaches, mountains and lakes. at the post match presentations. terms of checking in us Donegal town is at the mouth of and was genuinely With Donegal’s great coastline concerned to provide us the River Eske and was once home water sports are all the rage from to Donegal Castle. the best tour possible. coasteering to waterboarding, you Donegal is located in the North - just won’t be able to get enough. Geoff Karabin West Region and is also part of For your evening entertainment Neumann University the province of Ulster. there are plenty great little pubs Women’s Rugby Tour Sometimes Donegal seems more that hold live music sessions and of like a country than a county course you have your weekend amongst many. Wild landscape, nightclubs. country roads and a coastline that Make sure to add Donegal to your cuts and curves, the word “escape” Irish tour. doesn’t even begin to do it justice. RUGBY ★★★ PRICE ★★★ SOCIAL ★★★ STANDARD ★★★ Far Left: Donegal Town RFC. Middle: Donegal Surfing activities. Right: Donegal Waterbus Tour. Your Rugby Tour Destination - Ireland Kilkenny George, Just a few words to say thank you. it was great to work with you again before and Kilkenny - What to Know: during the tour! Kilkenny is a medieval city in beers sold in all public houses & You gave me a flexible southeast Ireland. Its grand hotels. itinerary to allow me to Kilkenny Castle was built in 1195 by add our own events as Every year the city holds the needed. Norman occupiers. Kilkenny Cats Festival. The City has deep religious roots Our driver and guide were This is a weeklong festival of and many well-preserved churches so flexible too. Both went Comedy. You will find most of the along with everything we and monasteries, including world’s top comedians will attend imposing St. Canice’s Cathedral and wanted to do it was a this long running festival. the Black Abbey Dominican priory, pleasure working with both from the 13th century. Kilkenny also have a fine rugby club them. too just located outside the town. It's also a crafts hub, with shops The players and parents along its winding lanes selling You will also find that Kilkenny has loved it! pottery, paintings and jewellery. one of Leinster’s top schools in the Tom Kean, city with Kilkenny College. Kilkenny City is also where you will Chiefs RFC U18s find the Smithwicks Brewery. The city is one of Ireland’s oldest Smithwicks is one of Ireland’s main and really is a beautiful city. RUGBY ★★★★ PRICE ★★★★ SOCIAL ★★★★ STANDARD ★★★★ Far Left: Exhibit Room In Kilkenny Castle. Middle: Smithwicks Brewery Tour. Right: Kilkenny Activity Centre. Russell Amos Head Coach Basingstoke Girls RFC Your Rugby Tour Destination - Ireland Wexford During our Rugby Tour to Ireland – All of the staff were incredible, tour guides drivers etc. Everyone was friendly, Wexford - What to know: helpful and made sure we had a great time. Wexford is a town in southeast, at famous Irish American family the the mouth of the River Slaney. It’s Kennedy’s. Everything was great, I known for its medieval lanes and In Dunbrody you will find the don’t know what I the opera festival held in the replica famine ship which took would’ve done differently. modern National Opera House. thousands of Irish families across It was our first trip to West Gate Heritage Tower is a to America. Ireland, I can’t imagine it restored 13th-century tollgate. Rugby features heavily in Wexford going better. The boys had It's next to the old town walls and as well as having its own rugby club a great time, the parents ruined 12th-century Selskar Abbey. there are other clubs situated had a great time, all in all just a truly memorable The Bullring marketplace, once a around the county with very strong clubs. trip. bull-baiting site, has a statue marking the 1798 Rebellion against Rugby Schools also figure Tim Kluempers British rule. In Wexford you will prominently, so you will not go (USA), Saint Thomas find the ancestral home of the short for a game. Aquinas HS Rugby, USA. RUGBY ★★★★★ PRICE ★★★★ SOCIAL ★★★★ STANDARD ★★★★ Far Left: Wexford Wanderers RFC crest. Middle: Dunbrody Famine Ship. Right: Irish National Heritage Park. Your Rugby Tour Destination - Ireland Galway Still recovering after a wonderful tour to Galway. On Behalf of Myself, Tony, Coaches and Galway - What to Know: Parents of LSH U14's a huge thank you for One of Irish Rugby Tours Favorite Galway is either the perfect One sorting the tour. Locations – this one is not to be Stop Shop or add it in as part of a missed. multi-city rugby tour. Overall our experience Galway has a diverse sporting You will go home happy! of dealing with you heritage, with a history in sports Galway has a diverse sporting and your ranging from horse racing, Gaelic heritage, with a history in sports company has been first games, soccer and rugby to rowing, ranging from horse racing, Gaelic class and would not basketball, motorsport, greyhound games, soccer and rugby to rowing, hesitate to recommend racing and others. basketball, motorsport, greyhound your business to This City has to be one of the most racing and others. anyone who makes popular stops on the rugby tour. inquiries. The Galway Races are known It has everything you want from worldwide and are the highlight of Enda Guerin shops, pubs, nightlife and is easy the Irish horse racing calendar.