Crowne Plaza Belfast – Your Winning Accommodation Provider in Belfast. SPORTS BROCHURE www.cpbelfast.com WELCOME At Crowne Plaza Belfast we’re at the heart of sportng excellence in the city. With onsite and surrounding sports facilities, we will ensure your team gets the best possible service when you stay with us. Whether you are competing in a tournament or match in Belfast, on tour or simply visiting for training purposes, our dedicated staff will take care of your requirements, ensuring your team can focus on achieving what’s really important. OUR SPORTING PARTNERS

We are proud to work closely with a host of sporting partners across a range of sports in Belfast. We have also had the privilege of hosting a number of sports teams from junior to International level including IRFU, IFA (Under 19s and Under 21s), Newport Gwent Dragons, UCD Swim Team, Athletics NI, Special Olympics, Belfast Giants and Connacht and Leinster Junior Teams. OUR FACILITIES

Our recently refurbished Crowne Plaza Belfast boasts a welcoming and contemporary art deco-inspired lobby and stunning meeting and event spaces. The hotel features 120 luxurious bedrooms including twin and king double rooms, wheelchair accessible rooms, interconnecting rooms and suites – the perfect mix to accommodate any sports team.

Our Great Oak Conference Centre comprises 12 meeting rooms of varying sizes which are perfect for pre-match team talks. We also provide physio treatment rooms and catering to accommodate the nutritional needs of your group.

• 120 bedrooms including 4 suites • 12 meeting rooms • Free Wi-Fi • Free parking DINING & NUTRITION DW FITNESS: IN-HOUSE LEISURE FACILITIES

Crowne Plaza Belfast caters for all your pre-match meals, breakfast, lunches and evening meals as well as private dining and banqueting if required. Our team members liaise closely with the group organiser to discuss nutritional preferences in advance and we have experience and expertise in designing and preparing sports nutritional meals to suit the specific needs of different teams. We’re also proud of the produce available in and we work with the best farmers and producers to deliver cuisine that reflects the best our country has to offer. DW FITNESS: IN-HOUSE LEISURE FACILITIES

DW Fitness is open to residents and is fully equipped with a full range of cardiovascular, resistance and weights equipment. The 20 metre swimming pool is perfect for a relaxing swim or for general strength, cardiovascular fitness and endurance.

For rest and relaxation, enjoy our steam room, Jacuzzi and sauna or the fully equipped gym, spin studio and aerobics studio ensures you and your team have the facilities to train for peak fitness. PARTNER FACILITIES DW Fitness Our in-house gym & fitness centre with 20m pool, full cardiovascular and resistance training, sauna, steam room and fitness studios. www.dwfitnessclubs.com

Shaw’s Bridge Sports Association 4 rugby pitches (including 3 floodlit pitches), football pitch, 2 squares, 4G hockey pitch and gym facilities. www..org

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club Located on Milltown Road, the indoor stadium is the largest in Ireland. www.belfastindoorbowls.com

Belvoir Park Golf Club This undulating 18 hole parkland course which meanders through 136 acres of woodland was designed by the famous course architect H.S. Colt. www.belvoirparkgolfclub.com

Malone Golf Club 27 holes over secluded, gently undulating parkland just 5 miles from Belfast City Centre. The centre piece of the course is the beautiful natural trout lake which extends for some 27 acres. www.malonegolfclub.co.uk

Newforge Country Club Includes 1 football pitch, 1 rugby pitch, 1 dual rugby/football pitch, a floodlit training area, cricket square and a bowling green as well as a gym with cardiovascular, resistance and free weights. www.newforge.com

Queen’s University Sport Upper Malone Playing Fields and Stadium The Upper Malone site, located 5 minutes from Crowne Plaza Belfast, provides modern facilities for Rugby, , , Camogie, Hockey and Football. Featuring a stadium with capacity for 330 people and a fibre-sand reinforced pitch alongside numerous grass pitches and synthetic playing surfaces with floodlighting and a purpose-built indoor warm-up/cool-down area and changing areas. www.queenssport.com LOCATION

Newforge Lagan Valley Country Club Regional Park Sports NI Headquarters Belvoir Golf Club

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Crowne Plaza Belfast

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club © 2011 Google - Imagery ©2011 DigitalGlobe, Infoterra Ltd & bluesky, GeoEye, The Geoinformati on Goup, map data ©2011 Tele Atlas Situated in the picturesque surroundings of the Lagan Valley Regional Park, Crowne Plaza Belfast is ideally located with numerous sports faciliti es both on and off site. With miles of walk ways and cycle paths surrounding the hotel, and the opti on to hire bicycles from us, make our hotel your base for early morning runs or refreshing cycle trails. We will be delighted to assist you in planning your sports tour to Belfast and will be happy to put you in touch with our sporti ng partners in the surrounding areas. CONTACT US 117 Milltown Road Belfast, BT8 7XP T: +44 028 9092 3500 W: www.cpbelfast.com E: [email protected]

Crowne Plaza Belfast is part of the Andras Hotels Group in Belfast, which incorporates 6 hotels and luxury serviced apartments. Contact us on 028 9092 3637 to obtain accommodation rates for each of our properties.

TESTIMONIALS The Irish Football Association delivered two of its We hold our annual awards ceremony at Crowne major UEFA Coach Education courses at the Crowne Plaza Belfast. We always recommend using this Plaza Belfast. The Association was delighted with hotel as the facilities are second to none, We the organisational support, high quality service and have a ongoing working relationship over the past excellent conference facilities and accommodation. few years and nothing is too much trouble. Lorna Stewart, Coach Education, Irish Football Association Belfast Giants Our National mini camp in Belfast was a We travelled to Belfast to play against Linfield FC and great success both on and off the pitch and the hotel was recommended to us. Our players enjoyed this can be attributed to the level of service the facilities and the customer service was excellent. and friendliness of the staff at the hotel. FC Spartak Trnava Michael Kearney, Irish Rugby Football Union