Outsider* Circulation: 15000 Wednesday, 1 June 2016 Area of Clip: 429900mm² Page: 16,17,18 Page 1 of 10 Dingle Adventure NEVER A DULL Race. MOMENT Delivered to Turf N Surf west coast surf day trips 5, 12, 19 & 26 June, 3, 10, 17,24 & 31 July, 7,14,21,28 Aug 2016 Top Donegal surf school Turf n Surf will run day surf trips every Sunday from Dublin to Bundoran this summer. You'll be picked up from Isaacs Hostel, Dublin 1, at 7:30am sharp and whisked to the waves for a surf lesson. All gear will be provided. If you don’t need a lesson, you can just use the gear and surf with your mates. You'll then be dropped back to Dublin at 8pm approx. All for the bargain price of €59! www.turfnsurftours.com Irish XCNPS 5 & 26 June, 14 Aug 2016 Rounds 4, 5 and 6 of the Irish cross country NPS mountain biking series remain to take place this summer. First up is the race Never a dull moment atTicknock, Co Dublin, hosted by MAD Our events pages are literally chock-full of fabulous events for the whole MTB club.The location of round 5 has yet summer and beyond. So what are you waiting for??! to be decided while the sixth and final round will run at Davagh Forest, Co Tyrone, Compiled by Mary Finlay thanks to Carn Wheelers. www.irishxcnps.ie Basecamp Explorer Series: Susie Mitchell Talk 8 June 2016 Carlow woman Susie Mitchell will talk about her journey to winning the World Masters Track Cycling Championships at 40 years of age and just four years after Get listed! she got involved in track cycling. Susie is a If you'd like to have your outdoor or fish vet, former adventurer racer, mother adventure event listed on these pages, and the author of the book 'Pregnancy email: [email protected] with EVENTS in to Podium', which deals with the issue of the subject. training during pregnancy and when you Outsider* Circulation: 15000 Wednesday, 1 June 2016 Area of Clip: 429900mm² Page: 16,17,18 Page 2 of 10 VOTED HEALTHIEST TAKEAWAY IN IRELAND 2014 have your baby.This talk is sponsored by 5km/1 Okm, half marathon, marathon or Aasleagh Lodge fishing course Columbia. www.facebook.com/Basecamp ultra marathon but be blown away by the 16- 19 June 2016 stunning scenery of the Mournes as you This three-day programme will take place Dingle Adventure Race take part in this event.The beauty ofthe in and around Erriff River, Derrintin and V June 2016 Mourne Way event is that all routes are Tawnyard Lough and will focus on night With three route options (Full - 48km, fully waymarked and do not cross the tops fly tying/fly casting/salmon fishing. Led by Sport -43km, and Mini - 21km) this race of any mountains. Instead they traverse Peter O'Reilly, a keen trout and salmon fly will introduce you to some gems on the the foothills. As with all 26 Extreme events, fisher for more than 50 years, it will involve Dingle peninsula, in Kerry, ranging from there will be a high level of support and casting demonstrations with single and the spectacular winding Conor Pass, feed stations en route. double handed rods as well as basic spey climbing in the Mt Brandon range, and www.26extreme.com casting. This course is for 'improvers rather kayaking in Dingle Plarbour. than beginners with participants bringing www.dingleadventurerace.com Gravity Enduro their own tools, vice and silks. If this course 11-12 June, 9-10 July, 20-21 Aug, 3-4 Sept isn't quite right for you, keep an eye on Try Sailing - Garrykennedy 2016 the new Erriff Fishery website which Sailing Club If you love the idea of combing cross- has information on prices and options, 11 June 2016 country mountain biking with downhill courses, packages for accommodation at You won't need any special clothing, action, check out the Gravity Enduro Aasleagh Lodge, www.errifffishery.ie. equipment or experience to take part series. Round one has already taken place in thisTry Sailing/Women on the Water but don't despair; there are three more to Clare Island Singles Weekend event on Lough Derg in Co Tipperary. go in Ballyhoura, Limerick (11-12 June), 17- 19 June, 23-25 Sept 2016 Just turn up at Garrykennedy harbour Ballinastowe, Wicklow (9-10 July), Mount Designed to help active outdoorsy people at 12 noon and you'll be assigned to Leinster, Carlow (20-21 Aug) and Djouce, meet like-minded folk, this weekend offers a friendly boat and taken for a gentle Wicklow (3-4 Sept). activities like coasteering, climbing and sailing race. Afterwards there'll be a prize www.gravityenduro.ie abseiling, and hiking, as well as a beach giving and drinks/nibbles. Even though challenge. During the evenings, there will this is a Women on the Water event, Malahide Yacht Club be dinner and live entertainment at the boys are allowed as long as they wear Try Sailing Sailor's Bar. www.clareislandadventures.ie pink! A donation of €20 is requested and 15 June 2016 will go to Action Breast Cancer. This is a If you'd love a go at sailing a cruiser, Tourde Burren chance to get involved in a friendly sailing this event is for you. No experience is 18 June 2016 club that meets every Saturday by the necessary and the event is free so you've With four routes - 10km family route, harbour to get out on the water, www. no excuse! Just turn up to Malahide 60km, 11 Okm and 160km - this event in garrykennedysailing.org. For more Try Yacht Club, St James Terrace, at 7pm for Co Clare is a must-do for any leisure cyclist. Sailing events, visit: www.sailing.ie a safety briefing before heading out for Now in its 14th year, the event is famous a 90-minute sail. Booking is essential (tel. for scenic routes, great atmosphere and Mourne Way Marathon 0866778421; email: [email protected]). locally sourced food! 11 June 2016 www.myc.ie. For moreTry Sailing events, www.tourdeburren.com Take your pick from challenge walk, visit: www.sailing.ie Outsider* Circulation: 15000 Wednesday, 1 June 2016 Area of Clip: 429900mm² Page: 16,17,18 Page 3 of 10 Try Sailing Grassroots Tour at Wakedock Clare. Participants will swim 1500m in the Cullaun Sailing Club 25 June 2016 relatively calm waters of Kilkee's horse 19 June 2016 This wakeboarding competition will shoe bay, cycle 44km against the winds This Try Sailing event for all ages is free run on Grand Canal Dock for the fourth of west Clare and run 10km on a hilly and takes place from 2pm on Lough time this year. This inclusive event has route along the rugged coastline of Loop Cullaunyheeda, in scenic east Clare. categories for everyone from rookies Head. Believe it or not, this race, which is This is an ideal spot for your first sailing to pro in all age categories from 8 organised by the LimerickTriathlon Club, experiences as land is always nearby and years upwards. It is all about having is one of the longest continuously running you don't have to worry about tides. The fun and a great day on the water with triathlons in Ireland and in the world! club is 20 minutes' drive from Limerick and other wakeboarders.This is the perfect www.triathlonireland.com Ennis, www.cullaunsailingclub.com introduction to competitions and For moreTry Sailing events, visit: participants don't have to have their own Transylvania Walking Tour www.sailing.ie equipment. The event is free for spectators 26 June-3 July 2016 and is a great spectacle so well worth the This eight-day walking tour will explore Irish Underwater Council dive trip to the Dock. Romania's Piatra Mare Massif and the and snorkel rallies www.wakedock.ie/grass-roots-tour Bucegi Mountains. You'll also get to 24-26June, 15-17 July, 13 Aug go watching bears in their natural These Irish Underwater Council dive rallies Gaelforce North environment with an expert guide, visit are a brilliant opportunity to explore 25 June 2016 the medieval castle at Bran (Dracula's an underwater part of Ireland that you With full (64km) and sprint (45km) castle) and visit the medieval town of may not have yet visited. Not a member versions, this running/hill walking, cycling Brasov.There will be a maximum of 16 of the IUC? No problem. If you have a and kayaking event provides a great people in the group and you'll stay in diving qualification then you are more personal challenge for all adventure family run guesthouses and hotels on a than welcome to join the dive rallies and racers. Gaelforce North allows competitors full board basis. The trip costs €795 (ex you need no official qualifications to to experience some of the wildest and flights), www.extremeireland.ie join the snorkel rallies (you just need to most remote parts of Donegal, including be confident in the water and be willing Glenveagh National Park and Mount DAR12&DAR 24 hour to have fun!).These events are all about Errigal. It finishes in the Gaeltacht village 2-3 July 2016 getting the chance to experience what of Bunbeg. And now for 2016 there will These two team adventure races should being part of Ireland's largest diving also be full and sprint course Adventure put up a serious challenge for those who community is all about. They take place Duathlons (62km/44km) which will follow take part as no participant will see the in the following locations: Northern Dive the same course minus the kayak section.