Newsletter, Issue 4 Sept 2019 Tipperary Women’s Mini Marathon 2019 The 2019 Tipperary causes. Details Contact Tipperary Women's Mini Marathon of local Meet Sports Partnership: will take place in Clonmel and Train or th Fit 4 Life Clonmel Office: on Sunday 29 running groups Ballingarrane House September at 10.45am. th are available Ballingarrane Now celebrating its 10 on the website Clonmel. Anniversary, this 10k to help Tel: 076 106 6201 Women's Mini Marathon participants to Nenagh Office: has grown from strength train. Civic Offices to strength since the Nenagh. inaugural event in Thurles Participants Special Olympics World Game Medallist in 2010. Registration is will receive a Kellie O'Donnell launches the 2019 Tel: 076 106 6888 Tipperary Women’s Mini Marathon open on technical tee- Email: www.tippminimarathon.ie shirt sponsored by LIT Sport Programme and the [email protected] and is both online and Tipperary and all finishers 2019 committee comprises postal. The event provides will receive a specially of members from Tipperarysports a great opportunity for designed race medallion. Tipperary Sports participants to raise funds Spot prizes will also be Partnership, Clonmel AC, @tipperarysports for their own local distributed on the day. All Tipperary Athletics County charities and there is a participants will be chip Board, Tipperary County @tipperarysportspartnership charitable donation of timed and the event is AAI Council, Clonmel Borough €200 to the largest group measured and certified. The Municipal District, Clonmel Inside this issue: to register that are raising 2019 Tipperary Mini Gardai & Tipperary Civil funds for charitable Marathon is funded through Defence. Tipperary Women’s 1 Sport Ireland's Women In #20x20 Mini Marathon 2019 Boccia Programme Boccia Programme 1 Boccia is a target sport locations—Borrisoleigh • IWA Clonmel which can be played by Community Hall and • Rehabcare, Headin’ for the Hills 2 individuals or teams. It Canon Hayes Centre, Clonmel is a non-contact sport Tipperary Town. 31 An autumn programme played using 13 balls (6 participants took part is due to take place in Bike Week 2 red, 6 blue, 1 white). from the following September / October. The balls are solid but services: pliable, easy to grip and • On The Water 3 IWA Roscrea have good rolling • Anusha, Thurles quality. The game is • The Orchard, played from a seated Tipperary Warriors 3 Roscrea position. • Rehabcare, Launch of the Suir Nenagh Tipperary Sports Blueway Tipperary 4 • The Coach Partnership supported a six week Boccia House, Roscrea Upcoming Courses 4 • Programme in two Moorehaven Participants enjoying Boccia in Centre Borrisoleigh Community Hall www.pperarysports.iewww.pperarysports.ie 1 UPCOMING Headin’ for the Hills PROGRAMMES Headin’ for the Hills is Blueway over the an urban beginner’s first two weeks with • Tipperary Womens hillwalking programme the introduction of Mini Marathon on that was piloted by hills gradually. 29/09/2019 Tipperary Sports Walks over the Clonmel Partnership in Clonmel following weeks Participants in Headin for the Hills from April-June as part increased in distance and participants climbed • Swimmin Women of the Urban Adventure gradient and took in many Slievenamon on Sunday Starting October programme of activities. areas in Clonmel including 16 th June and gathered for 2019 The programme Careys Castle, Tickincor a social cup of tea and consisted of two nights Woods, Marlfield Woods, cake to celebrate after in • SAFEtalk Workshop of walking a week for Canon Woods, Kilnamack Kilcash community hall. on 10/10/2019 Woods and the Holy Year Well done to all Nenagh 10 weeks. Walks started flat and took in the Suir Cross. For the final walk participants on their • Ready to Go and to test their progress achievements. Orienteering Bike Week 2019 Course on Bike Week took place from organised a cycle to nights catering for 5 to 12 18/10/2019 the 22 nd to 30 th of June Knockanacree Wood. year olds. Clonmel 2019 and Tipperary Sports This was followed by a Rock Pedallars hosted a • Partnership promoted Dr Cycles Bike Disability Inclusion talk on Integrative Natural cycling with an action Maintenance Workshop. Training on Health on nutrition and packed calendar of events Saturday 9th Slievenamon CC hosted a cycling. with over 1000 participants November, Kids Fun Cycle Evening. taking to their bikes. Some TSP in association with Moycarkey Borris Events included a 5km of the highlights across the Tipperary Childcare Community Sports family fun cycle, cyclo county included: Committee hosted their Centre, Littleton cross, bike skills and bike 2nd Balance Bike Blitz. TSP in association with maintenance tuition. • Canoe Slalom Events were held in Moyle Tipperary County Council Event, Community Rovers, Clonmel and the presented the Street Cyclists from Fethard Sport Hub River Dome, Thurles. Pedallers completed an 8 Suir in Clonmel on Velodrome in Suir Island week couch to 50K Tipperary Wheelers offered 3/11/2019 Car Park, Clonmel. Cycling enthusiasts of all ages programme. The club a Free Care and also held their 2nd Full details and booking came along to test their Maintenance of Your Bike annual Pink Cycle in log on to skills on the velodrome. Session in the Canon which cyclists took part For the very young Hayes Sports Complex. www.tipperarysports.ie/ in a 58K tour of South participants there was an South Tipp Cycling Club Tipperary. There was opportunity to take part in took to their saddles with Keep an eye on our also an option of a 20k a Balance Bike Road Safety An Introduction to Cycling facebook page for route. further upcoming activity. at the Ballyhoura Trail Carrick Wheelers ran Kids programmes Cloughjordan Community Centre with adults and Skills and Training over 3 Development Committee children taking part. www.pperarysports.ie 2 On The Water • Canoeing Ireland & • 14 Participants took • Facilitation of Clonmel Canoe Club part in Remote Slalom and hosted a Slalom Emergency Care The Community Sports Hub Freestyle Coaching th Co-Ordinator is completing Event on 26 May in Level 3 First Aid Clinics — coached by Clonmel with the Course her busy summer Irish International programme of activities on support of TSP • Students from the Paddlers the water • A Blueway 10k National Learning • Two six week adult • 109 secondary Challenge for 20 Network took part in adult participants of kayaking courses school students from a programme to learn 5 schools took part in TSP Courses took with 24 participants place on 20th July the fundamentals of A Paddles Up kayaking, connect to • 12 adults Programme in from Clonmel to their local Clonmel Kilsheelan progressed to the environment and intermediate • • Supported the Suir Summer and journey along Kayaking Course Adventure Camps for Decent Race from the river 116 Kids, Teens were Cahir to Clonmel Suir. They held in Clonmel, • Two local instructors achieved Cahir and Ardfinnan progressed to Canoeing Ireland their Level 2 Kayaking Canoeing Instructors Ireland Level 1 Sit On Top Kayak Skills NLN Participants on the Sit On Top Level 1 Skill Sessions Tipperary Sports to take part in a number of Partnership were delighted basketball blitzes. Other to support the Irish activities include ice Wheelchair Association in skating, bowling, climbing setting up the Tipperary wall and athletics. Warriors. Tipperary Warriors ran a Tipperary Warriors is a summer camp this year multidisciplinary sports club which included tennis, for children with a physical kickboxing, soccer, and disability and their siblings. lots more activites. They They meet weekly in the also had a day in Killaloe Tipperary Warriors club members Sports Hall of the where the children and have sessions of basketball, to belong to a group. Presentation Primary parents had the tennis, soccer, rounders and School Thurles on Saturday opportunity to try out strength and conditioning New members are always welcome. If you would mornings from 11 – 12.30. kayaking and sailing. and much more. All like any further Their next term starts on children are included in the In the coming year the information please 7th September, 2019. club will continue to enter various activities regardless contact: Last year the children basketball blitzes run by of ability and the ethos of Orla (087) 6550315 travelled to Cork, Dublin, the Irish Wheelchair the club is that members Teresa (086) 1505765 have fun and an opportunity Norma (087) 6732207 Belfast, Galway and Carlow Association and plan to www.pperarysports.ie 3 Launch of The Suir Blueway Tipperary The Suir Blueway participants took part in Visitors to Cahir can walk about Suir Blueway Tipperary was officially two Community Walks from Cahir Castle to the Tipperary go to opened on the 17 th May, starting in Clonmel & Swiss Cottage and vice www.tipperary.com 2019 by John Treacy Carrick-on-Suir with both versa, this consists of a or call TSP on CEO Sport Ireland. finishing in Kilsheelan, 4km walk. 0761-06-6201. where a community Speaking at the launch celebration was held. The Suir Mr Treacy said the Suir Blueway The Suir Blueway is a Blueway—Tipperary was Tipperary has 53km long route where “an excellent base for something to visitors can enjoy outdoor activity and offer all ages watersports trails from recreation for both the and interests Cahir to Carrick-On-Suir. local community here in —Walking, 21km of the Blueway is Tipperary as well as Cycling, accessible by bike or on visitors from all over Canoeing, foot where visitors can Ireland and overseas”. Kayaking and follow the towpath from