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Coast2Coast Cycle Challenge

Hi Everyone
Firstly, on behalf of the Lions Club, we would like to thank you for taking up this inaugural
Coast2Coast Cycle Challenge.
We have put a lot of work into the organisation details required for this challenge, to ensure the
health and safety of everyone, ensure that all of the bicycles are fully protected during
transportation, and most importantly, we all have Fun :-)
x Brian Pentony, from the Ash Burners Cycle Club, is a senior Emergency First Aid Responder,
and has kindly agreed to travel in the Mini Bus on our challenge with all his equipment so
that he can be available at all times if required. Many thanks Brian. (please God we wont
have any incidents to report)
x This is not a race, it is a cycle challenge for everyone to enjoy and is a fund-raiser for
Aware and Ashbourne & District Lions Club.
x Your participation is greatly appreciated and essential to the success of the event. Thank you
all so much.
Some basic rules for the event:
1. Health and Safety of all participants is a priority.
2. All participants must obey the standard Rules of the Road.
3. Participants are responsible for their own personal belongings, cycling equipment and
personal safety equipment.
4. Participants should be prepared for the weather. (..this is Ireland after all)
5. Participants will cycle at approximately 20km per hour.
6. There will be a lead Van Omega Security at the front always
7. There will be the Lions Bus at the rear of the Cycle group.
8. We will all start together and we will all support each other so that we will all finish together.
9. Participants must obey the instructions of cycling or road marshals appointed by the Lions Club.
The journey has been planned in such a way that there are pit stops scheduled every 40KM
approx. with food, fruit, re-fill water and toilet facilities as every point.
Stay safe and lets have a really great cycle challenge.
Many thanks again.
Tom Keenan
Lions Club President

Many thanks again from the Lions Club

Ashbourne and District Lions Club

Coast2Coast Cycle Challenge - Supporting Your Local Charities

Day 1
Registration Desk@ Pillo Hotel
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Registration Desk Opens @ 7.30am

The Desk will be located to the left hand side as you drive into the Pillo. It is the stage
door entrance where the launch Photos were taken.
All Cyclists will register and will be asked to share an Emergency Phone number too.
(Please God these will not be needed)
Cyclists will be given a Name Tag which will be stuck around their handlebars to clearly
identify each bike as they are loaded into the Vans.
There will be 3 x Vans to transport the 30 x Bikes.
There will be huge focus on protecting all of the Bikes in transit. We will have large sheets of
Cardboard between each bike and they will be secured so that there is no movement in transit.
Each bike will be loaded with each cyclist and then removed in reverse order with the
cyclists in the Maldron Hotel car park in Oranmore on arrival.
We will have 40 x spar tubes, 2 x spare tyres. If anyone has specific spare they would like
to take with them also, please do so and we will attach a name tag to these so that they can
be identified and returned after the cycle.

Sponsorship Money
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In order for us to prepay all the accommodation and Food, Sponsorship Money will
be collected one week in advance of the Trip.
There will also be a collection point at the Registration Desk were it was simply not possible
to meet up with anyone in the previous week.

Buses
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There will be 2 x Mini Buses to take all the Cyclists to Galway

Overnight Bags
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There will be a 4th x Van to hold all the overnight bags and spare Cycle clothes in case of
Rain.
I will have 150 litres or Still water to refill everyones bottles at each stop and lots of fruit
and bars for the breaks

Travel to Galway
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We plan to leave the Pillo Hotel @ 9am to travel directly to the Maldron Hotel in Oranmore.
ETA will be 11.30 in Oranmore
On arrival at the Maldron Hotel, we have Tea/Coffee and finger food arranged to set us up for
our journey.
We will also be meeting up with the Oranmore / Galway Lions Club for Photos and some
of them will join us for a section of the journey.
We will then unload the Bikes with each cyclist and prepare to cycle.
We plan to leave the Maldron Hotel Oranmore and cycle the short 1km to the Galway Bay
coastline at Oranmore Castle for a Photo Shoot with Galway Bay at our backs.
We plan to start cycling at 12.30 towards Athlone.
I plan to have Garda escort to get us safely out onto the R348.

Many thanks again from the Lions Club

The First Pit Stop is in Kilconnell village which is 39Km from Oranmore (on the R348
before Ballinasloe). We will be stopping in Brodericks Bar who have also given permission
to use their facilities (Tom Broderick).
We will be meeting up with Loughrea Lions Club for Photos and well wishes and they will
join us for a portion of the journey.
Leave Kilconnell for Athlone @ 16.00 on R348 (45km Journey) arriving in Athlone at
18.00 approx.
Bicycle Storage:
Check bicycles into Storage Rooms arranged with the Hotel Management in to Shamrock
Hotel
Food - We have a Pizza Feast arranged for around 7pm in the hotel.
For completeness, here is the exact route for Day 1 which can be copied to Google Maps.

https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/Oranmore/Athlone,+Co.+W estmeath/@53.3221081,8.7540759,11z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x485b904e4107206b:0xa00c7a997321a30!2m2!1d8.9219481!2d53.2703467! 3m4!1m2!1d8.6091368!2d53.2831631!3s0x485c77a5d86226a5:0x81be264fac4d49ee!1m5!1m1!

1s0x485c49013e648c9f :0 xdaf91a8d46bde380!2m2!1d-7.9406898!2d53.4239331!3e1

Day 2
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Full Irish Breakfast at 7.30am in the Hotel.

remove Bicycles from the storage room and prepare to leave Shamrock Hotel Athlone at 9am
We will have a Quick 10 minute stop in Moate after just 20km to make sure everyone is ok
Main Food Stop will be at Tyrellspass Castle after another 20KM at approx. 11.15am
Permission has been granted to use Toilet facilities at entrance door to the Castle (Wheelchair
Toilet)
We will have sandwiches available ad Water / teas / Coffee
We plan to leave Tyrellspass Castle Tyrellspass at 12.30 and head for Trim Castle which is a
49KM journey
Arrive at Trim Castle at approx. 3pm. There will be Fruit, bars and Water available and
Toilet facilities in Public Car park
We will meet up with Navan Lions Club at the Castle for Photos and we will be joined
by approx. 10 cyclists from Ashbourne for the last leg of our journey to
Bettystown/Laytown
We plan to leave Trim Castle at approx. 4pm
Trim Castle to Bettystown / Laytown is 45KM so arrival in Laytown will be approx. 18.00
We will cycle to Bettystown and onwards to Laytown where we will stop at The Cottage Inn on
the left hand side where there is a Speedboat Slip way beside Cottage Inn Laytown for a
Photograph so we dont get sand on the bikes or in our shoes . !!!!
After the Photos we have Finger food arranged in Gilnas Cottage Inn which is 100
metres away on the other side of the road.
We will have celebration Pints there and please arrange for any you wish to invite to meet
up at this location Gilnas Cottage Inn Laytown. (041) 982 7110
For completeness, here is the exact route for Day 2 which can be copied into Google Maps.

https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/Athlone,+Co.+W estmeath/Bettystown,+Meath/@53.4233643,7.3398154,10z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x485c49013e648c9f:0xdaf91a8d46bde380!2m2!1d7.9406898!2d53.4239331! 1m5!1m1!1s0x48673b2ebb878329:0x494d268aa0247ff8!2m2!1d6.244334!2d53.69821!3e1

Many thanks again from the Lions Club

Again, many thanks for taking up the Cycle Challenge.

Stay Safe, and lets have a really great trip
Please feel free to contact either Ian Jenkinson 087 2654944 or Tom Keenan 0872443042

Best regards
Tom Keenan
Lions Club President

Ian Jenkinson
PRO Lions Club

Many thanks again from the Lions Club