Thursday, 2nd August 2018
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67 Cycling On your Bike! Sunday, 12th for the annual
Over 100 amateur cyclists get ready to hit the road for Tour de Munster 2018 in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland and individual beneficiaries As excitement builds four day
Tour De Munster charity cycle, now in its 18th
year,
over 100 amateur cyclists are preparing take on the 600km cycle in the hope of
raising over €250,000
for Down Syndrome Ire- land and individual bene- ficiaries.
This year’s tour will be
kicking off from City Hall in Cork City on Thursday, 9th
August, and will return
to Cork to see cyclists finish up the iconic and demand- ing St. Patrick’s Hill on
August. All funds raised from the
charity cycle will go direct- ly to the Munster branch- es of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and to the individual beneficiaries in- volved. This year will mark the 9th
successive year that
DSI has been the main beneficiary of the cycle.
Travelling across all
six counties in Munster, the amateur cyclists will make their way through a number of beautiful cities, towns and villages, where they hope they will be met and cheered on by the public who would like to support the cause. Joining them will be cycling legend Sean Kelly, who is a huge supporter of the event and has participated in the Tour de Munster for the past twelve years.
Since its inception in
2001, Tour de Munster has raised over €2.5 mil- lion for its beneficiaries with almost €2.1 million for DSI alone. Paul Sher- idan, who established Tour de Munster, could not be prouder of the Tour and its many participants over the last 17 years.
Speaking ahead of the
event Paul said, “I am ex- tremely proud of this event and how it has grown year after year. We had a huge- ly successful cycle in 2017 and raised a phenomenal €294,637.65 so we hope this year can be just as suc- cessful and can’t wait to get on the bike. Everyone involved in this year’s tour has put in so much hard work and dedication, and without
those partaking
and supporting, the tour would not be possible. The tour is not an easy one and is a great
test of endur- ance for amateur cyclists,
so I have great respect for them all signing up and taking on the challenge for such a worthy cause. Each year we receive great sup- port from crowds of local people as we pass through each town and it really is the support like this that motivates us all
to keep
going. With all donations going to such worthy caus- es, we’re encouraging the people of Munster to dig deep, come out and sup- port, and help raise much needed funds from August 9th
to 12th .” The Irish Examiner,
Red FM, Clare FM, Tipp FM, and WLR FM are the Official Media Partners of Tour de Munster 2018.
For route information
and the latest information and news log onto www.
tourdemunster.com, find it on Facebook, or follow the Tour on twitter @tour- demunster. For further in- formation on Down Syn-
drome Ireland please see
www.downsyndrome.ie.
Tour de Munster 2018 Route:
Stage 1: Thursday, 9th
August – Cork to Tipper- ary to Limerick to Clare Cork (Silversprings Ho-
tel): 8.00am – 8.45am Cork (City Hall): 8.25am – 9.25am Midleton (Quick Stop): 10.25am – 10.40am Tallow: 11.40 – 11.40 Lismore
(Refresh-
ments: Park): 12.10pm – 12.30pm Clogheen
(Tipp
DSI Pasta & Pastries: Clogheen Community Hall): 1.25pm – 2.00pm Cahir: 2.30pm – 2.30pm Tipperary: 3.30pm –
3.30pm Ballykisteen (Lunch):
3.40pm – 4.30pm Limerick (DSI Centre, Castletroy): 5.20pm – 5.50pm Birdhill: 6.50pm –
6.50pm Killaloe (Lakeside Ho-
tel): 7.05pm Stage 2: Friday, 10th
Au-
gust - Clare to Kerry Killaloe: 9.00am Tuamgraney: 9.45am –
9.45am Ennis (tea/coffee: Tem- ple Gate Hotel): 11.30am – 12.00pm Kildysart: 1.00pm –
1.00pm Killimer (Ferry):
2.00pm – 2.00pm Tarbert: 2.20pm –
2.20pm Listowel (tea/coffee & scone: Christy’s pub): 3.10pm – 3.40pm Tralee (Manor West Re- tail Park): 4.40pm
Stage 3: Saturday, 11th
August - Kerry Tralee: 9.45am Stradbally: 10.20am – 10.20am Dingle (Lunch: Skellig
Hotel): 12.00pm – 1.00pm Castlemaine (refresh- ments: MACE, N70/R561 junction): 2.30pm –
2.50pm Milltown:
-3.00pm Aghadoe
3.00pm Heights:
3.45pm - 3.55pm Killarney (Break: Deen- agh lodge): 4.00pm – 4.30pm Kenmare
(Dinner:
Lansdowne Arms Hotel): 5.45pm
Stage 4: Sunday, 12th
August - Kerry to Cork Kenmare: 10.00am Glengariff
(tea/coffee
& scone: The Maple Leaf Bar): 11.00am – 11.30am Ballylickey: 12.00pm – 12.00pm Gougane Barra (Lunch): 1.00pm – 1.45pm Inchigeela: 2.20pm –
2.35pm Macroom: 3.15pm -3.15pm Lissarda
(Break):
3.35pm – 3.50pm Cork -St. Patrick’s Hill
and finishing at the Clay- ton Silver Springs Hotel, Cork: 5.15pm
• Sean Kelly and Paul Sheridan Tour de Munster with Nichola Power with her Daughters Caoimhe and Cliona Power from Cobh pictured at the official launch of the 18th Tour de Munster cycle in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and individual beneficiaries, hosted at DSI Cork’s Field of Dreams on Tuesday, June 26th Photography by Gerard McCarthy) .
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