Ardmore Adventures

October Courses And Trips

ronan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:34:14 +0000

Rock Climbing & Kayaking days

Sat 15th & Sun 16th Kayaking trip 10am Rock Climbing 2pm

Sun 23rd Rock Climbing 10am Kayaking trip 2pm

Sat 29th & Sun 30th Rock Climbing 10am Kayaking trip 2pm

Sea Kayaking 1/2 day trips & Surfing Lessons

Mondays & Fridays 2pm – 5pm

Wednesdays, Saturday & Sunday 10am – 1pm 2pm – 5pm

Blackwater River Kayaking Trip from Villerstown to Lismore Castle

Saturday 22nd 10am – 4pm

White Water Kayak Skills For Sit on top Kayaks

Sat 29th & Sun 30th 10am – 4pm

This 2011 – Hit the Ground Abseiling!

ronan — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:19:07 +0000

Well its 2011 and to get into the swing of things, intead of hitting the ground runing, we are hitting the ground ABSEILING!! Ronan has been asked to abseil into the 2011 Holiday World Show in the RDS to help kick off the event. So keep an eye on your newspapers, it should turn a few heads.

Ronan has also been nominated for an ISA Powerboating Achievement Award after winning a Silver Medal at the 2010 European P750 Powerboat Championships. Fingers crossed!! We will be offering P750 Thundercat training courses this year for people who would like to get involved in this exciting sport. Ronan is also looking for a new co-pilot for the 2011 race season, watch this space for the trial dates.

We were very busy over the winter months increasing our qualifications (regardless of the weather). We will now be offering Occupational First Aid coures and Irish Canoe Union Level 3 White Water Courses. The Irish Canoe Union has now introduced a new Sit- on- Top Award Scheme which we will running throughout 2011. A full calander of dates for trips, skills courses, school and kids camps will be posted on Monday.

Congratulations to the 12 who passed their National Pool lifeguard Award before Christmass and best of luck to the Trainee National Beach Lifeguards who start their training tonight.

We are also moving into a new premisis in Ardmore, so we can offer you more on site. So if you find your new years resolution is fading, give us a call and well have an exciting activity to help you; get more active, shape up, stay off the cigarettes or to try something new.

We look forward to seeing you in coming year.

Remember ’Life’s an adventure…so live it!

Kids Summer Camps 2010

ronan — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:40:55 +0000

With 9 fun packed fantastic weeks to choose from, our kid’s Summer Adventure Camps are growing in popularity every year. We have 2 different age groups to ensure maximum fun.

Scheduled every week of July and August, our kids’ summer adventure camps are hugely popular, and we get children from all over Ireland, so be sure to get your booking form in now!

We know that different ages have different needs and abilities, and because of this have developed two different summer camp groups, to ensure each child gets the most enjoyable and unforgettable week possible!!

Young explorers (8- 12yrs) Adventure Challenge (13 – 16yrs)

Our summer camps are a terrific way to meet new friends and have great fun while achieving new goals every day.

Each week is concluded with a fun water sports day on the beach followed by a presentation of certificates to all participants.

Activities

Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Surfing, Snorkelling, Archery, Team & Beach Games and much more

Duration- All camps are 5 days (Mon-Fri) including bank holidays.

Week 4 is a ½ week camp for 3 days

Start time 10am. Finish time- 3pm

Cost: €200 Week 4 (½ week) €120

We are offering discounts for families with two or more children, the younger and subsequent children are 10% reduced in price.

Camp Dates

Wk1	4th July -8th July	Wk2	11th- 15th July	Wk3	18th-22nd July
Wk4	25th-29th July	Wk5	1st- 5th August	Wk6	8th-12th August
Wk7	15th – 19th August	Wk8	22nd–26th August

What to Bring: Swimsuit. Towel, Warm old clothes (track suit), Spare pair of old shoes, Packed lunch, Personal toiletries, Medication if any, Sun Block.

Thundercats are GO!!

ronan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:07:42 +0000

Its been a busy week for the Thundercats. As you all know last week we had some voclanic ash and it stranded a few people, well we had a couple of stranded Honeymooners and some Airline Staff come to Ardmore to Fly ‘Air Thundercat’!! We don’t have to worry about some ash in the clouds, all we need is a few little waves and a 50hp Thundercat and we are always cleared for take off. All passengers disembarked safetly with large smiles and arrived at there chosen destination.

This weekend saw the Round 1 of the Irish National P750/ Thundercat championships. It was a 60 nm race (over 120km) long haul race around Brandon Bay in very messy choppy (ploughed field springs to mind) conditions. 6 Boats lined up for the race, and I’m proud to say I was 1st off the beach by along shot. On the 1st lap my engine decided it was not in the mood for a race! After losing the lead and limping back to the start, a quick change of boat and we were back out again. We (Ronan & Mike) were lapping 3min faster than the rest of the field. On the 5th lap after coming from way back in last position to reach 2nd, our engine decided it want a rest.

To cut along story short after alot of cursing and engine striping (while afloat), we got back in the race and finished 3rd.

Thanks to Mike for crewing for me, it was his 1st ever time in a Thundercat and he did fantastic in the challenging conditions. I’ve attached the link for the photos Peter took on the day.Click Here to view photos. We were in the white/orange boat and then the white boat.

If you fancy a go give us a call on 083 3743889 or email us at info@ardmoreadventures.ie

Ardmore Adventures On The Radio

ronan — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:32:02 +0000

This morning we made our radio debut on Beat Fm’s ’The Beat Breakfast’ at 9.30 am. Click HERE to listen to the podcast. Drop us an email and let me know what you think. Vinny said it was ‘the best fun ever’. Glad we could be of service Vinny!

Had a great day’s climbing in Goat Island today on day 1 of our Climbing Skills Course, we’re heading to Knockadoon tomorrow for day 2 climbing on the sea cliffs. Hope the sun pokes its head out again.

Radio Stations, Glow sticks & Channel Swimmers

ronan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:04:11 +0000

Its been a busy week here at Ardmore Adventures, with lots of visitors from all walks of life. We’ve had Channel Swimmers, Honeymooners and Radio stations to name just a few.

James from England came out kayaking with his 2 sons Finn and Harry early last week. James is training to swim the English channel this summer which he successfully achieved last summer and raised £50k for charity in the process, Ronan joined James for one of training swims. Ronan acted as safety cover for James as he swam around the bay. We wish James the best of luck in his Channel swim this summer.

RTE’s Lyric Fm joined us for a sea kayak to record the sounds of the sea and to record Ronan giving a Sea Kayak Tour for a new radio show called Soundscapes of Ireland. As soon as we are given the date for the show we will post it on line.

With the longer stretch in the evenings and the good weather upon us, we have started our eveing sessions again.
On Saturday night Tim, Seamus, Jen and Jane joined us for our 1st night kayak of the year. We were greeted to a beautiful red sky and sunset to mark the start of our journey and enjoyed the crystal clear sky and with all the stars on show for the duration of our trip. We couldn’t have got a better night.

Today we were joined by Beat Fm, who joined us for some Rock Climbing and Abseiling. Ardmore Adventures were asked to help promote Failte Ireland’s ‘The Fun Starts Here’ campaign. Niall, Vinny, Mary and Jen from the Beat Breakfast gave it their all in the name of adventure and show biz. All survived to broadcast the tale with smiles on their faces. Check Ronan out on the Beat Breakfast tomorrow morning (wednesday 14th April) @ 9.30am.

Surfrider Foundation Beach Clean Initiative

ronan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:24:59 +0000

A huge thank you to all who helped out with the beach clean this morning. We couldn’t have asked for a better day, glorious sunshine, light wind and the tide was out. Ardmore Adventures, members of the Tidy Towns committee, Waterford County Council and locals all helped out.

Over 40 bags of rubbish was collected from Ardmore, Goat Island and Curragh. Check out the gallery to see the photos

New Improved Web Site

ronan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:05:10 +0000

Welcome to the new and improved Ardmore Adventures website. We have a new gallery and blog to keep you up to date with all thats happening. Also we have a new calender which will have listings of all up and comming skills courses, trips and kids camps.

Look forward to seeing you