HER Outdoors Week, an initiative by Sport Ireland, will take place from 8th – 14th August. This is the second year Sport Ireland have run this initiative to celebrate and encourage more women and girls in the outdoors. This campaign looks to empower females to find what the outdoors means to them by redefining the perception of outdoor sport whilst evoking the excitement that comes with discovering the outdoors.
Our clubs, cycling organisations and Local Sports Partnerships have been working to create lots of opportunities for women and girls to perhaps try a new discipline of cycling, or just to get back on the bike!
Check out the list of events going on around the country and make sure you get involved!
A huge thank you to everyone who has coordinated an event for HER Outdoors, if your event is not featured and you’d like it to be, please get in touch with elaine.cahill@cyclingireland.ie
Enjoy getting out in the outdoors! Share your images on social media and tag @CyclingIreland and @SportIreland and use #FindYourOutdoors #HEROutdoorsWeek #itsnotarace
Organiser | Event | Event Date (s) | Event Time | Event Location | Register |
Belfast City BMX | Intro to BMX (Beginners welcome - Bikes available if needed) |
8th August | 6.30pm | Newtownards Pump track | Contact on Facebook or Instagram @ Belfast City BMX Club |
Petersburg OETC | Cycle to create a confident
community of women in the outdoors (Adults only - Bikes available if needed) |
9th August | 10am | Petersburg Outdoor Education and Training Centre | |
C.I. Community Bike Rides | Murrintown to
Mayglass (All adults welcome) |
9th August | 7pm | Murrintown Community Centre | |
Swords McNally | On Her Bike! (All welcome - bring your own road worthy bike) |
9th August | 7 - 8.30pm | Newbrdige House Demesne, Donabate | |
Northwest Mountain Bike Club & Sligo Sports Partnership | Mountain Biking Skills and Trail
Ride (Beginners and Intermediates) |
10th August | 6pm - 8pm | Coolaney Trail Centre, Sligo | |
Wexford Wheelers | Summer Social Cycle (20km - all bikes welcome, includes an icecream stop) |
10th August | 7pm | Meet at The Tourist Office, Crescent Quay, Wexford | Just turn up! |
Greenmount Cycling Academy | Come and Try at Greenmount (all females welcome) |
10th August | 7.30pm | Limerick Racecourse | Contact us at Here |
Glencullen Adventure Park (The GAP_ | Her Outdoors Week @glencullenadventurepark (click the link for more info) |
10th-14th August | 10am onwards | Glencullen Adventure Park, Dublin | |
Smugglers Cycle Club | Intro to Cycling (20km social cycle with a coffee stop) |
11th August | 7pm | Meet outside town hall in Belturbet | Sign up on the night or give Gary a call on 087 7388220 |
Women's Cycling Ulster | Mountain Bike Morning (must be self-sufficient on the trails) |
13th August | 9.30am - 1pm | Gortin Glens Trail Centre | |
C.I. Community Bike Rides | Mount
Nugent, Fore, Castlepollard & Mullaghmeen (All adults welcome) |
13th August | 10am | Opposite Smith's supermarket, Mount Nugent | |
Limerick Ladies CC & Limerick LSP | Womens Social Spin (30km with a coffee stop) |
13th August | 10am - 12pm | Starting and finishing at UL East Gate car park | |
Kevin Kennedy, Killian Callaghan and Cork LSP | Come and Try Mountain Biking (click the link for more info - bikes available) |
13th August | 10am - 12pm ; 1pm - 3pm; 4pm - 6pm | Ballyhoura MTB Trails | |
Lisburn BMX Club | Come and Try BMX (Beginners welcome - Bikes available if needed) |
13th August | 2pm - 4pm | Lisburn BMX Club | |
Galway Bay Cycling Club | Come and Try Gravel (all levels welcome) |
14th August | 10 - 12pm | An Furan, Moycullen, Co Galway | |
KC Wheelers | Womens Social Spin (25km with a coffee stop) |
14th August | 9.30am | Meet @ Glenalbyn House, Stillorglin, Dublin | |
Cuchulainn Cycling Club | Women's Lap of Louth (55km or 85km - click the link for more info) |
14th August | Sign on 8am - 9.30am | Leaving from A91 XDT8 |