Ballina CC Salmon Sportif

Ballina Cycling Club are holding a Cycling Sportive on Sunday the 5^th August 2018 starting in Ballina.  There are three routes to choose from. 

The 50km route Starts in Ballina and goes towards Crossmolina and on towards Lahardane at the bottom of the Nephin mountain for the food stop.  The cycle will continue towards pontoon around Lough Conn lake.  In Pontoon cyclists will turn left for Ballina again enjoying views of Lough Conn.

The 92 Km route starts in Ballina and goes through Crossmolina onto Bellacorick where cyclists will turn left and cycle towards Castlebar and turns left around Nephin where cyclists will meet their first climb.  This is a moderate climb.  The cycle continues to Lahardane for the food stop.  The cycle will continue towards pontoon around Lough Conn lake.  In Pontoon cyclists will turn left for Ballina again enjoying views of Lough Conn. 

The 120km route takes the same route as the 92km until between Lahardane and Pontoon cyclists will turn right towards Bofeenaun and go over a sharp short climb, cyclists will go through Bofeenaun where they will meet a challenging climb known as the Bofeenaun windy gap, views from here are spectacular. The cycle continues towards Castlebar and turns left for Ballina and travels through pontoon around Lough Conn lake.

All Money raised it going to the local “Garda Anthony Golden Community Park” in Ballina which is a park that is been built in memory of Ballina’s native Garda Anthony Golden who was shot dead near Omeath, Co. Louth on the 11^th of October 2015, while on a domestic violence callout in uniform and unarmed.