Dublin to Cong Cycle for Cancer Fund for Children
When
09/05/2025Where
Start: Westmanstown, DublinCost
€450*Registration now open!
Visit the New Beginning Cycle Club website below to sign up and to help ensure no child faces cancer alone.
The Challenge
New Beginning Cycling Club are hosting a two-day cycling fundraiser for Cancer Fund for Children! From 9th-11th May 2025, the event challenges you to pedal from the East to the West of Ireland, covering over 300km, whilst raising money for a great cause.
Day 1 covering 160km departs from Westmanstown, Co. Dublin at 9am on Friday 9th May. The cycle will head west towards the N4, stopping for lunch at the Mullingar Park Hotel, then heading on the Greenway to Athlone. The group will overnight at the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe.
Day 2 covering 150km will run from Ballinasloe to Cong, with a stop in Ballinrobe for lunch, and finishing in Cong with an overnight stay. (accommodation details TBC).
To take part: there is a €50 upfront registration fee and a €400 minimum fundraising ask to be raised by 30th April 2025. You can set up an online fundraising page during registration.
What’s included: A special designed 2025 event Jersey; overnight in the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe with dinner and breakfast included; hot lunch on both days of cycle (accommodation details for Cong on Sat 10th TBC); use of a cycle mechanic where necessary; energy drinks, food and other beverages at all stops along the route; transportation for both cyclist and your bike back to Dublin on Sun 11th; first aid support.
Insurance: Each participant is responsible for ensuring that they have adequate personal insurance cover in place. If not a member of Cycling Ireland, you can obtain event cover via online registration for just €10.
Full event FAQ’s can be found on the New Beginning Cycling Club website by clicking here.
Your Impact
In 2024, the New Beginning Cycling Club challenge from Dublin to Clifden raised €25,000 in support of Cancer Fund for Children’s Daisy Lodge Mayo project which aims to bring a therapeutic short break facility to the shores of Lough Corrib in 2026.
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, life changes for the whole family. Our therapeutic services help each family member cope with the emotional impact of cancer and allows them to simply be a family again.
The need for another therapeutic centre is massive. Due to capacity challenges and high demand, we can only provide one in seven families from across the Island of Ireland with a therapeutic short break together. At any one time there is a waiting list of over 50 families waiting to come to Daisy Lodge in Newcastle, Co. Down.
Our second Daisy Lodge, Co. Mayo will allow us to increase the number of children and parents we support each year from 1,800 to 4,000.
Find out more about Daisy Lodge Mayo by clicking here.
Have a query?
If you have a query about the event before committing to the challenge, don’t hesitate to get in touch directly with the team from the New Beginning Cycling Club via the contact form on their website, or don’t hesitate to get in touch our own team.
New Beginning Cycling Club: www.newbeginningcyclingclub.com
Cancer Fund for Children: mairead@cancerfundforchildren.ie / 01 562 1580
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