Yes, it’s that time of year again.  We are all busy trying to figure out what stocking fillers we need to buy for nephews and nieces, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, mum and dad, friends and colleagues.

And we have loads of ideas for you!

For Kids:

• An adventure day for only £30 per person

• 1/2 days are only £20 per person

• NEW! 1 day at Adventure School in the Mournes, Belfast or Gortin only £25 per day

For Adults:

• Try coasteering only £45 per person

• Full day of adventure skills only £75 per person

• Intro activities only £35 per person

And if you can’t decide what to book you can also buy a voucher for any monetary amount

Each personalised voucher will be emailed to you with a description of the activity, what it involves, what they should expect and details on how to book.

To purchase your Gift Vouchers give us a call on 0845 521 3145or email info@theadventureteam.co.uk

Adventure Team Challenge

Your Team is randomly split in to sub-groups that compete against each other for points in a series of energisers, team games, team tasks and archery. The points are used to purchase raft building equipment in the afternoon and the challenge will finish with a raft race.

Usual times: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Cost: £25 per person (rate applies to delivery in Gortin only)

X Challenge

Your Team is randomly split in to sub-groups that compete against each other in an adventure style race that will cover a mixture of terrains; therefore involving activities such as running, orienteering, raft building and archery. The sub-groups will face a number of Team Building activities along the way that will challenge them physically, mentally and practically.

Usual times: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Cost: £30 per person (rate applies to delivery in Gortin only)

Challenge Xtreme

Your Team is randomly split in to sub-groups that compete against each other in an adventure style race that will cover a mixture of terrains; therefore involving activities such as running, orienteering, coasteering and abseiling. The sub-groups will face a number of Team Building activities along the way that will challenge them physically, mentally and practically.

Usual times: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Venue: North Coast or the Mournes

Cost: £40 per person

If your Team is ready for a Challenge call us on 0845 521 3145 or email info@theadventureteam.co.uk

“Bring a Da” Coasteering on Father’s Day with the Adventure Team – and any da will do! Your neighbours da, your friends da, some random da you don’t even know – just bring a da!

The da goes free for every child’s place booked and for Father’s Day we have no age limit for children!  You could be 45 and bring your mate (as long as he is a da) and you only have to pay £30 for yourself and “yer da” goes free!!!  Make sense?

NO???  Then give us a call on 08455213145 and we will explain it – just know you and “yer da” are getting a cracker deal!

Oh! Here’s a wee bit about coasteering…

Coasteering is an exhilarating combined rock and water activity that can be delivered to every individual level which makes this activity suitable for those with no fear of heights or water as well as those who may not be quite so confident.

During your Coasteering trip you will learn rock climbing and scrambling techniques as well as how to jump from great heights safely.

Wearing sturdy footwear, wetsuits, buoyancy aids and helmets, participants travel along a section of coastline; sometimes swimming in the sea, sometimes scrambling on rocks and jumping from rocks into the sea.

Morning and afternoon sessions are available!

Are you up for some Coasteering (with yer da)? Give us a call on 028 8164 8390 or emailinfo@theadventureteam.co.uk

The Coasteering Club is a great way to explore our coastline under your own steam and with the help of The Adventure Team.

The Coasteering Club meets on the 1^st Sunday of every month at various locations throughout Ireland – north and south!  We also run at least one trip a year to another location in the UK with Pembrokeshire high on the agenda for 2011.

Bronze Membership of the club costs £75 and includes:

• 3 coasteering trips over a 12 month period
• Insurance
• Experienced guides

Silver Membership of the club costs £120 and includes:

• 6 coasteering trips over a 12 month period
• Insurance
• Experienced guides
• Reduced equipment hire rates

Gold Membership of the club costs £180 and includes:

• 12 coasteering trips over a 12 month period
• Insurance
• Experienced guides
• Discounted training courses
• Discount rates for friends attending open events
• Reduced equipment hire and purchase rates

Member’s can also access any of the 30+ Coasteering events scheduled with The Adventure Team.

Members must be 17 years of age at time of joining

Well now’s your chance and she’ll probably thank you for it.

Just for Mother’s Day we are offering you the chance to get your Mum a Gift Voucher to go Coasteering!  Best thing about it – you can come along too for free!

What is Coasteering?

If you fancy making a splash, or simply making waves, then coasteering is for you!

Coasteering is an exhilarating activity which combines rock climbing, scrambling and jumping from great heights safely… into the sea of course!  Wearing sturdy footwear, wetsuits, buoyancy aids and helmets, participants travel along a section of coastline; sometimes swimming in the sea, sometimes scrambling on rocks and jumping from rocks into the sea.  It can be delivered to every individual level which makes this activity suitable for those with no fear of heights or water as well as those who may not be quite so confident.

Remember to hold your breath and JUMP!

Best thing about it – you don’t have to drag your mum out of relaxation mode on Sunday!  Your voucher is valid for 6 months giving you plenty of time to get a date in the diary that suits you both.

This Mother Day voucher is one that will be remembered for a long time!

To book your Mother’s Day voucher for only £45 give us a call on 028 8164 8390 and we will have it to you within 12 hours!

It is our aim in 2011 to help local charities raise £1 million through our fundraising adventures!

We are 100% committed to supporting charities and firmly believe that the more successful the event, the more money the charity should make, not the more we should make!

So, we offer flexible rates and can often pledge our financial support to the events we are involved in.

And you don’t even need to be a charity to get involved!  You could join one of our Adventures and use it as an opportunity to raise funds for a charity close to your heart! 

How about Canoeing in Canada, Climbing Ben Nevis or even organising as few as 10 friends for Xtreme Coasteering.

Over the coming weeks will be adding much more information to our website and in the mean time, here’s a few ideas and possible payment plans to whet your appetite:

Xtreme Coasteering

Fancy the challenge of a 100ft abseil into the sea? For a small registration fee from each participant, we carry out risk assessments of your chosen location and provide all equipment and qualified instructors to facilitate the event.

Cost per person: £25 – over 35 participants, £30 – 21 to 35 participants, Less than 20 participants £35 per person

Minimum 10 participants

Abseiling

A straightforward and challenging charity fundraising activity. For a small registration fee from each participant, we carry out risk assessments of your chosen location and provide all equipment and qualified instructors to facilitate the event. All you have to do is choose your venue and get permission to abseil there!

Cost per person: £25 – less than 50 participants, £20 – 50 to 100 participants

Minimum 20 participants

Team Challenge

Raising money for your club or society and fancy something a bit different – how about one of our team challenge events? 

Sample activities include: Archery, Problem Solving ‘Crystal Maze’ style, Mountain biking and Raft Building.

Cost per team: £200 – maximum team size 8 participants.

Minimum of 2 Teams required – no competition otherwise

Raft Building

A minimum of 4 teams can participate in constructing a ‘seaworthy’ vessel and racing against the other teams! Not only can this activity be used for fundraising but is also a great activity for pulling your teams together while having mighty craic at a location of your choice!

Cost per team: £100 – 4 people per team

We hope some of these idea’s have sparked your imagination!

Contact The Adventure Team today for a free no obligation consultation where we will offer you only the best advice to plan your next fundraising Event.

And remember to ask us about the discount scheme for Active Charities!

Give us a call on 028 8164 8390 or email info@theadventureteam.co.uk

As many of you may have noticed we have been running a 1/2 price sale which we have promoted through our Facebook Page.  And because it has been going so well we have decided to extend it until the end of January for all of you that subscribe to our newsletter.

Some of the ideas that have been booked already are:

Kids Birthday Party – 2 activities over 2 hours.  Choose from Archery, River Scrambling, Treasure Hunt, Team Games and Orienteering.  Standard rate is £150 for 15 participants and now you can get it for only £75!  (We can even come to you!)

Coasteering – this is one of our most popular activities by far!  Now you can book a session for only £23.50!  A definite bargain for those of you that want a good challenge!  Want to know more about coasteering? Click here

Kayaking – How about a 2.5 for you and the family?  In our sale you can book 4 places for the price of 2 – that’s £50 instead of £100!

Archery – Our 1 hour introductions to archery are extremely popular and at only £5 per person instead of £10 we think they will be even more popular.  Minimal number of 8 required for this.

Team Building – Does your team need a boost?  A full day of Team Building for 20 staff for £500 instead of £1000!

Don’t know what you want and don’t want to miss this offer?

That’s ok!  We have had families, individuals and youth organisations booking vouchers for this summer as well.  They don’t know what dates they want or what activities but they will now get them for 1/2 price.

If you would like to book some 1/2 price activities give us a call on 028 8164 8390 and if you have subscribed to our newsletter they are yours

The Adventure Team has grown from strength to strength since we opened our doors on the 1^st January 2008 – and that’s all down to you.

So we have been considering different ways that we can thank our customers and thought it would be best to get your input.  This short survey will help us get a better picture of what you would like and help you get a better idea of what we think.  And as a wee treat everyone who enters it will be entered in to a draw to win a £100 Adventure Voucher!

Click here to complete the survey

Thank you for your time – now cross your fingers and hope you win

For years legend has told that Robert the Bruce took refuge in on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland during the 14^th century.

Legend goes on to tell about how he was inspired to return and reclaim his throne in Scotland by the perseverance demonstrated by a spider building a web in his hide out cave.

A recent short film has now extended the myth of ‘The Bruce’ clearly showing how he invented the activity of Coasteering.  Whilst fleeing his pursuers he worked his way around Rathlin’s coastline skipping from rock to rock, swimming through rock pools, body surfing waves and jumping from great heights into the water.

Those in pursuit were dumfounded by the antics of this Scottish daredevil and therefore unable to catch him. Realising his success Robert set up ‘Bad Bobs Coasteering Centre’ in an effort to share this exciting new activity with others.

But as usual work got in the way of having fun, Robert had to return to Scotland to claim back what was rightfully his and coasteering got lost along the way.

Until now; The Adventure Team has re-established this activity in many locations along the North Coast including Runkerry and Ballintoy and it is available for everyone to try out today.  So unless you are too busy reclaiming a country then try out coasteering this summer!

Remember don’t let facts get in the way of a good story! 

Big thanks to Chris Scott from www.outdoorni.com for writing this piece!

Making this film was a bit of fun with the potential to further “spread the word” about The Adventure Team and Coasteering but it must be known that there is far more to this video than meets the eye!  This video carries a powerful message about collaboration, team work, trust and helping others for no reason other than a desire to do so!

The idea to create a movie with the potential to go viral began in Gortin when Stephen Brown (Team Builder Extraordinaire) met with Jason Devine (Blackthorn Design) and Dean Langasco (I Love Monday’s).  It was shortly after they had all watched the Liquid Running video so there were loads of ideas bandied about – some crazy, some (possibly) inappropriate, some (definitely) inappropriate, some ludicrous and some with the potential to see all three in trouble (enough said).  But somewhere in the depths of this crazy talk Jason got the idea for Bad Bob’s Coasteering Centre…

The 3 guys parted company that evening and no more was said about the video until Jason forwarded a story board for the film a few days later.  From that moment on it was full steam ahead – a date was set, more volunteers were enlisted, bullied, coerced and bribed, apparently some were dragged kicking and screaming and believe it or not two of them were flown in from Canada – economy class of course (and they paid their own way)!

So on Saturday 12th June a fine array of conscripts descended upon Ballintoy Harbour to make “How Coasteering was Born!”

Special thanks must go to:

• Jason Devine – Visionary and Director
• Dean Langasco – Energiser and First English
• Tracy Gilpin – Lead Lady and Second English
• Chris Gordon – Director, Producer and Stunt Double
• Karl Gordon – Lead Man aka Robert De Bruce aka Bad Bob
• Dave Ferguson – Chief Jumper and Third English
• Bryan Mc Nally – Director of Photography
• Justin Mc Nally – Location Manager and Costume Designer
• Ambrose Mc Dermott – Film Editor

Without all these people this film would have never have happened and we will always be grateful to them for taking time out of their businesses and personal lives to help us

Hope you enjoy the film