National Governing Body for Power Kites & Sand yachting in Ireland
AGM was held outdoors for the first time. This year it was on a glorious day on the Co.Meath Coastline. Many thanks to those who travelled from far and wide to attend. Members have access to the minutes. Proposals to increase the number of race event weekends for all classes from 6 to 12 per […]
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Some images from our Bettystown November Weekend. IPKSA are back on Bettystown Beach for some sailing and flying. Landsailing and kite flying of course. Bettystown is a favourite location for many members and attracts an enthusiastic following from the locals who come out to watch and cheer us on. There is also the social side […]
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Weekends are made for having Fun ( & Sport too ! ) Miniyachts having fun Join in at our Rossnowlagh fun weekend It’s been a while since we were on Rossnowlagh beach, so time to fix that! See what’s happening via our social media pages https://www.facebook.com/Irishpksa/ https://youtu.be/oK5wgXLcly0 Some video from Oct 5/ 2019
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Hi folks these are the event weekend dates for 2019/2020 October-Rossnowlagh 12/13th November-Bettystown 23/24th December- Bettystown 7/8th January- hot toddy -Bettystown- (tbc) January-Rossnowlagh 11/12th February-Benone 22/23th February 15th Bettystown Carts & Coffee 1030 March 7th Bettystown Carts and Coffee 1200 March- Benone 21/22th April-Benone 18/19th May-Battle for the Bay- Dollymount beach-16/17th 26th Annual International Miniyacht […]
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Some photos of a great event which our members competed in representing Ireland to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Click on the link to view the full album. Photos by Walter Carels and Rene de Prins
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13 & 14 April 2019 Bettystown Beach 0900 – 1600 IPKSA members and friends with permission from Meath County Council met on Bettystown beach over St Patrick’s weekend and had a blast – you can join them on Bettystown Beach for the APRIL event on 13 & 14th April. Racing on Saturday 13th Sunday 14th […]
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2019 Starts off with the January and February events on the wonderful Benone Strand. Followed by the March and April events on Bettystown Beach. Follow discussions and see images about and from our events on our FaceBook pages Latest News – clic here Video from our January event on Benone Strand. 2019 Jan […]
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1st event of 2019 sees IPKSA members on the beautiful Benone Strand for some Miniyacht and Kiting fun and races, beginners welcome. The training and try out sessions will continue through 2019 and members are reminded that their membership and insurance premium is due for renewal on 1st Jan 2019 New members without their own […]
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Members attended the 18th Annual Laytown Hot Toddy sail , picnic, chat and chew gathering of kite and sandyacht pals on 30th Dec 2018. The wind was light but the weather was extremely mild and the craic was good. Many thanks to those who hosted the gathering and to Trish for the Annual Soup Pot, […]
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WANT TO HAVE FUN ? Rounds 3 & 4 of the IPKSA winter league are on Bettystown Beach Co.Meath This is a great opportunity to try out landsailing or to learn about kite buggies and land power-kites. Each event weekend Saturday there are try it out sessions with instruction and equipment provided. For those with […]
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