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When you join a club, most will have coaches from whom you can take lessons. Even if you have a basic knowledge of the game, and have played before, it's advisable to take a few lessons from the club coach. Even the professionals need coaching!...

When you join a club, most will have coaches from whom you can take lessons. Even if you have a basic knowledge of the game, and have played before, it's advisable to take a few lessons from the club coach. Even the professionals need coaching!...

This is a recognised RTE yatch club. You can takes lesons on how to sail a yatch. Lessons begins at the age of 8 and upwards. The sailing courses are taught by RYA instructors....

Although Downpatrick is an inland course it has many of the characteristics of links golf - fast greens, tricky undulations and quite often a testing breeze. In many ways it is an ideal course for the amateur golfer to play; it is short enough to be enjoyable but great accuracy and a silky touch are required for good scoring.

Holes to watch out for are the 5th, 7th, 13th and 14th, all classic par 4s which require long straight hitting. Incidentally the view from the 5th fairway is...

Yatch sailing courses are lessons are provided here by quailfided instructors....

Part links and part inland open course. There is little rough but several water hazards and the 18th, without of bounds both left and right can be problematical. Views over the Copeland Islands to the Scottish coast are spectacular, particularly from the 16th tee.

The course carries a par 71,  the course measures 6145 yards....

This coures whih is situated North Down Club lies above Conlig village off the A21 between Bangor and Newtownards.Clandeboye golf club is made up of two courses; The Dufferin and the Ava.
The clubhouse and Dufferin course overlook the mouth of Belfast Lough, and Strangford Lough can be viewed from the Ava course.

Acceptable casual dress should be worn, but not denim wear. Gentlemen require jacket, collar and tie after 6.30 p.m. in dining room....

This lovely lough presents a splendid sight to travellers along the A1T from Newry to Banbridge. It also holds some fine trout. It is stocked annually with both brown and rainbow trout and each season produces some magnificent browns. The north and south ends should be avoided when wading but the rest is perfectly safe. The west shore is well served with stiles, footbridges and a gravelled path. There is a bag limit of 4 trout and the lough fishes well in the evenings to the chironomid hatch ea...

Norsemaid Sea Enterprises offer air and technical diving onboard the 59ft liveaboard dive vessel Salutay along the Coast of Down. Wreck and scenic diving are both available. Norsemaid Sea Enterprises is an I.A.N.T.D. facility for technical dive training....