Sharpen The Edge is a High Performance Training Day perfect for working on mental resilience, improving team performance and increasing trust under pressure.
Take your team to the next level with a high-performance training day at the National Surf Centre, Strandhill, Sligo.
This experience is designed for sports teams who want to build mental resilience, physical sharpness, and unity under pressure. Whether you’re preparing for a big season or refocusing mid-campaign, this day delivers challenge, cohesion, and competitive edge.
Perfect for:
- GAA, rugby, soccer, and all high-performing squads
- Pre-season or in-season reset
- Strengthening mindset and trust
What’s included:
- Outdoor challenges designed for athletes
- Breakfast, lunch, and healthy snacks
- Honestly Café Breakfast & Lunch – local, organic, wholesome and sustainable food
- Fruit Snacks available throughout the day
- Full-day coordination
- Fully coordinated structure – icebreaker, reflection, and team cohesion structure & visual itinerary
- Meeting Rooms for team bonding/analysis
- Challenge Route Map
- Access to all National Surf Centre facilities
- Warm clean showers
- Modern changing facilities and accessible toilets
- Use of spectacular room upstairs with breathtaking views over the Atlantic coastline
Contact the National Surf Centre to plan a day your team will never forget:
- Call (071) 9193550
- Email wave@nationalsurfcentre.ie
More info…
- Admission fees: Paid experience
- Open: Year-round
- Suitable for younger children: Yes but contact direct for information
- Indoor facilities: Yes
- Gift shop: On-site and in Strandhill
- Dining/refreshments: Provided throughout the day with additional options in Strandhill village
- Guide dogs: Permitted.
- Toilets: On-site.
- Groups: This is a group experience.
- Accessibility: Fully accessible facilities but contact directly for information on outdoor locations
- No steps or raised levels on either the ground or first floor in the Centre
- Lift in Operation between floors
- Fully accessible bathrooms & Baby Changing Facilities
- Parking: Free car park and free coach parking in Strandhill
- Dietary Restrictions
- Participants with known allergies are kindly asked to inform the facilitators in advance or when making the booking
Nutritional plans can be catered for when discussed in advance
- Participants with known allergies are kindly asked to inform the facilitators in advance or when making the booking
- Sustainability
- Engaging with local community facilitators where possible for maximum social and economic benefits
- Powered by 100% certified renewable energy
- Net zero carbon neutral building, operating to best practice sustainability standards
- Committed to reducing energy consumption and waste
- Paper free meeting room & single use coffee cup restriction zone
Notes:
- No equipment needed — natural landscape provides resistance and variation
- Routes vary depending on group size and weather
- Coaches and trainers to customise messaging or scenarios
Important Information:
- Experience suited for teams with moderate-to-high mobility and engagement levels
- Training gear & footwear should be suitable to the planned itinerary
Immersive team experiences at the National Surf Centre, Strandhill
The sports team retreats available through the National Surf Centre in Strandhill, Sligo are carefully designed to meet a range of team goals—whether it’s building stronger connections, boosting performance, or supporting recovery.
Each full-day session blends physical activity with structured time for strategy and analysis. Programmes follow a clear itinerary, typically featuring a half day of teamwork and reflection at the National Surf Centre, paired with a half day of guided, off-site experiences. Sessions can also be tailored for teams seeking shorter, more frequent bursts of activity, ensuring flexibility without compromising impact.
The National Surf Centre offers versatile, purpose-built spaces ideal for everything from formal presentations and informal gatherings to warm-up sessions and team discussions. Equipped wih a 77” interactive whiteboard and presentation screen, it’s the perfect environment for game analysis and strategic planning.
Rooms are easily adaptable, designed to support focus, collaboration, and clarity. Fully serviced changing rooms with hot showers and secure lockers ensure comfort and convenience before and after your sessions.
All experiences are fully facilitated, include breakfast and lunch, and are set against the stunning backdrop of Strandhill, Co. Sligo.
About the National Surf Centre
The National Surf Centre provides high quality fully serviced changing, shower and locker facilities with the extensive ground floor space to be used for surf class training and demonstrations.
A bespoke surf and leisure retail experience occupies the ground floor space and upstairs, a large-scale flexible meeting room, with breath-taking views of the ocean and surrounding landscape, offers a wide and inclusive programme of services to support the surfing novice to experienced surfer and is also available for hire for meetings and events.
Through developing a clear commercial plan, the National Surf Centre will be a self-sustaining tourism enterprise. It is managed to the highest professional standards and plays an active role in supporting and contributing to the vibrant and growing entrepreneurial community of Strandhill across tourism, health, leisure, wellness, technology and creative industries.
Strandhill is already recognised as a prime surfing destination and this facility further enhances its reputation on the national and international stage. It provides new reasons for visitors to stay longer in Strandhill by increasing awareness of the many outdoor activities in the immediate area.
The National Surf Centre Strandhill was developed by Sligo County Council, in partnership and with Grant Aid support from Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Rural and Community Development (RRDF Rural Regional Development Fund).
The centre is be the home base for a number of local surf schools and the County Sligo Surf Club. The centre hosts national and international surf competitions. The centre is now a net zero carbon building and operates to best practice sustainability standards.
About Strandhill
Strandhill is a remarkable village that boasts world class surf condition, a world class links golf course, a beautiful beach, stunning landscape and gorgeous cafes, bars and restaurants. It is home to the National Surf Centre where you can enjoy a hot shower, clean changing facilities and book surf lessons. They have a fabulous room available for hire that is ideal for corporate groups with a stunning sea view.
It’s name in Irish is An Leathros which loosely translates as ‘The half promontory’ and it is just a short distance from Sligo town. You can hop on the S2 bus which connects it with Sligo town and on to Rosses Point village. Sligo Airport is based here along with remote working hubs and festivals and events regularly held throughout the year.
This is a fantastic coastal seaside location and always popular with families. Please note that swimming is forbidden on Strandhill beach due to the extremely dangerous rip tides.
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