Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle 2015 - entry transfers closed - do not request entries

funnights74

cw girl wrote: »

Is there an 85k option on the ROK? Thanks

No just the one route.but don't be put off by the distance, it's a long slog more than a difficult cycle. Just pace yourself. There are 100 Km cycles out there far more difficult than the Ring.

iwillhtfu

cw girl wrote: »

Is there an 85k option on the ROK? Thanks

No. I think he was referring to The rebel tour in Cork (Kerry)

Beasty

BailMeOut wrote: »

Mods - can we consolidate all the Ring of Kerry 2015 threads into a single official one. Previous years we just had one and I think there are five going at moment!

I have merged this thread into the one which is currently "active". I have no idea where the other 3 you are referring to are and tbh trying to merge more into a single thread can break that thread up unnecessarily. Please therefore consider this the main ROK 2015 thread. Any more cropping up will probably be locked

On the topic of asking mods to do something - we don't read every single post in the forum. If you want to grab out attention report a post or PM one of us

Any questions - PM me or one of the other mods

Thanks

funnights74

A statement today on yesterdays events, from their FB page.

Official Statement from the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee
As everyone is aware yesterdays registration process did not go as planned. We, the committee, feel very bad about this as we had hoped that the new system would prove to be user friendly and simple to use. The event has grown considerably over the years with last year seeing over 10,000 cyclists raise an amazing €1.6m for charity. The ROK Charity is the largest one day charity cycle in the Country. It is organised, planned and managed by a voluntary committee with the support of over 2,000 volunteers. Of course without the support of the cyclists who take on the challenge of the 180km and in the process raise huge amounts of money the ROK Charity Cycle would not exist. It is therefore of huge regret to us, that everyone who wants to take part in the cycle were inconvenienced yesterday. Each year we try to improve the cycle and this year we engaged the services of Eventmaster to handle the bookings. Unfortunately there was technical issues resulting from the sheer volume of numbers trying to register at the same time. We are consulting with Eventmaster to make sure that this is avoided when the registration process re-opens.
Further to the posts issued yesterday we would like to clarify some of the points and concerns raised.
The registration process was due to open at 1pm as advertised. However the site went ‘live’ earlier to test the links from www.ringofkerrycycle.ie. and to iron out any potential glitches before the expected 1 pm rush. This obviously caused confusion, which we regret. However it was not done intentionally to allow people to register early.
The minimum donation of €85 has been queried. This is a charity event, not a sportif, race or tour as some people suggest. The objective is for people to raise as much money as possible for the charities either directly, by raising money and cycling on behalf of a charity or individually, raising as much money as possible for the charity fund which is distributed equally amongst the 9 charities. Therefore we would expect people to raise a minimum of €85. It is not a registration fee. We look for this donation up front so as to reduce the effort of ‘chasing’ people for the money raised post the event. You can request a sponsorship card which will allow you to raise money to offset the initial €85 donation. Last year the average amount raised by cyclists was well in excess of €100 with many raising thousands. This generosity led to €1.6m being raised for charities.
The charities can use their own discretion in setting minimum amounts to be raised by the cyclists they recruit. This is not influenced by the ROK Charity Cycle Committee
We would like to thank everyone who has been positive and encouraging. We are aware that mistakes have been made and we will take all the suggestions on board and learn from this.
Finally thank you for the patience you showed yesterday and please bear with us as we strive to improve the cycle for those who participate and for the charities that they raise much needed money for.
We will issue a statement with the new online registration opening times on Thursday at 9.00am
Thank You
The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee

touts

From their Facebook page:


Official Statement from Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee

Following consultation with Eventmaster we are satisfied that all technical issues experienced on Tuesday have been resolved and that controls are now in place to prevent similar problems happening again. The online registration process will reopen this SATURDAY MORNING (APRIL 11th) AT 9 AM.

Although we have been reassured that the system will be able to cope with the volume of registrations we would ask people to be patient and be prepared to experience some delays.


Once again we apologise for the inconvenience caused on Tuesday and would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding.

Thank you

Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee

Traumadoc

Great , I had planned to go for a spin , seriously messes up saturday morning.

jon1981

hmmmm - I suspect people could be in for a long wait again...a Saturday won't impact as many people as a week day would due to work.

well spoken man

Traumadoc wrote: »

Great , I had planned to go for a spin , seriously messes up saturday morning.

Thoughtless charity volunteers.....

Traumadoc

well spoken man wrote: »

Thoughtless charity volunteers.....

Are Eventmaster doing it pro bono?

cycleaddict

Anyone recommend accommodation for ROK seems most places gone be few heading down so mobile or holiday home be great

jon1981

cycleaddict wrote: »

Anyone recommend accommodation for ROK seems most places gone be few heading down so mobile or holiday home be great

Try air bnb, there was a 12 person house going for 750 for the weekend near the town the last I checked. Must say though there's f**k all going within 30k of killarney so good luck. Took me a couple of days worth of ringing around to get a b&b last week.

iwillhtfu

cycleaddict wrote: »

Anyone recommend accommodation for ROK seems most places gone be few heading down so mobile or holiday home be great

Wait till it's sold out those that miss out will cancel their accommodation and some rooms will free up. Expect the prices to be exorbitant.

More rooms will probably become available closer the date aswell.

xxyyzz

cycleaddict wrote: »

Anyone recommend accommodation for ROK seems most places gone be few heading down so mobile or holiday home be great

Maybe try Tralee. It's not far from killarney and there's plenty of accommodation.

funnights74

xxyyzz wrote: »

Maybe try Tralee. It's not far from killarney and there's plenty of accommodation.

Or maybe Kenmare, a lot of people people start there to get molls gap out of the way.

Roger Hassenforder

i'd say he site is crashing again!

ItsLikeThis

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

i'd say he site is crashing again!

Yeah looks like it

jon1981

Second time lucky not going so well

kao123

Anyone getting deja vu?

joeKel73

Direct link through to the Event Master registration page;
https://eventmaster.ie/event.php?event_id=632

It looks to be struggling too though.

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Roger Hassenforder

J o e wrote: »

Direct link through to the Event Master registration page;
https://eventmaster.ie/event.php?event_id=632

It looks to be struggling too though.

thats dead too

aidanki

so anyone get to register yet

useeme

the stress....................

DeepBlue

J o e wrote: »

Direct link through to the Event Master registration page;
https://eventmaster.ie/event.php?event_id=632

It looks to be struggling too though.

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

thats dead too

Service Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

ItsLikeThis

System is currently busy and orders are being processed, please be patient and try again in a few minutes

thesimpsons

Unbelievable such a stuff up they've made of it. Pure greed at putting up the prices so high that everyone waiting till the still expensive donation of 80e came online, the charities themselves ran it well last year.

jon1981

aidanki wrote: »

so anyone get to register yet

One guy on the ROK FB reported a purchase at 9:14

Roger Hassenforder

The server closed the connection without sending any data.

f**k sake

DeepBlue

The eventmaster link is going straight to "Could not connect to remote server" now. Oh well..........

ItsLikeThis

jon1981 wrote: »

One guy on the ROK FB reported a purchase at 9:14

His following comment; "If you believe I got tickets using that event"master" site then I hope you still have stabilisers on your bike."

jon1981

ItsLikeThis wrote: »

His following comment; "If you believe I got tickets using that event"master" site then I hope you still have stabilisers on your bike."

Lol missed that

iwillhtfu

The event master site appears to be down.

They sure streamlined it this time around.

jon1981

http://em.eventmaster.ie:8080/client/order_step1.html?eventId=632

This just posted , it works

Edit: 30 seconds later, stopped.

cavan4sam

Looks like Rain Ted.......you couldn't make this stuff up

touts

Let me predict the next update from the organisers:

But....but.....but....we are only volunteers...and......and.......and.....its for charity.

Anytime now they'll be suggesting we just send them €85 in cash for their selected charities, because after all isn't that the really important thing that we are all really here to do, and forget about this whole cycle thing that is causing all the problems.

DeepBlue

touts

Over on the latest post ring of Kerry on Facebook people who actually get through on the eventmaster site are reporting that it now says there are no more tickets available. How the **** could it be sold out when no one could get on the site.

Heisenberg.

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cython

Heisenberg. wrote: »

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€85, I believe

ItsLikeThis

Looks like NonEventMaster are spending more time deleting negative comments on their fb page than trying to fix this shambles.

Heisenberg.

This post has been deleted.

joeKel73

Updated link posted;
http://em.eventmaster.ie:8080/client/order_step1.html?eventId=632

jon1981

They have posted 3 new registration links in the last hour..all failed.

Remained me of a QA phase in work,here try this, ok try this instead ,ok try this then, ok **** it come back to me tomorrow

cython

J o e wrote: »

Updated link posted;
http://em.eventmaster.ie:8080/client/order_step1.html?eventId=632

Oh God, the presence of port 8080 in that URL looks a bit like they are trying to just bypass whatever load balancing (though experience so far suggests this may be beyond eventmaster!), etc. they may have on web servers "out front" (potentially already dead) and just direct people straight to their booking server. Cue that falling over next if that is the case, so!

rtmie

sann

Keep at it guys. Gave the last hour at it and after going to certain points and then the system falls all over again. Just got sorted a few mins ago though so keep trying.

hardCopy

Joke shop

boredatwork82

Got my entry just there about 10 mins ago

mossym

honestly really feel for those struggling to get an entry, having done it the last few years it was never this bad, was always straight forward and never a hassle.

that said, the decision to not do it means watching how badly they(eventmaster/ROK) are messing this all up is highly entertaining (replace with frustrating for anyone trying to get an entry)

joeKel73

500 registrations in the last hour. Will probably start moving as some people give up on the site.

Don't know why I'm even following this car crash, got registered on Tuesday... time to go outside!