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Carryduff water sports centre expands as part of £1m investment

Ulster Rugby players Sean Reidy, Luke Marshall and Andrew Warwick try out the new aqua rugby pitch at Let’s Go Hydro
Ulster Rugby players Sean Reidy, Luke Marshall and Andrew Warwick try out the new aqua rugby pitch at Let’s Go Hydro

LET’S Go Hydro in Carryduff, Ireland’s largest water sport, activity and accommodation resort, has expanded, adding a new aqua rugby pitch.

The 6,000 sq ft floating pitch is the first permanent outdoor aqua rugby facility in the UK and Ireland and coincides with the opening of a new cable water sports park at the resort.

The additional leisure facilities at the complex at Knockbracken Reservoir represent an additional £1 million investment.

A popular choice for corporate team building, aqua rugby is a water-based take on the traditional sport and involves participants attempting to score a try by splashing into the water, while the new cable park will offer visitors a chance to experience wake-boarding, kneeboarding and tubing.

Let’s Go Hydro (www.letsgohydro.com) has doubled in size to become a permanent fixture after attracting more than 50,000 visitors last year within a four-month period.

In addition to the new water-based leisure facilities that join the existing Aqua Park and Puddle Park, the resort also offers overnight accommodation for up to 200 guests with a range of luxury glamping pods, a floating lake pod, a safari lodge and forest domes.