Sports Groups
These are the chats for sports activities. Mosst are open to non-members* *.
Join or ask about the activities you might be interested in. See the Newsletter for contact persons and see the Calendar for dates and times.
| Sports | Leader | When and Where | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycling | www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Cycling | Gary, | |
| Vernon | Weekends or any day, possibly at short notice depending on the weather. Road cycling, our members are not into MTB | ||
| Dancing and Fitness | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Dancing | Graham, | ||
| Carla | Weekends or any day. Typically salsa, swing, but also occasionally tango, line dancing, disco, etc. During Corona time Zoom exercises or discos! | ||
| Also some yoga openair and course ideas are posted. | |||
| Hiking | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Hiking | Vernon | Longer walks in the mountains or countryside. Hikes are planned in advance and advertised in the ICB Newsletter and Calendar, and changes depending on weather etc are notified in the chat. Spinoff chats may be used for individual events. | |
| Also hiking events of other organisations may be advertised. | |||
| **Walk & Talk ** | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Walking | Graham | Short walks in Berne and other towns, often featuring special themes or places, and sometimes finishingwith snacks drinks or pizzas (thanks FIlipe) | |
| **Rackets ** | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Rackets | no leader | Occsional tennis, badminton, table tennis or squash. Monthly multi-sport events may be held in a sport center (usually Kehrsatz). Outdoor speedminton or frisbee or other games in park or school playground | |
| Tennis | [ | ||
| www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Tennis](http://www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Tennis) | Chagai | Open tennis group. Also on Facebook: | |
| www.facebook.com/groups/tennisbern | |||
| Swimming and Picnics | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Swimming | Vernon | Any day at a pool, lake or spa / wellness. Activities may be proposed at short notice, for instance at noon for a Marzili meeting at 5 pm. In summer, often an event includes a picnic or barbecue. | |
| Golf | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Golfing | Veronica | At the Moossee Goilf Center or a private course. Some events are for licenced players only. | |
| Nordic Walking | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Nordic-Walking | Christine | We help with instruction on how to use the poles to get the most out of this form of exercise. | |
| Winter Sports | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Winter-Sports | Vernon | ||
| Christine | At skating or snow centers: skiing of any type, sledding, skating, snowshoes, etc. | ||
| Running | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Running | (non-ICB) | Runners in Berne | |
| Orienteering | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Orienteering | (non-ICB) | The sport of Orienteering - see a 5 min video | www.youtu.be/26Zc5AVkFis |
| Badminton | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/Bern-new-Badminton | Satish, Aurelien | Usually on Sunday at 18:30. We ask on Friday who is interested in playing, setting a RSVP deadline. Courts are booked depending on the numbers. Playing time and costs are shared fairly - usually about CHF 6 an hour | |
| Climbing | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Climbing | (non-ICB) | Group for climbing and bouldering, indoors and outdoors, via ferrata. Places and plans. | |
| Rafting | |||
| www.tinyurl.com/Berne-Rafting | (none) | River and lake rafting, kayaking and canoeing, sailing, stand-up paddling and wind-surfing, and anything which might be invented next week. |