Thanks to all volunteers who helped out at this years Junior Paddlefest and all those who brought equipment to and from the event. With out your generous help this great event would not be possible, so a genuine thank you. A big thanks also to the incredible organisers who worked tirelessly in weeks running up [...]
Canoeing Ireland are still looking for helpers at this years Liffey Descent. The event is not possible without the generous support of those who provide rescue to the racers each year. If you, your club, college or a gang of mates are available to help out at this years Liffey Descent please fill out the [...]
K1 Women Hannah Craig (IRL), after her second heats run "Like always whitewater canoe slalom is eventful so you never really know how it’s going to go." "My first run was solid and unfortunately I had a touch which meant I didn’t make the top 20 automatically and my second was a little bit off [...]
Super news from Liam Jegou who has qualified for the semi-finals of the C1M class at the Lee Valley World Championships. In a nail-biting wait for the last boats to come through, Liam qualified in 9th place of the 10 boats qualifying from Heat 2 and so he joins the 20 other boats which qualified [...]
The 2015 World Championships are now under way...... Best of luck to the entire Team! Hannah Craig, Aisling Conlan, Caoimhe O'Ferrall, Jake Cochrane, Liam Jegou, Sam Curtis, Elliott Davidson and Cade Ryan. You can follow the event on www.123result.com
A bitter disappointment yesterday for Hannah Craig after having missed out on 16th place and semi-final qualification in Run 1 by one pole touch. The World Championships and Olympic Qualifier started today at 11.07 for Liam Jegou and the rest of the team will be racing tomorrow. For Live feeds see below: http://www.canoeicf.com/event/2015-icf-canoe-slalom-world-championships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNxxugtPK7Q&list=PLWpi79GxUJdaxmSvEdhoc9t4PCTfxgT6e&index=2
Taxi drivers paddled from Ireland to Scotland on Sit on tops last week to raise funds for the annual "special children's day out" convoy of taxis running through the city centre at noon yesterday, even the lord mayor turned up.
The closing date to enter the 56th Liffey Descent race is fast approaching. Please see here for the form: https://www.canoe.ie/liffey-descent-2015-2/. Please email all applications to liffeydescent@canoe.ie. The Closing date for all entry forms still holds at the 16th September.
The Irish Sports Council have now created our Volunteer Support Programme schedule and all courses/seminars are live for registration. As you can imagine it has been a difficult task to meet everyone’s needs regarding courses and locations. In an attempt to address these Regional needs The Irish Sports Council have created the following schedule: http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/OD-Change/Organisational-Capability-Building/Learning-Support-Services/Volunteer-Training-/ [...]
Check out the latest advert from the Irish Sports council highlighting all the Trailways open to people around Ireland. https://vimeo.com/138325788
