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Patrick O’Leary in European Paracanoeing Final


Canoeing Ireland history was made today Friday June 14th 2013 as Patrick O’Leary, took to the water to compete at the 2013 European Paracanoe Championships in Portugal in the  Mens K1 200m .This morning, Patrick became the first Paracanoeist to represent Ireland at International Level and has qualified for the Final.

Paracanoeing forms an integral part of Canoeing Ireland’s High Performance Road to Rio Programme. Having been recently accepted into Paralympics Ireland, Canoeing Ireland are looking forward to working in conjunction with Paralympics Ireland on the  Paracanoeings Road to Rio.

The 2013 European Paracanoe Championships form part of the 2013 Canoe Sprint European Championship. Other Irish athletes competing at the Sprint European Championship include Andrzej Jezierski (Mens C1 200m), Barry Watkins (Mens K1 500m & 1000m), Sean Marchetti (Mens K1 500m) and Jenny Egan (Womens K1 500m & 5000m).

Further race times and results can all be found at: http://canoesprintportugal.com/

Karl Dunne

Canoeing Ireland



Irish Wildwater Team

The Irish Wildwater team who are competing this weekend at the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championship in Slovenia. The team consists of Mickie Brennan (Mens K1), Iomhar MacGiolla Phádraig (Mens K1) and Aisling Smith (Womens K1). For more information regarding the event see: http://www.socakayak.si/sp



Summer Solstice Slalom

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Volunteer for Audit Committee
At the 2012 ADM of Canoeing Ireland, the “Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the Audit Committee” were ratified. We would now like to invite interested members of CI to volunteer as members of the Audit Committee. If you are interested in joining the committee, please read carefully the Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the Audit Committee and submit by email no later than 24th June 2013l to office@canoe.ie, your  name, contact details and a short summary of relevant experience.

How to Grow, Promote and Finance your Club



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Invitation: ICF Canoe Master Marathon World Cup 2013


ICF,  Danish Canoe Federation, Sport Event Denmark  and Gladsaxe and Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipalities have the pleasure to invite the master paddlers to participate in the World Cup Canoe Marathon 2013

The Master races will take place Wednesday and Thursday 18 - 19 September 2013.

For more details click here





Learn to Canoe and Kayak This Summer
Canoeing Ireland are running a series of evening and weekend Canoe and Kayaking courses for Adults. For more information click on the poster below.



Letter from the President of Canoeing Ireland

Letter to members from the President of Canoeing Ireland. Announcing the composition of the new Executive and the appointment of a Clubs Officer to the Board.  Please find a link to the letter here.


Junior Liffey Descent 2013 Results

Congratulations to all our juniors who took part in the 2013 Junior Liffey Descent. We would also like to thank the mum’s, dad’s and volunteers for getting the racers to and from the race. A very big thank you to our rescuers, without whom we would not be able to run the race, our sponsors Great Outdoors and I-Canoe and finally, the ESB for the water.
Results from this years race can be found here.


Junior Liffey Descent 2013

Salmon Leap Canoe Club to Canoeing Ireland Training Center
11.5km with 4 weirs and 1 portage.
Saturday 18th May.
Race notice can be found here.
Entry forms can be found here.

Attention Junior Liffey Particpants-

Please note the following Changes to the Rules of the Event.

Junior Liffey Descent

All Juniors entering the Junior Liffey Descent 2013  MUST have their entry from must be signed by an Canoeing Ireland certitifed Instructor/Coach to confirm that the paddler is competent to paddle on grade 2 water.

All Participants Racing this event MUST Wear a Helmet.

This race is just over 11 kms- This is not a race that should be entered if a paddler has not obtained sufficent experience.

Parents must also sign the entry form as well.