2015 Irish Sea Kayaking Symposium

Copper Coast Hotel, Dungarvan, Co Waterford

Booking Form ISKA Symposium 2015

Friday 9^th October 2015

Accommodation Friday night included in the Symposium package.

Groups may organise their own peer paddles throughout Friday.

If you are looking to partake, please check FB, ISKA website and other kayak forums.

20:00hrs onwards – Registration

Evening – Guest Speaker

Saturday 10^th October 2015 – Weather Dependant

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and guest speaker on Saturday included in Symposium package

07:30hr – 09:30hr Breakfast

10:00hr – 10:15hr Briefing for days activities

10:15hr – 17:00 All day paddle Level 2

10:15hr – 17:00 All day paddle Level 3+

10:15hr – 13:00 Break out session 1

14:00hr – 17:00 Break out session 2

19:00 Dinner

20:00 AGM

20:30 Main guest speaker

Sunday 11^th October 2015 – Weather Dependant

Breakfast & Lunch included in the Symposium Package

07:30hr – 09:30hr Breakfast

10:00hr – 10:15hr Briefing for days activities

10:15hr – 15:00 All day paddle Level 2

10:15hr – 15:00 All day paddle Level 3+

10:15hr – 15:00 Break out session

Breakout sessions

Breakout sessions will be weather dependant and if there is something you would particularly like to do, please do let me know iskasymp@gmail.com   Sessions can be repeated if demand requires.

Examples of Sessions

Please vacate rooms on Sunday morning to enable the hotel to clean them for the next guest(s).

The hotel has kindly offered the Leisure facilities for showers on Sunday afternoon.

Well done to all the participants of the 56th International Liffey Descent!

Canoeing Ireland would like to offer a big thank you to all of the sponsors, volunteers, staff, participants and spectators of the race.

Please find a list of provisional results here.

For questions, queries & appeals, please contact info@canoe.ie.

Coca Cola have published an article on the Canoeing Ireland Instructor Training Initiative.

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Jenny Egan on the way to placing 4th pictured with Renata Csay of Hungary (Silver Medallist) in the Senior Women’s K1 World Marathon Championships, Gyor, Hungary.

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 to the event to make the event happen and who will still be working into next week on the post event clear up.  And of course a huge thanks to all the juniors who attended Junior Paddlefest this year and made it so inspiring and so much fun for everyone who was involved.  You guys are the ones who make it all worthwhile, thank you!  Bring on Junior Paddlefest 2016!

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 below rescue registration form and we’ll send you on details next week.  It’s a fantastic day out of great banter and classic carnage that only the Liffey Descent brings. The best days rescue practice you’ll get all year. All rescuers, get a free t-shirt, free meal at the end of the race and a free after party ticket.  So dust off your throw bag and come give us hand.

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 on every section and I was fighting the water and it was slower.  So I’m disappointed with my second run.”

“It has been an interesting season because I came back from pregnancy and only started racing again five months ago so it’s been a gradual process. Five months ago I was 20 seconds off the pace, today I was six seconds so I’m getting closer.”

“I had a baby 15 months ago and I started training last summer.  It’s been a long process.”

“You have to adapt your training.  I can’t train as much as before but it has to be more quality based.  I was breast feeding as well so that had its physical challenges and the back chose to not sleep for 13 months so that was hard.  But within that I have never been happier in my whole.”

“The hope is to qualify for the Olympics.  I don’t think I will have done enough today.  Then it will be the Europeans in May in Slovakia which will be the last opportunity to qualify.”

“Qualifying the nations spot is the most difficult part.  If you qualify the nations spot at the Europeans you will get to go the Olympics.”