We were delighted to speak to with Liam Jegou after he made history, winning Ireland's first ever World Cup Gold Medal in the C1 Men Category. Liam was in great spirits, on a high still from his fantastic performance, and had a very fun chat with us about the race, finish line emotions, and [...]
Canoeing Ireland would like to remind our members of our commitment to the CARA Sport Inclusion Ireland Charter. Cara are the National Governing Organisation for disability sport inclusion in Ireland. "Sport and physical activity are central to the fabric of life in Ireland. As citizens of this state, people with disabilities have a right [...]
The prestigious Good Governance Awards recognises and encourages adherence to good governance by non-profit organisations in Ireland. The awards were developed by Carmichael who are a leading specialist training and support body for non-profits in Ireland with the support of their partner organisations and leading national bodies in the non-profit sector. The Governance Improvement Initiative [...]
The Canoeing Ireland Performance Director and the Canoe Sprint Ireland Committee have released the draft Canoe Sprint Selection Policy (2021) for consultation. Comments and feedback are encouraged and welcomed. Deadline for comments and feedback is 5pm November 23rd. Please email performance@canoe.ie Draft Canoe sprint selection policy
Canoe Sprint Ireland will hold their Annual General Meeting on Saturday December 5th, 2020 at 6.00 PM. Due to COVID restrictions, the AGM will take place online using Zoom, which will be hosted by Canoeing Ireland. Access to the AGM is through Eventbrite, please register here: sprint AGM registration A link to [...]
Liam Jegou has just made history taking Ireland’s first ever World Cup Gold medal in the C1 Men category. In the final of the ICF World Cup in Pau, France, Liam put down a stunning run of 100.35 seconds to take the top spot and secure his first ever World Cup medal, 0.73 seconds ahead [...]
Sport Ireland and the Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media today announced an allocation of €48,000 Club Resilience Funding to Canoeing Ireland. This funding will be allocated to the clubs who submitted resilience fund applications earlier this year following a request from Canoeing Ireland to avail of the fund. We are grateful [...]
After a huge body of work from the Canoeing Ireland staff we are pleased to publish the 2020 Awards Scheme Review. The report provides an analysis and evaluation of the Canoeing Ireland Awards Scheme. Methods of analysis include consultation with users and stakeholders and benchmarking against international best practice. Further information on methods used [...]
The Government has agreed that non-contact training can continue for school-aged children, outdoors in pods of 15. This is outside of the existing provision of Level 5. • The concession relates to sports involving the ongoing regular training of groups of young people. • It relates only to non-contact training activities in which you [...]
The end of the typical summer racing season saw what was in fact the beginning of the reduced calendar of racing in Canoe Slalom for 2020. While senior competition had plenty of action planned it was also great to see some Junior and U23 racing able to take place, to keep the future of [...]
