Frank Pilkington, (1942-2021) RIP Frank, who was a key mover in the sport of Canoe Slalom in Ireland from the late 60’s through to the late 70’s as an innovator, committee member, national and international paddler and mentor/coach to a huge cohort of Irish slalom paddlers, has died suddenly in Hong Kong a short [...]
We are delighted to finally announce the launch edition of “Coach Connect”: a new nationwide coaching community in paddlesports. We would like to invite all our members, whether you're a coach or not, to come and join us in creating a sustainable and successful performance pathway for all disciplines. We will have 3 panels [...]
The 2021 Canoeing Ireland Awards will take place on Thursday the 25th February! We would like to invite all our members and friends to join us in celebrating the fantastic achievements and results we saw across the board in Irish paddlesports in 2020. In a year when we need it more than ever lets take [...]
Canoeing Ireland hosted its first online workshop of 2021 on the 11th January, and it was fitting that the focus was on Club Development, a key priority for Canoeing Ireland in 2021. The workshop was a great success, with over 40 participants representing 23 different clubs. The facilitator, David Denieffe, who has delivered similar workshops [...]
Canoeing Ireland are asking all those who are interested in selection for the 2021 Canoe Slalom Team (Snr, U23 & Jun) to email their expressions of interest to performance@canoe.ie before 5pm Friday 15th Janurary. Please send your name, gender, age category (Senior, U23, Junior) and category (K1, C1). Email Perfofmance@canoe.ie
Canoeing stalwart, Tom Egan, will receive nationwide recognition for his dedicated work with Salmon Leap Canoe Club this week, as he has been awarded the Kildare award at the virtual 2020 Federation of Irish Sport Volunteers in Sport awards, proudly supported by EBS Mortgage Masters. Tom has committed his life to the sport of canoeing [...]
We are once again seeing a rise in infection rates across the island of Ireland. As a result of this, the country has been placed back into Level 5 restrictions from the Living with COVID plan. We have once again updated our guidelines for paddlesport activities in line with the new government directives. While these [...]
A reminder that the Canoe Marathon Ireland AGM will be held January 9th 2021 @ 19:00. Due to Covid 19 restrictions will take place on online using zoom. To register for the AGM send an email to canoemarathonirelandcommittee@gmail.com before 09:00 on Sat 9th January. No motions for review were received. An agenda & meeting invite will be [...]
