Canoeing Ireland’s innovative Junior Programme, For The Love of It (FLOIT) ran over 6 weeks this summer. The locations this year included Castlebar, Clonmel & Monasterevin. FLOIT celebrates the diversity of paddle sport disciplines and Ireland’s stunning water environments. Designed to inspire a lifelong passion for the sport, the program offers unique, age-adapted, multi-disciplinary experiences over a weeklong summer camp for beginners to advanced skill levels. 116 juniors participated, 43% of participants were female. It was great to see FLOIT was inclusive and provided opportunities for all abilities in this year’s camp. Monasterevin Blueway Kayak Club ran the summer camp independently with their own instructors and a loan of the FLOIT equipment. We hope for more clubs to follow this model next year. Well done to all participants, instructors and organisers who made this happen! We also want to thank Castlebar Hub and Tipperary Sports partnership collaborating with Canoeing Ireland this year.
