A new initiative to raise awareness about the spread of harmful invasive plant species and the impact of litter on Irish waterways has been launched by Leave No Trace Ireland in partnership with Waterways Ireland, the National Biodiversity Data Centre, Sport Ireland, Canoeing Ireland, Inland Fisheries Ireland, the Marine Institute, Outdoor Recreation Northern Ireland, [...]
The Teen Connect Zooms are back and better than ever. The online meet up will be for Teenage Girls, age 12-18, who are interested in all paddlesport disciplines to come together, make connections, and make friends. We will have a guest speaker talking about her incredible journey through her discipline. We will have paddling [...]
In January our focus will be on safeguarding. We all have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable in our sport. Our goal is to give you the tools and information you need to simplify and integrate good safeguarding practices in day to day activities. During the month we will run three free safeguarding [...]
Dear members. As you are aware, we have moved to a new membership database. To allow for some flexibility over the Christmas period, we are extending insurance cover to the 9th of January, so if you are having difficulty renewing, we will be available to help you after the Christmas break. Please use the [...]
By Emer Carton On Thursday the 16th December 2021, Canoeing Ireland welcomed the new cycle of Bridge the Gap Ambassadors to the initiative. Joined by Jenny Egan and Hannah Craig sharing their leadership journeys in paddling so far, and words from CI President Lynda Byron, and CEO Moira Aston to welcome them to the programme, [...]
All waterway users have a responsibility to protect our coasts and inland waterways from invasive species. Check, Clean, Dry is a campaigned aimed at raising awareness of the simple steps you can take to defend our waterways against invasive species. Contaminated canoes, kayaks and other water sports gear and equipment [...]
The 2021 issue of Flowstate is live! Its been an incredible year for paddlesports with everything from the highest highs winning medals internationally, getting back to some of our favourite events, and everything in between. In this issue we wanted to capture as much from the members and clubs as we make a full [...]
Continuing our run of Online Safeguarding Workshops we are rolling out the first dates for 2022. These workshops, hosted by Heather Wilson, will cover Online Safeguarding for children, including Code of Ethics basic awareness. The workshop is a Sport Ireland certified Safeguarding 1 Course. These online workshops are for the benefit of everyone involved [...]
We have an issue of Flowstate packed with the usual favourites on the way. Also in the upcoming edition are some new articles and more of the voices of our incredible members and clubs. Among these great articles is an interview with the recently elected President of Canoeing Ireland, Lynda Byron. Voted in at the [...]
The aim of the Coaching Awards assimilation weekend was to find out what happens when you bring together coaches from flatwater racing, slalom, freestyle, Dragon boating, SUP, kayak surf, canoe polo and ocean racing? A lot of wonderful things. When launching Coach Connect at the beginning of 2021, Canoeing Ireland lay down a key [...]
