Off the back of an extremely successful World Cup campaign earlier this year, the Irish Freestyle Kayak team was back out in force at the European Freestyle Championships in Graz, Austria. Included in the team were the reigning European Champion, David McClure, European bronze medallist Aoife Hanrahan, and World Cup medallists Leah Hough and [...]
The Community Paddlers programme has flourished this summer at Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club, marking its successful first year. Over 50 participants have joined, supported by a dedicated team of volunteers who have warmly introduced them to the world of paddle sports. This initiative fosters solidarity through sport, uniting asylum seekers, refugees, and the broader community [...]
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 [...]
Canoeing Ireland have a massive day of paddling in store on the 8th of September. As part of the European Week of Sport this September we are encouraging all our clubs and members to join us out on the water on Sunday the 8th to both enjoy the wellbeing benefits of being active in [...]
by Oisín Farrell. Canoe Slalom Academy Coordinator The Irish Canoe Slalom Academy recently embarked on a two-week training and racing camp in Roudnice, Czechia. For many of our paddlers, this was an entirely new experience, tackling a challenging whitewater course that was more demanding than anything they had faced before. As with any moving [...]
The Canoeing Ireland Instructor Symposium is back at Gartan this November. Join us and Instructors from all over the country for a brilliant weekend of paddling, learning and meeting up with some of Ireland’s most experienced instructors. Collaborate, exchange ideas, learn from peers and explore our sport. Along with a multitude of opportunities to exchange, [...]
HER Paddle Journey was back in 2024 to get as many women out on the water as possible during HER Outdoors Week (12th-18th August). We had a great new spin on the week with daily themes to add some great fun to the sessions. Among theses were the 'Inclusion Day', where we encouraged participants to [...]
Cranafest is back!! Two days of paddling action on the 19th and 20th of October. The Inspirational Adrian Harkin created CranaFest many years ago, which has become a massively popular event on the paddle sports calendar. Sadly, earlier this year, Adrian lost his battle with Motor Neurone Disease. With Adrian's and his family's blessing, we are bringing CranaFest back for [...]
To help all involved in the sporting community keep a focus on the welfare of children and young people, Sport Ireland are continuing their series of 'Safeguarding Snippets'. It is the responsibility of the entire community create a culture of safety for our younger paddlers. This month the focus is on the essential topic [...]
With our Canoe Slalom Team finished up at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games they now join the rich history of Irish paddlers at the Olympic Games. Noel Hendrick, Madison Corcoran and Michaela Corcoran are all new additions to our list of Olympians, with Liam Jegou already present after his first Games in Tokyo 2020. [...]
