by Emer Carton – Women in Sport Lead 'As ‘Women in Sport Week’ draws to an end, I am compelled to reflect on the journey women have been on throughout history; the struggles along the way and how far we have come to be celebrated as leaders, have our voices heard, and be valued [...]
Moira Aston - Canoeing Ireland CEO 'Good governance is about balance and equality. Within the sport of Canoeing we have made excellent progress in this area over the past couple of years, primarily through the Bridge the Gap programme. Since it’s inception, the programme has identified outstanding women within the sport who have the desire [...]
Canoeing Ireland would like to invite all coaches, athletes and volunteers to take part in our upcoming Anti-Doping Education session. All our disciplines have a role to play in protecting the spirit of our sport and ensuring our sport is free of doping. This session will be hosted by Sport Ireland and will give [...]
After a long and uncertain lead in to the 2022 Canoeing Ireland Awards it was fantastic to be able to host an in person ceremony on the evening of March 8th. With the award winners, nominees and invited guests in attendance it was a wonderful night celebrating the achievements of our athletes and volunteers over [...]
Today in Women in Sport Week we’re celebrating Female Coaches in Paddlesports. Let’s take a glance at just a few of the incredible coaches going through the assimilation process to be integrated into our new coaching pathway as club or pathway coaches. Making a difference session by session, here are a few quotes about [...]
Today’s theme for Women in Sport Week is ‘Active Participation’. In the spirit of this, today we are opening our ‘Bridge the Gap: Get Paddling’ Applications for the 3rd year in a row!! ‘Get Paddling’ is aimed at recruiting new female members into your club by running a beginners programme which will help your [...]
We are looking forward to celebrating the 2022 Canoeing Ireland Awards tomorrow evening, Tuesday 8th March. While we will be welcoming the award winners, nominees, and invited guests to the live event on the evening, we also would like to invite all members to join us live on Zoom to help us celebrate the [...]
Canoeing Ireland Training Centre is running a weekend Level 3 Kayak Skills training Course on 26th & 27th February This training course will be run over two days and aims to cover the syllabus of the Level 3 Kayak Skills Award and prepare participants for assessment for the award. The course does NOT include [...]
The 2022 Canoe Slalom Selection Policy is now available, and can be found below. All senior athletes wishing to contest for team selection this year are asked to email their application form to the Canoe Slalom Secretary by close of business, February 28th. The Selection Policy and application form can be found below – [...]
This year's Canoe Polo Annual Meeting is set to take place at 7:00pm on Monday 14th March 2022. Canoeing Ireland brought out new Standing Orders for discipline committees. As a result of this there are new procedures each committee must adhere to such as the advance submission and publication of nominations and motions along [...]
