Jenny Egan – 4th place in Gyor, Hungary
Jenny Egan on the way to placing 4th pictured with Renata Csay of Hungary (Silver Medallist) in the Senior Women's K1 World Marathon Championships, Gyor, Hungary.
Quotes from Hannah Craig after her Race at Worlds in Lee Valley, UK
K1 Women Hannah Craig (IRL), after her second heats run "Like always whitewater canoe slalom is eventful so you never really know how it’s going to go." "My first run was solid and unfortunately I had a touch which meant I didn’t make the top 20 automatically and my second was a little bit off [...]
Irish canoe slalom team at Lee Valley World Championships
A bitter disappointment yesterday for Hannah Craig after having missed out on 16th place and semi-final qualification in Run 1 by one pole touch. The World Championships and Olympic Qualifier started today at 11.07 for Liam Jegou and the rest of the team will be racing tomorrow. For Live feeds see below: http://www.canoeicf.com/event/2015-icf-canoe-slalom-world-championships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNxxugtPK7Q&list=PLWpi79GxUJdaxmSvEdhoc9t4PCTfxgT6e&index=2
Taxi drivers paddle from Ireland to Scotland
Taxi drivers paddled from Ireland to Scotland on Sit on tops last week to raise funds for the annual "special children's day out" convoy of taxis running through the city centre at noon yesterday, even the lord mayor turned up.
Closing date for the Liffey Descent entries
The closing date to enter the 56th Liffey Descent race is fast approaching. Please see here for the form: http://www.canoe.ie/liffey-descent-2015-2/. Please email all applications to liffeydescent@canoe.ie. The Closing date for all entry forms still holds at the 16th September.
Volunteer Support Programme
The Irish Sports Council have now created our Volunteer Support Programme schedule and all courses/seminars are live for registration. As you can imagine it has been a difficult task to meet everyone’s needs regarding courses and locations. In an attempt to address these Regional needs The Irish Sports Council have created the following schedule: http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/OD-Change/Organisational-Capability-Building/Learning-Support-Services/Volunteer-Training-/ [...]
Trailways Video from the Irish Sports Council
Check out the latest advert from the Irish Sports council highlighting all the Trailways open to people around Ireland. https://vimeo.com/138325788
Patrick O’Leary wins Bronze
Seriously well done to Patrick O'Leary on a bronze medal today at the Rio olympic and Paralympic test event in men's K1 200m KL3 Massive achievement!
Notice of green dye on the Liffey River
To all the Liffey paddlers, Canoeing Ireland have been informed by the Leixlip waste water plant that they are doing testing today on the system and there will be green dye flowing down the Liffey River over the next few hours. The dye will be well diluted by the time it flows past the training [...]
