Noel Hendrick has just secured Irelands second Olympic quota place at the 2024 Canoe Slalom World Championships. Under enormous pressure Noel delivered his best ever World Championships performance to finish in 16th place, inside the 15 nation cut off to secure a Olympic spot in the K1M for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This landmark [...]
Robert Hendrick has qualified Ireland for the 2024 Olympic Games in Canoe Slalom. In today’s semi-final Robert delivered a composed and commanding run to finish in 16th place at the World Championships, well inside the Olympic quota spaces, provisionally booking Irelands spot on the C1 Men start line for next years Games. Having moved [...]
A great range of medals and some solid placings for the Paddlesurf team sees Ireland finish 2nd overall at the European Championships. Overall a great competition for the team in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Full results for the team below - Megan Gamble: 2nd in Women's IC Richard Greaves: 3rd in Master's HP Darragh Walsh: [...]
The BeActive Paddle Day is back again for 2023. Canoeing Ireland are proud to be again partnering with our clubs and centres to host a great range of beginners sessions all over the country. The European Week of Sport, in collaboration with Sport Ireland and it’s Local Sport Partnerships and NGBs, aims to introduce [...]
by David McClure Ireland stormed to overwhelming success at the recent Euro Open. The Open took place in Nottingham, England with team Ireland taking the resounding majority of medals. Southeast Freestyle spent the week previous preparing for the event and worlds in October, with over 20 Southeast paddlers attending. With the support of Irish coach [...]
Ahead of the 2023 ECA Canoe Polo European Championships we are announcing our U21 Mens team. These Championships, held in Brandenburg Germany, will see our U21 team taking on the best teams in Europe in what will be a first appearance on an Irish Championship team for many of the players. Matches will take place [...]
HER Outdoors Week (14th – 20th August) is an initiative run by Sport Ireland Outdoors department which aims to encourage women throughout Ireland to find a love for the outdoors, and share their love for the outdoors with those who may not have had access in the past. There is a focus this year on [...]
This is a fantastic opportunity for your club to secure funding for your sports-related projects. Application Details: Registration Deadline on OSCAR: 5pm, Friday 25th August 2023 Application Submission Deadline: 5pm, Friday 8th September 2023 As an affiliated Club of Canoeing Ireland, we encourage you to apply for the Sports Capital Grant. To assist you [...]
We have some upcoming sessions of interest for any level 3 Canoe Instructor trainees. We are running a pre assessment development day and a level 3 Canoe Instructor assessment this autumn. Pre-assessment day. 23rd September Assessment day. 14th-15th October The purpose of the development day is to help people prepare and upskill before going for [...]
The 2023 Sports Capital and Equipment Programme will open for applications at 9am on Monday 17th July 2023 until 5pm on Friday 8th September 2023. The deadline for OSCAR registration is 5pm on Friday 25th August 2023. Canoeing Ireland will be hosting an information evening in in the coming weeks to support our clubs in [...]
