Ahead of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin (17th June – 25th June), we are excited to announce a team of incredibly dedicated athletes. With each athlete coming to the team form their own brilliant journey, we are looking forward and proudly watching as they represent Ireland. Bridget Walsh began her involvement with the Special Olympics [...]
Canoeing Ireland and the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) are very pleased to announce a new joint collaborative initiative with the inclusion of kayaking as a rehabilitation exercise in the new state-of-the-art aquatic physiotherapy pool at the NRH. Having put a particular emphasis on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the past number of years, Canoeing [...]
Canoeing Ireland are excited to facilitate a range of ‘Rescue & Roll Clinics’ to support CI members who are working on their Level 3 River Rescue Skills. Clinics will focus on important core skills that are often a barrier to going forward for Level 3 assessment. Each clinic will focus on a range of [...]
Teen Connect is now part of the Sport Ireland Her Moves programme. Teen Connect has for the last 2 years been creating a community of young girls in paddlesports to allow them to grow in sport, on and off the water. Started as part of the Bridge the Gap initiative, Teen Connect is continuing [...]
Paddle Able is a Canoeing Ireland initiative which aims to promote the inclusion of people with additional support needs whether through disability, impairment, medical condition or neurodiversity. Paddle Able includes many different programmes and projects all of which aim to promote the quality of experiences, opportunities and accessibility of paddlesports for everybody. Over the [...]
Canoeing Ireland were delighted to be part of the Pride Paddle, which took place on Saturday 3rd June. As part of our focus on inclusion and diversity we were proud to support getting members of the LGBTQIA+ community out on the water and becoming a part of the paddlesports community. The Inaugural Pride Paddle was [...]
NOTICE of Canoe Slalom 2022 Annual Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting (“AM”) of Irish Canoe Slalom Committee will be held at: Irish Sport HQ, National Sports Campus, On Wednesday July 5th at 7:15pm People registered with Canoeing Ireland are eligible to attend and vote. A link will follow prior to [...]
AGM FINAL NOTICE Monday, 12thJune 2023 at 7pm Hybrid Meeting, in person Sport HQ and Via online meeting (Zoom) 6thJune 2023 Dear Member, This years AGM will be held at 7pm on Monday 12thJune 2023 in person at Sport HQ and via online meeting, if you are attending inperson or virtually, please register below: [...]
At the 62nd Liffey Descent we had a brilliant groundbreaking year for the race with it being the first time a wheelchair user competed in the race. Mark Henderson paddled the 30km in a duo with Donal Glackin, crossing the line in a time of 03:42:14. As he was the first person to compete as [...]
Canoeing Ireland are pleased to announce the 2023 Canoe Slalom Senior team. The team will have no change from the 2022 International team who delivered outstanding racing across the board throughout the season. The 2023 is one which the entire team has been building towards for many years, the season in which Olympic Qualification [...]
