The Board of Canoeing Ireland extends congratulations to the TDU under the stewardship of the Chair, Jon Hynes, on facilitating a successful AGM. A significant number of recommendations were presented to meeting attendees. Jon and Aidan Doran (TDO), remain available to members to further discuss and provide clarification on these recommendations if required. These recommendations [...]
Canoeing Ireland would like to congratulate our CEO Moira Aston on being elected to the Board of the Olympic Federation of Ireland. A great achievement for Moira and Canoeing Ireland and we wish her all the best as part of the OFI executive committee. In other good news from the same EGM, the Olympic [...]
'Role of the TDU: to support the work of Canoeing Ireland, the continued development and success of the awards scheme and to serve the membership' The Canoeing Ireland Training and Development Unit, in the lead in to their recent AGM, held a Zoom webinar to roll out a new document defining their role and [...]
Notice to clubs: The 2020 Sports Capital Programme will be open for applications from 11th December until 5pm on Friday 12th February 2021. Back in late 2019, Canoeing Ireland ran a Sports Capital Masterclass with 2into3, specialists in fundraising and capital grants. The event was well attended and was envisaged to give our clubs [...]
We were delighted to speak to with Liam Jegou after he made history, winning Ireland's first ever World Cup Gold Medal in the C1 Men Category. Liam was in great spirits, on a high still from his fantastic performance, and had a very fun chat with us about the race, finish line emotions, and [...]
Canoeing Ireland would like to remind our members of our commitment to the CARA Sport Inclusion Ireland Charter. Cara are the National Governing Organisation for disability sport inclusion in Ireland. "Sport and physical activity are central to the fabric of life in Ireland. As citizens of this state, people with disabilities have a right [...]
The prestigious Good Governance Awards recognises and encourages adherence to good governance by non-profit organisations in Ireland. The awards were developed by Carmichael who are a leading specialist training and support body for non-profits in Ireland with the support of their partner organisations and leading national bodies in the non-profit sector. The Governance Improvement Initiative [...]
The Canoeing Ireland Performance Director and the Canoe Sprint Ireland Committee have released the draft Canoe Sprint Selection Policy (2021) for consultation. Comments and feedback are encouraged and welcomed. Deadline for comments and feedback is 5pm November 23rd. Please email performance@canoe.ie Draft Canoe sprint selection policy
Canoe Sprint Ireland will hold their Annual General Meeting on Saturday December 5th, 2020 at 6.00 PM. Due to COVID restrictions, the AGM will take place online using Zoom, which will be hosted by Canoeing Ireland. Access to the AGM is through Eventbrite, please register here: sprint AGM registration A link to [...]
Liam Jegou has just made history taking Ireland’s first ever World Cup Gold medal in the C1 Men category. In the final of the ICF World Cup in Pau, France, Liam put down a stunning run of 100.35 seconds to take the top spot and secure his first ever World Cup medal, 0.73 seconds ahead [...]
