Lynda Byron, currently President of Canoeing Ireland, works as a Leadership Specialist and Coach. She has developed teams and individuals in a range of industries across Ireland and globally for many years. Paddling since 2008, she is now a Kayak and Canoe Instructor and enjoys paddling open Canadian Canoes and Canoe Camping expeditions. She was [...]
Canoeing Ireland would like to invite all clubs and members to a series of regional meetings during March. We will be traveling to various locations (below) to listen to your views on a number of topics, including a proposed change to the constitution of Canoeing Ireland, which will be brought to an EGM at [...]
Canoeing Ireland are delighted to have been chosen by the International Canoe Federation to host the inaugural Women in Paddlesports Symposium in September 2023. The ICF Women Symposium invites females in paddlesports at all levels to be part of the conversation on how we can create a more equitable future for our sport. The two-day [...]
Michelle Power. Performance Coach to Irish U21 and Senior Women’s Teams in Canoe Polo. You played internationally for many years and have coached at Club and Junior Development level, what was the motivation for stepping into a Performance coaching role this year? I travelled to watch the senior women compete at the World [...]
April 1st & 2nd Roundstone FPD Weekend with Shane McElligott. April 22nd & 23rd Schull FPD Weekend with Jon Hynes. May 6th & 7th Dublin FPD Weekend with Jon Hynes. What is the purpose of these weekends? We are delighted to announce the imminent launch of [...]
Following on from the recent release of the Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint Competition Pathway (which can be found here), Canoeing Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from any Junior or U23 paddlers looking to take part in the assessment process. This pathway will be athlete centred, taking a pragmatic approach to the continuous assessment [...]
2023 Junior & U23 5k series is off to a perfect start with a great level of participation as well as the expected high level of racing. As we have a break at the half way point we can recap on the exciting racing seen so far with some special performances in all age [...]
Canoeing Ireland are very pleased to release the 2023 Canoe Sprint Selection Policy. This policy covers team selection and eligibility for the European Games and can be found below. All senior athletes wishing to contest for team selection this year are asked to email their application form to sprintsecretary@canoe.ie, sprintchair@canoe.ie and performance@canoe.ie by close of [...]
We are releasing the final workshops of our online series. There are are some more great workouts from Amy Walsh, and a brilliant sport psychology session with Sport Ireland Institute Psychologist Jessie Barr. Sessions are available to book for €5 for members, and €10 for non-members. There are several free sessions available as well, [...]
To start 2023 with a focus on Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint development we are releasing the calendar for development activities and events for the season. These events will form the new procedure for team selection with a continuous assessment process, consisting of a calendar of key racing events both domestically and in the [...]
