The 2022 Canoe Sprint National Championships saw a welcome return to the regatta lake in Lough Rynn, County Leitrim. The 8 lane course saw its fair share of fast racing across the day, with the Irish Champions being decided across 200m, 500m, and 1000m in age categories from U14 to Senior. As always we are [...]
2022 is going to be a big year for Canoe Slalom, with a combination of a packed international calendar of racing and a particularly strong Irish Team setting the stage for a great year ahead. This busy season got underway at the European Championships, held in Slovakia from the 26th-29th May. For the slalom team [...]
Following its approval at the 61st Canoeing Ireland AGM we are releasing the 2021 Annual Report and Financial Statements. With 2021 being year one of our three year strategic plan, this report is an important look back at the progress we've made so far on our strategic priorities, and an overview of what we [...]
Dear member, In accordance with Rule 6 of the Canoeing Ireland Rules these are the motions and nominations received by Canoeing Ireland for consideration by members at the AGM on 30th May 2022. Motions – No motions received Queries on the financial statements – one query received: In relation to the draft financial statements, perhaps [...]
The return of the Junior Liffey Descent offered a fantastic day on the water for all of our younger paddlers taking on the thrills and spills that the river Liffey had to offer. Welcoming our junior and U23 paddlers back to the start line was a fantastic experience for us, proving fresh challenges to [...]
Canoeing Ireland would like to invite clubs to apply for a small grant to support current female members in your club with progressing their skills. Please read the following information before applying. The aim of the 'Bridge the Gap Paddle to Progress' programmes are to: Running either a refresher or skills progression style course [...]
Sea Kayak Award Review Group (SKARG) Update - May 12th 2022 Thank you for taking the time to view this post and engage with our "Consultation Phase" for the development of the proposed new and updated Level 1 to 5 Sea Kayak Skills awards. The consultation phase starts 13/5/2022 & closes 10/6/2022. The launch [...]
Canoeing Ireland’s new innovative Junior programme is a celebration of both the diversity of Paddlesports disciplines and abundance of stunning water environments Ireland has to offer. The programme aims to fulfil its name with the participants falling in love with the sport for life. Done by providing unique, age-adapted, fun, multi-disciplinary, environment diverse, paddlesports [...]
The Canoeing Ireland Sprint Super Series is back for another year! This exciting series sees junior and U23 athletes compete in a 2km time trial, with the paddlers then progressing to a 300m race and a 100m race. Points are awarded for an athletes placing at each race of the 3 race series with [...]
NOTICE OF 61st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Irish Canoe Union Limited trading as Canoeing Ireland (“the Company”) Monday, 30th May 2022 at 7pm. VIA Zoom Dear Members, In accordance with Article 17 of the Irish Canoe Union’s Constitution, notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company will be held at [...]
