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8th February 2021

Top Canoe Coach Completes Seven Kayaking Marathons in Seven Days for Charity

Jon Simmons paddling the Liffey for his 7x7 challenge

Canoeing Ireland’s national talent development coach has completed seven kayaking marathons in just seven days in a charity fundraiser, as RTÉ News reports.

Jon Simmons, who is also head junior club coach at Salmon Leap Canoe Club in Leixlip, took up the 7x7 challenge which saw him paddle 42km on the Liffey each day for an entire week.

The mammoth effort — which was backed by fellow canoeing names like his fiancée Jenny Egan — was to raise funds and awareness for youth mental health charity Jigsaw.

RTÉ has more on the story HERE.

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Foley and Simmons Team Up at Canoe Marathon World Championships

#Canoeing: Ronan Foley and Jonathan Simmons took 14^th place in the men’s K2 at the canoe marathon World Championships in Shaoxing in China today. Quentin Urban and Jeremy Candy of France won in under two hours, while Simmons, a former British international, and Foley covered the course in two hours six minutes and 16.97 seconds.

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Jenny Egan Fourth at World Marathon Championships

#Canoeing: Jenny Egan took fourth at the canoe marathon World Championships in Shaoxing in China. The long race, over 26.2 km, saw the Irish K1 paddler miss out on the bronze, which was taken by Lizzie Broughton of Britain. Hungary’s Vanda Kiszli won gold. Egan had been sixth in the short K1 race.

Ronan Foley took 10th in the Under-23 ranks, and Peter Egan 23^rd in the men’s senior K1. Peter Egan had won gold in the 40 to 40 age group at the World Masters Championships, also in Shaoxing.

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About the Loughs Agency

The Loughs Agency is a governmental body established under the 1998 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland. The Agency's goal is to provide sustainable social, economic, and environmental benefits by effectively conserving, managing, promoting, and developing the fisheries and marine resources of the Foyle and Carlingford areas.

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