Irish Canoeing News. Paddling Updates on both Open and Closed Deck Canoes
#CANOEING: Ireland’s Eoin Rheinisch and Ciaran Heurteau will be in the hunt for an Olympic place in tomorrow’s semi-finals of the K1 canoe slalom at the European Championships in Augsburg in Germany. Rheinisch finished 17th and Heurteau 23rd in the…
#CANOEING - The Irish Times profiles Irish canoeing contender Ciaran Heurteau ahead of the European Championships in Germany this weekend, where he hopes to claim his place at the 2012 Olympics. Born in Paris to a Northern Irish mother, Heurteau…
#CANOEING - The Coleraine Times reports that a fleet of canoes will 'Paddle the Bann' in a two-day charity challenge from 26-27 May. Participants will be canoeing and camping on the River Bann some 60km downstream as far as Coleraine…
#CANOEING - The Irish Times reports that Eoin Rheinisch and Ciarán Heurteau have secured their canoe slalom qualification spots for London 2012 after last weekend's selection races in Lucan. Three places were up for grabs in the men's K1, with…
#CANOEING - Irish canoe slalom paddler Matthew Sykes has secured a place on the Olympic torch relay this summer. “I am only one of only 8,000 people selected to carry the London 2012 Olympic torch relay," the Northern Irishman told…
#CANOE – An old derelict cottage on Trannish Island has been given a new lease of life, recently refurbished and launched as bothy accommodation for canoeists on the popular Lough Erne Canoe Trail in County Fermanagh. Managed by the Share…
#CANOEING - The Evening Herald reports that top Irish canoeist Jenny Egan is headed to Florida for a few months of training towards a spot at the 2012 Olympics. A sprint and marathon racer, Egan was named as The Irish…
Two kayakers on the Irish Sea were given medical attention this evening after abandoning their kayaks whilst out at sea off Morfa Nefyn and spending three hours in the water trying to make it back to shore. North Wales Ambulance…
Ireland's canoeists distinguished themselves at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Singapore last weekend, as The Irish Times reports. http://afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/ http://afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/item/17179-irish-contingent-in-singapore-for-canoe-marathon-worlds http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/1024/1224306389444.html In the women's K1 event, Jenny Egan placed eighth out of 25 entrants. Egan kept pace with…
Jenny Egan Battles Heat and Humidity to Finish Eighth at Canoe World Championships
23rd October 2011 Canoeing
Jenny Egan finished eighth in the women’s K1 and Peter Egan and Neil Fleming 11th in the men’s K2 at the Canoe Marathon World Championships in Singapore. The conditions were extreme, with temperatures in the 30s and humidity in the…
An Irish contingent is in Singapore this weekend to compete at the 19th ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships. http://www.afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/ In the women's K1, Jenny Egan - the Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportwoman of the Month in June this year -…
The Irish Times' Conor Pope jumped in at the deep end when he took part in his first Liffey Descent last weekend (VIDEO BELOW). The first-time canoeist faced his many fears to tackle the challenging course from the K Club…
Neil Fleming and Peter Egan in K2 (racing kayak) were the fastest crews in the Liffey Descent today, covering the course in a fast one hour 49 minutes and 10 seconds. John Boyton and Graham O’Regan were almost six minutes…
Eight hundred paddlers are set to take on the challenge of the Liffey Descent on Saturday. The 28.2 kilometre race from Straffan in Kildare to Islandbridge in Dublin starts at 12.30. The event was postponed from its early-September slot because…
No less than nine free guided canoeing events will be taking place across Northern Ireland this Sunday 2 October to celebrate the fourth annual National Trails Day. http://afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/ According to Northern Ireland's Outdoor Adventure Blog, all the events will be…
Northern Ireland has much to celebrate after trumping the rest of the UK at the National Sea Cadet Regatta in London recently, with a medal haul of 22 gold, nine silver and nine bronze. Among the winners were Luke Fitzhenry…
