News on Irish Rowing, Angling, Waterskiing, Canoeing, Diving and Sea Swimming
The Irish Canoe Union has put out a call for volunteers to assist in the running of this year's Paddlefest event in Co Wicklow. http://afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/ Paddlefest 2011 will be taking place on 25 and 26 September at the Hidden Valley…
County Leitrim has received a welcome boost with the announcement that a recent round of Government funding will enable the development of an international standard rowing facility on Lough Rinn, near Mohill in the south of the county. The funding…
A British rescue team has finally recovered the body of the Polish man who died while cave diving in Co Galway, some six days after he was first reported missing. http://afloat.ie/watersport/diving/ As previously reported on Afloat.ie, 34-year-old Artur Kozlowski failed…
Derry punk legends The Undertones will headline a hit music lineup to entertain the crowds at Eurosurf 2011 in Bundoran later this month. The band best known for 'Teenage Kicks' top a weekend-long bill that includes popular traditional fusion group…
The Government's proposals to lift the ban on commercial bass fishing has raised the ire of at least one letterwriter to The Irish Times. http://afloat.ie/port-news/fishing/ Guy Pitcher writes in today's newspaper that "the commercial ban has saved this very slow-growing…
The body of award winning cave diver Artur Kozwolski has been recovered six days after he was reported missing in a Galway cave. His body was brought to the surface yesterday by a Brititsh specialist cave team who were hampered…
Ireland finished 16th in the K1 men’s team event at the Canoe Slalom World Championships at Bratislava in Slovakia today. Germany were first in a time of 110.79, while Ireland, made up of Ciaran Heurteau, Patrick Hynes and Eoin Rheinisch,…
Heurteau's London 2012 Bid Comes Up Short at Canoe Slalom World Championships
11th September 2011 Canoeing
Ireland’s Ciaran Heurteau finished 28th in the K1 semi-finals at the Canoe Slalom World Championships this morning in Bratislava in Slovakia. The top 10 go to the final, but a place in the top 15 countries would have qualified the…
Elaine 'Shooter' Alexander will be giving a public talk on her remarkable circumnavigation of Ireland by kayak in Co Fermanagh next month. http://afloat.ie/watersport/kayaking/ During the summer Afloat.ie tracked Shooter's progress as she battled against the elements to complete the round-Ireland…
Ireland will have one boat in the semi-finals of the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava in Slovakia. Ciaran Heurteau placed 38th in the heats of the men’s K1, qualifying for Sunday’s semi-finals, in which 40 boats compete. Eoin Rheinisch…
Neither of Ireland’s women’s K1 paddlers made it through to the semi-final of the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava today. Aisling Conlon finished 61st and Hannah Craig – who was given a 50-second penalty for missing gate nine on…
Founded by a representative of the Sultan of Brunei in 1827, Kuching City is the largest on the exotic island of Borneo. Ireland is in the line up with Sian Hurst and David O'Caoimh. This tropical location, with the support…
Wakeboard history has just been made by our two most talented Irish Team Wakeboard Riders. Against the very best Wakeboard Riders in the World and also against fierce international competition for these prestigious invitations, the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation…
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board is highlighting the latest additions to its network of canoeing trails ahead of National Trails Day on Sunday 2 October. http://afloat.ie/watersport/canoeing/ “We are very fortunate in Northern Ireland to have so many perfect calm lakes…
Organisers at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava today cancelled racing for a second day due to weather concerns. The new schedule (printed IN FULL below) sites both the women’s and men’s K1 heats tomorrow (Friday). Ireland’s Hannah Craig…
The first day’s action at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava in Slovakia was cancelled yesterday evening. Aisling Conlon and Hannah Craig had done their first runs in the women’s K1 but the organisers voided the results and cancelled…
