# CANOEING: Mark Clinton has been elected as the new president of Canoeing Ireland. The Salmon Leap member takes over after what he says were “turbulent” times in recent years. The executive resigned in December and the new president comes in with a major reform programme.

The plans, which were passed by delegates at a recent Annual Delegate Meeting which lasted over six hours, will see regional representatives take up four board posts. Chairs of the disciplines which make up the sport will no longer be automatic members of the board. The restructuring must await a new ADM or egm.

Wesley Burke, William Irwin, Kim Siekerman and Jenny Kilbride were also elected at this year’s ADM.

Clinton is a company director and former Army officer. His father served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries from 1973 to 1977.

 Meanwhile, the head office of Canoeing Ireland is moving to the National Sports Campus in Blanchardstown.

# CANOEING: Ireland’s three junior competitors all completed the testing course on the river Tiber in Rome at the Canoe Marathon World Championships today. Sean McCarthy took 22nd place in the junior K1, and Mark Hartnett 32nd. Cait Broderick took 21st in the women’s event.

Ireland’s senior competitors, Jenny and Peter Egan, will compete tomorrow.

In the Masters events, which preceded the World Championships, Malcolm Banks finished fourth and Deaglan O Drisceoil fifth.

Canoe Marathon World Championships – Day One (Irish interest)

Men, Junior K1: 1 Hungary (A Petro) 1:33:52.350; 22 S McCarthy 1:42.35.870; 32 M Hartnett 1:50:08.080

Women, Junior K1: 1 Hungary (T Takacs) 1:23.42.420; 21 C Broderick 1:36:34.930.

#canoe – A blind journalist, canoeist and past pupil at ChildVision's national education centre for blind children will paddle the River Shannon in aid of ChildVision this weekend. Wesley Bourke and his paddling partner Aisa Cooper will take on the 360km (225 mile) feat from August 16th-19th, covering 100km per day for the first three days. The challenge will begin at Dowra in County Cavan and cover the counties of Leitrim, Roscommon, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Galway, Clare and Tipperary as they make their way to Limerick.

"No blind person has ever done this before but I'm confident we'll not only complete the challenge, but we'll get it done on schedule," said Bourke. "And ChildVision really deserves every support you can give them, and I hope everyone along the route will be generous in supporting them, and us, too."

Wesley was diagnosed with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy at a eighteen while he was completing an apprenticeship with the Air Corp, leaving him with less than 15% vision. He attended ChildVision's integrated post-primary school, Pobal Scoil Rosmini, to complete his Leaving Certificate. Graduating in 1998 Wesley went on to study International relations at the University of Hull and Kings College London. He now works as a journalist at An Cosantóir, the Defence Forces magazine.

An adventure enthusiast, Wesley recently completed the Devizes – Westminster International Canoeing Marathon with Aisa, paddling over 200km in a two man kayak in preparation for this event. Wesley and Aisa are members of the Celbridge Paddlers Canoe Club, Co. Kildare.

The pair will take to the Shannon in a K2 kayak on August 16th to raise funds for ChildVision, Ireland's only national education centre for blind children. ChildVision works with over 800 families throughout the country providing educational resources and facilities for blind children.

#canoe – Antrim woman Hannah Craig's hopes of a medal in the K1 slalom canoe final ended this afternoon when she hit three gates on the way down in her bid for glory.

Craig was first into the water in the final but hitting gates five, nine and 16 cost her a six-second penalty and she finished with a time of 127.36 well outside of the medal times.

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 Control contacted Holyhead Coastguard at 10.06 pm to report that a member of the public had called to inform them that two kayakers had knocked on their door asking if they could come inside to warm up after being in the water, and that they potentially needed medical attention. Holyhead Coastguard sent the Porthdinllaen Coastguard Rescue Team to meet the casualties to find out what had happened and assist in locating their kayaks.

Once on scene, the coastguard rescue team reported back to the Operations Room that the two male kayakers (one aged 23 and one aged 24) had set out from Morfa Nefyn beach at 7pm, had gone out approximately half a mile and then panicked, abandoned the kayaks and been washed ashore.  When they finally made it ashore just before 10pm, they knocked on the door of a nearby house to ask for help and an ambulance was called.  The coastguard rescue team spoke to the two casualties and the kayaks were recovered.

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Barry Priddis, Holyhead Coastguard Watch Manager said:

"Although this incident contains a catalogue of errors that we would warn against, the fact that these two kayakers were both wearing lifejackets undoubtedly saved their lives tonight.  We always advise members of the public not to go out on the water in conditions or distances that are beyond their capability, and if they do find themselves in such a situation, to call the Coastguard and ask for help.  Attempting to swim ashore is very dangerous, especially with outside temperatures as they are at the moment and had these two not been wearing lifejackets which kept them afloat we could be looking at a very different outcome."

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 boat for London 2012.  Heurteau’s placing  fell outside this mark.

Canoe Slalom World Championships, Bratislava, Slovakia

Men's Semi-Finals (Irish interest) – K1 (First 10 to Final; first 15 countries qualify for London Olympics): 1 France (B Neveu) 94.40; 28 C Heurteau 104.99 (9.59 behind).

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 and Aisling Conlon will compete in the morning, while Eoin Rheinisch, Ciaran Heurteau and Patrick Hynes have heats in the afternoon.

2011 ICF CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Official Revised Programme
Friday
9th September 2011
9.00 Forerunners
9.30 Heats 1st Run- C2M, K1W
11.40 Heats 2nd Run- C2M, K1W
14.55 Forerunners
15.05 Heats 1st Run- K1M
17.05 Heats 2nd Run- K1M
20.00 Olympic Celebrations (City Centre)
Saturday
10th September 2011
8.00 Full Run Demos
9.20 Forerunners
9.30 Semi-Finals - C2M
10.15 Semi-Finals - K1W
12.05 Finals - C2M
12.35 Finals - K1W
13.20 Medal Ceremonies - C2M, K1W
14.50 Forerunners
15.00 Heats 1st Run- C1M, C1W
16.51 Heats 2nd Run- C1M, C1W
20.00 Flowers Ceremony - C2M, K1W (City Centre)
Sunday
11th September 2011
8.30 Forerunners
9.00 Semi-Finals - K1M
10.25 Semi-Finals - C1M
12.05 Finals - K1M
12.35 Finals - C1M
13.05 Semi-Finals - C1W
14.05 Medal Ceremonies - K1M, C1M
15.00 Finals - C1W
15.40 Forerunners
15.50 Team Finals - C2M, K1W, K1M, C1W, C1M
20.00 Flowers Ceremony - K1M, C1M (City Centre)
Medal Ceremony - C1W (City Centre)
Teams Medals Giving Ceremony (City Centre)
Closing Ceremony (City Centre)
21.00 After Party (City Centre)
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2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Bratislava
Slovakia
07.09. - 11.09.11
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1 110 MUKUNDI Titus KEN 15:05:00 17:05:00
2 109 PEIKER Tarmo EST 15:06:00 17:06:00
3 108 IRVES Taavi EST 15:07:00 17:07:00
4 107 GERMAY Antoine BEL 15:08:00 17:08:00
5 106 ATMANAVICIUS Mantas LTU 175 15:09:00 17:09:00
6 105 TEMIRZHANOV Roman KAZ 15:10:00 17:10:00
7 104 PETRAUSKAS Edvinas LTU 15:11:00 17:11:00
8 103 IVANKOVIC Stefan BIH 15:12:00 17:12:00
9 102 KIM Hyun Soo KOR 412 15:13:00 17:13:00
10 101 NELSON Mauro ARG 404 15:14:00 17:14:00
11 100 PAULSEN Lars NOR 387 15:15:00 17:15:00
12 99 MAZEIKIS Simantas LTU 379 15:16:00 17:16:00
13 98 GANCEDO Facundo ARG 375 15:17:00 17:17:00
14 97 LAIDINS Marcis LAT 357 15:18:00 17:18:00
15 96 CESPEDES Arnaldo CRC 348 15:19:00 17:19:00
16 95 OLIVEIRA Anderson BRA 330 15:20:00 17:20:00
17 94 ROUICH Mehdi MAR 311 15:21:00 17:21:00
18 93 MACHADO Joao BRA 309 15:22:00 17:22:00
19 92 YOON Young Jung KOR 271 15:23:00 17:23:00
20 91 MILLAND Hector VEN 267 15:24:00 17:24:00
21 90 POLAT Ugur TUR 265 15:25:00 17:25:00
22 89 MYAGKIY Ivan UZB 257 15:26:00 17:26:00
23 88 CORDERO Matias ARG 242 15:27:00 17:27:00
24 87 PAVLOVIC Predrag SRB 241 15:28:00 17:28:00
25 86 STANOVSKY Miroslav LAT 219 15:29:00 17:29:00
26 85 MAHLABA Katleho RSA 199 15:30:00 17:30:00
27 84 GASSOU Komlangan TOG 197 15:31:00 17:31:00
28 83 ASEFIRAD Alireza IRI 196 15:32:00 17:32:00
29 82 TARKKA Teijo FIN 195 15:33:00 17:33:00
30 81 ACAR Anil TUR 194 15:34:00 17:34:00
31 80 STOILJKOVIC Dusan SRB 188 15:35:00 17:35:00
32 79 VOLKOV Pyotr KAZ 184 15:36:00 17:36:00
33 78 MYAGKIY Yuriy UZB 183 15:37:00 17:37:00
34 77 SAVIC Darko BIH 181 15:38:00 17:38:00
35 76 BUKARA Filip SRB 176 15:39:00 17:39:00
36 75 HYNES Patrick IRL 173 15:40:00 17:40:00
37 74 WAHLEN Fredrik SWE 169 15:41:00 17:41:00
38 73 KANAYA Tohru JPN 166 15:42:00 17:42:00
39 72 KARAMARKO Filip CRO 164 15:43:00 17:43:00
40 71 MORTBERG Tommy SWE 160 15:44:00 17:44:00
41 70 CELMINS Ritvars LAT 153 15:45:00 17:45:00
42 69 KRIESINGER Ingo BEL 152 15:46:00 17:46:00
43 68 KREMSLEHNER Christopher AUT 148 15:47:00 17:47:00
44 67 LIUTAROVICH Dzmitry BLR 145 15:48:00 17:48:00
45 66 DAOUST-CISSE Babacar SEN 142 15:49:00 17:49:00
46 65 HALAVINSKI Dzmitry BLR 141 15:50:00 17:50:00
47 64 DA SILVA Pedro BRA 138 15:51:00 17:51:00
48 63 YOSHIDA Taku JPN 132 15:52:00 17:52:00
49 62 MRKOCI Marko CRO 127 15:53:00 17:53:00
50 61 AKINYEMI Johnathan NGR 123 15:54:00 17:54:00
51 60 SILVA Ivan POR 122 15:55:00 17:55:00
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Bratislava
Slovakia
07.09. - 11.09.11
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No. Name Ctry. ICF
Rank
Start Time
1st Run
Start Time
2nd Run Total
52 59 OHRSTROM Isak SWE 121 15:56:00 17:56:00
53 58 WESSELINK Bas NED 120 15:57:00 17:57:00
54 57 TSVET Igor UKR 119 15:58:00 17:58:00
55 56 KALTSIS Marios GRE 118 15:59:00 17:59:00
56 55 HERMANS Maarten NED 117 16:00:00 18:00:00
57 54 JANCEK Lubomir SVK 116 16:01:00 18:01:00
58 53 TAN Ya CHN 113 16:02:00 18:02:00
59 52 HUSSLEIN Hermann THA 104 16:03:00 18:03:00
60 51 MERRITT Jaxon AUS 96 16:04:00 18:04:00
61 50 NIKOLOVSKI Atanas MKD 86 16:05:00 18:05:00
62 49 BRUS Simon SLO 85 16:06:00 18:06:00
63 48 XIAN Jinbin CHN 84 16:07:00 18:07:00
64 47 HUANG Cunguang CHN 82 16:08:00 18:08:00
65 46 MANNING-HUNTER Paul CAN 80 16:09:00 18:09:00
66 45 OSBORNE Aaron NZL 79 16:10:00 18:10:00
67 44 ROOZENBURG Johann NZL 78 16:11:00 18:11:00
68 43 EYGEL Pavel RUS 75 16:12:00 18:12:00
69 42 POTOCNY Marcel SVK 71 16:13:00 18:13:00
70 41 BOUKPETI Benjamin TOG 68 16:14:00 18:14:00
71 40 HEURTEAU Ciaran IRL 59 16:15:00 18:15:00
72 39 YAZAWA Kazuki JPN 56 16:16:00 18:16:00
73 38 RAIBA Omar ITA 55 16:17:00 18:17:00
74 37 DAWSON Michael NZL 54 16:18:00 18:18:00
75 36 MULIC Dinko CRO 52 16:19:00 18:19:00
76 35 DOBY Mathieu BEL 49 16:20:00 18:20:00
77 34 RHEINISCH Eoin IRL 48 16:21:00 18:21:00
78 33 HEYL Brett USA 46 16:22:00 18:22:00
79 32 BOUTEN Robert NED 45 16:23:00 18:23:00
80 31 PARSONS Scott USA 43 16:24:00 18:24:00
81 30 HOUNSLOW Richard GBR 42 16:25:00 18:25:00
82 29 DRAPER Warwick AUS 41 16:26:00 18:26:00
83 28 HALCIN Martin SVK 40 16:27:00 18:27:00
84 27 DE GENNARO Giovanni ITA 38 16:28:00 18:28:00
85 26 HASTINGS John CAN 36 16:29:00 18:29:00
86 25 FORD David CAN 34 16:30:00 18:30:00
87 24 JUANMARTI Carles ESP 33 16:31:00 18:31:00
88 23 NATMESSNIG Herwig AUT 32 16:32:00 18:32:00
89 22 SWETNAM Huw GBR 29 16:33:00 18:33:00
90 21 OBLINGER Helmut AUT 26 16:34:00 18:34:00
91 20 POLACZYK Mateusz POL 25 16:35:00 18:35:00
92 19 MANN Scott USA 23 16:36:00 18:36:00
93 18 COLOBER Vivien FRA 22 16:37:00 18:37:00
94 17 FORSYTHE William AUS 20 16:38:00 18:38:00
95 16 CRESPO Joan ESP 19 16:39:00 18:39:00
96 15 PRSKAVEC Jiri CZE 17 16:40:00 18:40:00
97 14 LEFEVRE Fabien FRA 16 16:41:00 18:41:00
98 13 WALSH Campbell GBR 14 16:42:00 18:42:00
99 12 SCHUBERT Sebastian GER 13 16:43:00 18:43:00
100 11 GRIMM Alexander GER 12 16:44:00 18:44:00
101 10 POPIELA Dariusz POL 10 16:45:00 18:45:00
102 9 MEGLIC Jure SLO 9 16:46:00 18:46:00
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Bratislava
Slovakia
07.09. - 11.09.11
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No. Name Ctry. ICF
Rank
Start Time
1st Run
Start Time
2nd Run Total
103 8 KURT Michael SUI 8 16:47:00 18:47:00
104 7 AIGNER Hannes GER 7 16:48:00 18:48:00
105 6 NEVEU Boris FRA 6 16:49:00 18:49:00
106 5 HILGERT Lubos CZE 5 16:50:00 18:50:00
107 4 HERNANZ Samuel ESP 4 16:51:00 18:51:00
108 3 HRADILEK Vavrinec CZE 3 16:52:00 18:52:00
109 2 KAUZER Peter SLO 2 16:53:00 18:53:00
110 1 MOLMENTI Daniele ITA 1 16:54:00 18:54:00
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Bratislava
Slovakia
07.09. - 11.09.11
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Rank
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Start Time
2nd Run Total
1 71 PETROVIC Kristina SRB 10:19:00 12:29:00
2 70 SATILA Ana BRA 183 10:20:00 12:30:00
3 69 SAMLAL Jihane MAR 180 10:21:00 12:31:00
4 68 GARCIA Montserrat AND 168 10:22:00 12:32:00
5 67 MIREMBE Prossy UGA 159 10:23:00 12:33:00
6 66 CASSINI Maria Sol ARG 157 10:24:00 12:34:00
7 65 DE PAULA Poliana BRA 149 10:25:00 12:35:00
8 64 BARANAUSKAITE Erika LTU 129 10:26:00 12:36:00
9 63 DERKS Dian NED 124 10:27:00 12:37:00
10 62 KVANLI Michelle USA 118 10:28:00 12:38:00
11 61 POLEZHAEVA Svetlana KAZ 114 10:29:00 12:39:00
12 60 SAETHER Mariann NOR 112 10:30:00 12:40:00
13 59 CONLON Aisling IRL 105 10:31:00 12:41:00
14 58 US Olena UKR 101 10:32:00 12:42:00
15 57 NICHOLAS Ella COK 100 10:33:00 12:43:00
16 56 NOSAL Agnieszka POL 95 10:34:00 12:44:00
17 55 WHITEHEAD Nikki NZL 94 10:35:00 12:45:00
18 54 LEENDERS Claudia NED 93 10:36:00 12:46:00
19 53 KAIFUCHI Moe JPN 91 10:37:00 12:47:00
20 52 ISMAILOVA Sevinch BLR 85 10:38:00 12:48:00
21 51 LUKICHEVA Yekaterina KAZ 84 10:39:00 12:49:00
22 50 FROEHLICH Thea CAN 83 10:40:00 12:50:00
23 49 CHABBEY Elise SUI 78 10:41:00 12:51:00
24 48 JULL Louise NZL 77 10:42:00 12:52:00
25 47 MEDON POLACZYK Joanna POL 76 10:43:00 12:53:00
26 46 US Viktoriya UKR 73 10:44:00 12:54:00
27 45 PRENDIN Angela ITA 71 10:45:00 12:55:00
28 44 BOUDENS Sarah CAN 67 10:46:00 12:56:00
29 43 TAKESHITA Yuriko JPN 63 10:47:00 12:57:00
30 42 NEE Ashley USA 59 10:48:00 12:58:00
31 41 FEREKIDOU Maria GRE 57 10:49:00 12:59:00
32 40 OTANO Jone ESP 56 10:50:00 13:00:00
33 39 YAZAWA Aki JPN 55 10:51:00 13:01:00
34 38 LI Lu CHN 53 10:52:00 13:02:00
35 37 PEROVA Ekaterina RUS 52 10:53:00 13:03:00
36 36 GROENEVELD Jessica CAN 51 10:54:00 13:04:00
37 35 JONES Luuka NZL 50 10:55:00 13:05:00
38 34 QUEEN Caroline USA 49 10:56:00 13:06:00
39 33 GIAI PRON Clara ITA 46 10:57:00 13:07:00
40 32 NEWMAN Nouria FRA 45 10:58:00 13:08:00
41 31 MARTINEZ Marta ESP 44 10:59:00 13:09:00
42 30 CRAIG Hannah IRL 43 11:00:00 13:10:00
43 29 WOLFFHARDT Viktoria AUT 41 11:01:00 13:11:00
44 28 ZOU Yingying CHN 39 11:02:00 13:12:00
45 27 PACIERPNIK Natalia POL 38 11:03:00 13:13:00
46 26 PEROVA Aleksandra RUS 37 11:04:00 13:14:00
47 25 LI Jingjing CHN 33 11:05:00 13:15:00
48 24 MOZETIC Nina SLO 31 11:06:00 13:16:00
49 23 GRANT Sarah AUS 30 11:07:00 13:17:00
50 22 LOIR Caroline FRA 28 11:08:00 13:18:00
51 21 KHARITONOVA Marta RUS 27 11:09:00 13:19:00
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Bratislava
Slovakia
07.09. - 11.09.11
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Rank
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Start Time
2nd Run Total
52 20 FER Emilie FRA 24 11:10:00 13:20:00
53 19 BLAKEMAN Laura GBR 22 11:11:00 13:21:00
54 18 TERCELJ Eva SLO 20 11:12:00 13:22:00
55 17 FOX Jessica AUS 19 11:13:00 13:23:00
56 16 LAWRENCE Rosalyn AUS 16 11:14:00 13:24:00
57 15 KRAGELJ Ursa SLO 15 11:15:00 13:25:00
58 14 BAER Claudia GER 14 11:16:00 13:26:00
59 13 PAVELKOVA Irena CZE 13 11:17:00 13:27:00
60 12 HILGERTOVA Stepanka CZE 12 11:18:00 13:28:00
61 11 OBLINGER-PETERS Violetta AUT 11 11:19:00 13:29:00
62 10 NEAVE Elizabeth GBR 10 11:20:00 13:30:00
63 9 KUDEJOVA Katerina CZE 9 11:21:00 13:31:00
64 8 KALISKA Elena SVK 8 11:22:00 13:32:00
65 7 PENNIE Fiona GBR 7 11:23:00 13:33:00
66 6 MANN Dana SVK 6 11:24:00 13:34:00
67 5 KUHNLE Corinna AUT 5 11:25:00 13:35:00
68 4 SCHORNBERG Jasmin GER 4 11:26:00 13:36:00
69 3 PFEIFER Melanie GER 3 11:27:00 13:37:00
70 2 CHOURRAUT Maialen ESP 2 11:28:00 13:38:00
71 1 DUKATOVA Jana SVK 1 11:29:00 13:39:00
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Bratislava
Slovakia
07.09. - 11.09.11
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Areál Divoká voda FINAL 11 Sep 2011 Start Time: 16:54
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1 23 VENEZUELA VEN 16:54:00
23A MILLAND Hector 23B SILVA Jose 23C GUDINO Argenis
2 22 ARGENTINA ARG 16:56:00
22A CORDERO Matias 22B GANCEDO Facundo 22C NELSON Mauro
3 21 BRAZIL BRA 16:58:00
21A DA SILVA Pedro 21B OLIVEIRA Anderson 21C MACHADO Joao
4 20 LATVIA LAT 17:00:00
20A STANOVSKY Miroslav 20B CELMINS Ritvars 20C LAIDINS Marcis
5 19 SWEDEN SWE 17:02:00
19A OHRSTROM Isak 19B MORTBERG Tommy 19C WAHLEN Fredrik
6 18 BELGIUM BEL 17:04:00
18A DOBY Mathieu 18B GERMAY Antoine 18C KRIESINGER Ingo
7 17 NETHERLANDS NED 17:06:00
17A BOUTEN Robert 17B HERMANS Maarten 17C WESSELINK Bas
8 16 IRELAND IRL 17:08:00
16A RHEINISCH Eoin 16B HEURTEAU Ciaran 16C HYNES Patrick
9 15 CHINA CHN 17:10:00
15A XIAN Jinbin 15B HUANG Cunguang 15C TAN Ya
10 14 JAPAN JPN 17:12:00
14A YAZAWA Kazuki 14B KANAYA Tohru 14C YOSHIDA Taku
11 13 NEW ZEALAND NZL 17:14:00
13A DAWSON Michael 13B ROOZENBURG Johann 13C OSBORNE Aaron
12 12 AUSTRIA AUT 17:16:00
12A OBLINGER Helmut 12B NATMESSNIG Herwig 12C KREMSLEHNER Christopher
13 11 CANADA CAN 17:18:00
11A FORD David 11B HASTINGS John 11C MANNING-HUNTER Paul
14 10 SLOVAKIA SVK 17:20:00
10A HALCIN Martin 10B POTOCNY Marcel 10C JANCEK Lubomir
15 9 USA USA 17:22:00
9A HEYL Brett 9B MANN Scott 9C PARSONS Scott
16 8 AUSTRALIA AUS 17:24:00
8A FORSYTHE William 8B DRAPER Warwick 8C MERRITT Jaxon
17 7 GREAT BRITAIN GBR 17:26:00
7A WALSH Campbell 7B HOUNSLOW Richard 7C SWETNAM Huw
18 6 ITALY ITA 17:28:00
6A DE GENNARO Giovanni 6B MOLMENTI Daniele 6C RAIBA Omar
19 5 SPAIN ESP 17:30:00
5A JUANMARTI Carles 5B CRESPO Joan 5C HERNANZ Samuel
20 4 SLOVENIA SLO 17:32:00
4A KAUZER Peter 4B MEGLIC Jure 4C BRUS Simon
21 3 GERMANY GER 17:34:00
3A SCHUBERT Sebastian 3B AIGNER Hannes 3C GRIMM Alexander
22 2 FRANCE FRA 17:36:00
2A NEVEU Boris 2B COLOBER Vivien 2C LEFEVRE Fabien
23 1 CZECH CZE 17:38:00
1A HILGERT Lubos 1B HRADILEK Vavrinec 1C PRSKAVEC Jiri

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 the scheduled second run because of high winds.

Organisers of the Focus Ireland Triathlon in Dun Laoghaire on Sunday 31 July have announced a list of road closures in the area, and have also put out a call for volunteers to assist on the day.

Full road closures will be necessary from 7.45am to 11am in the Blackrock, Monkstown and Dun Laoghaire areas. A complete list plus a map of road closures and diversions are available to download below.

Meanwhile, volunteers are required to assist in all aspects of the event. Canoeists and kayakers are especially needed for safety support during the swimming section of the race. 

Anyone who has some time to help out on the day, or who can supply canoes or kayaks for the event, is urged to contact events assistant Anne Griffin at [email protected].

Entries are still open for the Focus Ireland Triathlon, which comprises a 750m/350m swim, a 20k cycle and a 5k run. Registration is €80 for individuals/€240 for teams and entries can be made at www.focusireland.ie. For more details call 1850 204 205 or e-mail [email protected].

Leading Irish canoeist and Kildare native, Jenny Egan has become the first canoeist to be awarded The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council 'Sportswoman of the Month' award for May, following her impressive performance in taking a silver medal in the 5,000m sprint canoe K1 at the World Cup event in the Czech Republic last month.

A member of the renowned Salmon Leap club in Leixlip, Jenny's path to success was evident at an early stage with her performances at junior level placing 15th and 5th in successive years, and then claiming a silver medal at the 2005 World Junior Marathon Championships in Perth, Australia. Since entering the senior ranks in 2006, Jenny has made steady and encouraging progress, gaining her first medal with a bronze at the British Senior National Marathon Championship and achieving a ranking of 15th in Europe in the Under-23 category in her first year.

Her big breakthrough came last year at the Senior Sprint Canoe World Cup in Szeged, Hungary where she took silver in the 5,000m becoming the first Irish female sprint canoeist to win a medal of any colour, and only missed out on gold by just six seconds to winner, Renata Csay of Hungary.

Jenny's strong performances so far this year, saw her take a silver medal at the World Cup 2 race in the Czech Rep. The 5000m event is one of the most popular of all in championships. This was no exception; quickly a group of 5 girls broke from the field headed by Lani Belcher, Great Britain, Jenny Egan, Anna Adamova, Czech Republic and Kristina Zur of the USA. The Austrian, Anna Lehaci, could not keep up with the pace. So it was a four person fight for the medals. However, due to a miscalculation the bell for the final lap was sounded early confusing the athletes leading the race. Eventually all the athletes completed the full distance with Lani Belcher (GBR) sprinting to the Gold medal. Due to the confusion two silver medals were given to Adamova and Egan with Bronze going to Zur.

With Jenny's medal tally on the international canoeing circuit beginning to rack up, it is only a matter of time before she makes the biggest leap on the podium to gold medal position with the support of her family, especially her brother and former canoeing international Peter. The DCU sports science graduate joins, jockey Nina Carberry, Irish Irish female rugby captain Fiona Coghlan, golfing twins Lisa and Leona Maguire and cross country runner Fionnuala Britton in the race for the overall accolade of The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year 2011.

Established in 2004, the aim of the Sports Woman of the Year awards is to recognise the abilities and achievements of women in Irish sports. The awards run over a twelve month period, with the judges selecting a winner each month for her ability to excel at sport. From the twelve monthly winners, the overall Sportswoman of the Year is selected and announced.