News on Irish Rowing, Angling, Waterskiing, Canoeing, Diving and Sea Swimming
# Canoeing: All four Ireland boats competing at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan today qualified for the semi-finals – and all took fifth placings in their heats. Jenny Egan qualified for the semi-final of the K1 (racing kayak)…
#Canoeing: Paracanoeist Patrick O’Leary has qualified for the A Final at the canoe sprint World Championships at the Idroscalo course in Milan. O’Leary was second in the third of four semi-finals of the K1 KL3 event. He will qualify his…
#Angling - Ireland’s most prestigious coarse angling event, the Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championship, takes place in less than three weeks' time from 6 September, with over 100 entries already registered. The event attracts anglers worldwide to…
#CoastalRowing: Courtmacsherry from County Cork won the senior men’s final at the All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships in Waterville in Co Kerry today. Galley Flash, also from Cork, were second. The senior women’s race also went to a Cork club,…
#Rowing - An Irish novice rower's experience crossing the Atlantic comes to RTÉ television tonight after entertaining film festival audiences for the last 18 months. One Ocean: No Limits focuses on Adam Langton Burke as he joins the experienced six-man…
#coastalrowing – The All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships live from Waterville in County Kerry. Download the schedule of racing below.
#Canoeing: Ireland missed out on qualification for the semi-finals at the canoe slalom World Cup in Pau in France. Liam Jegou, in the men's C1, came closest, finishing 26th in his first run, where 20 qualified. Hannah Craig, in the…
#Kitesurfing - The second round of Ireland's kitesurfing Nationals will be star attraction at the Hooked Kitefest on Duncannon Beach in Co Wexford next weekend (22-23 August). As Independent.ie reports, spectators are set to be dazzled by more than 50…
#SurfKayaking - The Causeway Coast will host the 2017 Surf Kayaking Worlds, as the Coleraine Times reports. Top-flight surf kayakers from as far away as Australia will converge on Portrush – which hosted the sport's British Open in 2013 –…
#dalkeyislandrecord – A Royal St. George backed bid to break the 25–minute Round Dalkey Island Speed Record by kitesruf this morning has been called off due to lack of wind. Jade O'Connor was attempting to beat the existing record set…
#rounddalkeyisland – Plucky Irish kitesurfer Jade O'Connor will make an attempt to break the 25–minute Round Dalkey Island speed record on Dublin Bay this morning. O'Connor, who produced a medal winning finish at the ISAF World Cup in Palma in…
#Rowing: Fifteen athletes have been selected on the Rowing Ireland team which will compete at the World Championships in Aiguebelette, France, from 30th August – 6th September. This is the first opportunity for crews to qualify their Olympic boats for…
#bantryblueway – Munster's first ever Blueway has been launched in Bantry today. The Bantry Blueway will take paddlers on a 2km, 6km or 9km water trail in the picturesque Bantry Harbour in West Cork and encompasses up to seven different…
Team Volvo Steph Bridge and her 15–year–old son Guy have successfully kitesurfed the 60–mile circumference around the Isle of Wight both making it round in less the 4 hours beating the current record. Guy Bridge is now the youngest person…
#wakeboard – Irish wakeboarder David O'Caoimh, (21) from Dublin, delivered an incredible performance at the European and African Championships held this weekend in The Netherlands, to take the Gold Medal. David took the highest score through each qualifying heat to…
#Angling - Connacht are the new All Ireland youth team fly dressing champions, as the Galway Advertiser reports. And they were led to the title by a wide margin by captain Ciaran Reilly, who also claimed the individual All Ireland…