Lauren Smythe

Three CANI Clubs Awarded Sport NI Sports Sustainability Funding Congratulations to the three CANI Clubs have successfully been awarded Sport NI Sports Sustainability Funding.   The full list of sports awarded funding can be found here . Further details of the awards will be published soon. Mary Peters Trust Athlete Awards 2021 -Open for Applications CANI athletes […]

Quoile Yacht Club Invitation to Local Paddlers Tucked away in sheltered waters at the southern end of Strangford Lough and the mouth of the Quoile River, you will find Quoile Yacht Club.  Situated between Downpatrick and Strangford Village it is one of the Lough’s hidden gems.    QYC has a proud 60 year history, encompassing people from […]

Incident Reporting & Near Misses Reminder Please be reminded that in 2017 British Canoeing formed a UK wide Safety Panel to improve safety systems, work with partner agencies and provide guidance. Included in this work is the monitoring of incidents and near misses, not just injury and accidents but all incidents whether access disputes, environmental, […]

CANI awarded Disability Sport NI’s Inclusive Sport Award   Canoe Association Northern Ireland has been awarded Disability Sport NI’s Inclusive Sport Award in recognition of their commitment to actively including more people with disabilities in their sport.   The award was presented to James Birrell (pictured above) from Canoe Association Northern Ireland’s Equality Committee who was […]

Sport NI Launch Athlete Award Programme 2021-22    Sport NI have launched the Athlete Award Programme 2021-22 and the programme is now open for applications through CANI. The Athlete Award programme investment aims to enable athletes to train in order to maximise their potential.   The Athlete Award Programme has a budget of £300,000, with […]

The Annual General Meeting of The Canoe Association of Northern Ireland will be held on 2nd December 2020 at 19.00, via online video conference call using Zoom.  Further details, including proxy forms, agenda and joining instructions will follow. At this meeting there will be the opportunity for members to elect directors to the board.  There […]

On 20th August 2020 the number of cases of COVID-19 is currently increasing significantly. Daily updates are available on the Department of Health Website here We in the Department for Communities are working with colleagues in the Public Health Agency to ask and encourage sporting bodies and clubs to ‘TRAIN SMART, PLAY SMART, BE COVID […]

Canoe Wales has an exciting opportunity for a Performance Manager to lead our Performance and Talent Programme in Wales. You will develop and implement our strategy to get more Welsh athletes into the GB sprint, slalom and paracanoe programmes – including building a large club-based talent pool of athletes in these disciplines across Wales. An […]

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Please find the Statement from the four UK Chief Medical Officers below: Statement from the four UK Chief Medical Officers on an update to Coronavirus symptoms. “From today (18th May 2020), all individuals should self-isolate if they develop a new continuous cough or fever or anosmia. Anosmia is the loss or a change in your […]