Jenny Egan of Salmon Leap in Leixlip has won the prestigious Sella Descent in Spain. Egan, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the sprint canoeing events at the Rio Olympics, was part of a large group of Irish paddlers who travelled to the 80th version of this historic race in Asturias, first held in […]
Canoeist Jenny Egan of the Salmon Leap club in Leixlip won a gold medal at third sprint canoe World Cup in Montemor-o-Velho in Portugal. Three women battled it out in in strong winds at the finish with Egan making it to the line first in 23 mins 31.480 secs with .99 of a second to […]
ROWING: Cork-based Sanita Puspure booked her place at the Rio Olympics when she finished second place in the women’s single sculls at the final qualifying regatta in Lucerne. Puspure, a veteran of the London Olympics, showed her class when she powered her way into the placings after lying fifth at the half way point. New […]
Neil Fleming of Celbridge Paddlers and Robin Koenders of Denmark won the men’s K2 class at the 56th Liffey Descent canoe marathon today in 1 hour 48 minutes 32 seconds. Salmon Leap pair Gary Mawer and Barry Watkins, who were last year’s K2 winners, were over two minutes behind for second place in 1:51.00. Jenny […]
This didn’t make it into today’s Herald, so here it is – a round-up of news from the “other” sports – a football-free zone. FIVE WORLD TITLES FOR IRISH TAEKWON-DO: Ellen Ince proved the hero of the Irish Taekwond-do team when she successfully defended her 55kg junior sparring title at the World Taekwon-Do Championships in […]
In a thrilling finish to the Liffey Descent, Salmon Leap’s Gary Mawer and Barry Watkins out-sprinted the Spanish boat of Luis Amado-Perez Blanco and Miguel Llorens Lopez to win by just ten seconds in 1 hrs 48 mins 39 secs for the 17-mile course from Straffan to Islandbridge. After the heavy rain of the previous […]
Irish international Peter Egan of Salmon Leap and English international paddler Jon Simmons held off the challenge of the veteran Deaglun O Drisceoil of Salmon Leap and 21-year-old Tom Brennan of Thomastown to win the K2 race at the Liffey Descent canoe marathon in Dublin. This time, they quickly recovered and soon took over the […]
CANOEING: Close to a thousand paddlers in boats of all shapes take to the fast-flowing waters of the Liffey on Saturday for the annual Liffey Descent. With ten weirs, numerous rapids, a portage around Leixlip reservoir and the treacherous area known as “The Jungle”, the race is rightly dubbed the “Grand National” of international canoeing. […]
Irish involvement in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou ended on Tuesday when Irish No 1 Chloe Magee lost in the opening round of the women’s singles to Hsaio Ma Pei of Chinese Taipei. Although Magee was no pushover and pulled off a number of good points in the 36 minute match, Pei had […]
CANOEING: Update – Peter Egan duly won the K1 at the National Marathon Canoe Championships and then paired up with Gary Mawer to take his seventh consecutive K2 title (two of them with Neil Fleming; the rest with a number of different partners). With defending champion Neil Fleming a doubtful starter, Peter Egan of host […]
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