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Canoe Club

Best Club Promotional Video
Winner 2023/2024 (Welcome to DCU Canoe Club 2024)

Best Club Fresher
Winner 2023/2024 (Alex Schmidt)

Individual Contribution to Club Life
Winner 2023/2024 (Chloe Knox)

Styling rivers since 1986

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Awards Roll of Honour
2023/2024 DCU Award: Best Club Promotional Video
2023/2024 DCU Award: Best Club Fresher
2023/2024 DCU Award: Individual Contribution to Club Life
2022/2023 DCU Award: Best Club Promotional Video
2022/2023 DCU Award: Best Club Fresher
2022/2023 DCU Award: Individual Contribution to Club Life
2021/2022 DCU Award: Best Club Fresher
2020/2021 DCU Award: Most Innovative Club Virtual Engagement Award
2020/2021 DCU Award: Best Club Promotional Video
2020/2021 DCU Award: Best Club Digital/On Line Promotion
2020/2021 DCU Award: Individual Contribution to Club Life
Upcoming Events 2
Only logged in / active Canoe Club members can book / attend these events
no image Freestyle Development Day
Starts:
Sat 7th Dec at 07:30
Ends:
at 19:30
Cost:
€ 10.00
 Max:
8
IN-PERSON
Event
Location: Tuam, Galway
Meeting: DCU Club Container

Freestyle Training Session in Tuam. Facilitated by NUIG with Canoeing Ireland Instructors. Open to all Level 2 + standard paddlers.

no image Christmas Party
Starts:
Thu 19th Dec at 19:00
Ends:
at 23:30
Cost:
FREE
 Max:
25
IN-PERSON
Event
Location: The Back Page Phibsbouragh

Christmas party in The Back Page Phibsbouragh. To celebrate the end of semester 1 for all committee and club members.

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Freestyle Development Day

Starts Sat 7th Dec at 07:30
Ends at 19:30
Cost € 10.00
Max 8 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Event

Location: Tuam, Galway
Meeting Point: DCU Club Container

Freestyle Training Session in Tuam. Facilitated by NUIG with Canoeing Ireland Instructors. Open to all Level 2 + standard paddlers.

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Christmas Party

Starts Thu 19th Dec at 19:00
Ends at 23:30
Cost FREE
Max 25 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Event

Location: The Back Page Phibsbouragh

Christmas party in The Back Page Phibsbouragh. To celebrate the end of semester 1 for all committee and club members.

Weekly Activities 2
Only logged in / active Canoe Club members can book / attend these activities
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Day:
Thursdays
Starts:
21:00
Ends:
23:00
 Max:
20
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Alsaa Swimming Pool


Pool sessions are back every Thursday! Canoe is probably the best club going and newcomers more than welcome. Come and experience a new club from the toasty location of our pool up at the airport. We will be refining our kayaking skills to take this year's varsities by storm and having a break from studies.

Weekly pool session Thursday 9-11pm. Pool sessions are nice and chill and nothing is expected. They're really fun and you get to meet new people and try a new sport! Dress up for our Halloween and Christmas weeks is encouraged.  We will send out weekly links to sign up!

We meet at our containers just behind the DCU Library for 8pm. From there we will collect all our gear and then drive to the pool. You don't need any fancy gear to attend just swimwear and a towel. For newcomers you'll get familiar in kayaks and we'll be teaching the basics. For members getting there water legs we will continue to teach new moves! If your more experienced come along and work away on  your own practice. The more the merrier, so we encourage everyone to give it a try. Great way to learn a new water-sport in the comfort of a warm pool. 

Location of Container: Copy and paste these coordinates into Google maps

53.3834644, -6.2542060

Just inside the gates on the right, you should see us collecting boats.

Canoe Polo and Skills Training
Day:
Sundays
Starts:
10:00
Ends:
12:00
 Max:
20
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Royal Canal Kayak Club in Ashtown

The Canoe Club is now having Canoe Polo training sessions on Sunday mornings this semester from 10:00am till 12:00pm.

Canoe Polo is basically water polo but in a kayak and is fierce fun! The Sunday morning training sessions will give you more opportunities to improve your paddling skills and get a taste for the more competitive side of kayaking.

We have our polo training sessions outdoors in the Royal Canal at the Royal Canal Kayak Club Centre in Ashtown.

Make sure to book your spot on Eventbritre, the link for which will be found in the weekly email from the Canoe Club.

For safety reasons you need to be able to swim to come to these training sessions and we recommend coming to one of our pool sessions first before coming to a polo session, to get a feel for the basic kayaking techniques

All you need to bring are a change of clothes, swimming togs, runners to wear in the boat and an old t-shirt.

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Pool Sessions

Day Thursdays
From 21:00, to 23:00
Cost FREE
Max 20 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Alsaa Swimming Pool


Pool sessions are back every Thursday! Canoe is probably the best club going and newcomers more than welcome. Come and experience a new club from the toasty location of our pool up at the airport. We will be refining our kayaking skills to take this year's varsities by storm and having a break from studies.

Weekly pool session Thursday 9-11pm. Pool sessions are nice and chill and nothing is expected. They're really fun and you get to meet new people and try a new sport! Dress up for our Halloween and Christmas weeks is encouraged.  We will send out weekly links to sign up!

We meet at our containers just behind the DCU Library for 8pm. From there we will collect all our gear and then drive to the pool. You don't need any fancy gear to attend just swimwear and a towel. For newcomers you'll get familiar in kayaks and we'll be teaching the basics. For members getting there water legs we will continue to teach new moves! If your more experienced come along and work away on  your own practice. The more the merrier, so we encourage everyone to give it a try. Great way to learn a new water-sport in the comfort of a warm pool. 

Location of Container: Copy and paste these coordinates into Google maps

53.3834644, -6.2542060

Just inside the gates on the right, you should see us collecting boats.

Canoe Polo and Skills Training

Day Sundays
From 10:00, to 12:00
Cost FREE
Max 20 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Royal Canal Kayak Club in Ashtown

The Canoe Club is now having Canoe Polo training sessions on Sunday mornings this semester from 10:00am till 12:00pm.

Canoe Polo is basically water polo but in a kayak and is fierce fun! The Sunday morning training sessions will give you more opportunities to improve your paddling skills and get a taste for the more competitive side of kayaking.

We have our polo training sessions outdoors in the Royal Canal at the Royal Canal Kayak Club Centre in Ashtown.

Make sure to book your spot on Eventbritre, the link for which will be found in the weekly email from the Canoe Club.

For safety reasons you need to be able to swim to come to these training sessions and we recommend coming to one of our pool sessions first before coming to a polo session, to get a feel for the basic kayaking techniques

All you need to bring are a change of clothes, swimming togs, runners to wear in the boat and an old t-shirt.

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About Canoe Club

DCU Canoe club is one of DCU's BEST, most FRIENDLY and most ACTIVE WATER SPORTS CLUB and most importantly we have an immense amount of CRAIC. We REALLY welcome everyone as if they are apart of our mad water loving family straight away! 

Kayaking:

We regularly train in Whitewater, Freestyle and Canoe Polo, and we do this by having countless river trips throughout the year, weekly pool sessions to practice freestyle tricks and canoe polo. Most of these training sessions are free for all Canoe Club members throughout the year! What a bargain!!

Large weekend trips:

We have numerous wild weekend trips throughout the year, including a kayak-surfing weekend on WEST Coast Trip, Camping trip on an Island, and Kayaking intervarsities (location for the weekend changes every year), where we kayak, have big nights out, parties, and of course kayak/surf some more. The social aspect of DCU Canoe is very important to us!

Our club is super welcoming to people of any standard from first timers to seasoned paddlers.

We are active both on and off the water so if you don't feel comfortable at our training sessions still feel free to turn up as a social member to our nights out.

Other events that we take part in throughout the year are: Halloween fancy dress party, Christmas party, Charity Christmas swim, pub meet ups and much more!!

Current Committee 10
Chairperson Grace Codd
Secretary Roisin Gilligan
Treasurer Molly Griffin
Safety Officer Tom Breen
Public Relations Officer Cillian Osborne(He/Him)
Equipment Officer Derek
Events Officer Eabha Murray
Polo Officer Louis Phelan
Training Officer Cillian Arnold
Trips Officer Alex

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