The University of Galway Kayak Club aims to introduce students and staff to the sport of canoeing and kayaking, and caters for every level of skill, from complete beginner to expert paddler and we also aim to have as much craic as possible while doing it!
If you are interested in joining the Kayak Club sign up on yourspace.
If you've any questions contact a committee member at kayak@clubs.universityofgalway.ie
Here's some footage taken by one of our members from kayaking around the country with the club:
The Kayak Club is one of the biggest clubs in college, and one of the largest and oldest kayak clubs in the the country. In January 2007 the club celebrated it's 30th Anniversary with the 30th Ball and won the award for Best Club Event in the process. As well as having over 65 boats of various types for club members, the club facilitates the storage of private gear. The club takes part in the annual Intervarsities and have been awarded the overall trophy 16 times in the last 23 years. Originally the club was based in a clubhouse, situated in a stone building in the fisheries field. Then in 1986, the club moved to the shed beside Macnas (where the diving club is now), and then in 1988 moved to its present home. Nowadays the club has a fun and vibrant atmosphere with memebers getting on the water pretty much every day.
Too many to list here! However it is suffice to say that, in the last three decades, they have won about 16 Intervarsities, International competitions, and had members and ex members placed highly in the European and world rankings, as well as in The Olympics! Most notably last year our members Cian Molloy and Anna Tiernan won best male paddler and best female paddler of the year!! The club also prides itself on catering to every level of paddler, whether recreational or competitive.
Pool sessions every Tuesday night 9:20-11pm
Beginner canal sessions are ran on a 4-5 week long course basis. These courses go live once a previous course finishes and club members are notified when new courses and tickets go live. There is a Thursday session from 4:30pm-6:30pm and a Friday session from 2:30pm-4:30pm on which you attend one of per week depending on the course you booked. Attendance to these sessions is highly encouraged as an assessment will be sat at the end of the course with the opportunity of earning your level 2 Canoeing Ireland Kayak Skills Certificate.
To contact us email kayak@clubs.universityofgalway.ie
