Canoeing

2012 bound paddler, Barry Watkins, of Salmon Leap Canoe Club took gold in the Junior 500m individual kayak class (K1) in Belgrade this morning. This is Ireland's first ever gold medal at Championship level in flat-water racing, which is an Olympic discipline since 1936.

Eoin Rheinisch(Salmon Leap Canoe Club) finished 6th in the KI Kayak Singles at the latest round of ICFR Slalom World Cup on the River Sava in Tacen, Slovenia.