Team
May bank holiday weekend
In warm weather the Irish junior wildwater racing squad had the latest wildwater training on the river Inny. On the Saturday, the squad paddled 30 km concentrating on classic race training and team classic training. Whereas on the Sunday the focus was on sprint training.
The ulimate aim of all of this training is get the best possible performances in the world junior championships in Swizerland on the river Engelbergeraa in July.
Next junior training weekend is 20-21 June 2009.
| Sprint training - Inny 3 May 2009 | ||||
| Adam Sweeny | 01:44 | 01:39 | 01:45 | 01:41 |
| Tom Brennan | 01:38 | 01:42 | 01:43 | 01:42 |
| Liam Banks | 01:41 | 01:39 | 01:41 | 01:40 |
| Sean McCarthy | 01:47 | 01:46 | 01:47 | 01:45 |
| Matt Burke | 01:52 | 01:52 | 01:56 | 01:59 |
| Lorcan Feely | 01:37 | 01:36 | 01:37 | 01:40 |
| Conor Healy | 02:08 | 02:09 | 02:09 | 02:07 |
| Sean Healy | 01:52 | 01:53 | 01:57 | 01:56 |
| Jack McCabe | 02:08 | 02:08 | 02:10 | 02:13 |
| team sprint | ||||
| Brennan, Feely, Banks | 01:41 | |||
| McCarthy, Sweeny, Burke | 01:51 | |||
| Healy, Healy, McCabe | 02:08 | |||
| Brennan, Feely, Sweeny | 01:44 | |||
| McCarthy, Burke, Banks | 01:54 | |||
| Healy, Healy, McCabe | 02:15 | |||
Junior Squad Training Day, Easter Monday 13. April 2009
A Junior Wild Water Racing Squad training day is
being organised for Easter Monday the 13th of April. The exact location is yet
to be determined (and it will depend on available water) but it will be around
the Dublin area. The day will involve two on the water training sessions, on in
the morning and one in the afternoon and during the afternoon the emphasis will
be on team event training.
The following paddlers are on the Junior Squad and
are all invited to attend the training.
| Liam Banks |
| Tom Brennan |
| Charlie Blount |
| Matthew Burke |
| Tom Burke |
| Aisling Conlan |
| Joe Curtis |
| Sam Curtis |
| Lorcan Feely |
| Conor Healy |
| Sean Healy |
| Jack McCabe |
| Sean McCarthy |
| Iomhar Mac Giolla Phadraig |
| Eric Mulhall |
| Joe Murphy |
| Daniel O Reilly |
| Aisling Smith |
| Adam Sweeney |
If others are interested in participating, please
contact the committee at wwrcommittee@irishwildwaterracing.com
Further details of time and exact location to
follow closer to the time.
Subsequent to this, a full training weekend
will be organised for the 9th and 10th of May, for both Senior and Junior
Squads. Details of this will be circulated closer to the time
also.