Oisin competes in Slalom Open at weekend

Kilcullen Canoe Club member Oisin Farrell will be competing in the Irish Open of the Irish Canoe Slalom Senior and Junior Team selection races at Sluice in Lucan, to maintain his place on the Irish National team, writes Ciarán Farrell of the National Canoe Slalom Committee.

Racing will also feature three time Olympian Eoin Rheinisch from Leixlip, London 2012 finalist Hannah Craig and top ten World Cup Series finisher Ciarán Heurteau as well as talented U18 Liam Jegou who finished fourth at the Junior World Championships in the summer of 2012 in the USA.

We will also have the cream of Junior and U23 squad members vying for their place on the National Team for the upcoming season. They will hope to qualify to compete at the World Championships in Liptovsky, Slovakia and the European Championships in Bourg St Maurice, France during July and August.

Canoe Slalom is a fast and exciting sport and it's rare to get an opportunity to see our best Seniors and Juniors competing at home. Most high quality Canoe Slalom races take place outside of Ireland as there aren't suitable permanent facilities here. Nevertheless we expect to witness some high quality racing this weekend.

The schedule includes the Irish Open on Sunday afternoon which will see many canoeists taking on the same course as our internationals.