Kilcock Canoe Polo Club

We were granted planning permission to build a boathouse on the south bank of the Royal Canal in the harbour Kilcock. We entered the following competitions, Dublin winter league, Munster Open Limerick, Carrick on Shannon Comp, Kilcock Club Championships, Welsh Open, Cork Open, Irish Open, Kilcock and Dublin spring league. We had many winners in most of these competitions. Also for the first time two junior members entered a slalom event in Leixlip. We had our first Canadian Course in October. Our first two club members were selected to play on the Senior Irish Men’s Team and played in the 5th World Championships in Japan in July. The Summer camps introduced a number of people to the joys of canoeing and a record numbers of girls joined the club (25 in total). We had a very successful fundraiser ‘Who Want’s to be a Thousandaire’ in November. We were granted €60,000 from the National Lottery to go towards the building of the boathouse and a grant of €20,000 from Kildare County Council. Work began in October foundations were completed by December 2004. Aidan Brogan was selected Young member of the year.