Kilcock Canoe Polo Club

We installed floodlighting over the two pitches located in the Harbour area in Kilcock. Feb/March started our first Indoor league in NUI pool, Maynooth. Eight teams of beginners participated over 6 weeks. The building of the boathouse structure began February 2005 and was officially opened on the 28th of May 2005 by Ms Tracy Piggott of the Irish Sports Council. In conjunction with Waterways Ireland we ran a School’s Programme in June, where local schools were invited to experience the Canal and it’s amenities. 8 Schools participated. We introduced a new element to the Summer camps, an advanced course catering for experienced paddlers run by an international Player. We entered the Dublin Spring League, Limerick Open, Charleroi, Essen, Carrick on Shannon, Hull, Kilcock Club Championships, Welsh Open where our senior men won div. 1, Irish Open and Dublin Winter League. We started winter training for the first time with Junior members in October in preparation for travelling to Calais in 2006 with 3 under 16 teams. We had our end of year social in September. We had our first winner in the Parish Lotto in December. Ciaran Fitzgerald was selected Young member of the year.