Email: info@sligokayakclub.com
Pillar: Community
Address: Doorly Park, Sligo
Sligo Kayak Club is an open and inclusive club that welcomes all ages and ability levels with one simple objective, to promote our passion, the safe enjoyment of kayaking for all. We’re located on the Garavogue River in Sligo town only 2km from one of the most beautiful lakes in Ireland, Lough Gill. We run beginner courses each summer and welcome new members (Level 2+) all year round. Our youngest member is 12 and our oldest member is in their mid to late 60s. We paddle most regularly on flat water on the Garavogue River and Lough Gill, but increasingly we are also trying to offer our members more opportunities to paddle on rivers and on the sea. We are also starting to offer kayak polo as an activity which to date has proved particularly popular with our younger members. In 2022 we reached our highest membership ever at 107 members. Our current fully paid up membership stands at 52, but we take on new members every summer when we run our beginner courses and some of our active members from last year have not yet renewed their membership, so we expect to reach between 80 and 100+ members by the middle of 2023.