Waterways Ireland’s sponsorship programme for recreational waterway and waterside activity for next year opens this week, with events taking place along the entirety of its systems from Bann to the Barrow.
Taking place annually for the past seven years the programme has supported angling, canoeing, rowing, sailing, as well as power-sports; competitions, learning experiences, historical, and educational activities.
“Communities, clubs, and associations in towns and villages, along rural waterways and in waterside urban centres, have participated in small and large events. Huge numbers of people have been encouraged to experience something new about the waterways,” said Éanna Rowe, head of marketing and communications with Waterways Ireland.
Applications are open to anyone wishing to run recreational waterway and waterside events. For an application pack please contact Damien McWeeney by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (071 ) 96 50787.
The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is December 13 at 3pm. Terms and conditions apply.
Waterways Ireland is the all-Ireland implementation body responsible for the management, maintenance, development, and restoration of the inland navigable waterway systems throughout the island, principally for recreational purposes.
As well as the two aforementioned rivers, it also has responsibility for the Erne system, the Shannon-Erne waterway, the Shannon, the Grand Canal, and the Royal Canal.
