Visually impaired canoeist challenge

TWO visually impaired Irish canoeists will take part in the Irish Sea Kayaking Challenge 2006 and brave the Irish Sea for charity.

The Challenge, launched yesterday will include eight other paddlers who are undertaking the kayak course from Pembrokeshire, South Wales, to Carnsore Point in July.

The challenge aims to raise funds for Ireland’s National Council for the Blind and the Children’s Medical and Research Foundation at Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin.