Beibhin Butler ended 2025 as Canoeing Ireland's Senior Female C1 champion

Clonmel kayaker Beibhin Butler ended 2025 as the Canoeing Ireland Senior Female C1 Champion, while winning the Canoe Ireland Female Freestyle Paddler of the Year award.

That crowned a tremendous year that saw her secure a place on the Irish Women’s C1 (she was the only Irish woman to qualify in this category) and K1 teams for the ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships held at Plattling, Germany.

At those championships she finished in sixth place in the Women’s C1, and eighth place in the Women’s K1.

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She finished in fourth place in the Women’s K1 Freestyle, and in sixth place in the Women’s C1 Freestyle at the European Open and European Cup in Nottingham.

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Closer to home, she won gold in both the Women’s Freestyle Southeast Fest and Women’s Boater X.

At the Kayaking Intervarsities she took first place in the Boater X category and second place in the Freestyle, while contributing to University of Limerick Kayak Club winning overall gold.

Beibhin has won an Annerville sports award as one of Tipperary's leading sports stars of the year. She and the other award winners will be honoured by the Tipperary United Sports Panel at its annual function at the Talbot Hotel Clonmel on Saturday night, January 10.

Tickets for the event are available from Sports Panel treasurer Ken Conway, email conwayken@eircom.net