What is the Dublin Canoe Polo League?
The DCPL caters for over 30 teams from Dublin and neighbouring areas. With both a Spring and Autumn season and four divisions, the league has something to offer all levels of paddler from beginners to experienced.
The league is played most friday evenings between 7pm - 11pm at St. Joseph's Swimming Pool, Navan Rd. Cabra. So if your interested in trying canoe polo then why not look around the site to see what its all about, or if you would like to join/enter a team or prehaps start playing canoe polo at your club then give us a shout!
Canoe polo is a fast, aggressive five-a-side game based on Water Polo but played in short canoes, with the goals (measuring 1 by 1.5 meters) suspended 2 metres above the water. Canoe polo (or kayak polo as it is called in some countries) is played in indoor swimming pools or outdoors on a 40 meter by 25 meter area. (For smaller pools like DCPL we play 4 a side!)
The games are usually of 15 to 20 minutes in duration with 2 halves. The tactics and playing of the game are not unlike basketball or water polo. A player can be tackled by being pushed over and can only hold the ball for a maximum of five seconds. The ball can be passed or shot at goal by either throwing the ball by hand or flicking it with the paddle. Have a look at some of the gallery photos for a better idea.
