{"id":4156,"date":"2018-12-03T22:41:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T22:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2018-12-03T22:42:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T22:42:57","slug":"nore-dragon-paddlers-collecting-litter-and-international-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=4156","title":{"rendered":"Nore Dragon Paddlers Collecting Litter and international Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nore Dragon Paddlers overall European Environmental Award<\/p><\/div>\n

On the 16th of October, the Nore Dragon Paddlers were awarded a \u201cHero\u2019s in the Community Award\u201d from Keep Kilkenny Beautiful for their\u00a0 continuous environmental contribution on the river Nore along with the Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club, KACC.<\/p>\n

This involved regular litter picks on the river whilst out on the water . As a result of this great achievement, the president of the Irish Dragon Boat Association, Julie Doyle, nominated\u00a0the Nore Dragon Paddlers\u00a0 for the Environmental Award at the European Dragon Boat Federation Forum (30th of November – 2nd of December )\u00a0 in Seville, Spain. We are delighted to announce that not only did the Nore Dragon Paddlers make the final, but they\u00a0 actually won the award!<\/p>\n

The award ceremony was held on Saturday 1st November in Seville and was attended by representatives of the dragon boat community from 16 Nations including Ireland.<\/p>\n

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Paddlers launch on to the river Nore<\/p><\/div>\n

Congratulations to the Paddlers for their international success and working with our community to\u00a0 improve the environment in a sustainable way.<\/p>\n

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On the water!<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the 16th of October, the Nore Dragon Paddlers were awarded a \u201cHero\u2019s in the Community Award\u201d from Keep Kilkenny Beautiful for their\u00a0 continuous environmental contribution on the river Nore along with the Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club, KACC. This involved … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,10,12],"tags":[934,46,1030,317,389,1029,1031],"class_list":["post-4156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competitions","category-kilkenny-city","category-news","category-sustainability","tag-934","tag-award","tag-dragon","tag-kilkenny","tag-nore","tag-paddler","tag-seville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4160,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions\/4160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}