UCD have a planning application lodged for a 50m swimming pool which I think has been granted by now. It's to be built between the sports centre and the student forum.
It would be a good idea for the canoe club to get in touch with the UCD sports council and lobby them allow us use the swimming pool for pool sessions and canoe polo practice.
This may have already been done, but if it hasn't, it would be a good idea to get in touch with the relevant people fairly soon. Justification for allowing us use the pool could be given in terms of how much it costs us to hire another pool each week, the amount of time wasted travelling to and from town to go to pool sessions which could instead be spent on the water teaching people, the annual crap performance of our polo team at varsities etc.
As I said, maybe it's already been done, but if not it's worth thinking about.
John