Donal Mac Intyre returned to the water as a me member of the Irish Canoe team 21 years after he first joined their senior ranks. Having previously won British and Irish championships at various levels and having competed at World Championships for Ireland he joined up  with visually impaired Wesley Bourke to compete in the doubles Wild Water World Cup event..

Wesley Bourke, described the excercise as "the blind leading the blase". The pair competed in Nottingham and on the Shannon legs of the World Cups events. Donal's brother, Tadhg, who previously worked with Donal undercover, took a silver medal in the team event.

Here are their results for the World Cups so far:

World Cup 1 Results - Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham - England - 15th May 2005

C1
Tadhg MacIntyre
Position: 11
Bib: 11
Time Run 1: 84.76
%: 108.95
Time Run 2: 88.17
%: 114.94
Total: 172.93
%: 111.92
Points: 33

C2
Wesley Bourke & Donal MacIntyre
Position: 7
Bib: 46
Time Run 1: 107.82
%: 141.00
Time Run 2: 111.54
%: 145.75
Total: 219.36
%: 143.37
Points: 37

World Cup 2 Results - Washburn, Yorkshire - England - 18th May 2005

C1
Tadhg MacIntyre
Position: 13
Bib: 21
Split: 4:31.87
%: 112.14
Time: 8:19.41
%: 111.78
Points: 31

World Cup 3 Results - Castleconnell - Ireland - 21st May 2005

C1
Tadhg MacIntyre
Position: 12
Bib: 16
Time Run 1: 2:17.94
%: 112.64
Time Run 2: 2:12.44
%: 109.21
Total: 4:30.38
%: 110.94
Points: 32

C2
Wesley Bourke & Donal MacIntyre
Position: 8
Bib: 60
Time Run 1: 3:30.41
%: 172.45
Time Run 2: 3:26.12
%: 169.87
Total: 6:56.53
%: 171.16
Points: 36

World Cup 4 Results - Castleconnell - Ireland - 22nd May 2005

C1
Tadhg MacIntyre
Position: 14
Bib: 15
Start: 11:14:00
Finish: 11:26:12.32
Time: 12:12.32
%: 110.68
Points: 30

C2
Wesley Bourke & Donal MacIntyre
Position:
Bib: 70
Start: 12:09:00
Time: DNS

World Cup 5 Results - Bala - Wales - 28th May 2005

C1
Tadhg Macintyre
Position: 20
Bib 37
Time Run 1: 1:32.57
Time Run 2: 1:37.01
Total: 3:09.58
Points: 24

C2
Donal MacIntyre & Wesley Bourke
Bib 84
Time Run 1: DNS
Time Run 2: DNS
Total: DNS

World Cup 6 Results - Bala - Wales - 29th May 2005

C1
Tadhg Macintyre
Position: 22
Bib 76
Time: 22:27.10
Points: 22

World Cup Points table

C1
Tadhg MacIntyre
Position: 12
Points: 126

C2
Donal MacIntyre & Wesley Bourke
Position: 9
Points: 73

For some images of Tadhg, Donal & Wesley click here

Results and images originally from http://www.bala2006.org.uk/index.htm