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May2012
OUR CLUB INCLUSION DAYS PROGRAMME UPDATE One of the most important elements in our Strategic Plan is our focus on encouraging far greater public involvement in our sport – and especially Women and Children. Last year we launched an incentive scheme to encourage our Affiliated Clubs to organise special days for the events. We supported these with a national Poster campaign and the results were very encouraging. This …
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May2012
MARCH 2004 ACCIDENT TO BLIND SKIER FROM NORTHERN IRELAND Media reports today stated that Belfast’s blind Skier Janet Gray has settled a lawsuit following a near-fatal training accident. Eight years ago, while training in the USA, she collided with a Jump Ramp which resulted in dreadful injuries. After years of surgery and rehabilitation, she has since made a miraculous recovery, even to the point of returning to her sport of …
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May2012
IS AN OLYMPICS DECISION ON THE HORIZON ? If this News Flash below is true, it could be good for our WAKEBOARD 2020 VISION project to bring Cable Wakeboard to the 2020 Olympic Games. “May 6 – Windsurfing has been controversially axed from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and replaced by kiteboarding, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced at its mid-year meeting in Stresa, Italy “ This …
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Apr2012
GOLDEN FALLS KICKS OFF BATTLE AGAINST BANK EROSION DAMAGE While some of our Clubs are already back on the water, others are still preparing for action. Spare a thought for the Golden Falls team which has an unexpected and major challenge on hand right now ! Bank erosion at the lakefront has hampered access. It has been an extraordinary few months for the Club. Serious bank erosion damage caused by …
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Apr2012
OUR APRIL AUDIENCE ANALYSIS CATCHES THE HEADLINES ! When you log in here every day, do you ever wonder who is also doing this ? There was a time when we could check some general statistics but now we can do much better. For those who invest in our great value Advertising Boxes, these statistics are critical. For our sport, it is really great to see the steady growth of …
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Apr2012
WATCH IRISH TEAM RIDERS COMPETE SO WELL WITH THE BIG GUNS ! The global distribution of the Mandurah World Cup Stop will focus on 300 million viewers worldwide ! With Irish Team Riders David O’Caoimh and Sian Hurst achieving the rare honour of receiving invitations to compete at this level, this is really worth watching. While it covers mostly the Finals performances, the overall setting and impact is very impressive. …
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Apr2012
NAUTIQUE TRAILER STOLEN IN SHERCOCK LAST SUNDAY NIGHT It is not that easy to hide an almost new black Nautique Trailer with orange tail lights and Nautique branding – especially if it is being towed with no boat on board. It may now be in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. CAN YOU PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR IT ? Serial Number : 4WAAKFS2471000155 If you see it, please call …
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Apr2012
HERE IS YOUR LINK TO THE HISTORY OF OUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Did you ever try to remember who won the World Jump title in Medellin, Colombia, in 1997, or even last year in Dubna, Russia. Well, your answer may be here at this Link for many of the World Championship results all the way back to 1949 : HISTORICAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS If you can fill in any of …
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Apr2012
WAKEBOARD 2020 VISION CAMPAIGN HOTS UP Just imagine : Our top Cable Wakeboard Riders plus 10,250 Athletes, 6,000 Coaches and Officials, 30,000 Media personnel, nine million spectator tickets and the biggest volunteer force in the world. The global TV coverage always seems to set new viewership records also. What a perfect stage for our sport ! The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) has worked closely with the International Olympic …
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Apr2012
REVIEW MEETING AT IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL HQ We were invited by our ISC contact, Troy Reneker, to make a Q1 Federation progress report on Tuesday and this was an ideal opportunity to summarise the encouraging developments of the past three months. It was also an opportunity to meet Caroline Fitzsimons for the first time who has just joined Troy’s team. Our Treasurer Brid Deegan was not available to attend yesterday …
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Apr2012
WAKE GAMES AT OWC FULL OF SURPRISES For Wakeboard fans around the World, this event was a thriller. As the first major competition after our recent MANDURAH WORLD CUP STOP, there were some big questions to be answered : Would Harley Clifford AUS outperform the legend Phillip Soven USA ? Would Raimi Merrit USA outperform Dalls Friday USA on her return following several injuries ? Would Irish Rider David O’Caoimh …
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Apr2012
IS THIS THE BEST WORLD CUP WAKEBOARD FINALS VIDEO OF ALL TIME ? See every Mandurah Finals Rider performance right here including David O’Caoimh’s entire run : http://youtu.be/OD3oh3SLSjQ
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Apr2012
SPECIAL TV SHOW GOES GLOBAL TODAY WITHIN 60 MINUTES OF ITS RELEASE ! Turn off the lights, turn up the sound, sit back and enjoy …… With Irish Team Riders Sian Hurst and David O’Caoimh successfully competing at the recent 33rd WORLD CUP STOP in Mandurah, Western Australia, now you too can share in the fun with these YouTube clips : MANDURAH WORLD CUP STOP
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Apr2012
DAVID COATES AND DES BURKE-KENNEDY CONTRIBUTE TO THE APRIL MAGAZINE PAGES The April / May edition of WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD has just been released and a total of FOUR pages were actually contributed by Irish Wakeboard Team Coach David Coates (DC) and our Federation President, Des Burke-Kennedy. As this is the official Magazine of the British Federation (BWSW) and also their special Moomba Masters issue, it is good to see …
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