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WEATHER HITS NATIONAL CHILDRENS AND WOMENS DAYS

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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JANET GRAY INJURIES CASE SETTLEMENT

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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FEDERATION MEETING APPOINTS SELECTORS FOR SEASON 2012

FEDERATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS COME OUT IN FORCE ! Sunday last was not a day of rest and relaxation for our Federation Committee Members ! We had just about a full house at the Carlton Airport Hotel in Dublin with our team travelling from Belfast, Cork and Dublin for a busy day. Present were Des Burke-Kennedy, Eileen Galvin, Brid Ferry, Robin Skelton, Andy McQuiggan, Barry Galvin, Daryl Higgins, Paurig O’Regan and …

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MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON OUR WEBSITE

HUGE INCREASE IN UNIQUE VISITORS THIS PAST WEEKEND As our regular Website visitors will have seen recently, each of our regular NEWS items now has a set of Social Media buttons below the text. A simple CLICK on these sends that NEWS item of your choice straight to your own FaceBook page, Twitter, etc. In other words, this helps us to spread the details very quickly – via a simple …

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TONIGHT’S GOLD SILVER AND BRONZE REPORT FROM SOUTH AFRICA

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM IRELAND AT THE EUROPE AFRICA WAKEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS It was a cliff hanger right down to the end this afternoon in South Africa. Our thoughts go back to those cold Winter practice sessions on the water here at home when our dedicated Riders refused to let low temperatures spoil their preparations. Team Captain David Coates worked hard at bonding the Irish Wakeboard team together and this can make …

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THREE QUALIFICATIONS AVAILABLE IN JUST ONE WEEKEND

SPECIAL FEDERATION COURSE FOR DRIVERS ON MARCH 3rd & 4th Mailings were sent to our Affiliated Clubs just one hour ago – and already NINE bookings have been received for this very special weekend on March 3/4 at the Irish Aqua Sports Centre (IASC). The entry is limited to the first 24 applicants cheques received.   This Course is for those members of our Affiliated Clubs who have some prior …

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