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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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INTERESTING KITEBOARDING OLYMPIC NEWSFLASH TODAY !

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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GOLDEN FALLS UNVEILS STAINLESS STEEL PROJECT TODAY

 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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THANK YOU TO OUR WEBSITE FANS !

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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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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