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Des Burke-Kennedy

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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IRISH FEATURES IN BRITISH WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD MAGAZINE

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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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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