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Irish Wakeboard Team

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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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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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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‘COULD BE AN OSCAR WINNER – WORLD CUP MEN’S WAKEBOARD FINALS

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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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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