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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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USA, AUSTRALIA AND BELARUS CAPTURE LINYI CHINA WORLD CUP GOLD MEDALS IN JUMP AND WAKEBOARD

TWO IRISH RIDERS ARRIVE HOME WITH A TON OF NEW EXPERIENCES FROM 2011 WORLD CUP STOPS     With 22 Nations represented in this 32nd Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Stop in the Series, this again attracted one of the largest numbers of spectators to date. The spectacular Linyi City purpose built World Cup Stadium on the downtown Yihe River bank in Shandong Province is an architectural masterpiece . The …

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GEOFF CLARKE TAKES JUMP GOLD MEDAL BACK TO IRELAND

OUTSTANDING JUMP PERFORMANCE FROM IRISH TEAM SKIER GEOFF CLARKE OF GOLDEN FALLS WSC       The 35+ Europe Africa Waterski Championships are almost a big as the World Championships ! This 2011 event was staged in Lacanau in France at the weekend and athletes from 19 countries attended.   Our Team Ireland this year was made up of Daryl Higgins (Golden Falls), Rodney Watson (Meteor), Robin Skelton (Stillwaters), Harry …

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RAY STOKES GRAND PRIX DOUBLES FUNDRAISING TARGET !

FANTASTIC RESPONSE FROM OUR SKIERS AND WATERSKI FRIENDS AT GOLDEN FALLS       There were two major targets at this weekend’s RAY STOKES GRAND PRIX at Golden Falls Waterski Club in County Kildare. Firstly, we wanted to show him the respect all his friends here at home have for him – and secondly we wanted to try to raise some funds to help him with his many expenses as …

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EAMONN PRUNTY MAKES FINALS IN WEST CHESTER OHIO

IRELAND’S DISABLED SKIER EAMONN PRUNTY ALREADY QUALIFIES FOR TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS IN THE USA     Ireland’s Eamonn Prunty is a legend in our sport. He has consistently reached the Podium at both European and World levels, has trained in Australia, the USA, and at his own Irish Aquatic Sports Centre in Meath. Right now Eamonn is our sole Irish athlete competing in the 2011 World Disabled Waterski Championships …

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HISTORY MADE AT OUR NATIONAL WATERSKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

HECTIC WEEKEND AT LOUGH AGHERY   FOR OUR 2011 NATIONAL WATERSKI CHAMPIONSHIPS         The range of both ages and talents was extensive this past weekend as our Waterskiers battled for the coveted annual titles of NATIONAL CHAMPION. The host Club, Lough Aghery WSC near Hillsborough in County Down, was the centre of attention and thanks to generous sponsorship by Lisburn City Council and Calor, all returned home …

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