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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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EXCITING NEW ERA FOR BOAT DRIVING QUALIFICATIONS FOR WATERSKI AND WAKEBOARD ANNOUNCED TODAY

GREAT NEWS FOR ALL IWWF CLUB DRIVERS     For many years, our Federation has run various Boat Driving schemes to support the development of both our Clubs and the public. These will now be phased out. It is now time to move on. We are about to enter a totally new era ! On the weekend of April 9th / 10th at IASC Club west of Dublin we will …

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IS THIS OUR FITTEST WATERSKI FAMILY ?

A VERY FIT WATERSKI FAMILY HITS THE HEADLINES TODAY Cautley Family in today’s IRISH TIMES The Health Supplement in Tuesday’s Irish Times is the perfect place to feature Steven and Lucy and Zofja, Naoise and Jasmine Cautley. We all know them as Golden Falls Skiers but that is only a small part of their very active lives. Their daily keep-fit routine often starts at 05.00am for swim practice for Trojan …

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ONLINE COMPETITION REGISTRATION REAL SUCCESS THIS SEASON

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SKIERS AND RIDERS AND FEDERATION Exactly 18 hours before the start of the Slalom & Jump Grand Prix, the Running Order was uploaded on the Golden Falls Website and the first 10 Skiers received an email informing them of their need to be ready on the Dock ! Golden Falls Waterski Club This has transformed how we will run future Federation Calendar events – but it …

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TOUGH DAY FOR BARRY T GALVIN IN EUROPEAN TRICKS FINALS

EVEN FOR YOUNG ATHLETES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AT THE TOP IS FIERCE Making it to the Finals of the 2010 European Youth Championships in Austria is a major achievement. The up-and-coming youngsters in France, Italy and Greece are reaching scores in Tricks which would have been unheard of even five years ago. Barry T Galvin made it to the Finals with high hopes. He also knew that on a good day, …

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PERSONAL BEST SCORES AT U14 EUROPE AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS

YOUNG BARRY SCORES THREE PERSONAL BESTS IN EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JUMP The news today from Austria from Ireland’s Skier in the U14 European Youth Championships is even better than expected. Barry T Galvin from Cork Power Boat and Waterski Club beat his own Personal Best scores on each of his three Jumps – an outstanding achievement and especially as this is not even his best event. That comes tomorrow …

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