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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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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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MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS FOR JODIE KEE !

WATERSKIER JODIE ADDS JUDO TO HER ENORMOUS SPORTING TALENTS   Belfast Student Jodie Kee holds National Waterski Records at U12 and U14 level in Tricks and Jump. Few in our sport know that she also has another very different sports life – and that is in Judo.   Last July, Jodie Kee, who is also a member of Murakwai Judo Club in Belfast, caused a sensation in the USA when …

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