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GEOFF SAVES THE DAY AT 35+ EUROPE AFRICA WATERSKI CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTRIA

MISSING TEAM MEMBERS DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR It has been a tough week for Team Ireland at the 2012 Europe Africa 35+ Waterski Championships in Fischlam, Austria. Our three man team did suffer with the loss of Harry Bridges of Golden Falls WSC and Diane Kirby of Meteor WSC. Their points are always great for Team scores. Chief Driver this time was Phil Ingle GBR and with past …

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NEW EVENT FORMAT AT CLUB SLALOM CHALLENGE GREAT SUCCESS

HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A GREAT SLALOM TEAM MOTIVATOR ! On Saturday, August 25th, Meteor WSC in County Down experimented with a new Slalom Competition format and by all reports it worked very well and is certainly worth looking at for the future.   Basically, the field is split into Teams. In this case there were 5 Skiers from Lough Aghery WSC and 5 from Meteor WSC. Skiers accumulate points …

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NEW OVERALL NATIONAL OPEN WATERSKI CHAMPION THIS WEEKEND !

FIRST TIME IN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY ! No matter what happens in the coming days,  history will be made this weekend at Lough Aghery WSC in County Down. The reason is simple – Barry Galvin will not compete and a whole new era is about to begin. Those who were with us last year at the National Waterski Championships will remember that Barry Galvin took the coveted Overall …

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YOUR INVITATION TO NEXT WEEKEND’S NATIONAL WATERSKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

CALLING ALL SKIERS TO MAKE A VERY SPECIAL EFFORT NEXT WEEKEND TO TAKE PART IN THE 2012 NATIONALS Having just completed a very successful National Wakeboard Championships at Lough Muckno, we now switch our attention to this coming weekend’s NATIONAL WATERSKI CHAMPIONSHIPS at Lough Aghery WSC in County Down. In many respects, our National Championships are an important indicator of the level of commitment at various levels and that is …

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AARON SHOWS LOUGH AGHERY A CLEAN 10.75m PASS

GLORIOUS WEATHER FOR AARON LARKIN’S COACHING COURSE AT LOUGH AGHERY WSC After such a terrible weather season here at home this Summer, as soon as Aaron Larkin stepped off the plane, the sunshine and perfect water arrived at Lough Aghery WSC ! Now that is what we call good timing.   Aaron Larkin is here at the invitation of Lough Aghery WSC for an intensive coaching session this week. We …

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IRISH FATHER & SON POST OUTSTANDING SLALOM SCORES IN FRANCE !

OUTSTANDING WEEK FOR THE BRIDGES IN FRANCE Harry Bridges and Jake Bridges have been training and skiing in Spain and France while we waited for Summer to arrive back here at home. Their time on the water has certainly not been wasted. We reported earlier on Harry’s strong early performance in the BIG DAWG event organised by the famous Thierry Malhomme in France a week ago. He finished up with …

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