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WELL-known Clare and Irish lifeguarding competitor, Oisín McGrath, is in the running for the title of European Lifesaver of the Year.Oisín, who has been involved with water activities and water safety all his life, is the son of Clare and Brendan McGrath. He began lifeguarding at 17 years of age. He has competed for Clare and Ireland at national, European and world levels in the skills of lifesaving. He brought home three gold and a silver from the World Masters Lifesaving competitions held in Egypt in 2010. His performance at the European championships held in Alicante this year contributed to placing Irish lifesavers sixth in Europe. Oisín has been nominated by CDC Magazine (Coureurs d’Ecume, a French lifesaving magazine) for the European Lifesaver of the year 2011. This is based largely on achievements from the European championships in Alicante. Overall, six male and six female nominations have been selected from a strong European-wide field of athletes. Only one male and …
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