"Ireland's Olympians", the RTE TV Series, starts Monday, June 30, at 7.30pm on RTE2, and runs for five weeks.  The first programme concentrates on Athletics, and features athletes Derval O'Rourke, David Gillick, Paul Hession, Roisin McGettigan, Alastair Cragg and Fionnuala Britton.  Subsequent programmes feature boxing, cycling, hammer throwing, walking, rowing, sailing, canoeing, triathlon, badminton, shooting, fencing and equestrian sports.  Doctors, physios, physiologists, trainers and managers working with the Irish Olympic team also feature during the series.

Here's some sneak previews, on YouTube... If the link doesn't work on your computer, just cut and paste this into your browser...

http://www.youtube.com/IrelandsOlympians

Much more details on RTE.ie, plus news on the book that accompanies the series.

Please email to your friend and club members. This is a unique opportunity to show that there is a big audience for minority sports in Ireland. After coverage of  badminton, why not take the time again to e mail RTE  and let them know Badminton Players are watching their sport, something like this “Thanks again for covering Badminton, with two Olympians in Beijing, its looking great for London 2012, we hope to see even more coverage of the fastest racquet sport in the world on RTE."

Jean Denihan BI Pro.