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Fri 09 Sep 2007Jahrling's call answered as trio join heavyweightsROWING:The traditionally quiet months of autumn are anything but this year. New athletes - including a British team member - are coming from abroad to join the heavyweight programme; a new lightweight coach is set to be appointed, and tomorrow's meeting of the board of the Irish Amateur Rowing Union may sweep a new broom through key sub-committees.Preparation for the international season begins with regional time trials next weekend. Three weeks later (October 25th-28th) there will be a senior heavyweight camp at the National Rowing Centre at Inniscarra Lake, Cork, where three of the invitees are surprise inclusions.