McDaid retains Irish Surf Champion title

Amid perfect surf conditions and a mild day, The Irish National Surfing Championships took place at the Peak, Bundoran yesterday, Sunday 24th September. Gearoid McDaid retained the Open Surf title and sixteen year old Una Britton won the Women’s Surf title. The Bodyboard titles went to Shane Meehan and Ashleigh Smith, Longboard to Ollie O’Flaherty and Ione Byrne and SUP to Finn Mullen and Katie McAnena. Ray Mc Daid won the Kneeboard, David Blount won the Masters, Brigita Moore won the Women’s Masters, Henry Moore won the Grand Masters and and Hugh O’Brien Moran took the Great Grand Masters title.

Bundoran Tourism Officer Shane Smyth speaking after the event concluded said ‘we were honoured once again to have “Ireland’s Surf Capital” host the annual Irish national surfing championships run by Irish Surfing.  Our consistent good conditions provide an ideal location for national and international competitions.  I’d like to congratulate Gearoid on the retention of his title and say well done to all the other winners. The competition was tough and we saw a lot of excellent surfing today.’

The winners are listed below:

Bodyboard Open

1.    Shane Meehan, Co Sligo Surf Club

2.    Ashleigh Smith, North Sligo Surf Cub

3.    Ione Byrne, Easkey Surf Club

4.    Joe Breen, TBay Surf Club

Bodyboard Women’s

1.    Ashleigh Smith, North Sligo Surf Club

Longboard

1.    Ollie O’Flaherty, West Coast Surf Club

2.    Emmet O’Doherty, Bundoran Board Riders

3.    Shane Lally, Bundoran Board Riders

4.    Tom Breen, TBay Surf Club

Longboard Womens

1.     Ione Byrne, Easkey Surf Club

Masters

1.    David Blount, West Coast Surf Club

2.    Kerry Larkin, Co Sligo Surf Club

3.    John Britton, Rossnowlagh Surf Club

4.    Emmet O’Doherty, Bundoran Board Riders

Mixed Masters

1.     Hugh O’Brien Moran, TBAY Surf Club

2.     Henry Moore, TBay Surf Club

3.     Andrew Hill, Causeway Coast Surf Club

4.     Brigita Moore, TBay Surf Club

Kneeboard

1.    Ray McDaid, Co Sligo Surf Club

2.    Bran Gordon, TBay Surf Club

3.    Joe Breen, TBay Surf Club

4.    NickMcCarthy, TBay Surf Club

SUP

1.    Finn Mullen, Causeway Coast Surf CLub

2.    Emmet O’Doherty, Bundoran Board Riders

3.    Katie Mc Anena, Bundoran Board Riders

4.    Ross McGarry, Dublin Bay SUP Club

SUP Womens

1.     Katie Mc Anena, Bundoran Board Riders

Surf Womens

1.    Una Britton, Rossnowlagh Surf Club

2.    Grace Doyle, Tbay Surf Club

3.    Holly Widger, Tbay Surf Club

4.    Rachel Moore, Tbay Surf Club

Surf Open

1.    Gearoid McDaid, Co Sligo Surf Club

2.    Stephen Kilfeather, Co Sligo Surf Club

3.    Owen Murphy, Bundoran Board Riders

4.    David Blount, West Coast Surf Club