Sligo surfers among the medals at European championships

Sligo surfers lead Ireland to a third place finish overall at the European Championships at the weekend in Norway.

Ashleigh Smith and Shane Meehan both secured silver medals in the bodyboard competitons, while Andrew Kilfeather made the longboard final and finished fourth overall.

Gearoid McDaid enjoyed a similar result in the highly-competitive Men’s Open discipline.

 

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Irish Surfing is celebrating following the Irish Surf Team’s historic best performance at the 2017 European Surfing Championships that took place in Stavanger, Norway last week. Ireland had four surfers compete on the podium and the team finished 3^rd overall, behind Portugal in 1^st and Italy in 2^nd. Individual medals were awarded to Ashleigh Smith, Silver in Women’s Bodyboard, Shane Meehan, Silver in Men’s Bodyboard, Andrew Kilfeather, Copper in Longboard and putting in an incredible perfonace to make the Open Men’s final, Gearoid McDaid secured a Copper Medal for his 4^th place finish.

The team was led to success by Manager Hugh O’Brien Moran and Coach, Owen Murphy. Irish Judge, Garbhan McCloskey recognised as one of Europe’s leading judges, was on the panel for the Grand Finals and judge both the Open Men’s and Women’s finals.

Congratulations Irish Surf Team.

 

Manager

Hugh O’Brien Moran (Tbay Surf Club)

 

Coach

Owen Murphy (Bundoran Board Riders)

 

Judge

Garbhan McCloskey (Rossnowlagh Surf Club)

 

Open Men’s

Gearoid McDaid 4^th (Co Sligo Surf Club)

Stpehen Kilfeather 19^th (Co Sligo Surf Club)

Ronan Oertzen 25^th (Bundoran Board Riders)

Cillian Ryan 25^th (West Coast Surf Club)

 

Women’s Surf

Shauna Ward 11^th(Bundoran Board Riders)

Holly Widger 11^th(Tbay Surf Club)

 

Open Bodyboard

Shane Meehan 2^nd (Co Sligo Surf Club)

 

Women’s Bodyboard

Ashleigh Smith 2^nd (Co Sligo Surf Club)

 

Longboard

Andrew Kilfeather 4^th (Co Sligo Surf Club)