European Surfing Championships which was held in Bundoran for the past week with Team Portugal being crowned European Surfing Champions for 2011. English, Welsh, Channel Islands and Irish surfers all placed well with thousands of spectators gathered along Bundoran’s Tullan Strand to watch the finals.
Ben Skinner surfing for Jersey beat Ben Haworth into 2nd England) after dominating the longboard final. Newquays Adam Griffiths was 5th. Sarah Beardmore (Eng) won her heat in by a landslide to become the European Ladies Open Champion. Sarah led from the start, dominating the heat and winning by a 7.0 margin over Leticia Canales (Spn). Easkey Britton (Ireland) finished in fifth place and Channel island Alison McGregor in 6th. In the Open Quivers Alan Stokes managed a credible third with Quivers Tom Butler finishing 6th after beg knocked out in the repercharge final. Channel islands Ben Chapman was third in the seniors, Nick Reid (Wales) 5th and Tyson Greenaway (England) 6th. Greg Owen (Wales) was 4th in the Masters, Mike Raven 5th and Richie Fitzgerald 6th.
Commenting on the event, Contest Director Eileesh Buckley said “Eurosurf as a whole has been an enormous success. We couldn’t have asked for better waves all week and the contest overall has been problem-free. We are indebted to our team of volunteers who have ensured the smooth running of the competition all week and have put in many long days over the past week and a half. We would like to mention our supporters and sponsors at this point too and thank Failte Ireland and Supervalu for their generous support – without whom Eurosurf would not have happened.”
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