Local surf stars shine at junior tour event in Bundoran

The most promising young surfers in Ireland were brought to Bundoran for the most recent Irish Surfing Junior Tour stop, where competitors from surf clubs across the country showed the next generation of Irish potential. The competition provided an outstanding standard of surfing across both shortboard and longboard classes, with participants showing amazing skill, determination, passion, and sportsmanship throughout the day, all thanks to the favourable weather and consistently high-quality waves. The Irish Surfing Junior Tour, which is a part of Surfing Ireland’s national junior competition series, gives young surfers the chance to progress toward international competition, obtain national ranking points, and gain important competitive experience.

This year’s competition was especially important because Bundoran will host the EuroSurf Junior Championships later this year. This gave competitors a great chance to test themselves at one of Ireland’s top surfing locations before one of the biggest junior surfing contests ever held on Irish soil. The competition showed the range of up-and-coming talent in Irish surfing and confirmed the sport’s bright future in Ireland with outstanding results in every division and solid involvement from clubs around the country.

 

Results

U18 Divisions

U18 Girls

1^st Ruby Fanning, T-Bay Surf Club (Tramore)

2^nd Ella Moore, T-Bay Surf Club  (Tramore)

3^rd Giorgi Herterich, T-Bay Surf Club  (Tramore)

4^th Maria Butler, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

 

U18 Boys

1st Joshua Karbus , West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

2^nd Nicholas Howley, Donegal Bay Boardriders

3^rd Rory Murphy,  Donegal Bay Boardriders

4^th  Alfie Corcoran, Tbay Surf Club (Tramore)

 

 

Longboard Success

1^st Freya Reeves, Donegal Bay Boardriders

2^nd Ella Dooly, Tbay Surf Club (Tramore)

3^rd Aoife Bolger, Tbay Surf Club (Tramore)

4^th Florence Ferguson, Killiney Bay Surf Club (Killiney)

 

U18 Boys Longboard

1st David Fanning, Tbay Surf Club (Tramore)

2nd Joshua Roberts, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

 

U16 Standouts

U16 Girls

1^st Hazel Rafferty, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

2^nd Elodie Blount, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

3^rd Ella Dooly, Tbay Surf Club (Tramore)

4^th Freya Reeves, Donegal Bay Boardriders

 

U16 Boys

1^st Darragh Tivnan, Donegal Bay Boardriders

2^nd Dylan Brangwyn, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

3^rd Albin Parle Faehrlin, Co Sligo Surf Club (Sligo)

4^th Joshua Roberts, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

 

U14 Competition

U14 Boys

1^st Django McPhail, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

2^nd Tola Rice, West Coast Surf Club (Lahinch)

3^rd Oscar McCrea, Donegal Bay Boardriders

4^th Jake Callaghan, Tbay Surf Club (Tramore)

 

“The level of surfing on display throughout this Junior Tour event was outstanding and made for an incredibly competitive team selection. Seeing surfers like Josh Karbus return to the Tour after back-to-back WSL Europe Junior final appearances shows the standard our young athletes are reaching. It’s a real reflection of the strength of Irish junior surfing, and we’re excited to see this team represent Ireland at EuroSurf Junior.” — Zoe Lally, CEO, Irish Surfing