In yesterday’s Sunday Times magazine, Heather Irvine wrote a great piece about SUP in Ireland. It really shows the level of interest that is out there right now in this fantastic sport – click on the pictures to read the article.
If you are interested in booking a lesson, just give us a call on 01-6683945, we regularly run flat water and wave classes.
We finished up the Surfdock SUP Spring Race Series last night with a great 4th race in difficult weather conditions. Well done to the 19 competitors on the water who battled each other in the wind and waves in the Dock.
After four races the overall winners for the Mens and Womens are Paul Byrne and Jane Downes on their raceboards. Congratulations!! Well done as well to Lewis Eickholt and Nina Boeker for coming first in the Crossover Board Mens and Womens classes. It certainly was a close call between the first three men in the crossover board class with Brendan Meaney, Lewis Eickholt and Colin Harris all with a chance to win the class depending on their performance in this last race. Lewis showed the endurance and strength that got him over the line in first, with Colin and Brendan following him closely.
We are very happy to have seen 40 people competing over the course of the first Surfdock SUP Race Series and particularly enjoyed welcoming new faces to every race and introducing them to SUP racing. Thanks to everyone for coming out to the races, despite the wind and rain we had and also a big thanks to everyone who helped us with the organisation: Dave and Ed for judging, Keith for his advice and laying out the race courses, Brendan for organising the centre on the nights and Martin, Eric and Michael for taking some great photos.
Haven’t got enough of racing? The guys from IrishSUP are organising 4 nights of open water racing starting next Monday, 30th April. We will definitely be there!
If you would like to try out SUP, call us on 01-6683945 or email courses@surfdock.ie, we offer classes for all levels in flat and open water. If you have some experience already (for example completed the flat water introduction class with us) you can rent an SUP from us for €10/hour to go for a paddle in the Dock.
Over the course of the summer we will also be organising more races here in the Dock so watch this space!
Well done again everyone,
Colin & Nina
Now over to the most important bit – the results for the 4th race (women 2k, men 3k) are:
Raceboard Mens:
1. Keith Gorman
2. Paul Byrne
3. Steve Flanagan
Crossover Board Mens:
1. Lewis Eickholt
2. Colin Harris
3. Brendan Meaney
4. Leon van Tonder
5. David Mangan
6. Paul Kiernan
7. Claude Mollard
8. Brian Moore
9. Jonathan Sibley
10. Hugh Walsh
11. Eric Pomeranz
12. Yannik Knipprath
13. John O’Doherty
13. Darrag McDonagh
Raceboard Womens:
1. Jane Downes
Crossover Board Womens:
1. Triona McMenamin
2. Nina Boeker
3. Ysabel Pheifer
The results for the race series overall are:
Hi everyone,
Pretty stormy out there now. However, it is forecast to moderate later in the day, so we have decided that the race tonight is on. We will tailor the race format to the conditions this evening.
A BBQ doesn’t look like an option so the prize giving has been moved to Ocean Bar where we have lined up some finger food instead. We will announce the overall winners and prizes will be raffled among those contestants who have attended at least 3 races.
We hope to see everyone tonight.
Again, well done to everyone for taking part in the technical race last night. It was fantastic to see 27 competitors on the water! Next Wednesday will be the last race of our Spring Race Series and we will finish it up with a prize giving and BBQ for all the participants, fingers crossed for some sunshine.
For anyone who is interested in taking part in next week’s race and doesn’t have their own board, please remember to book in advance as we only have a limited number of rental boards available.
Results for the Technical Race (2k for women, 3k for men):
Race Board Men’s:
1. Paul Byrne
2. Keith Gorman
3. Steve Flanagan
Crossover Board Men’s:
1. Colin Harris
2. Brendan Meaney
3. Lewis Eickholt
4. Leon van Tonder
5. Cormac O’Brien
6. Samir Naji
7. Paul Kiernan
8. Jonathan Coyle
9. Paddy Benson
10. Claude Mollard
11. Eoghan Redmond
12. Jonathan Sibley
13. Hugh Walsh
13. Brian Moore
Race Board Women’s:
1. Jane Downes
Crossover Board Women’s:
1. Triona McMenamin
2. Nina Boeker
3. Ysabel Pheifer
4. Vanessa Lawrenson
5. Alice Ward
6. Roisin Finlay
7. Heather Irvine
8. Catriona Ni Liathain
9. Claire Metcalfe
Well done to everyone who took part in the 4k race last night, it was great to see 18 competitors on the water again. The next race night is on Wednesday, 18th April and will be a technical race. We will meet at 6.30pm, aiming to start the race at 7pm.
Full Results 2nd Race Night:
Race Board Men’s:
1. Paul Byrne
2. Keith Gorman
Race Board Women’s:
1. Jane Downes
Crossover Board Men’s:
1. Colin Harris
2. Brendan Meaney
3. Lewis Eickholt
4. David Mangan
5. Leon van Tonder
6. Samir Naji
7. Paul Kiernan
8. Steve Flanagan
9. Cameron McMullan
10. Oran Murphy
11. Cormac O’Brien
12. Idris Naji
13. Jonathan Sibley
Crossover Board Women’s:
1. Nina Boeker
2. Lynsey Flanagan
Thanks to Dave Owens for judging and to Eric for providing us with the photos he took last night. We will put up the photos on our Facebook page.