The Irish Junior Surf Team depart Dublin Airport today for Santa Cruz, Portugal to compete at Eurosurf Junior ’22 (European Junior Surfing Championships). Eurosurf Junior is a biannual event hosted by the European Surfing Federation. 17 Nations are to compete at this year’s Eurosurf Junior including Ireland, Belgium, Channel Islands, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Wales
This years event is the first Eurosurf Junior with 50% female participation, marking a historic milestone for promoting women’s participation in surfing in Europe
Team Manager, Ross Lee will lead the team supported by Team Coaches, Ayesha Garvey, Maia Monaghan and Iarom Madden. Gavin McCrea has been selected to the international panel who will judge the prestigious Championships
The event has not taken place since 2018, having been scheduled and cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid 19. Apart from Ben Maher who competed at Eurosurf Junior ’18, the rest of the competitors on the team will be making their debut on the European stage
The Parade of Nations and Opening Ceremony will take place on Saturday 16th with competition starting on Sunday 17th running daily until Sunday 24th. The event will be available on live webcast, details to be published.
There is a wealth of talented young surfers in the water in Ireland today, with the standard higher and competition for places on the team tougher than ever before. Irish Surfing wishes the twelve young surfers competing and their management team a successful event. We know you will each do your families, clubs and country proud
Irish Surfing is our supporters by Sport Ireland, Sport NI and the Olympic Federation of Ireland. We are very grateful to our surf clubs, schools, shops and the many individual surfers who donated to our team fundraiser.
Irish Junior Surf Team 2022
U18 Girls
Jude Lee, Tbay Surf Club
Alex Fanning, Tbay Surf Club
Katie Lodge, West Coast Surf Club
U18 Boys
Jai Widger, Tbay Surf Club
Lorcan Southcombe, Donegal Bay Board Riders
Ben Maher, Tbay Surf Club
U16 Girls
Akiya Moore, Tbay Surf Club
Evelyn Moore, Tbay Surf Club
Sadie Shalloo, West Coast Surf Club
U16 Boys
Tom Murphy, Donegal Bay Board Riders
Oscar Choo, Donegal Bay Board Riders
Darragh Gilmartin, Donegal Bay Board Riders
Girls Longboard
Alex Fanning, Tbay Surf Club
Boys Longboard
Ben Maher, Tbay Surf Club
Manager
Ross Lee, Tbay Surf Club
Coaches
Ayesha Garvey, Rossnowlagh Surf Club
Iarom Madden, Donegal Bay Board Riders
Maia Monaghan, Rossnowlagh Surf Club
Judge
Gavin McCrea, Rossnowlagh Surf Club
