The 4th annual Wildstyle comp and the 3rd and final event on the NWSC Mini tour was run off in clean 2-3ft surf at Culdaff yesterday.
A large turnout of competitors and supporters where there to see some high quality surfing.
The day started out with running the 2 semi finals and Final of the'Clash of the Clubs' contest that had to be postponed in Portrush due to dropping swell cnditions.
The final was a tight affair with Rosy Harkin the NWSC's only surfer in the final.He was up against Jim Lenfesty and Oisin Cambell from the Causeway Club and tour leader Gearoid Mcdaid from Strandhill in Sligo.
However it was Jim Lenfesty and Gearoid Mcdaid who battled it out with the young ripper taking out Lenfesty with two solid big scoring waves.
After the final of the Clash Of The Clubs it was the Wildstyle comp that got underway, the 1st rounds were all a tightly fought affair with the youngsters making there mark again taking out the older competitors in the comp.
The final had 3 surfers under 18! Aaron Dees, Oisin Cambell and Gearoid Mcdaid with Portrush local Jim Lenfesty the only senior surfer making it to the final.
Oisin Cambell and Jim Lenfesty both started well scoring highly on there waves with Cambell pulling off a massive floater. Aaron Dees caught one or two nice lefts and carved some nice cutbacks while young Gearoid Mcdaid stayed over on the lefts getting a few nice ones too. But it wasn't till the final 2 minutes that Gearoid pulled the best wave of the day out of the bag, scoring 8.5 with two of the judges after demolishing the wave with 3 big of the lips and two full roundhouse cutbacks. The crowd went ballistic and the hooter sounded to finish off another great Wildstyle event.
The club would like to thank all the competitors who travelled to the comps from as far as Sligo and Belfast. We'd also like to thank Rosy SurfnSkate for there continuing support of the club and its events.
CLASH OF THE CLUBS WILDSTYLE
1. Gearoid Mcdaid 1.Gearoid Mcdaid
2.Jim Lenfesty 2.Oisin Cambell
3.Oisin Cambell 3.Jim Lenfesty
4.Rosy Harkin 4.Aaron Dees
NWSC MINI TOUR CHAMPION 2010 - Gearoid McDaid
Highest Placed NWSC surfer and Club Champion 2010 - Iain Gilmour
Pics of comp to follow plus tour ratings.
Clash Of The Clubs
The 2nd event in the NWSC mini tour, The Clash of The Clubs was postponed last Saturday 6th November at the semi final stage as the swell had fallen off completely at Whiterocks in Portrush.
The two Semi finals and final will be held this Saturday 13th Novemeber at Culdaff before the start of the Wildstyle comp. The first heat will hit the water at 9.30 am sharp.
After which the 1st round of the WILDSTYLE comp will start, please sign in at 9.30 as usual as we will have a lot of heats to get through in the day.
The prize givng for both events and the Tour and Club champion trophies will be presented in McGrory's pub in Culdaff after the comp has finished.
The forecast for this weekend is for good size surf at the moment.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
NWSC.
WILDSTYLE @ Culdaff
The 4th annual WILDSTYLE comp will take place next Saturday 13th Novemeber at Culdaff. The event kindly sponsored by Rosy Surf n Skate of Derry is the 3rd and final event in this year's mini tour.
There will also be an after comp party and prize giving in McGrory's of Culdaff. Anyone interested in booking accomodation there can get a cheaper rate for that night by saying you are up for the comp. €45 b/b p/p see www.mcgrorys.ie
Hopefully it will be another classic WILDSTYLE comp.
There will also be an after comp party and prize giving in McGrory's of Culdaff. Anyone interested in booking accomodation there can get a cheaper rate for that night by saying you are up for the comp. €45 b/b p/p see www.mcgrorys.ie
Hopefully it will be another classic WILDSTYLE comp.
CLASH OF THE CLUBS COMP
The Clash of the Clubs comp the 2nd event in the NWSC's Mini Tour is on tomorrow St 6th of November. Contestants are asked to meet at Whiterocks carpark at 9.30am to check in. €5 entry fee ISA/NWSC/CCSC membership essential.
NWSC Mini Tour 2010 - Ratings
After 1st event 'Cold Water Classic'.
NAME CLUB POINTS
1st Gearoid McDaid CSSC 1000
2nd Oisin Cambell CCSC 860
3rd Iain Gilmour NWSC 730
4th Luke Daly NWSC 670
5th Paul Mcguckin NWSC 596
5th James Doherty NWSC 596
7th Shamus Harkin NWSC 541
7th Paddy Balney NWSC 541
9th Josh Enslie NWSC 500
10th Ryan Vail NWSC 488
11th Mark Leonard NWSC 475
NAME CLUB POINTS
1st Gearoid McDaid CSSC 1000
2nd Oisin Cambell CCSC 860
3rd Iain Gilmour NWSC 730
4th Luke Daly NWSC 670
5th Paul Mcguckin NWSC 596
5th James Doherty NWSC 596
7th Shamus Harkin NWSC 541
7th Paddy Balney NWSC 541
9th Josh Enslie NWSC 500
10th Ryan Vail NWSC 488
11th Mark Leonard NWSC 475
Cold water classic goes off in great waves!
The 1st event in the NWSC's mini tour 'The Cold Water Classic' sponsored by Adventure One Surf School was run yesterday in perfect contest conditions. The surf was 3ft and clean and the sun shone all day.
Spectators were treated to some great surfing especially from U14 irish Champion Gearoid Mcdaid whose vertical surfing was in a class above all the other competitors, Gearoid who has travelled up from Sligo at 5am was putting together big off the lips and solid roundhouse cutbacks, much to the enjoyment of the spectators.
The day saw some other great battles in the surf in the 1st round local srfers James Doherty and Paul Mcguckin pushed each other until the end of the heat with James narrowly beating Paul after a judges countback.
Heat2 of round 1 saw two of the fianlists Gearoid and Oisin push local surfer Luke Daly into 3rd and the repercharge.
The Semi finals saw some great surfing with Gearoid getting an 8.5 from all the judges, Luke daly who won the repercharge heat, showed his local knowledge and snagged the best sets with nice long rides and big manouveres all the way to the inside.
Meanwhile it was a battle of young versus old with Oisin Cambell from the CCSC & Fanad surfer Paddy Blaney up against Paul Mcguckin and local surf instructor Iain Gilmour in the second semi final. But it was young OisinCambell who just pipped contest veteran Iain Gilmour into 2nd.
The final was held in perfect waves with the two youngsters Mcdaid and Cambell up against the local Fanad surfer Daly and Gilmour. All 4 surfers caught a high number of waves and all scoring highly on them but the day went to Young Gearoid Mcdaid who took 1st place with Oisin Cambell 2nd, Iain Gilmour 3rd, and Luke Daly 4th.
The club would like to thank Adventure One Surf School, for sponsoring the prizes and Trophies and all the competitors and supporters who made the effort and were rewarded with a great day of surf and sun in North Donegal.
The next comp in the mini tour is Nov 6th In Portrush 'The Clash of the Clubs'.
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