The dates and locations for the 2012 league have now been confirmed and are as follows:
Competition 1
Saturday 31st March, Bundoran
Competition 2
Saturday 12th May, Portrush
Competition 3
Saturday 16th June, North Donegal
Competition 4 / NI Open / Club AGM
Saturday 8th September, Portrush
Keep an eye on the forum for updates regarding each competition.
These events are open to all paddlers of 3 star level and above. The club can provide both plastic and glass surf kayaks for those who are new to surf kayaking.
For details of the competition rules etc, have a look at the competitions section of the website here
2012 NISK / Surfkayaks.com League
It is with great pleasure that we can announce that Mega Surf Kayaks will continue to be our League sponsor for the 2012 league.
Malcolm and the team at Mega have agreed once again to support the league and will be providing a brand new surf kayak for the winner of the Plastic Class at the 2012 league.
The committee of the NISK club would like to thank Malcolm for his support of the club over the years.
2011 NISK / Surfkayaks.com League
Competition 4 / NI Open Results & Write Up
The Canoe Association of Northern Ireland’s surf kayaking league came to a finale on Saturday in big waves at Whiterocks beach, Portrush.
Although the weather wasn’t kind the level of surf kayaking on display didn’t disappoint with competitors from all over Ireland throwing their boats and bodies at the waves in the hope of pulling off the spectacular!
Back in the water for the first time since winning his World title was Portrush lad Andy McClelland.
As in America Andy failed to disappoint winning both the Junior long and short boat categories. He also narrowly missed out in the Men’s short boat to Jonny Bingham who also managed the double.
Once again the Master’s was hotly contended with James O’Donnell claiming the short boat title from Matt Pothercary in some of the biggest waves of the day. James made it a day of doubles in the Master’s long boat by piping West Cork man Anthony Coyne to the post.
Congratulations go to James McDyre who won the Plastic Class and therefore the league. James earns himself a new Mega surfkayak of his choice.
Congratulations to the members of the NI Surf Kayak Squad who travelled all the way to Outer Banks in USA. The trip proved to be worth it as everyone who travelled has come back with a top 4 placing and 2 of them have come back as WORLD CHAMPIONS.
The results were:
Chris Hobson - World Champion - Mens HP
Andy Mc Clelland - World Champion - Junior IC / 3rd Place Junior HP
Jake King - 2nd Junior HP / 3rd Junior IC
Corin King - 4th Place Mens IC
Congratulations to all the boys from all the members and committee of the NI Surf Kayak Club.
Safe journey home and we hope to see you all at the NI Open next week.
2011 NISK / Surfkayaks.com League
The next event in the 2011 NISK / Surfkayaks.com league will be the NI Open / Comp. 4 in Portrush.
The planned date for this event is Saturday 15th October.
Keep an eye on the site for more details.
Competition 2 Results & Write Up
Round two of the Mega Sponsored Surf League ran at the 2nd time of trying on Sat 3rd Sept.
The original venue was to be in the Bundoran area but an early week forecast pointed the way to a change of venue to make the most of the surf forecast and tides, the event moved to Magheraroarty N. Donegal.
The registration completed and contest length worked out the action got underway at midday on the dropping tide.
With the World Championships less than a month away it was the last chance for traveling paddlers Andy, Corin and Jake to get some contest practice before flying to the states.
The guys from the Gweebarra club used the local knowledge to put in some outstanding performances over the day. Conor O Donnell was my standout surfer of the contest breaking his boost out of the top of the wave with ease. Conors dad James put in a great paddle to take victory in the masters HP class. Andy Mc Clelland show that he is fired up for the big one in the US, taking both the Junior classes. James Mc Dyer took victory in the Plastic novice class, with a much improved Tomas Thompson in 2nd surfing a reef for the first time. In the mens IC class Jonny Binghams powerful style put him well out in front of the rest. The largest class of the day was the Mens HP. All surfers got at least two rounds and by the time it got down to finals, it was the young guns Andy Mc Clelland and Conor O Donnell against the experience of Jonny Bingham and Dessie Mc Glinchey. Wave selection in the final was going to be key to gaining victory, There were a few sets that came through during the 19mins, but each time a set came through 2 of the 3 waves would fade and not break right across the reef. Dessie managed to get two of the larger waves that allowed a better scoring potential and put him into first place.
Thanks Pascal Devine (top irish surf judge and national surf coach) for driving up and judging the event for the club.
Also a huge thanks to Lendal for supporting the event with two excellent prizes of custom surf paddles to the winners of the raffle. James O Donnell and Jack Pothecary.
The next and final contest of the season will take place in Portrush on 15th Oct and its all to surf for. Whoever wins the final classes will probably take the top spot in the classes for the 2011 season.
Dessie
The full results from the day were
Plastic class
1st James Mc Dyre
2nd Tomas Thompson
Junior IC
1st Andy Mc Clelland
2nd Jake King
Junior HP
1st Andy Mc Clelland
2nd Conor O Donnell
3rd Jake King
4th Jack Pothecary
Masters HP
1st James O Donnell
2nd Matt Pothecary
3rd Lawrence Mc Bride
4th Dennis Mc Dyre
Mens Ic
1st Jonny Bingham
2nd Corin King
3rd Dessie Mc Glinchey
4th Jake King
Mens Hp
1st Dessie Mc Glinchey
2nd Jonny Bingham
3rd Conor O Donnell
4th Andy Mc Clelland
=5th Jake King
=5th Corin King
=7th Jack Pothecary
=7th Matt Pothecary
=9th Kieran McDyre
=9th James O Donnell
=11th Lawrence Mc Bride
=11th Dennis Mc Dyre
The league standings so far will be available from the competitions section of the website here
For further details on upcoming competitions, keep an eye on our forum or on the front page of the site.
Competition 3 Results & Write Up
After a changeable forecast all week, NISK Comp 2 was eventually moved to Sunday 21st August. It proved to be a good call as Saturday, while having bigger swell on the North Donegal coast, was too windy for competition. On Sunday morning the competition was moved to Falcarragh Beach to pick up the steadily declining surf.
The day kicked off with three Open High Performance Heats which saw Andy McClelland, Jake King and Corin King taking highest points in each. After one heat of reps came the Semi’s which saw Dessie McGlinchey, Corin King, Jake King and Kieran McDyre all progress to the final, with Andy McClelland narrowly missing the cut.
With the on-shore conditions making for choppy surf all remaining heats were won on a one-round basis. Plastic class saw James McDyre claim top spot with newcomer Rob Rodmond make an impression in second. Master HP and IC victories for Donegal’s own James O’Donnell were followed by Junior HP and IC first prizes for Jake King and Andy McClelland respectively. Then time to settle the Open HP final where Dessie McGlinchey found form with a 2 point advantage on the rest of the field, Jake King claiming second place.
The day was wound up with the Open IC class, where Dessie out-surfed the pack, with Corin King in close second and Gerry McGahey in third.
Prizes were presented in all categories courtesy of Bunbeg-based Rapid Kayaking. Thanks to all involved in getting NISK Comp 2 in the bag.
Comp 3 is scheduled for Saturday 3rd Sept in Rossnowlagh/Bundoran. Watch the site for notices nearer the date.
The full results from the day were:
Plastic Class
1-James McDyre
2-Thomas Thompson
3-Patrick Gethings
4-Rob Redmond
Open HP
1-Dessie Mc Glinchey
2-Jake King
3-Corin King
4-Kieran Mc Dyre
5=Andy Mc Clelland
5=Conor O'Donnell
7=Gerry Mc Gahey
7=Lawrence Mc Bride
9=James O'Donnell
9=James O'Reilly
Men's IC
1-Dessie Mc Glinchey
2-Corin King
3-Gerry Mc Gahey
Masters HP
1-James O'Donnell
2-Lawrence Mc Bride
3-Denis Mc Dyre
Masters IC
1-James O'Donnell
2-Lawrence Mc Bride
Junior HP
1-Jake King
2-Andy Mc Clelland
3-Conor O'Donnell
Junior IC
1-Andy McClelland
2-Jake King
The league standings so far will be available from the competitions section of the website here
For further details on upcoming competitions, keep an eye on our forum or on the front page of the site.
Competition 1 Results & Write Up
Portrush was the host venue for competition one of the Northern Ireland Surf Kayak league last Saturday. The competition that is one of four, from the results of which the Northern Ireland surf kayak squad is picked for the following year, was held in good conditions at the west strand.
With the forecasted strong North West Wind, Both East Strand and Whiterocks were blown out onshore and so West Strand had the best wave in the town. unfortunately the rain poured throughout the day, however it failed to dampen the high spirits of the competitors.
The plastic class started the competition and with the tide right up against the promenade wall, there were some exciting rescues took place.
The first competition of the year showed that the standard of kayak surfing in Northern Ireland has been raised yet again with some high quality surfing going down throughout the day from the men, women and juniors alike. It was encouraging to see a good turn out for the plastic class, a novice class aimed to encourage non competitors into competition.
Congratulations to Kieran McDyre who surfed his way into the men’s open final with style, Kieran has started this year strong… watch this space!
There was guest appearances from the men from the dark side, Marty, Mark, Eoin and Connor ... hopefully we'll be seeing them compete in the other competitions
The competition organisers would like to thank those who sponsored the event, Portrush Playhouse, Troggs, Xplore Outdoors, Eamon Etherson of The Meat Shop Portrush, Marino McGowan of NISA Main Street Portrush and Mary Thompson.
The results were as follows:
Plastic Class
1-Thomas Thompson
2-Conor Daly
3-Paddy McGlone
4-Dee Martin
5-Mags Murray
Men's HP
1-Jonny Bingham
2-Corin King
3-Jake King
4-Kieran McDyre
5=Peter-Lee Hodge
5=Lawerence McBride
7=Eoin Halliday (Baldie)
7=Matt Pothecary
9=Mark Taylor
9=Marty McCann
11-John Ridgeway
Men's IC
1-Jonny Bingham
2-Corin King
3-Andy McClelland
4-Jake King
Masters HP
1-Lawerence McBride
2-Matt Pothecary
3-Norman Woods
4-James O'Donnell
5=John Ridgeway
5=Dennis McDyre
Junior HP
1- Andy McClelland
2-Jake King
3-Conor O'Donnell
Junior IC
1-Andy McClelland
2-Jake King
Have a look at this short video of the event from Harry.
A copy of the league table so far can be found here
Some photos from a previous competition in Portrush
Competitions: We welcome members from all levels
and disciplines of kayaking at our competitions and would like to
emphasise the value of the plastic/ novice class which continues
to produce future squad paddlers without the pressure of competing
against ranked competitors. Additionally, coaching for all competitors
will be available on the Sunday after each competition, for no extra
fee.
All comp dates can be found in
the events section of this site.
Check out the competition link for
all sorts of info including this year's league comp dates. Also,
news concerning confirmation / cancellation and other events will
be posted on the forum, so keep checking there if you want to know
what's happening.
PROMOTION: Special 2009 NI Surf Kayak Club membership offer
- FREE DVD to all new members of the club showing some
superb surfing manoeuvres from the NI squad; this is a good source
of visual tips for new moves and how to manage them and provides
a taster for the other DVDs the club has produced.
Another benefit of membership is all members will have access various
surf kayaks plus can avail of reduced rates for our "Come and Try
It" coaching sessions, recreational events and coaching weekends.
Club membership is 15 for the year. To join, download the club
membership form here NISKC.
If you would like to be added to the Surf mailing list (competition,
news, etc.) please email the committee at surf@cani.org.uk.
