In today’s Longboard Repecharge heat Ben Howard (Eng) put in a solid performance to take first place followed by France’s Deniel Alexis, who narrowly beat England’s Adam Griffiths, while Bruno Chameca (Por) crashed out of the competition with a disappointing overall score of 5.33.
The ladies Body boarding Repecharge round 4 was possibly the closest contested heat of the entire competition! Morocco’s Fatima Zahra snatched victory from Gemma Harris (Wal) by a mere 0.03 overall point’s difference. The ladies will compete again tomorrow against Ashleigh Smith (Ire) and Catarina Sousa (Por) to become the European Body Boarding Champion.
Irish Body Boarder Darragh McCarter has been knocked out of the competition in the semi-finals, leaving Portugal’s Manuel Centeno & Hugo Pinheiro to battle it out with Braihahm Iddouchh (Mor) and Guillermo Cobo (Spn).
Valero Adrien (Fra) and Pablo Gutierrez (Spain) cruised through their heat in the Surf Open and will compete in the grand final tomorrow with Joao Guedes (Por) and Alan Stokes (Eng).
The grand final of all sections of the Eurosurf will be held tomorrow from 12.30pm at Tullan Strand, followed by the medal ceremony on the beach at 4pm.
Ashleigh Smith is Irelands only remaining competitor. The body boarding final is due to be held at 1.30pm tomorrow and we want as many people as possible to watch her compete waving Irish flags. So make sure you are all there to Fly the Flag for Ashleigh!
