“Round 4 of the Irish National Windsurfing Championships are taking place in Bantry Bay, on the weekend of the 14-15th August 2010. The event is being run from the “Bantry Beaches”, or the Bantry Airfield, and will see competitors travel from all over Ireland and the UK to race in the Bay. Event Organiser Pearse Geaney, who runs bigsurf.ie, commented on the event...
“Having learnt how to windsurf in Bantry Bay in 1991, it’s a dream come true for me to be able to bring such an exciting event to the shores of Bantry. When a SW wind is blowing, the conditions available within Bantry Bay are world class...not just good enough for intermediates, but also for the world’s best windsurfers. With this event, we hope to showcase not only Irish windsurfing, but also the potential that Bantry Bay has to offer.
Competitors are broken up into 2 fleets...the Gold Fleet which has the professionals and all-round excellent windsurfers, and the Silver Fleet for the intermediates, which gives them an excellent platform to progress and to sail with Ireland’s Best windsurfers. The event format is for windsurfers to race around marker buoys set out into the harbour. If it’s windy, speeds will be in excess of 30 knots, with sailors jostling for position around the race course and positions in each race changing at every turn. It will make for a brilliant spectacle!
The event would not be possible without the help of Mrs. Brigitte Wagner-Halswick, and given her generosity we are now in a position to raise funds for the local Bantry Hospice. Be sure and come out to the Bantry Airfield, rub shoulders with Ireland’s Best Windsurfers and soak it all up!”
The public parking at the Bantry airfield is not affected by the event, so spectators will have full visibility of all the racing as it proceeds.”
Bantry town councill are delighted to have such an event taking place in the area and wish the organisers all the best success
Please note restrictions will be in place and competitors and spectators are requested to abide by these.
