This article is from page 48 of the 2005-09-20 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 48 JPG
LOCAL surfers were on good form in Lahinch at the weekend for the Bics Sports Beginners Classic and the Long- board Classic. Lahinch grommet Dam- ien Conway was is good form taking second place behind Gary Hall from the Kerry Surf Club in the Longboard competition.
Alan Coyle, who is also from Lahi-
nch, finished a good third with David Hanrahan from Clarecastle claiming fourth spot. In the Bics Sports Begin- ners Classic Liscannor surfer Emmet Godfrey claimed top spot ahead of Dublin surfers James Rodgers and Ken Noonan who came first and second re- spectively.
The team competition was won by Kerry Surf Club while Damien Conway also won the prize for best local surfer.