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Irish Surfing Association Calendar of Events 2010

13/14 February
Irish Student Surfing Championships, Strandhill, Co Sligo

6/7 March
C-Skins Junior Championships, Lahinch, Co Clare

27/28 March
Tramore Junior Championships, Tramore, Co Watterford

10/11 April
Portrush Open, Irish Championships Tour, Portrush, Co Antrim

17/18 April
Lahinch Open, Lahinch, Co Clare (Club event)

24/25 April
Cork Open- Irish Championships Tour, Garretstown, Co Cork

15/16 May
Women's Weekend, Enniscrone, Co Sligo

5/6 June
Rossnowlagh Longboard and SUP Championships

26/27 June
Bundoran Board Riders Junior Championships, Bundoran, Co Donegal

31/1 August
Co Sligo Open- Irish Championships Tour, Strandhill, Co Sligo

21/22 August
Rossnowlagh Junior Surfing Championships- Irish Championships Tour (Junior Only), Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal

11/12 September
West Coast Longboard Championships, Lahinch, Co Clare

25/26 September
Tramore Women's Weekend

2/3 October
Easkey Open, Irish Championships Tour, Easkey, Co Sligo

16/17 October
Rossnowlagh Intercounties, Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal

New Format for Irish Nationals

The Irish National Surfing Championships and the Irish Junior National Surfing Championships are to be replaced with a new format in 2010. Next year's National Champions will be crowned from the Championships Tours, rather than from once off events.

The Irish Championships tour will comprise of four events in Portrush, Cork, Strandhill and Easkey and will include Open Surf, Women's Surf, Open Bodyboard, Women's Bodyboard, Longboard, Master (over 35), Senior (over 27) and SUP categories.

The Irish Junior Championships tour will comprise of four events in Lahinch, Tramore, Bundoran and Rossnowlagh and will include U18 Boys Surf, U18 Girls Surf, U16s Surf, U14s Surf, U18 Longboard, U18 Girls Bodyboard, U18 Boys Bodyboard and U16 Bodyboard categories.

About the International Surfing Association

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running Open Division World Championships since 1964, Junior World Championships since 1980, and Masters World Championships since 2007. The ISA will hold the first Stand Up Paddle (SUP) World Championship and the first World Bodyboard Championship in 2011.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 64 countries on five continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA's three Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Mike Gerard (USA) and Karín Sierralta (Peru).