Snowboarder Seamus O’Connor competed in the Snowboard World Championships in Austria recently. In Halfpipe he came 8th place in the qualifier and 13th place overall in the final. On Monday last, (19th January) he came in 2nd place in the qualifier in Slope Style and then in the final he came 10th place overall. At 17 years of age this is an amazing achievement for him to be top 10 in the world. He is one of a very small number of Boarders worldwide who qualify for both events HP & SS. In other news, the Snowsports Association of Ireland have announced their teams for some of their upcoming major events. See below for full details:
The Irish Snowsports Team was announced for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival taking place in Vorarlberg/Liechtenstein on January 24th-30th.
Athletes (Ladies): Tess Arbez
Athletes (Men): Ben Anselmi
Enda Bolger
Gary Skinner
The Irish Snowsports Team was announced for the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championshipsin Vail/Beaver Creek from 4th-16th February.
Athletes (Ladies): Tess Arbez
Florence Bell
Victoria Bell
Athletes (Men): Maxime Arbez
Conor Lyne
Pat McMillan
The Irish Snowsports Team was announced for the 2015 Nordic World Ski Championship 2015 in Falun, Sweden from 18th February to 1st March
Athletes (Men): Jan Rossiter
Dominic McAleenan
The Irish Snowsports Team was announced for the 2015 IBU Open European Championships in Otepaa, Estonia from 27th January to 3rd February.
Atheltes (Men): Colum O’Farrell