.Gorav Masiwal, Daniel McCann and Brendan Crowley at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THEY came, they saw, they got a bit wet and sandy, but eventually over 600 participants conquered the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday.
Held for the second time in four months, the challenge is proving very popular with people of varying ages tackling the 7km course of 20 obstacles on the beach and beyond the sand dunes.
Run by Crossfit R560 Gym in Monavalley, organiser Mairead O’Mahony said she was delighted with the huge turnout.
The participants set off in waves from an area near the Banna Sea Rescue HQ – with MC Ray Stack getting them warmed up in his inimitable way – and they made their way to the beach over timber walls, under nets and through water troughs until they arrived back to where they began.
Lots of fun then, as you can see in the photos below (we’ll have many more later)…
Gary Devereux and Anna Gloster at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Giving a helping hand at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanBrenda McGrath, Noelle Kirby, Emma Larkin, Siobhan Quilter, Tina Fallon, Rose Doyle and at back, John Quilter and Bernard Fallon at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Striding ahead at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanMartina and Samantha Wadding at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Eilish Lyons splashes about at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanDarren Donnelly and Angela Moore at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Declan Sheehan doesn’t mind the water at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanA competitor kindly poses for the camera as he tackles the final obstacle at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Oisin Karakus and Anjam Haling at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanAoife Griffin and Ruth O’Donoghue of Fossa Rowing Club are more used to floating on water as they get a soaking at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Brian Lucid, Ania Kowalik and Ursula Barrett at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanBrian Fitzgerald at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanElaine O’Sullivan, Sandra Coffey, Mathew Macini, Nigel Foley, Oliver Barry, Sinead Sullivan and Cara O’Connor at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanRemus Diaconu, Anjam Haling and Ollie Hill at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanJanet Leahy and Elisa McCarthy of Kinetic Fitness at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanKarena Slattery and Norma O’Mahony at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanMark Reidy, Gemma O’Connell and John O’Brien at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot CreanStewart Griffin, Printha Griffin and Joanne O’Mahony at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
