Ben Bates has been awarded the AIB Junior surfer of the year 2009. Senior surfers and junior coaches voted giving Ben a unanimous vote. A formal presentation will be held at AIB HQ at 25 Esplanade in the presence of CEO Jo Moynahan, AIB Tigers coaching staff, Durrell representatives, the Jersey LTA and members of the Jersey Festival choir. Well done to Ben from all those in the JSC committee. DF
50 Year Anniversary
Nathan Elms and Matt Chapman team GB update
Nathan Elms and Matt Chapman had an excellent week's surfing in Hossegor with the British Junior team finishing off with a contest against local surf club Vieux-Boucau
Edited report from the last day's action www.britsurf.co.uk
In clean 2-3 foot waves at Vieux-Boucau, the contest got under way, with some great surfing from Jobe Harris, Luke Dillon, Liam Turner. Matt Chapman, Miles Lee Hargreaves and Nathan Elms, all progressing through to the next round. With some innovative surfing from the french on their local break, the crowd were entertained with some good carving outback manouvers, and followed by some small barrels and floaters on the shore break. Nathan Elms and Jobe Harris impressed the judges and progressed to the final, and with a 3rd and 4th place the visitors maintained the respect of the local surfers. Nathan told us " it was great to be surfing a contest against the French, as it was their home break they really knew the waves, but this really pushed me forward. I learnt from them, where they were sitting and i think i really raised my game. I was happy to get to the final as both myself and Jobe surfed really well"
JUNIOR UPDATE 2010
NOTICE FOR ALL JUNIORS
SPONSOR
Lead sponsor is AIB Jersey
Next year is Eurojunior year. Portugal have offered to hold the championships which are to be held north of Porto next September. Selection for the team may be worked out through the squad process rather than a qualifying series. This will help with training and build up for the competition. Categories are- 2 x U14, 2 x U16, 2 x U18, 2 x boys bodyboard, 2 x U18 girls, 1 x girl bodyboard, 1 x longboard. Eduardo Alonzo has already offered his services for the trip as coach/team leader etc. The coaching team will be decided next year.. Stay posted for squad list.
JEUX DES ILES
These will be held in the AZORES for may half term. Team TBC
British Schools and British Juniors
Again those who want to go should let me know nearer competition time
FRENCH SURFER EXCHANGE
These are to be organised with Siouville and the French Surfing Federation in Biarritz. Andre le Geyt to advise
COACHING
Again we will use Kevin Olsen and Joel Gray
As far as the Junior Series goes the JSC are looking for a competition director. The series MAY be for under 14s only girls and boys.There will be trials for U18 girls leading upto major events. Anyone who would like to take the role of Comp Director please let me know.
There is going to be a restructure of the club. AGM TBA. If you want the JSC to continue please take a lead whether you are non surfer,senior surfer etc
DF
KOTG Jersey 2009
Alex Vibert 15YRS takes KOTG crown in Jersey
A small onshore swell came through on Sunday afternoon giving Quiksilver UK a chance to look at emerging talent in Jersey during the 50th anniversary year of the Jersey Surfboard club. Good turn out considering conditions with all divisions scrapping for the KOTG title. The under 16s was the showcase for the weather battered crowd and contest organisers, with outstanding performances from all the competitors. Alex Vibert, AIB Surfer of the year 2008, was able to perform in the small surf with some solid surfing executing at least 3 turns on every wave hotly pursued by Freddie Seymour. Nathan Elms struggled in the small conditions but was able to shrugg off the challenge of rising star Josh le Marquand.
The under 14s was dominated by Ben Bates who has won this event for the second time in this age group.
The under 12s, after a weeks training in France during half term put up a good display with both Hayden Bishop and Aaron Rowe getting some snappy turns in. Max Bennett 5yrs with help from mum, Jo, also showed solid control and was able to change direction which impressed the judges.
Thanks for the sponsor Quiksilver for laying on the event and for the Watersplash for all the catering.
Results
Under 12
1 Aaron Rowe
2 Hayden Bishop
3 Max Bennett 5yrs
4 Charlie Rio
Under 14
1 Ben Bates
2 Josh Evans
3 Scott Miles
Under 16
1 Alex Vibert
2 Freddie Seymour
3 Nathan Elms
4 Josh le Marquand
The 2 surfers surfing in Northern Spain for the QS European qualifier in early August will be Alex Vibert and Freddie Seymour. Winner from this round will go to the Quiksilver under 16 World Championships.
Saltrock Open Croyde 2009
SALTROCK OPEN
CROYDE,DEVON 23/5/09
Nathan Elms reaches the final of the Saltrock Open under 16 division at Croyde over the weekend. Winning all his heats to lead up to his first UK Pro Tour final ever, Elms had a clear chance of winning. Elms started well by catching a long walling righthander. Powering off the bottom, Elms performed two critical snaps under the the lip, setting him up for the inside section which was lining up along the rocks at Down End point. Struggling with the backwash he performed a further two round house cutbacks to finish off his wave. This is where it went downhill for Elms as the Newquay duo of Tom Good and Leon Mansfield with Croyde local Beau Bromham began to notch up high scoring waves. Still having only a one wave score , Elms waited for another set wave to maximise his score . He eventually ran out of time and was pushed into 4th spot.
On reflection Elms said “ You have to get your waves in quick if you want to stand any chance of staying close to the UK lads. I just did’nt get a second wave and that put me in a massive disadvantage. I saw Leon Mansfield get an incredible left and get a 7.1. I was looking for an 8. It just did’nt come.”
Elms , part of a 5 man squad including Chantelle Coote, Bradley Ferguson, Matt Chapman and Freddie Seymour. Seymour reached the semi final of the under 16s and Matt Chapman managed to knock out Pro Junior favourites, Lyndon Wake and Seb Smart in the Round 1 of the Pro Junior Division. Ferguson had the unfortunate match up with Freddie Seymour in the quarter final stages of the under 16s along with eventual finalist Beau Bromham. Even with a clear strategy to block the UK competitors, Ferguson was 0.1 out of a semi final spot.
Chantelle Coote got a 3rd spot in her 1st Round of the under 16 Girls
Organisers were quick to praise the efforts of the Jersey Team which had certainly upset afew UK competitors and proved the Jersey under 16s can compete at this level.
This is the first of the UK PRO series. The next is the Gul Grommets in Newquay on the 14th June
RESULTS
Nathan Elms 4th under 16s
Pro Junior(under 21) Round 1 4th
Matt Chapman 9th under 16s
Pro Junior Round 2 4th
Freddie Seymour 7th under 16s
Bradley Ferguson 9th under 16s
Pro Junior Round 1 3rd
Chantelle Coote Under 16 girls Round 1 3rd
Matt Chapman British Schools winner
Matt Chapman 15yrs overcame difficult conditions at Woolacombe over the weekend to become both the under 16 Boys champion but also the under 18 boys longboard champion. The JSC committee congratulates Matt's achievement. This sets the benchmark for all under 16 Jersey surfers to aspire too. Those that put the effort in will eventually be rewarded.. JSC
Jeux des Isles 24th May-1st June Guadeloupe
There are 16 islands in the competition: Açores, Canaries, Cape Verde, Corfou, Corsica, Crête, Guadeloupe, Jersey, Madeira, Malte, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Sardaigne, Sicile ,IOW.
Team Jersey Nathan Elms, Matt Chapman, Delia Baker, Dan Garton
Team Manager David Ferguson Judge Jason Donaldson
Location- Moule North East Guadeloupe
Divisions and quota by Islands :
-Bodyboard under 16 years: 1 boy by island
-Surf Women under 16 years: 1 girl by island
-Surf Men under 16 years: 2 boys by island
Schedule
The contest will be in double elimination on 2 days.
Judging criteria
A surfer must perform radical manoeuvres in the most critical sections of a wave with speed, power and flow to maximise scoring potential.
Innovative and progressive surfing as well as variety of repertoire (manoeuvres) will be taken into consideration when rewarding points for waves ridden. 'Aerials'
The surfer who executes these criteria with the maximum degree of difficulty and commitment on the waves shall be rewarded with the highest scores.
Euro Junior 2006 Team placings
We have been placed 7th not 8th as reported...
1, France, 11970
2, Portugal, 9344
3, Spain, 8744
4, England, 8449
5, Ireland, 6773
6, Wales, 6329
7, Channel Islands, 6083
8, Israel, 5803
9, Italy, 4950
10, Norway, 1170
11,Germany, 730
12, Switzerland, 610
Junior European Championships 2006
U18 CI EUROPEAN JUNIOR SURFING TEAM COMPETE IN TOP EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
The CI European Junior Surfing Team are delighted to be participating in the prestigious European Junior Championships 2006, in Ferrol, North West Spain, 11th-19th November 2006.
The CI Team have received generous financial support from Corporate Sponsors, AIB Jersey and The Watersplash. This a major bi-annual European competition with 13 junior surfers representing the Channel Islands. In total, 200 surfers will be representing 12 European Nations.
AIB Jersey Managing Director, Simon Brewer, said “ AIB has now been operating in Jersey for 25 years and throughout this time it has placed great emphasis on its contribution to the Jersey community. It is important for us to support initiatives which encourage our youngsters to pursue sports and activities which are challenging, healthy and offer opportunities beyond our shores. We wish the CI European Junior Surfing team, coaches and surfers all the best for the European Junior Championships 2006, in Ferrol, North West Spain “
Robert Mackenzie, the Sales and Marketing Manager for the Seymour Hotels group, owners of the Watersplash, said, “We are delighted to be supporting the junior surfing team. The Watersplash is closely linked to the Jersey Surfboard Club and to surfing in the Channel Islands in general. This sponsorship underlines are continued support of grass roots surfing development. “
This competition is going to be an exciting challenge for the CI junior surfers. They will be competing against some of the best U18 surfers from across Europe. This major competition will undoubtedly raise their individual standards, develop their skills and improve their overall performance and competitiveness.
The CI European Junior Surfing Team
Nathan Elms
Bradley Ferguson
Jake Powell
Joe Baker
Justin Faulkner
Josh Letherbarrow
Jack Seymour
Philip le Neveu
David Speller
Pascal Quemener
Cole Jouanny
Stephanie Seymour
Delia Baker
Manager – David Ferguson, Coaches-Ben Skinner and James Hick, Judge-Jason Donaldson
There will be a team photo call 1pm Sunday 5th Nov @ The Watersplash
For more information contact
David Ferguson from the Jersey Surfboard Club
Website www.jerseysurfboardclub.com
www.watersplashjersey.com
www.aib.je
Tel no +44 (1534) 865776 or +44 7797 726 496
NEW SPONSOR
Our new corporate sponsor for this year is AIB (Allied Irish Bank).They will be helping to fund our activities this year and hopefully for many years to come. They also help the Regent Tigers Swimming Club and feel that the Jersey Surf Club Juniors also need a helping hand. Our thanks go to AIB for their support in this new venture.
Simon Brewer, Managing Director of AIBWorthytrust Limited and
Director of AIB Bank (CI) Limited said:
"AIB Jersey feel that as an organisation, we have a role to play in the
Jersey community. Living on an island, we believe it is important to
support an initiative which encourages our youngsters to pursue a
healthy and challenging sport, that creates an awareness of the
environment in which we live.
AIB Jersey is pleased to support Jersey Surfboard Club's Junior
Section.
We wish them great success throughout their impressive competition
programme and look forward to seeing a British champion in the making."
