Hello all
Happy Christmas !!!!!! Those who cannot make the Quaisne Swim on Christmas Day.... don't panic. Chief organiser Simon 'Haircut' O'Donoghue would like to invite everyone for a ceremonial dip in the sea (no wetsuits) at 10.45am on Xmas Day. Meet at the Watersplash at 10.30am. The Watersplash itself will be open from 11am. We would also like to raise some cash for Jersey Hospice as well. See you there on Friday David Ferguson JSC
Senior AIB Awards 2009. For AIB senior series only
OPEN- SAM GEORGE
SENIOR MAN- SAM GEORGE
MASTERS - ANDRE LE GEYT
LONGBOARD - GORDON BLAKE
LADIES - CHANTELLE COOTE
Surfers Surfer - Roley McMichael
Highest Achievement 2009- James Hick
One of the Clubs founder members, Shorty Bronkhorst, has died.
Along with Cliff Honeysett and Bobby Burdon, Shorty was one of the 3 South African lifeguards that travelled to Jersey in the mid 50s' and worked at Pontins and the Watersplash.He was an integral part of setting up the Jersey Surfboard Club in 1959 with Dr Peter Lea and can be seen in the classic John Houiellebecq photograph. He was a great friend to all the locals surfers at the time and returned to the island 10 years ago on for the club's 40th anniversary. While here he worked for 3 weeks with Rob Jackson' Atlantic Waves school and inspired a whole grom generation in the short time that he was here with his boundless energy, love of surfing and tales of the Skeleton coast. Originally from Durban, Shorty moved to J Bay 15years ago setting up a back packing business called Saltrock Lodge
All our prayers are with him and his family at this time
David Ferguson JSC
Hello all
Unfortunately we are unable to publish the book before Xmas 2009 but will be launching the book early in 2010. As you can imagine this a massive project that needs extra attention to detail
Thanks for everyone's contributions and there are loads !!! stayed tuned and wait for the new launch dates. DF
CHECK OUT JAMES HICK IN ACTION IN TASMANIA..WWW.BILLABONGXXL.COM
Not bad for a Jersey boy !!
Also see how channel 10 news view it in OZ
http://ten.com.au/video-player.htm?vxSiteId=cb519624-44a2-4bf7-808b-3514d34e96e4&vxChannel=SPORTS%20NEWS
Here is the link for all the latest results, images and live scores. ALL PICTURES ARE HERE
http://www.eurosurfing.org/eurosurf/
EUROSURF 2009
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS
Sunday saw 3 Channel Islanders in action in the finals. Conditions were extremely difficult on the down tide with Sam George facing 1-0ft surf on podium 2. After the high of winning his Senior man semi final heat in mushy 4ft the day before, George battled hard and finished in 4th. Clayton Lidster also struggling in the small surf but bagged a 2nd in the Masters. Winner of the day went to Ben Skinner in the longboard who demonstrated all the skills to become European Champion.
Shelly McFarling reached the Semi finals of the Ladies event with Arlene Maltman reaching the Quarters. In the Body Board David Speller and Scott Harben also reached the Quarter final stages with Delia Baker in her first ever event on a body board reaching the semi finals. Gordon Blake reached the Quarters in the Longboard and Piers Gould was the only open surfer to reach round 3
After a week of competition, finals day saw 1-2ft waves at the Watersplash giving the best surfers in Europe a chance to showcase their skills. Lucas Garcia(Sp) and Dani Garcia(Sp) dominated the senior man final and Masters respectively. Alize Amaud(Fr) took home the Ladies title with Manuel Centeno(Por) taking the mens Body Board. Catarina Sousa(Por) won the ladies body board and Ben Skinner(Chi) took the Longboard title. The Open saw a wave by wave battle between Mario Lopez(Sp) and Vincent Duvignac(Fr). All surfers in the final demonstrated top to bottom surfing at the highest level. After a slow start, Duvignac(Fr) smashed his way into the lead eventually taking the Open title.
France took the Team award
and Spain tool the Fair Play award
The Jersey Surfboard would to
thank all the teams that came to Jersey on its 50th anniversary year
and key sponsors, AIB Jersey, Deloitte, Watersplash, Collins Stewart Wealth
Management, The Jersey States and Laneez Surf Shop.
Special thanks to all the Eurosurf contest team- Simon Watkins, Cirsty and Robin, Eduardo, Doug Creedon , DJ Lummy and Colin Crowther. This team were on site everyday at 6.30am everyday. Finally well done to Roley McMichael and the CI team. Good job
Team positions below
1 |
France |
10580 |
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2 |
Spain |
9395 |
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3 |
Portugal |
8700 |
|
4 |
England |
7580 |
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5 |
Channel Islands |
7460 |
|
6 |
Morocco |
7000 |
|
7 |
Wales |
6505 |
|
8 |
Ireland |
6180 |
|
9 |
Holland |
6022 |
|
10 |
Germany |
5317 |
|
11 |
Switzerland |
3815 |
|
12 |
Sweden |
4183 |
|
13 |
Belgium |
1658 |
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After 3 days of extremely small waves competition suddenly went into overdrive as one of the favourites to take the Eurosurf Open title was knocked out of the competition on day 5.
Damian Chaudoy, recognised as one of Europe’s most promising young surfers, was beaten into third place by just over a single point in one of only a handful of heats completed yesterday in St Ouen’s Bay.
A high scoring opening wave from another Frenchman Romain Laulhe ensured he carved his way into the quarter-final of the main event with a total of 13.33.
However, as with so many of the other heats in this year’s European Championship the second place qualifying spot changed hands in the final stage of the round with Chaudoy finshing on 7.67 and therefore missing out to Mario Lopez of Spain on 8.60.
He was due to meet England’s Alan Stokes in the next round after he stormed through to win his heat in 16.94 as France’s Vincent Duvignac pocketed second place with his efforts earning 13.00 points.
With little action over the last few days organiser Dave Ferguson from the Jersey Surfboard Club expressed his frustration and said: ‘It’s very disappointing that we haven’t completed more of the event but we are in the laps of the gods.’
Day 6 saw
a change in weather as strong
south westerly winds started battering Jersey’s West coast. From mere 1ft surf
on the down tide the uptide saw 3-4ft surf which gave ample opportunity for
surfers to perform high scores. Masters, Senior Man, Ladies, Body Board and
Open heats were completed leaving day 7 for the finals.
Dani Garcia (Sp) and Paulo Rodrigues (Por) are looking sharp in the Masters along with local legend Clayton Lidster (Chi). Local surf shop owner Sam George(Chi) is setting himself up nicely for the Senior Men Title chased by Tyson Greenway (Eng) and Lucas Garcia (Sp)
In the
Open division Spain has 3 surfers in the semi finals with 2 from France, 1 from
Portugal and 1 from England.
Guadaloupian
body boarders, Jeremy Amoux and Martin Mouradian representing France are
matched up in semi final heat 14. Portugal, Morocco and Spain make up the semi
final places.
In the
Ladies semi final heat 22 Sarah Beadmore(Eng) squares upto Adelina Taylor (Sp),
Shelly McFarling(Chi), and Maria Abecasis (Por) and in heat 23 Joana Rocha
(Por) faces Alize Amaud (Fra), Johanna Defay (Fra)
Kick off for finals day will be 8am and with a 37ft tide anything could happen..
JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS DAY 4
JERSEY SURFBOARD CLUB
Shakespeare once wrote ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’. In the case of the Eurosurf 2009, would there be any swell ? Not a chance. Contest organisers spent all day wondering if there would be any contestable surf, constantly deliberating over the conditions and studying weather charts minute by minute to come to the conclusion that there will be no surfing today at 3pm. Competitors and judges were ferried to and from St Helier twice to see if the contest could continue but the final decision sent them all back to their hotels giving them an opportunity either to relax or go sight seeing around the island.
Legendary photographer Thiery Organoff from Seignosse, France here in the island covering the Eurosurf has been jumping in his hire car exploring all the hidden bays and coves whilst the surf has been near to non existent and is hoping to go out on a fishing boat tomorrow. Artist in residence, Mike Etienne, is still working on his masterpiece on the notice board ready for the finals day on Saturday
Spirit amongst the teams is still high with all seeming to be enjoying themselves regardless of the surf conditions. However there is indication that swell is on the increase for the weekend.
David Ferguson Jersey Surfboard Club
Eurosurf 2009
St Ouen’s bay / Jersey C.I
Tuesday 29th 2009
A day for Longboarding on Day 3 of Eurosurf 2009
The competition entered it’s 3rd day at St Ouen’s Bay, with one
to two foot waves making conditions difficult to surf in. Only a morning’s
session worth of surfing could take place before events were called off for
three hours due to a lack of swell.
Of the action that did take place, Switzerland’s Thierry Andre notched
up the highest score in Round 1 of the men’s longboard heats, his 12.73 ride
comfortably taking him through to the next round. Irish surfer Stephen
Kelleher, who qualified in Heat 8 with a score of 5.70, said, “It was really
difficult out there because the surf was really small, but I got through okay.
It was a bit sketchy at the start so I’m glad I got through.” Thierry Andre,
pleased with his performance, explained, “Conditions were very small and it was
very windy, but it was still surfable on a longboard. It was quite similar to
the surf I get in France, in Biarritz, with such small waves.”
Further longboard heats took place until contest organizers decided to delay the contest until the higher tide. Bats and balls were on hand to keep teams warm on the beach, whilst the Moroccans wearing traditional djellaba’s were dancing and enjoying sounds from their native country. Artist in residence, Mike Etienne is painting a murial on the noticeboard next the Watersplash giving onlookers something else to enjoy as it evolves into a depiction of this years Eurosurf environment.
Following the delay the contest was re-started at high tide where the
waves improved, giving Ben Skinner in heat 11 a chance of beating Antoine
Delpero, the French reigning champion. Even after a very high scoring heat
where both surfers demonstrated a high degree of technical skill, mixing
traditional and contemporary surfing, Delpero in the dying seconds scored an
8.5 to take the heat. Both executed hang 10’s , 5’s and drop knee turns with
excellent cross stepping. This was possibly the best showcase surfing of the
whole day, enjoyed by the team members and spectators on the shoreline. Remy Arauzo,
from the strong French team scored a high of 16.17 with Gordan Blake also
joining him and fellow CI longboarder Ben Skinner into Round 3, who also showed
good competitive spirit, securing a second place in Heat 14.
Only two heats were completed with the ladies body board with Gemma
Harris from Wales stealing the highest score of 11.66 today.
Due to the swell being small, all other heats are being postponed until
Wednesday, where surfing will commence on both podiums at 8am.
Stevie Burns, manager of the Irish surf team,
said, “Today the conditions aren’t very good but for the first couple of days
they’ve been pretty good. Jersey’s a nice place to come to, the weather’s been
nice but the surf could be a little bit bigger.
“Our surfers haven’t performed particularly
well in some divisions because we’re used to bigger waves in Ireland, so that
doesn’t suit us too well. However, we’re still in there with a few surfers so
we’re hoping for the best.”
And what does he make of his team’s medal
chances this week? “We’ve got a couple of people here capable of getting to the
final so yes, we’re always hopeful of getting as many people into finals as we
can and getting up the leaderboard of European surfing.”
“Surfing is very popular in Ireland,
particularly along the coastal regions, where it’s become huge in the last ten
years. Ireland is a premier surf destination now for big-wave surfers all over
the world, so obviously the Irish kids are seeing it on TV and going surfing.”
John McCarthy, senior representative of the
Irish surf team, said, “The conditions here in Jersey today have been
absolutely awful but hopefully as the tide comes in they might get a little bit
better. Other than that its been nice weather and nice waves.”
“It’s not like Ireland, where on the west
coast we get a lot of waves and a lot of reef-breaks, making it a paradise for
advanced surfers.”
England’s Alan Stokes said, “The swell here’s
been quite small but the sandbanks on the beach have actually been quite good.
They’re only small waves but the shapes have been good so it’s been good for
surfing, and Jersey’s a nice place.”
“As a surfing destination, it’s definitely up
there with some of the best places in the world because it’s quite a
competitive wave.”
“I haven’t had to adapt my style too much
because we get similar waves back home and so I’m used to these sorts of
conditions.”
And who does he think is their biggest
competition when it comes to winning medals? “I think the French have certainly
got a good team, but in these conditions it can come down to just one wave in
the twenty minutes because most of the time its small then every now and then
you can get a pulse of two feet to chest high waves, and that can turn the heat
completely around.
“You could be in last place with ten seconds
to go and then you get a freak wave and all of a sudden you’re in first. That’s
the scariest thing in small conditions like these.”
Coming from Newquay, surfing was always a
natural choice of sport for Stokes: “It’s the sport of the town
Joe Mayes and Claire Campbell
Jersey Surfboard Club
EUROSURF 2009 WATERSPLASH DAY 2 28/9/09
Conditions still remain small but have had little affect on the standard of surfing. Surfers are performing to the best of their ability executing top to bottom turns with the odd reverse 360 thrown in. Body boarders are finding it difficult in the small surf but are competing hard on podium 2.Damien Chaudoy(Fr) seems to be handling himself well by bagging the highest scoring wave of the day with a 9.87 sending him into the next round. Hugo Pinheiro(Por) in the open bodyboard proved a handful on podium 2 and Dani Garcia (Spn) in the masters produced the highest scoring combo in this division.As the forecast is still unclear the competition moves on into day 3. Day 1 saw glorious sunshine . However in day 2 the sunshine disappeared leaving competitors and spectators braving cold north easterly winds all day and as for the surf, It seems to be picking up on the down tide . Its all to play for.
JSC
EUROSURF 2009 WATERSPLASH DAY 1 27/9/09
Spectators were given a real
treat on day 1 of the European Surfing Championships 2009. St Ouens bay was
seen in its true glory bathed in glorious sunshine accompanied by a consistent
small swell that completed round one of the Open,Senior Man, Ladies and
Longboard categories. The standard of surfing was exceptional with the athletes
competing across two podiums at the home of Jersey surfing, The Watersplash.
Channel Island surfers
battled against the best in Europe with Christian Boletta, Shelly Mcfarling and
Piers Gould gaining 1st places in their round one heats. Arlene
Maltman, Ben Skinner, Gordon Blake, Sam George all achieved 2nd
places with only Mark Durbano and Mark Le Moignan gaining 3rd places
in round 1 forcing them into the reparcharge round. Renny Gould and Scott
Eastwood have straight buys into round 2 with David Speller,Scott Harben, Delia
Baker and Clayton Lidster to complete round 1 of their categories on Tuesday.
Competition is fierce but the Channel Island team are holding their own.
Piers Gould reflecting on his heat said “ Glad to be back in a major competition and its great to be back winning heats. I am feeling really good at the moment and ready for day 2”.
Shelly Mcfarling and Christian Boletta put absolutely everything into their
surfing which showed in their results.
Team morale is high with
everything to play for on day 2.
France and Portugal are the front runners at the moment with team Maroc showing some real class. Over 50 heats were finished on day 1 with near 1000mins of judging.
DF
50 entrants turned out for the weekend contest. Surf was a solid 4ft at times but had some serious current running through it. Early rounds of the Open, Senior Man, Masters and Longboard were completed on the Saturday leaving the Juniors ,Ladies and finals to be completed on the Sunday. Thanks to Deloitte for sponsoring the event and for providing the trophies
Josh Evans put in an excellent performance on his way to the Grommets title. Evans worked his waves well, riding through the flat sections, making the right directional changes, and then pulling off fast powerful manoeuvres when the right sections of the waves. Hayden Bishop showed his potential for the future too, surfing well to take the runner-up spot ahead of Connor Spence and Aaron Rowe in 3rd and 4th.
The under 18’s Boys division was dominated by Matt Chapman, who started the heat with a long floater, which was followed by a big re-entry, posting a 9 out of 10 from one of the judges. Chapman’s second wave featured an excellent re-entry for a second big score. Sam Mason surfed well to take the runner-up spot, with Will Glen in 3rd and Ben Bates in 4th.
There was another good performance in the under 18 Girls division, which was won by Abby Hughes. Hughes will surely be providing a strong challenge to the established girls in the main ladies division come next year. Chantelle Coote, also posted some good scores, to edge Lucy Goddard into 3rd place, with Libby Waggot in 4th.
Ben Chapman, who had a disappointing start to the championships when he bombed out of the Open in the first round, certainly made up for it in the Seniors, where he powered his way to the title with a series of clean fast manoeuvres. Andre Le Geyt, picked off some good scoring waves to take second spot ahead of Renny Gould and Mark Le Moignon in 3rd and 4th.
Gould and Le Geyt were back out for the Masters final, fought out with Michael Charlton and Jon Carden. This was to be the closest heat of the day, with the judges split in their decision. A count-back on the score-sheets, showed that it was Carden who was the victor, just ahead of Gould and Charlton, with Le Geyt missing out on the better waves in 4th.
The Longboard Division, kicked off on the Saturday in challenging overhead conditions. Early strong performances came from the younger longboarders Josh Le Marquand and Jack Seymour, who both advanced through the early rounds to reach the final, where they were to face the experienced contest surfers Sam George and Andre Le Geyt.
In the final held on the Sunday, it was Le Geyt who was to take the win, mixing up both traditional and modern longboard manoeuvres, which included some good nose-rides and re-entries. George picked off some good rides to take second spot ahead of Seymour and Le Marquand in 3rd and 4th.
Channel Island Eurosurf team members Arlene Maltman and Shelly McFarling, dominated the Ladies division. The many titled Maltman, used her experience to find some nice waves with smooth turns and re-entries, but it was McFarling who showed a bit more speed in her manoeuvres, who was to take the win. Esther Lempriere had a few good rides to take 3rd spot, with Abby Hughes in 4th.
There were no major shocks in the main Open division, as all the favourites safely made it through their early heats. In the first of the semi-finals Scott Eastwood and Renny Gould surfed strongly to edge out fellow Eurosurf team member Mark Le Moignon and junior surfer Sam Mason, who had earlier put in a great performance to make the semi finals.
Semi two was won by Sam George ahead of Mark Durbano, who surfed very powerfully throughout the heat. Jon Carden and Joe Baker finished in 3rd and 4th places respectively.
The final saw some excellent surfing with the result hanging in the balance throughout the heat. George’s tactic of surfing on his back-hand to throw up more spray on his top turns appeared to be paying of as he found two good strong rights to open up a lead. Eastwood attempted a tail slide re-entry to reverse on a right hander, but failed to pull it around; however, this was to be just a teaser, as on his next wave, a slightly bigger set wave, he pulled one off to received high scores from the judges and put him into the lead. Durbano had a few steady waves, but match his semi-final performance. Meanwhile, Gould was right in contention with some strong rides with fast snappy manoeuvres. As the heat drew to a close, Gould took off on a nicely walled up right hander, gathered some momentum, then blasted a huge re-entry gauging a big fan of spray high into the air, whilst carrying full speed throughout the manoeuvre. This was to be the highest scoring wave of the final, and was enough to give the multi titled Gould yet another Channel Island title.
Contest Director Colin Crowther said, “It was a great event, with the new generation of Grommets surfing well beyond their years, whilst at the other end of the scale, older surfers like Gould, Durbano and Eastwood, showed that they are by no means ready to give in to the younger guys just yet. All in all it was great to see all the members of the Channel Island surf team showing strong form in the lead up to Eurosurf, which takes place in Jersey in just over three weeks time”.
OPEN 1-RENNY GOULD 2-SCOTT EASTWOOD 3-SAM GEORGE 4-MARK DURBANO SENIOR MAN(OVER28) 1-BEN CHAPMAN 2-ANDE LE GEYT 3-RENNY GOULD 4-MARK LE MOIGNAN MASTERS 1-JON CARDEN 2-RENNY GOULD 3-MICHAEL CHARLTON 4-ANDRE LE GEYT LONGBOARD 1-ANDRE LE GEYT 2-SAM GEORGE 3-JACK SEYMOUR 4-JOSH LE MARQUAND LADIES 1-SHELLY MACFARLING 2-ARLENE MALTMAN 3-ESTHER LEMPRIERE 4-ABBIE HUGHES UNDER 18 GIRLS 1-ABBIE HUGHES 2-CHANTELLE COOTE 3-LUCY GODDARD 4-LIBBY WAGGOT
(SENIOR MEN AND MASTERS ROUND 4 TBA)
OPEN
1-Sam George 3020pts
2-Scott Eastwood 2968pts
3-Mark le Moignan 2746pts
4-Andre le Geyt 2576pts
5-Piers Gould 2350pts
6-Christian Boletta 2278pts
7-Mark Durbano 2276pts
8-Ben Chapman 2207pts
9-Renny Gould 2187pts
10-Matt Chapman 2016 pts
11-Joe Baker 1916pts
12-Sam Mason 1869pts
13-Jonny Wallbridge 1499pts
14-Clayton Lidster 1439pts
15-Josh le Marquand 1338pts
16-Tom Hill 1341pts
17=Bradley Ferguson 1295pts
17=Alex Vibert 1295pts
19-Feddie Seymour 1187pts
20-Dean Layzell 1153pts
21-Nathan Elms 1086pts
22-Will Glenn 961pts
23-Jake Powell 909pts
24-Ben Bates 865pts
25-Jonny Carden 478pts
26-Jacob Warr 430pts
27-Louis Strong 387pts
Ladies AIB/LANEEZ SERIES 1-Chantelle Coote 3176pts 2-Shelly McFarling 3000pts 3-Esther Lempriere 2924pts 4-Arlene Maltman 2300pts 5-Libby Waggott 1909pts 6-Megan Vibert 1902pts 7-Meagan Jones 1656pts 8-Lucy Goddard 1629pts 9-Charlotte Bayliss 1556pts 10-Delia Baker 590pts LADIES EURO QUALIFYING SERIES 1-Shelly McFarling 3000 2-Arlene Maltman 2300 3-Chantelle Coote 2276 4-Esher Lempriere 2114 5-Libby Waggot 1909 6-Megan Vibert 1902 7-Lucy Goddard 1629 8-Charlotte Bayliss 1556 9-Megan Jones 656 10-Delia Baker 590 Longboard 1-Gordon Blake 3200pts 3-Andre le Geyt 3050pts 3-Will Glen 2787pts 4-PJ 2624pts 5-Brad Jones 2087pts 6-Scott Letherbarrow 1791pts 7-Josh le Marquand 1772pts 8-Cole Jouanny 1195pts 9-Matt Chapman 1121pts 10-Joe Davies 900pts 11-Greg Sanderson 531pts 12= Jeremy Oxenden 430pts 12=Bob Major 430pts 12=Alex Vibert 430pts 12=Ben Bates 430pts 16=Rob Staples 387pts 16=Matt Andrews 387pts 16=Ben Elms 387pts
After at least 3 weeks
without any significant swell the Open, Ladies and Longboard divisions of the
AIB/Laneez series round 4 were completed. A pulse of swell came through on the
Sunday giving Jersey and Guernsey surfers a chance to gain valuable points for
places in the Channel Island team. Round 1 saw some high
performance surfing by all competitors who made use of the low tide conditions
executing snappy turns and critical re-entries. The Gould brothers, Piers and
Renny, both powered their way through along with Christian Boletta, Scott
Eastwood, Mark le Moignan, Guernsey’s Tom Hill, Mark Durbano and juniors Nathan
Elms, Joe Baker and Freddie Seymour. Casualties of the 1st round
were seeded surfers Ben Chapman and Sam George. Round 2 saw junior Nathan
Elms knock out the no 5 seed, Christian Boletta, and 20th seed Tom
Hill only to face the on fire Piers Gould and master surfer Mark Durbano in
semi final 1. This is where Elms’ good fortune ended as the senior surfers had
the experience to overcome the junior threat. Firefighter, Mark le Moingan,
who has had an impressive competition record in 2009 breezed through the
quarterfinal stages but faced tough opposition from Scott Eastwood in Semi
final 2. Along with Renny Gould he was able navigate past Eastwood and into the
final where they met Piers Gould and Mark Durbano. The final showed some real
class in the difficult high tide conditions. A slight backwash was causing afew
problems but surfing standard remained high. Piers Gould caught a couple of
walling rights executing high scoring manouveurs. Renny Gould sneaked in some
lefthanders, again scoring highly. Not to be outdone, Durbano and le Moignan
pushed the Gould brothers all the way in the 30min final but failed to connect
onto a high scoring second wave. The end result being Renny Gould 1st,
Piers Gould 2nd, Mark Durbano 3rd and Mark le Moignan 4th.
The Ladies saw some
impressive surfing with Shelly McFarling stealing the show in the final pushed
all the way by Arlene Maltman. Maltman a veteran at competitive surfing is
beginning to show form at the right time of the series and managed to show her
style on the high tide right-handers. Chantelle Coote unfortunately had to
retire early in the final due to injury but was still able to secure a 3rd
spot ahead of Esther Lempriere. The Longboard division saw
favourites Gordon Blake and Brad Jones knocked out in round 1 along with Peter
Journeaux and Will Glenn. Invited visiting surfer and shaper ‘Chops’ Laschelles
gave his entry up for eventual winner Dan Harris who again performed to the
criteria pushing Joe Davies into 2nd, Andre le Geyt 3rd
and Cole Jouanny 4th Even with these results Sam
George remains the current Open leader in the series with Scott Eastwood in
second place, Mark le Moignan 3rd and Andre le Geyt in 4th.
The Longboard division still sees Gordon Blake in the number 1 slot closely
followed by Andre le Geyt, Will Glenn and Peter Journeaux. The ladies still have
trials to run before all divisions including the Senior man and Masters compete
in the final Euro qualifying event, the Deloitte Channel Island Championships
that are to be held at the end of August. Thanks for all the volunteer help over the weekend. Next scheduled contest is the DELOITTE CHANNEL ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS August bank holiday. Round 4 of senior man and masters TBA. Ladies trials TBA. The Grandmasters TBA
RESULTS (Ladies will be published shortly)
OPEN
1-Sam George 2590pts
3-Scott Eastwood 2312pts
3-Andre le Geyt 2146pts
4-Mark le Moignan 2017pts
5-Christian Boletta 1800pts
6-Ben Chapman 1777pts
7-Matt Chapman 1638 pts
8-Mark Durbano 1466pts
9-Piers Gould 1450pts
10=Sam Mason 1439pts
10=Clayton Lidster 1439pts
12-Joe Baker 1385pts
13-Josh le Marquand 1338pts
14-Renny Gould 1187pts
15-Jonny Wallbridge 1121pts
16-Will Glenn 961pts
17-Bradley Ferguson 908pts
18-Feddie Seymour 865pts
18=Alex Vibert 865pts
20-Tom Hill 810pts
21-Dean Layzell 805pts
22=Ben Bates 531pts
22=Jake Powell 531pts
24=Jonny Carden 478pts
24=Ben Bates 478pts
26=Jacob Warr 430pts
26=Nathan Elms 430pts
28-Louis Strong 387pts
Senior Man
1-Sam George 3000
2-Scott Eastwood 2456pts
3-Andre Le Geyt 2366pts
4-Ben Chapman 1968pts
5-Clayton Lidster 1458pts
6-Piers Gould 1400pts
7-Mark Durbano 1385pts
8-Mark le Moignan 1180pts
9-Renny Gould 810pts
Masters
1-Andre Le Geyt 2710pts
2-Clayton Lidster 1900pts
3-Jonny Carden 1810pt
4-Mark Durbano 1629pts
5-Nigel Wray 810pts
6=Michael Charlton 729pts
6=David Ferguson 729pts
Longboard
1-Gordon Blake 2610pts
3-Andre le Geyt 2240pts
3-Will Glen 2195pts
4-PJ 1968pts
5-Scott Letherbarrow 1791pts
6-Josh le Marquand 1772pts
7-Brad Jones 1556pts
8-Matt Chapman 1121pts
9-Greg Sanderson 531pts
10= Jeremy Oxenden 430pts
10=Bob Major 430pts
10=Alex Vibert 430pts
10=Cole Jouanny 430pts
10=Ben Bates 430pts
15=Rob Staples 387pts
15=Matt Andrews 387pts
15=Ben Elms 387pts
RESULTS EARTH WIND AND WATER SURFABOUT 2009
WATERSPLASH 16TH/17TH
MAY
Strong gale force winds mixed with a heavy swell added to the drama of the EWW Surfabout. Heavy rain showers impeded both surfers and judges vision for times during the weekend but all the division titles were completed. The strongest surfing were in the senior divisions with under 18 surfers braving a solid 4-6ft low tide shorebreak late on Saturday afternoon. The hazardous conditions also forced organisers to run the Novice division at le Braye on Sunday morning. The Longboard division encountered long paddle outs on the high tide at the Watersplash on Sunday with some competitors retiring early.
Performances were of a very high standard especially in the senior man division with Sam George’s domination continuing. Mark le Moignan and Scott Eastwood displayed real class in the Open Division and Nathan Elms in the under 18s was the big wave standout. Traditional and progressive manoeuvres from Gordon Blake and Dan Harris(Wales) in the Longboard Division gave a masterclass in competitive longboarding. Josh le Marquand was the only junior to reach the final in this divison and was highly commended by his senior colleagues for ablility to battle against the elements but also get a spot in the final.
Andre le Geyt entered 4 categories reaching 2 finals winning the Masters and gaining a 3rd spot in the Longboard which proved that his endurance fitness to be at a very high level.
The Ladies started their heats on Sunday and found conditions tough. Strong currents, driving rain and heavy swell were encounted. Those that studied the conditions and state of tide had an advantage. Calculated surfing by Charlotte Bayliss saw her reach her first final of the season and sheer doggedness by Lucy Goddard in heat 1 saw her reach the final. Steady surfing by Chantelle Coote and Shelly McFarling saw them sail into the final as well with McFarling taking the honours, Bayliss 2nd, Coote 3rd and Goddard 4th.
The highly charged Novices were fully amped for the heats at le Braye on Sunday morning entering their first Surfabout competition. All surfed extremely well under the ever changing conditions . All will be receiving coaching from Kevin Olsen during half term in Hossegor, France.
Results
OPEN
1-Scott Eastwood
2-Christian Boletta
3-Mark le Moignan
4-Joe Baker
SENIOR MAN
1-Sam George
2-Scott Eastwood
3-Piers Gould
4-Clayton Lidster
MASTERS
1-Andre le Geyt
2-Mark Durbano
3-Nigel Wray
4-David Ferguson
LONGBOARD
1-Dan Harris(Wales)
2-Gordon Blake
3-Andre le Geyt
4-Josh le Marquand
LADIES
1-Shelly McFarling
2-Charlotte Bayliss
3-Chantelle Coote
4-Lucy Goddard
UNDER 18 BOYS
1-Nathan Elms
2-Freddie Seymour
3-Alex Vibert
4-Dean Layzell
NOVICE
1-Josh Evans
2-Connor Spence
3-Aaron Rowe
4-Hayden Bishop
HIGEST PLACED UNDER 14 BOY Ben Bates
HiGEST PLACED UNDER 18 GIRL Charlotte Baylis
THANKS TO EARTH WIND AND WATER FOR SPONSORING THIS EVENT
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