AIB/LANEEZ points table after ROUND 4 2009
(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