Update: Huge surf pounds East London’s Nahoon Reef forces organisers of Benz SA Surfing Champs to move to a safer venue
Continuing with the contest at Nahoon Reef would have put contestant’s lives at risk and moving the rounds to the relative calm of Nahoon Corner was met with applause by the surfers.
DUE to the huge swell a decision was made by experienced Surfing South Africa Contest Director Cyril Nel who described the conditions at Nahoon Reef as “the biggest I have seen it in 30 years” to move the contest from Nahoon Reef to Nahoon Corner.
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As the mayhem continued to build along the East London coastline the SA Championship Day Three heats ran in the relative four foot tranquility of Nahoon Corner which will probably be the venue for Day Four as the huge surf continues to pound the better known surf spots.
The Open Women Semi Finalists were decided on Day Three and the first of these semis is made up of Olivia Donald and Samelikiswe Cele ( both eThekweni), Danica Stockigt ( Buffalo City) and Tasha Mentasti (Eden). The second semi consists of eight time SA Champion Heather Clark (Ugu), Britney Linder (Nelson Mandela Bay), Lynn Mackey (eThekweni) and Maya Shefer – Boswell ( Cape Town). The top two from each semi will compete for the SA Championship title in the Final on Sunday.
Qualifying for the first Over 35 Men’s Semi Final are Tyrell and Stuart Fowles (both Buffalo City),Rene Terblanche (Cape Winelands) and Etienne Potgieter (Nelson Mandela Bay). Defending champion Llewellyn Whittaker (Eden) is joined by Orrin Johnson (Buffalo City), Jon Sam Caswell (Cape Winelands) and Calvin Moore (Ugu) in the other Semi Final.
The Over 40 Quarter Finalists are Greg Emslie, Tristan Johnson,Philip Malherbe and Greg Harris (all Buffalo City), Warwick Heny, Simon Owen and Andrew Donaghy (all Nelson Mandela Bay), Graeme Field, Rory Heard and Ryan Kuhn (all Cape Town), Karl Ribbink and Ross Solomon (eThekweni), Justin Maisch and Gary Van Wieringen (both Ugu), Luke Meiring (Eden) and Dave Petersen (Ilembe).
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The Qualifiers for the Over 45 Quarters are Gareth Sepp, Andre Malherbe, Kevin O’ Brien and Wayne Monk (all Buffalo City), Jacques Terblanche, Ryan Ribbink and Rob Moore Boyle (all eThekweni), Pieter Ben Van Rhijn and Mickey Lindsay (both Nelson Mandela Bay) and defending champion, Carl Roux (Ugu).
Day Four (August 25):
These results below are taken from Surfing SA’s Facebook page earlier today (August 25):
RESULTS FROM MERCEDES – BENZ SOUTH AFRICAN SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED by BUFFALO CITY
Men Over 45 Round 2:
Heat 1:
1st Volker Mielck (11.35), 2nd Hilton Cameron (8.75)
Heat 2:
1st Wayne Klerck (16.0), 2nd Slade Mansfield (15.0), 3rd Johan Calitz (9.75)
RESULTS FROM MERCEDES – BENZ SOUTH AFRICAN SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED by BUFFALO CITY
Men’s Over 40 Round 3:
Heat 1:
1st Greg Emslie (11.25), 2nd Graeme Field (6),
Heat 2:
1st Tristan Johnson (12.25), 2nd Justin Maisch (10.0), 3rd Greg Harris (8.0)
Heat 3:
1st Philip Malherbe (11.0), 2nd Karl Ribbink (6.1)
Heat 4:
1st: Ross Solomon (10.5), 2nd Gary Van Weiringen (8.5)
Heat 5:
1st Warwick Heny (13.5), 2nd Rory Heard (6.9), 3rd Luke Meiring (3.8)
Heat 6:
1st Dave Petersen (12.5), 2nd Ryan Kuhn (11.0), 3rd Andrew Donaghy (5.6)
RESULTS FROM MERCEDES – BENZ SOUTH AFRICAN SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED by BUFFALO CITY
Women Over 30 Round 1:
Heat 1:
1st Heather Clark (15.0), 2nd Lynn Mackey (11.5), 3rd Michelle Van Kempen (9.9), 4th Tasha Mentasti (4.35), 5th Dayni Loots (3.25)
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