CHAMPIONS in 12 different divisions were crowned at the belatedly held Ugu Surfriders 2019 champs held at Scottburgh main beach last Saturday.
Conditions were tricky with a slight onshore breeze, but still giving some good surf and smaller decent waves for all age divisions.
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The break however did not really deliver two decided peaks as hoped, and it made for some tricky navigation for the surfers in the main contest as well as the novices, who ran a trial concurrently.
A total of 22 heats were surfed with 52 surfer entries in various divisions in the main event as well as 16 heats with 26 frothing novices on podium two.
This made for some very good management skills from beach marshals as well as tabulators, plus some very alert judging throughout the day.
On the novice podium once again the Ugu juniors Maya Attfield, U18 and Jordy Boshoff, U18 stepped in and helped with judging under the watchful eyes of a qualified judge, giving them valuable experience.
RESULTS
U12 girls: 1 Louise Lepront, 2 Leah Lepront, 3 Haylie le Roux.
U12 boys: 1 Clayton Turrell, 2 Tyne van Achterbergh, 3 Daryn Palmer, 4 Taigan Cunningham.
U14 girls: 1 Kira Attfield, 2 Zoey Thompson.
U14 boys: 1 Luc Lepront, 2 JJ Hoffman, 3 Evan Peyios, 4 Lisa Mbhele.
U16 girls: 1 Jesse Powell.
U16 boys: 1 Jordy Boshoff, 2 Ayanda Mpisane, 3 Lindokuhle Ndovela.
U18 girls: 1 Maya Attfield.
U18 boys: 1 Caden Coetsee, 2 Sibusiso Mkhize.
Open ladies: 1 Heather Clark, 2 Jesse Powell, 3 Chanelle Botha, 4 Louise Lepront.
Open men: 1st Gary van Wieringen, 2 Simo Mkhize, 3 Jordy Boshoff, 4 Wade Botha.
Masters ladies: 1 Heather Clark.
Masters men: 1 Grant van der Linde, 2 Gary van Wieringen, 3 Chad Delport, 4 Justin Maisch.
Concurrent to the 2019 champs, the novices surfed their second trial for team selection to KZN Grommet Games to be held in March in Durban.
Four age divisions were surfed by the novices.
U10 girls: 1 Leah Lepront, 2 Haylie le Roux.
U10 boys: 1 Cruz Reynolds, 2 Travis Turrell.
U12 boys: 1 Fin Herdolt, 2 Okuhle Ngcungama, 3 David Moussouris, 4 Nthutuko Dlamini
U14 girls: 1 Paige Robertson.
U14 boys: 1 Daryn Palmer, 2 Hannes Hoffman, 3 Sanele Zwelonke.
U16 boys: 1 Tristan Korsten, 2 Jude Ho Yee, 3 Slade Jesson, 4 Mpilo Dlamini.
The AGM and annual prize-giving followed at C Breeze Restaurant in Scottburgh.
Top seeds for 2019
U12: Louise Lepront and Llewellyn Engelbrecht.
U14: Kira Attfield and Evan Peyios.
U16: Jesse Powell and Lwando Dlezi.
U18: Maya Attfield and Caden Coetsee.
Open: Heather Clark and Cody Coetsee.
Masters ladies: Heather Clark.
Men O35: Lyle Miller. Men O40: Andrew Lange. Men O45: Chad Delport
Speciality prizes
Best use of social media: Clayton Turrell.
Commitment to surfing: Ugu committee members.
Judge of the year: Chad Coullie.
Most frothing grom: JJ Hoffman.
Most frothing senior: Heather Clark.
Sportsmanship award: Ziggy Borstlap.
Most promising junior girl: Louise Lepront.
Most promising junior boy: Lwando Dlezi.
Mini grom girl: Haylie le Roux.
Mini grom boy: Tyne van Achterbergh.
Most improved girl: Kira Attfield.
Most improved boy: Evan Spittal.
Stepping up/Blow Out award: Jordy Boshoff.
Junior girl surfer of the year: Louise Lepront.
Junior boy surfer of the year: Jordy Boshoff.
Senior female surfer: Heather Clark.
Senior male surfer: Gary van Wieringen.
Ugu Surfriders Triple Fin (awarded for the first time): Heather Clark (Ugu masters ladies, KZN masters ladies, SA masters ladies); Gary van Wieringen (Ugu open men, KZN masters O45 men, SA masters O45 men).
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