Louise Lepront rides victory wave
The SAST moves to Port Alfred for the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by the Royal St Andrews Hotel this week.
In small but contestable conditions, Scottburgh’s Louise Lepront emerged victorious in the U18 division of the Sea Harvest Pipe Junior surfing tournament recently.
In a decisive victory, Lepront beat Emily Jenkinson into second in the girls’ division, while Clay Turrell took the win from Levi Epenetos in the boys’ section. Both finals were hard-fought in the small running right-handers.
Jenkinson won the U16 girls division from Lepront on her backhand, making two finals. Kai Stubbs took the U16 boys division from Ben Esterhuyse, with both surfers throwing caution to the wind in their respective bids for victory.
Slayde Shooter was the victor in the ultra-competitive U14 boys division, and he took the win from Sebastian Copson.
Thereafter, Maya Malherbe secured a win in the U14 girls’ division in an exciting final. All five girls were going tooth and nail in the final, and Malherbe found the winning wave and smashed it on her backhand for the win.
The SAST moves to Port Alfred for the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by the Royal St Andrews Hotel. This takes place at East Beach from April 18-20.
Sea Harvest Pipe Junior final results:
U12 boys:
1 Ethan Schermbrucker
2 Lazaro de Bruyn
3 Tom Pearson
4 Johnjon Clark
U14 girls:
1 Maya Malherbe
2 Emma Schermbrucker
3 Brin Jarvis
4 Coco Clark
5 Charlotte Copson
U14 boys:
1 Slayde Shooter
2 Sebastian Copson
3 Ethan Schermbrucker
4 Ayabulela Tokwe
U16 girls:
1 Emily Jenkinson
2 Leah Lepront
3 Camilla Heuer
4 Jasmine Venter
U16 boys:
1 Kai Stubbs
2 Ben Esterhuyse
3 Carl Wiersma
4 Oliver Pascoe
U18 girls:
1 Louise Lepront
2 Emily Jenkinson
3 Anastasia Venter
4 Lily Heny
U18 boys:
1 Clayton Turrell
2 Levi Epenetos
3 Massimo Bienz
4 Kieran Murphy
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