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Dive Leads New Zealand To Seventh |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Monday, 06 April 2009 |
 Alex Dive (Mnt) has placed 11th at the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Championships completed at Salinas, Ecuador overnight Sunday. The placing was the highest for the twelve members of the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team who finished the eight day tournament in seventh place out of 28 countries
Dive had contested the qualifying rounds of the Under 18 Boys Division throughout the event but was ousted from the top eight into the repercharge rounds where he was again defeated in the challenging conditions.
While what waves came through had good shape, they were few and far between which meant that you had to position yourself perfectly to make sure you caught the best waves.
Dive’s result pushed the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team into seventh place after a close battle with Tahiti, Costa Rica and Peru who were close behind.
Australia won the teams title thanks to two championships from Dean Bowen (Under 18 Boys) and Tyler Wright (Under 16 Girls). Hawaiian surfer Keanu Asing was the other individual champion winning the Under 16 Boys Division.
Jayda Martin-Fitzharris was the highest placed Kiwi girl placing 16th while Ben Poulter (Rag) was the highest placed Under 16 Boy placing 19th.
Please see below for overall placings for the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team who competed at the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships held at Salinas, Ecuador.
Team Ratings
1st Australia
2nd Hawaii
3rd Brazil
4th USA
5th France
6th South Africa
7th New Zealand
8th Tahiti
9th Peru
10th Costa Rica
Under 18 Boys
11th Alex Dive (Mnt)
13th Matt Hewitt (Mnt)
25th Johnny Hicks (Gis)
29th Buck Woods (Gis)
Under 18 Girls
16th Jayda Martin-Fitzharris (Gis)
25th Rosa Thompson (Auck)
25th India Wray-Murane (Mur)
25th Alexis Poulter (Rag)
Under 16 Boys
19th Ben Poulter (Rag)
25th Damien Norman (NSW, Aus)
43rd Todd Doyle (Mnt)
43rd Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata)
Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 5
Heat 1
1, Maxime Huscenot, FRA, 2, Jordih Watson, AUS, 3, P V Laborde, FRA, 4, Alex Dive, NZL
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 8
1, Dean Bowen, AUS, 2, Shaun Joubert, ZAF, 3, Medi Veminard, FRA, 4, Alex Dive, NZL
The World Junior Surfing Championships is an annual event having been held since 2003. New Zealand has competed at the event since its inception as well as competing at the World Grommet Titles as it was formerly known since 1989. New Zealand has been one of the top nations at each event with Jay Quinn (Gis) securing New Zealand’s first World Championship in the Under 18 Men’s division in 2001. In 2008 the New Zealand team placed sixth at the event with the best result coming from Airini Mason who placed fourth in the Under 18 Girls Division.
The event is being broadcast live over the net via www.isasurf.org. Media releases relating specifically to the New Zealand team’s performance will be distributed throughout the event.
For further information regarding the New Zealand Junior Surfing Team please contact Ben Kennings at Surfing New Zealand 07 8250018, 0212278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team is proudly supported by Rip Curl, Lion Foundation and Surfing New Zealand.
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