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Home Waters To Advantage Auckland Surfers |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Friday, 11 January 2013 |
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| Billy Stairmand - Image PhotoCPL |
Auckland will celebrate hosting the 2013 Hyundai National Championships for the tenth year in the events’ 51 year history when the event kicks off on Sunday (13th January) and home waves are set to give the region’s best surfers a major advantage over their counterparts.
The event will take place at the south end of Piha Beach from the 13th
– 19th January. Surfers from
throughout New Zealand are gearing up for the event and will compete in 25
divisions comprising all age groups and disciplines.
Auckland surfers will make up a quarter of the field of over 200 surfers. When the event was last held at Piha in 2012,
the home town advantage saw a third (seven in total) of all titles contested awarded
to surfers from the region. However the
most prestigious titles, being the Open Men’s and Women’s Divisions, went south
of the Bombay Hills with Raglan’s Billy Stairmand winning the Open Men’s Division
and Taranaki surfer Thandi Durham – Tipene winning the Women’s Division.
This year New Plymouth will again have strong representation led by Durham –
Tipene and the defence of her title. Bay
of Plenty is another strongly represented region that will hope to take home
some silverware after leaving empty handed in 2012.
The South Island will be represented by a strong team of surfers from
Christchurch that will want to take home more than the one title they won in
2012 through stand up paddleboarder Shayne Baxter.
Not to be discounted will be the efforts of the smaller regions such as the
Coromandel who claimed three titles in 2012 as did surfing stronghold
Gisborne.
The Gisborne region continues to pump out quality surfers and this year
will be no different as they head into this event. A whopping 65 titles are shared between the
likes of the Quinn brothers (Maz (4) and Jay (8), Richard Christie (6), Johnny
Hicks (1), Daniel Procter (4), John Gisby (33), Michael Fitzharris (8) and Jayda
Martin-Fitzharris (1).
Two times and defending Open Men’s Champion, Billy Stairmand, will be
hunted down by New Zealand’s best surfers whom have entered the event. Jay Quinn, who recently finished competing at
an international level as New Zealand’s highest ranked surfer (77th),
has flown back from Australia where he currently resides. He along with Richard Christie who also
competed part time internationally in 2012 will be massive threats. Coupled with those three surfers are Matt
Hewitt (Mnt), Alex Dive (Mnt) and Johnny Hicks, three surfers that are starting
their international careers. Any of the
six surfers are highly capable of winning the event and for those going on to
compete internationally this year, it would provide a huge boost to their
confidence.
In the Open Women’s Division Durham – Tipene’s defence of the title will be
challenged by youth with Ella Williams (WGM), Jayda Martin – Fitzharris and
Auckland’s Sansom twins, Bianca and Gabriela all well prepared for the week of
competition ahead.
The surf is expected to be around the 2.0m mark and decreasing on the first
day of the event. Competition will kick off at 8:00am on Sunday 13th
January.
Set out below are the winners of key divisions for the past five years.
Open Men
2008 – Jay Quinn (Gis)
2009 – Matt Hewitt (Mnt)
2010 – Billy Stairmand (Rag)
2011 – Jay Quinn (Gis)
2012 – Billy Stairmand (Rag)
Open Women
2008 – Angie Koops (Kaik)
2009 – Daisy Thomas (Chch)
2010 – Laura Rishworth (Mnt)
2011 – Airini Mason (Chch)
2012 – Thandi Durham (Tara)
Junior Men (U/18)
2008 – Sean Peggs (Tairua)
2009 – Ryan Hawker (Piha)
2010 – Johnny Hicks (Gis)
2011 – Ben Poulter (Rag)
2012 – Tane Wallis (Auck)
Longboard
2008 – Jay Quinn (Gis)
2009 – Daniel Proctor (Gis)
2010 – Dylan Barnfield
(Ohope)
2011 – Thomas Kibblewhite (Auck)
2012 – Thomas Kibblewhite (Auck)
Complete lists of all
National Champions are located on the Surfing New
Zealand website under History.
Further
Information
For further information on the 2013 Hyundai National
Championships please contact Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings on 021 2278732
or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
Imagery
Web clips and newsfeeds will be distributed free of charge from the event. Please contact Ben Kennings for further
details.
High resolution action images of the surfing will be available to media free of
charge upon request.
Event Hotline
The Surfing New Zealand event hotline is 0211134506. This will be updated daily at approximately
7am with venue, divisions contested and conditions.
Partners
Generous support from Hyundai New Zealand and Lion Rock Boardriders has
made this event possible.
Surfing New Zealand Newsletter
If you want to keep updated with surfing information delivered right to your inbox
then sign up to the SNZ
Newsletter.
Follow Surfing New Zealand and the
Hyundai National Championships
Results will be fed to the SNZ website via twitter so stay tuned with up to
date results. Alternatively follow the
action via the SNZ
Facebook and SNZ Twitter.
Surfing New Zealand are proudly partnered by:
Hyundai New Zealand
Sport NZ
SunSmart
Ends
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NZ Pro Series |
1. Maz Quinn (Gis)
2. Sean Peggs (Tai)
3. JC Susan (Mnt)
4. Zen Wallis (Piha)
5. Dune Kennings (WGM)
6. Chris Malone (Rag)
7. Matt Hewitt (Mnt)
8. Leon Santorik (Rag)
9. Bachelor Tipene (Tara)
10. Tane Wallis (Piha) |
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1, Daniel
Proctor (Gis)
2, Ant
McColl (Mnt)
3, Zen
Wallis (Piha)
4, Thomas
Kibblewhite (Auck)
5, Phil
Morris (Auck)
6, Owen
Barnes (Mnt)
7, Glen
Johnson (Auck)
8, Duncan
Cameron (Mnt)
9, Matt
Cockayne (Mngwhai)
10, Dylan
Barnfield (Ohope)
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Under 16 Boys
1. Kehu Butler (Mnt)
2. Taylor Hutchison (Rag)
3. Isaac Kettle (Tara)
4. Callum Chuter (Mnt)
5. RagHarrison Whiteside (Chch)
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Under 16 Girls
1. Claudia Fraser (Piha)
2. Kea Smith (Mnt)
3. Britt Kindred (Muri)
4. Dayna Story (Gis)
5. Jasmine Smith (Gis) |
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