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The Under 18 Boys Division highlighted day four of the 2013 Hyundai National Surfing Championships at Piha today (Wednesday 16th January) with the next generation of New Zealand’s best surfers pushing hard to progress through to the final eight surfers in the event.
Day four brought an improvement in conditions with a 2.0m swell and lighter
onshore winds bringing a reprieve from the last two days of strong winds and
rain.
Local Piha surfers Waretini Wano and Elliot Paerata – Reid used their knowledge
of the break to claim the best waves of their respective heats for comfortable
wins.
Wano surfed some exceptional waves completing big re-entries on both his forehand
and backhand. While his waves only
comprised single manoeuvres the power of the manoeuvres was enough to net him
an 11.43 point heat total and the win.
Paerata – Reid was equally impressive smoothly stringing together his turns to achieve
a 10.67 point heat total in the last heat of the day.
Both Paerata – Reid and Wano, who are good friends, now avoid each other in the
semifinals. Wano will face Sean Kettle
(Tara), Kayden Mayes (Mnt) and Mackenzie Christie (Mnt) in the first
semifinal. Paerata – Reid will face Jules
Craft (Gis), Dune Kennings (WGM) and Josh Taylor (Mnt). Mount Maunganui surfers fill three of the
eight remaining positions in the division.
The Over 28 Men’s Division was dominated by Taranaki surfers with number one
seed Jarred Hancox leading the way. The ex-two-time
senior men’s champion (2010, 2011) dominated the lefthanders on the bar. Likewise Bachelor Tipene thrived in the big
solid conditions scoring 12.33 points out of 20. Rounding out the Taranaki trio was Jamie
Andrews who, despite a low score, progressed through to the semifinals in
second place behind Kayne Duncan (Port Waikato).
Maz Quinn (Gis) made his entry into the men’s age group divisions contesting
the Over 35 Men’s Division and he made quick work of his heat posting the
highest single wave score (9.73) and the highest heat score (16.90) of the
event to date. Quinn was joined by Cale
Tolley (Mnt) who also scored highly with a 13.93 point heat total. Morgan Cronin (Auck) and Ben Kennings rounded
out the heat winners moving through to the semifinals.
The surfers in the Over 40 and Over plus divisions battled the messy conditions
over the full tide which produced some tight low-scoring heats. Rick Lasch
dominated the Over 45 Men’s Division with big turns on the righthanders running
into the cove. Taranaki’s David Farr
also claimed a win as did Geoff Hutchison of Raglan.
The surf is expected to decrease overnight before building again throughout the
day on Thursday (17th January).
Winds will remain strong from the westerly quarter. Competition will commence at 8:00am on Thursday
17th January.
See below for results from day four of the Hyundai National Surfing
Championships held at Piha Beach, Auckland today (Wednesday 16th
January).
Under
18 Boys Quarterfinals
Heat 1
Kayden
Mayes (Mnt), 11.5, 1, Mackenzie Christie (Tau), 9.33, 2, McKenzie Bowden
(Whmata), 9, 3, Ella Williams (Whmata), 7.23, 4
Heat
2
Waretini
Wano (Piha), 11.4, 1, Sean Kettle (Tara), 9.87, 2, Korbin Hutchings (Gis), 7.33,
3, Manu Scott Arrieta (Sandy Bay), 4.47, 4
Heat
3
Jules
Craft (Gis), 11.3, 1, Dune Kennings (Whmata), 9.67, 2, Max Marshall (ChCh), 4.7,
3, Matt Mcgregor (Sandy Bay), 2, 4
Heat
4
Elliot
Paerata Reid (Piha), 10.7, 1, Josh Taylor (Tau), 10.3, 2, Levi Stewart (Waihi
Bch), 5.17, 3, Luca Cressy (Arataki), 4.47, 4
Over 35 Men’s Quarterfinals
Heat 1
Cale
Tolley (Mnt), 13.9, 1, Marc Moore (Rag), 12.1, 2, Mike Christeinson (ChCh), 9.07,
3, Mike Mulcahy (Auck), 4, 4
Heat 2
Ben
Kennings (Whmata), 11.9, 1, Geoff Hutchison (Rag), 6.33, 2, Adrian Bray (Auck),
5.2, 3
Heat 3
Maz
Quinn (Gis), 16.9, 1, Stu Millar (Piha), 6.23, 2, Deane Hishon (Rag), 2, 3
Heat 4
Morgan
Cronin (Auck), 9.6, 1, Shaun Coffey (Auck), 7.57, 2, Bevan Wiig (Auck), 6.37, 3,
Tully Farrell (Mnt), 5.03, 4
Over
28 Men’s Quarterfinals
Heat 1
Kayne
Duncan (Port Waikato), 6.67, 1, Jamie Andrews (Tara), 4.23, 2, Simon Deken
(Tara), 2.57, 3
Heat
2
Jarred
Hancox (Tara), 10.5, 1, Andrew Robinson, 10.4, 2, Cale Tolley (Mnt), 10.1, 3, Jeremy
Grainger (Tara), 4.07, 4
Heat
3
Bachelor
Tipene (Tara), 12.3, 1, Jason Ruddell (Whgrei), 9.23, 2, Justin Souter (Mnt), 6.77,
3, Tully Farrell (Mnt), 6.33, 4
Over 40 Men’s Quarterfinals
Heat 1
Geoff
Hutchison (Rag), 5.83, 1, Mike Christiansen (ChCh), 5.8, 2, Morgan Cronin
(Auck), 3.6, 3, Tui Eves (Piha), 1.37, 4
Heat 2
Rick
Lasch (Auck), 2, 1, Glenn Marsom (Auck), 1, 2, John Roussey (ChCh), INJ,
Heat 3
Deane
Hishon (Rag), 3.17, 1, Scott Braithwaite (Whtane), 0, 2, Armie Armstrong (Rag),
N/S
Heat 4
David
Farr (Tara), 8.17, 1, Shaun Coffey (Tara), 7.87, 2, Mike Mulcahy (Auck), 7.5, 3
Over
45 Men’s Quarterfinals
Heat 1
Andrew
Mann (Auck), 5.57, 1, Phil Wallis (Piha), 4.8, 2, Nigel Hunt (Auck), 2.77, 3, Blair
Walker (Piha), N/S
Heat
2
Rick
Lasch (Piha), 12.7, 1, Michael Fitzharris (Gis), 10.8, 2, Geoff Hutchison (Rag),
5.6, 3
Heat
3
Tui
Eves (Piha), 7.17, 1, David Mann (Auck), 4.43, 2, Shane Wilson (ChCh), 3.4, 3, John
Roussey (ChCh), INJ
Over 50 Men’s Semifinals
Heat 1
Garry
Pike (Piha), 2.00, 1, Glenn Shuker (ChCh), 1.00, 2
Heat 2
Phill
Griffin (Mnt), 4.53, 1, Phil Wallis (Piha), 2.63, 2, David Storck (Auck), 1.47,
3
A complete lists of all National Champions are located on the Surfing New Zealand website under History.
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Information
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Championships please contact Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings on 021 2278732
or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
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