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Ben Poulter - Image ISA/Rommel
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The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team fought back under sudden-death circumstances in the repechage rounds on the fourth day of competition at the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Peru overnight (Thursday 26th May).
Eight of the twelve team members were in action with five surfers progressing
through their heats to stay alive in 1.0m waves at Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru.
After unexpectedly losing his second round qualifying heat on day two of the
event, Ben Poulter (Rag) stormed back to life today. Poulter secured two emphatic wins at the main
podium.
“It was good to win both my heats today.
I was super nervous but the waves were fun and I got some good
scores. Hopefully I can get a roll on
from here” said Poulter.
After winning the first heat scoring 9.13, Poulter surfed his third round match
up late in the day posting 13.66 out of a possible 20 points to defeat surfers
from Venezuela, Portugal and Barbados.
Surfing at Senoritas – the left-hand point break, Poulter smashed several big
back hand turns for his highest scoring ride of 7.33 points.
Poulter moves through to the fourth round now where he will continue the long
road to the finals. A massive swell is
forecast to hit Punta Hermosa late in the week which has organisers scrambling
to get the event completed by Saturday - a scenario that has Poulter baffled.
“It is not going to be big until Sunday and they finish the comp on
Saturday. I would love to surf a heat in
the bigger waves but I don’t think that will happen.”
Poulter’s fellow team mates in the Under 18 Qualifying Round had yet another
lay day but will be back in the water on Friday morning (New Zealand time).
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| Grace Spiers - Image Lee Ryan |
Grace Spiers (WGM) continued on the good Kiwi form for the girls, surfing to
the second highest heat score of the girls division – 17.50 out of a possible
20 points and an easy heat win.
In what team coach Lee Ryan described as ‘a text book heat’, Spiers got off to
a good start posting scores of 6.17 and then an excellent 8.33 point ride. Spiers then went on to surf to the fifth
highest single scoring ride of the girls division – 9.17 points out of ten to
stamp her mark on the heat.
Spiers will face surfers from Japan,
Costa Rica and Brazil
in her next match up tomorrow morning.
Unfortunately Ella Williams (WGM) and Alexis Poulter (Rag) did not follow suit
with Spiers and were eliminated from the event.
Williams had her chances in her heat but uncharacteristically fell on
several waves limiting her opportunities and finishing third, an agonising 0.07
points behind the Costa Rican surfer in second.
Williams finished the event in 49th
place.
Poulter also finished the event in 49th place overall. After a tight heat that saw her score 5.77
points on her last wave, short of the 6.57 points required for progression, she
finished the heat in third place behind the two Brazilian surfers.
In the Under 16 Boys Division Elliot Paerata – Reid (Piha), Paul Moretti
(Mimiwhangata) and Adam Grimson (Gis) all secured hard fought second placings
to keep their hopes alive.
Paerata – Reid got the ball rolling progressing alongside the local Peruvian
surfer scoring 8.46 to place second in his heat. After losing his first heat of the event through
what he described as “getting lost at sea” he feels that he is starting to
understand the break better and “getting the hang of it.”
Paerata – Reid will be looking forward to the next round surfing against
surfers from France, South Africa and the United Kingdom where he will have
to be on his game for progression.
“The hassling in the heats is heavy, the worst I have ever seen but I am rearing
to go and I want to get through a lot more heats yet” said Paerata – Reid.
Moretti scored 8.46 out of a possible 20 points in his heat to progress
alongside American surfer Colin Moran and will now face surfers from USA, South Africa
and Germany
in his next match up.
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| Adam Grimson - Image ISA / Gonzalez |
Grimson was the third surfer to move through in second place and will now face
surfers from Hawaii Puerto Rico and Argentina.
Dune Kennings was the sole Kiwi in the Under 16 Boys Division to get eliminated
from the event after placing fourth in his heat and finishing the event in 61st
place.
The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team includes surfers from six regions
throughout New Zealand with the small surf town of Whangamata providing three
surfers, Northland, Auckland, Raglan, Gisborne all providing two surfers a
piece with one representative from Mount Maunganui.
The event is being held at Punta Hermosa, Lima,
Peru from the
21st – 29th May with two arenas catering for a record 276
surfers from 27 countries competing at the event.
Day five of the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship starts overnight
Thursday (1:00am, 27th May).
You can catch the entire event live via www.isawjsc.com.
Day five schedule (New Zealand time)
Podium One
12:30am Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 3
1:10am Heat 3 with Grace Spiers
2:30am Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 3
2:50am Heat 2 with Elliot Paerata – Reid
3:30am Heat 4 with Paul Moretti
3:50am Heat 5 with Adam Grimson
4:30am Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 4
Kiwi heats to be confirmed after Round 3
6:30am Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 4
7:50am Heat 5 with Ben Poulter
Podium Two
12:30am Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 3
Heat 4 with Jayda Martin – Fitzharris
2:30am Under 16 Boys Qualifying Round 3
4:30am Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 3
4:30am Heat 1 with Todd Doyle
5:30am Heat 4 with Tane Wallis
6:50am Heat 8 with Joe Moretti
7:10am Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 4
Heat to be confirmed after Repechage Round 3
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| Ben Poulter interview |
Kiwis in the stands - Image ISA/Gonzalez |
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| Elliot Paerata - Reid - Image ISA/ Rommel |
Please see below for results from the fourth day of the 2011 Quiksilver World
Junior Surfing Championship being held in Peru.
Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 2
Heat 11
1, 9.13, Ben
Poulter, NZL, 2, 6.47, Jose Lozano Diaz, ECU, 3, 3.57, Louis Josek, GER, 4,
2.93, Vasco Fragoso, GER
Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 3
Heat 5
1, 13.66,
Ben Poulter, NZL, 2, 5.38, Felix Vargas, VEN, 3, 4.70, Basile Belime, POR, 4,
4.16, Caelum Blandford, BAR
Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 3 (Yet to
be surfed)
Heat 1
Rafael Texeira, BRA, David Brand, ZAF, O'Neil Massin, TAH, Todd Doyle, NZL
Heat 4
Tane
Wallis, NZL, Aoi Watanabe, JPN, Vasco Ribeiro, POR, Miguel Tudela, PER
Heat 8
Joe
Moretti, NZL, Vehiatua Prunier, TAH, Mike February, ZAF, Yan Darbekow, BRA
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 2
Heat 6
1, 11.16,
Nikki Viesins, USA, 2, 7.00, Leilani McGonagle, CRC, 3, 6.93, Ella Williams,
NZL, 4, 5.93, Isabela Lima, BRA
Heat 7
1, 17.50,
Grace Spiers, NZL, 2, 14.10, Chelsea Roett, BAR, 3, 9.76, Minato Takahashi, JPN,
4, 3.33, Emily Gussoni, CRC
Heat 8
1, 18.94,
Barbara Segatto, BRA, 2, 11.90, Estafany Freitas, BRA, 3, 11.10, Alexis C.
Poulter, NZL, 4, 7.44, Sayaka Muramatsu, JPN
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 3 (Yet to be
surfed)
Heat 4
Bianca Buitendag, ZAF, Jayda
Martin-Fitzharris, NZL, Chelsea Tuach, BAR, Quincy Davis, USA
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 3 (Yet to
be surfed)
Heat 3
Asako
Mizuno, JPN, Leilani McGonagle, CRC, Grace Spiers, NZL, Estafany Freitas, BRA
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 2
Heat 3
1, 12.33,
Sebatian Correa, PER, 2, 8.46, Elliot Paerata-Reid, NZL, 3, 7.77, Derek Gomez,
VEN, 4, 5.30, Jorge Soto, CHI
Heat 5
1, 13.50,
Colin Moran, USA, 2, 8.60, Paul Moretti, NZL, 3, 4.80, Leon Glatzer, GER, 4,
4.54, Franwil Vento, VEN
Heat 7
1, 12.50,
Joao Marco Maffini, ITA, 2, 11.50, Arne Bergwinkel, GER, 3, 10.37, Kai Hing,
AUS, 4, 7.60, Dune Kennings, NZL
Heat 10
1, 10.00,
Miles Lee Hargreaves, UK, 2, 8.03, Adam Grimson, NZL, 3, 7.37, Jeancarlos
Mendez, CRC, 4, 6.17, Lucca Piscione, URU
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 3 (Yet to be
surfed)
Heat 2
Nelson
Cloarec, FRA, Patrick Daniel, UK, Benji Brand, ZAF, Elliot Paerata-Reid, NZL
Heat 4
Slade
Prestwich, ZAF, Paul Moretti, NZL, Kanoa Igarashi, USA, Arne Bergwinkel, GER
Heat 5
Felipe
Suarez, ARG, Adam Grimson, NZL, Koa Smith, HAW, Mauricio Diaz, PRC
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 2010 the New
Zealand team placed seventh at the event when it was held
in New Zealand
for the first time in the events history.
Further
Information
For further information on the Rip Curl New Zealand
Junior Surfing Team please contact Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings on 021
2278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
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