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Elliot Paerata - Reid - Image Gonzalez / ISA
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The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team have commenced their assault on the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Peru with six of the seven surfers competing on day one moving through their qualifying round heats.
The event is being held at Punta
Hermosa, Peru
from the 21st – 29th May with two arenas catering for a
record 276 surfers from 27 countries competing at the event.
The surf on day one was 1.5m – 2.0m with clean conditions and light winds.
The Kiwi’s stand out performance came from Ben Poulter (Raglan) in the Under 18
Boys Division late in the day scoring 12.0 out of a possible 20 points to win
his match up – one of only two Kiwis to do so on day one.
Surfing the left-hand point break Poulter looked at home in the waves notching
up a 5.07 point ride before finishing with a 6.93.
“It was pretty fun out there, a couple of good sized waves” said Poulter post
heat.
In true Poulter style, Ben threw buckets of spray off several big backhand
turns to impress everyone watching his heat.
“I am big, it comes naturally” said Poulter in his post heat interview
when questioned about where he gets all his power. “It is fun in Peru, I am from Raglan and we have
similar surf and temperature so it is not much different to here.
Fellow Under 18 Boys team mates Tane Wallis (Piha) and Todd Doyle (Mnt) both progressed
through their low scoring scoring match ups – Doyle winning his heat scoring
8.54 out of a possible 20 and Wallis scoring 8.24 to place second.
“It was such a relief to get underway and start off with a win” said
Doyle.
“I was pumped going into my heat. I knew
I had one good Japanese surfer that was ‘smooth as’ and also a good Jamaican
but our coach Lee Ryan gave me good guidance and that made sure I got off to a
good start which set me up for that bomb at the end that won me the heat”
explained Doyle further of how his heat unfolded.
The fourth member of the Under 18 Boys, Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata) did not surf
on the first day but will be competing twice on day two.
The Under 16 Boys Division saw the youngest surfers of the team up against the
flare of the Tahitians, the Tahitians running away with each heat. Paul Moretti (Mimiwhangata), Dune Kennings
(WGM) and Adam Grimson placed second in their heats to move through to the next
round. Unfortunately Elliot Paerata –
Reid (Piha) was not so lucky placing third and getting pushed in the repechage
rounds.
The event has a double elimination system where surfers have to lose twice to
be eliminated from the event. Despite
losing in the first round, a surfer can push through and win the event; they
simply have to surf twice as many heats.
The Under 18 Girls Division was not contested on the first day of the event
meaning Alexis Poulter (Rag), Ella Williams (WGM), Grace Spiers (WGM) and Jayda
Martin – Fitzharris will get their campaigns underway on day two.
Team captain Alexis Poulter was happy with how the team went on the first day
despite not getting in the water herself.
“The Under 16 Boys were matched up against the Tahitians and they were surfing
really well so that pushed our guys to do well too. The whole team was really supportive as well,
we were all at the beach for each others heats cheering our surfers on” said
Poulter.
The Kiwi’s warmed up for the event with a narrow defeat to South Africa
who retained the SANZ Trophy for the second year running. The two teams battled it out with each team
providing six finalists a piece. However
South Africa
eventually walked away with three wins.
New Zealand’s
top performers were Ben Poulter, Ella Williams and Elliot Paerata – Reid who
all placed second. Alexis Poulter, Paul
Moretti and Adam Grimson also made the finals placing fourth, third and fourth
respectively.
The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team also participated in the Olympic
style parade of nations on the eve of the event. The parade weaved through the streets of Peru’s capital Lima before the 27 teams combined sand from
each country in the Sands of the World ceremony.
The Kiwi’s got up on stage and performed the haka after adding their sand to
the mix.
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.
Day two of the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship starts overnight
Monday (12:00am, 24th May) with the four girls contesting their first
heats as well as the remainder of the Under Boys Round 1 and all of Qualifying
Round 2. You can catch the entire event
live via www.isawjsc.com.
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The boys doing the haka - Image Gonzalez / ISA
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Team New Zealand - Image Gonzalez / ISA
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Warming up for the opening ceremony
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SANZ Challenge set up
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Whanga Connection - Grace, Dune and Ella
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Day two schedule (New Zealand time)
Podium One
1:00am – Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 1
4:20am – Heat 11 with Ella Williams and Jayda Martin – Fitzharris
5:40am – Heat 15 with Grace Spiers and Alexis Poulter
Podium Two
1:00am – Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 1 Heats 25-32
1:40am – Heat 26 Joe Moretti
3
:40am – Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 2
4
:40am – Heat 4 with Todd Doyle
5
:20am – Heat 6 with Tane Wallis
7
:00am – Heat 11 with Ben Poulter
8:40am or 9:00am – Heats 13 or 14 with Joe Moretti (should he progress through
his first round)
Please see below for results from the first day of the 2011 Quiksilver World
Junior Surfing Championship being held in Peru.
Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 1
Heat 6
1, 8.54, Todd Doyle, NZL, 2, 6.83, Akeem Taylor, JAM, 3, 6.10, Akito Matsuno, JPN
Heat 11
1, 8.83,
Aoi Watanabe, JPN, 2, 8.24, Tane Wallis, NZL, 3, 4.50, Garren Pryce, JAM
Heat 23
1, 12.00, Ben Poulter, NZL, 2, 6.50, Kaiki Yamanaka, JPN, 3, 2.70, Vasco Fragoso, GER
Heat 26 (Yet to be surfed)
Joe Moretti, NZL, Kanato
Ohmori, JPN, Oshane Uaher, JAM
Under 16 Boys Qualifying Round 1
Heat 7
1, 11.26,
Mihimana Braye, TAH, 2, 10.33, Derek Gomez, VEN, 3, 4.67, Elliot Paerata-Reid, NZL, 4, 3.00, Jorge Soto, CHI
Heat 11
1, 12.10,
Mateia Hiquily, TAH, 2, 7.17, Paul
Moretti, NZL, 3, 5.73, Cristopher Herold, CHI, 4, 5.27, Franwil Vento, VEN
Heat 15
1, 15.26,
Keoni Yan, TAH, 2, 9.37, Dune Kennings,
NZL, 3, 6.14, Alejandro Diaz, CHI
4, 6.10, Kleiver Izquiel,
VEN
Heat 19
1, 12.80, Ariihoe Tefaafana, TAH, 2,
6.87, Adam Grimson, NZL, 3, 6.60, Yossis Delgado, VEN
4, 4.37, Danilo Cerda, CHI
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 1 (Yet
to be surfed)
Heat 11
Ella Williams, NZL, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, NZL, Noella Llufin, CHI, Emer
Mc Hugh, IRE
Heat 15
Grace Spiers, NZL, Alexis C. Poulter, NZL, Chelsea Tuach, BAR, Chelsea
Roett, BAR
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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of charge upon request.
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