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Written by Russell Ritchie
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Monday, 06 December 2010 |
Sunshine and small surf greeted the 45 competitors at the South Island Mini Groms Surfing Champs in North Beach last Saturday. The Primary & Intermediate age school kids went hard to try and secure themselves a South Island title in one of the four age groups.
The event was dominated by the juniors from the North Wai Boardriders club who filled 13 of the 16 finalist spots. The surprise however came from Dunedin’s Xavier Campbell who won the year 7 and year 8 boys divisions. Campbell had constantly scored 7 and 8 point rides out of 10 through his heats all day.
Sam Sands from the North Wai Club in Christchurch pushed Campbell hard in the year 7 boys final only to be beaten by 0.2.
Sands won the year 6 final in convincing fashion and also placed fourth in the year 8 boys final. Sands surfed in a marathon 10 heats in total and lacked the energy to be a threat in the year 8 final.
The year eight girls final was won by Katie Nicholson from the North Side Boardriders Club in Kaiapoi for the third year in a row. Nicholson also won the development package worth $1350.00 consisting of a new surfboard from Exit Surf & a wetsuit from Seventh Wave.
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The Mini Groms Winners
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Final results:
Year 6 and under
1st Sam Sands
2nd Matt Robin
3rd Jake Jayes
4th Zak Van Eklan
Year 7 Boys
1st Xavier Campbell
2nd Sam Sands
3rd Henry Hawke
4th Liam Wright
Year 8 Girls
1st Katie Nicholson
2nd Georgie Jackson
3rd Bella Wilson
4th Jordie Sutherland
Year 8 Boys
1st Xavier Campbell
2nd Nick Tuhikarama
3rd Henry Hawke
4th Sam Sands
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