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Mount Maunganui Surfers Take Primary School Champs Titles |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Sunday, 30 September 2012 |
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| Kehu Butler - Image Col/Surf2Surf |
Mount Maunganui surfers claimed both the boys and girls titles at the final day of the National Primary School Championships today (Sunday 30thSeptember) as well as filling five of the eight finals berths to show their regional dominance in junior surfing.
The final day of the event was contested in 1.0m waves at Fitzroy Beach, New
Plymouth with winds remaining light all day making for fun conditions.
The champions were Kehu Butler in the Boys Division and Kea Smith in the Girls
Division, both surfers surfing away with convincing victories and defending
their titles they secured in 2011. It
may be an ominous sign for the region as the strong Bay of Plenty Scholastic
Surfing Team kick off their campaign at the National Scholastic Championships
starting tomorrow (Monday 1st October).
Butler had looked sharp all event and in the semifinals, posted the highest
heat score of the event – 15.50 out of 20 points. In the final he was equally as dominating
posting a 13.67 point heat total leaving his opponents with massive scores
required to catch up. It was midway
through the final when Butler latched onto a clean lefthander and he belted two
big backhand turns to score a 7.67 point ride.
He then backed that up with a 6.0 point ride for the win.
Placing second in the final was Daniel Farr surfing his home break. Farr waited patiently at the start of the 20
minute final then, after becoming wave starved, had to play catch up moving
from fourth to third then second in the late stages of the final pushing day
one standout Tane Bowden (WGM) into third place. Sonny Rapira – Martin (Tara) placed fourth in
the final, competing in his first national event after earlier winning his
final round robin heat to make it through to the semifinals and then on to the
finals.
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| Kea Smith - Col/Surf2Surf |
In the Girls Division, Kea Smith looked to be in spectacular form all event. In the final she posted 9.43 out of a
possible 20 points fronting up to the full tide conditions and limited wave
offerings against her three opponents also from Mount Maunganui.
Smith surfed on her backhand on the lefthanders and completed several
controlled turns on her waves to edge out her mates and will be a surfer to
watch as she progresses through the age group divisions in the coming years.
Maaia Reid – Bennett (Mnt) placed runner up in the final scoring a 6.47 point
heat total while Tiana Breeze de Mooj (Mnt) finished in third and Raiha Ensor (Mnt)
finished in fourth place. All four
surfers attend Mount Maunganui Intermediate.
Earlier in the day it was Bowden and Rapira – Martin who eliminated Jared Gebert
(Ohope) and Reuben Mottart (Gis) in the first semifinal and Butler and Farr who
eliminated Reef Matthews (Tara) and Lee Ririnui (Mnt) in the second semifinal.
In the Girls Division it was Smith and Ensor who eliminated Elin Tawharu (Mnt)
and Treyarn Barbarich (Mnt) in the first semifinal and Reid – Bennett and de
Mooj who defeated Zhana Hutchieson (Tara) and Iritana Butler (Mnt) in the second
semifinal.
Please see below for final results from National Primary School
Championships completed at Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth today (30th
September).
Boys Round 3
Heat 1
Kehu Butler (Mnt), 8.07, 1, Joel Clegg (Tara), 3.8,
2, Sam Sands (Chch), 3.23, 3, Joe Collins (Tara), 4
Heat 2
Jared Gebert (Ohope), 5.37, 1, Lee Ririnui (Mnt), 4.87,
2, Josef Jungwirth (Gis), 1.83, 3, Tom Butland (Tara), 1.83, 4
Heat 3
Sonny Rapira - Martin (Tara), 6.9, 1, William
Barnes (Mnt), 6.13, 2, Reef Matthews (Tara), 5.2, 3, Ben Willis (Tara), 0.53, 4
Heat 4
Tane Bowden (WGM), 7.33, 1, Braedyn Louie (Piha), 4.1,
2, Cory Vercoe (Mangawhai), 2.17, 3, Jade Ackerman (Tara), 1.3, 4
Heat 5
Reuben Mottart (Gis), 4.73, 1, Shane Kraus (Piha), 4.6,
2, James Ririnui (Mnt), 3.2, 3, Boston Meadows (Waiheke), 1.47, 4
Heat 6
Daniel Farr (Tara), 7.83, 1, Oli Meadows (Waiheke),
2.97, 2, Mac Rogers (Waiheke), 1.93, 3, Thomas Dixon - Smith (Gis), 0, 4
Boys Semifinals
Heat 1
Tane Bowden (WGM), 10.67, 1, Sonny Rapira - Martin
(Tara), 7.27, 2, Jared Gebert (Gis), 6.37, 3, Reuben Mottart (Gis), 3.67, 4
Heat 2
Kehu Butler (Mnt), 15.5, 1, Daniel Farr (Tara),
10.90, 2, Reef Matthews (Tara), 9.07, 3, Lee Ririnui (Mnt), 4.4, 4
Boys Final
Heat 1
Kehu Butler (Mnt), 13.67, 1, Daniel Farr (Tara),
9.53, 2, Tane Bowden (WGM), 9.33, 3, Sonny Rapira - Martin (Tara), 5.70, 4
Girls Round 3
Heat 1
Tiana-Breeze de Mooj (Mnt), 7, 1, Treyarn Barbarich
(Mnt), 5.2, 2, Madelyn Watkins (Tara), 0, 3, Olivia Anderson (Opunake), 0, 4
Heat 2
Kea Smith (Mnt), 6.07, 1, Zhana Hutchieson (Tara), 1.87,
2, Stella May Collins (Opunake), 1.27, 3
Heat 3
Raiha Ensor (Mnt), 5.13, 1, Elin Tawharu (Mnt), 4.6,
2, Teina Smith Mnt), 2.27, 3, Ella Jungwirth (Gis), 0, 4
Heat 4
Maaia Reid - Bennett (Mnt), 3.57, 1, Iritana Butler
(Mnt), 2.3, 2, Ariana Shewry (Tara), 1.7, 3, Ebony Collins (Opunake), 0.8, 4
Girls Semifinals
Heat 1
Kea Smith (Mnt), 13.67, 1, Raiha Ensor (Mnt), 4.1, 2,
Elin Tawharu (Mnt), 3.03, 3, Treyarn Barbarich (Mnt), 1.17, 4
Heat 2
Maaia - Reid Bennett (Mnt), 4.67, 1, Tiana - Breeze
de Mooj (Mnt), 4.3, 2, Zhana Hutchieson (Tara), 4.17, 3, Iritana Butler (Mnt), 1.87,
4
Girls Final
Heat 1
Kea Smith (Mnt), 9.43, 1, Maaia - Reid Bennett
(Mnt), 6.47, 2, Tiana - Breeze de Mooj (Mnt), 5.83, 3, Raiha Ensor (Mnt), 4.1, 4
Boys Round Robin Points
1, Kehu Butler (Mnt), 30,
2, Daniel Farr (Tara), 30
3, Tane Bowden (WGM), 30
4, Reuben Mottart (Gis), 27
5, Jared Gebert (Ohope), 27
6, Reef Matthews (Tara), 24
7, Lee Ririnui (Mnt), 24
8, Sonny Rapira - Martin (Tara), 24
9, Shane Kraus (Piha), 21
10, Cory Vercoe (Mangawhai), 18
10, Joel Clegg (Tara), 18
10, Oli Meadows (Waiheke), 18
13, Sam Sands (Chch), 15
13, Braedyn Louie (Piha), 15
13, William Barnes (Mnt), 15
16, Thomas Dixon - Smith (Gis), 12
16, James Ririnui (Mnt), 12
18, Josef Jungwirth Gis), 9
19, Tom Butland (Tara), 6
19, Boston Meadows (Waiheke), 6
19, Ben Willis (Tara), 6
19, Mac Rogers (Waiheke), 6
23, Jade Ackerman (Opunake), 3
24, Joe Collins (Tara), 0
Girls Round Robin
Points
1, Kea Smith (Mnt), 30
2, Maaia Reid - Bennett (Mnt), 30
3, Tiana-Breeze de Mooj (Mnt), 27
4, Elin Tawharu (Mnt), 27
5, Zhana Hutchieson (Tara), 24
6, Raiha Ensor (Mnt), 24
7, Iritana Butler (Mnt), 21
8, Treyarn Barbarich (Mnt), 18
9, Madelyn Watkins (Tara), 15
10, Ariana Shewry (Tara), 12
11, Ella Jungwirth (Gis), 9
11, Stella May Collins (Opunake), 9
11, Teina Smith Mnt), 9
14, Olivia Anderson (Opunake), 3
14, Ebony Collins (Opunake), 3
16, Esther Moore (Tara), 0
For more information on the Surfing New Zealand Primary School Champs please contact
Ben Kennings on 021 2278732 or email benkennings@surfingnz.co.nz.
Imagery
High resolution images from the event will be available to media upon request.
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