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Poulter and Spiers Set To Contest Last Two Days Of Event |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Friday, 27 May 2011 |
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| Grace Spiers - Image ISA / Rommel |
The fate of the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team will rest with only two surfers as the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship heads in to the penultimate day of action tonight (28th May).
After a long day of surfing it was Ben Poulter (Rag) and Grace Spiers (WGM)
who fought through tough heats and progressed to the final two days of the
event being held at Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru.
Poulter surfed late in the day in small 1.0m inconsistent waves but rode to
an impressive heat win on the left-handers scoring 9.07 out of a possible 20
points.
“I had 5.77 and 3.0 point rides and I was in second so during the last five
minutes I put the pressure on the Costa Rican surfer in third place to keep him
off the waves. Then I got lucky at the
end and got a wave to bounce him up into first place. It was a really slow heat with not many waves
at all” said Poulter down playing his win.
“It is good to get these heats wins after losing in the early rounds, I
just hope I can keep it going tomorrow and into the final day” he added.
Unfortunately Poulter’s three team mates suffered double losses on day
five. First they contested their
qualifying round heats and were eliminated to the reperchage round. It was in these do-or-die heats where they
again suffered losses in the tricky conditions.
Tane Wallis (Piha) placed third in his heat. After being in a progression situation for
much of the heat, he slipped back into third in the dying stages losing to the
French and Australian surfers to finish the event in 33rd place.
Todd Doyle and Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata) placed fourth in their heats,
Doyle going down fighting with big but unsuccessful manoeuvres while Moretti
simply could not find a good wave. Both
surfers finished the event placed 41st.
In the Under 18 Girls Division it was Grace Spiers (WGM) with two great
heat wins that advanced through to the last 25 surfers in her division. Her progression was not without drama however
after slipping into third place in her last heat of the day before getting a
wave with thirty second remaining and scoring a 6.8 point ride to jump into
first place.
“I am so stoked to still be in the event and representing New Zealand. I am just looking forward to the up coming
heats and I hope my roll continues” said Spiers.
“I am going to get some sleep tonight, wake up early and just stay relaxed
and positive” she added as she builds up to the most important day of surfing
in her career to date.
Jayda Martin – Fitzharris (Gis) was on the receiving end of Spiers roll
today after first being relegated from the qualifying rounds and then placing
fourth in her repechage heat when matched up with Spiers.
After slipping on the rocks on the paddle out, Martin – Fitzharris looked
rattled falling on her first wave and she never managed to come back.
“Yeah it was a pretty hard day but everyone has bad days and bad heats and
I guess it just wasn’t my day” said Martin – Fitzharris.
“I honestly don’t know where I went wrong, I just didn’t get the right
waves and show the judges what I can do” said Fitzharris not willing to place
her misfortune on her circumstances leading up to the heat. Martin Fitzharris finished the event placed
31st.
In the Under 16 Boys it was Elliot Paerata – Reid (Piha) that got off to a
good start placing second in his first heat before placing fourth in his second
heat and being eliminated from the event.
Paerata – Reid finished the event placed 31st overall.
“I feel I got to where I wanted to get to in the event. Any more heats than that would have been a
bonus for me” said Paerata who wants to return home and focus on staying in the
qualifying rounds at the 2012 event and avoid the lengthy road through the
repechage heats.
Both Paul Moretti (Mimiwhangata) and Adam Grimson (Gis) suffered losses
early in the day placing fourth in their heats and finishing the event in 43rd
overall.
The team find themselves sitting in tenth place at present with two days
remaining. Defending their current rank
of seventh will require exceptional performances from Poulter and Spiers both
tomorrow and on the final day.
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 six of the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship starts overnight
Thursday (1:00am, 27th May).
You can catch the entire event live via World Junior Surfing Championship.
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| Ben Poulter - Image ISA / Rommel |
Jayda and Coach Ryan - Image ISA / Rommel |
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| Jayda Martin - Fitzharris - Image ISA / Rommel |
Tane Wallis - Image ISA / Rommel |
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Day six schedule (New Zealand time)
Podium One
1:00am Under 18 Girls
Qualifying Round 4
2:00am Under 16 Boys
Qualifying Round 4
3:00am Under 18 Bys
Qualifying Round 4
4:20am Under 18 Girls
Repechage Round 6
To be confirmed after first heats are surfed
5:20am Under 18 Girls
Qualifying Round 5
6:00am Under 16 Boys
Qualifying Round 5
6:40am Under 18 Boys
Qualifying Round 5
Podium Two
1:00am Under 18 Girls
Repechage Round 5
1:00am Heat 1 with Grace Spiers
2:00am Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 5
3:00am Under 18 Boys
Repechage Round 5
3:40am Heat 3 with Ben Poulter
4:20am Under 16 Boys
Repechage Round 6
5:20am Under 18 Boys
Repechage Round 6
To be confirmed after first heats are surfed
6:40am Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 7
To be confirmed after round 5 and 6 heats are surfed
7:20am Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 7
8:00am Under 18 Boys
Repechage Round 7
To be confirmed after round 5 and 6 heats are surfed
Please see below for current team points and results from the fifth day
of the 2011 Quiksilver World Junior Surfing Championship being held in Peru.
Team Standings
1= Hawaii
1= USA
3 Australia
4 France
5 Brazil
6 Tahiti
7 Peru
8 South Africa
9 Portugal
10 New Zealand
Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 3
Heat 1
1, 13.57,
David Brand, ZAF, 2, 12.63, O'Neil Massin, TAH, 3, 8.57, Rafael Texeira, BRA, 4, 6.67, Todd Doyle, NZL
Heat 4
1, 14.77,
Vasco Ribeiro, POR, 2, 11.74, Miguel Tudela, PER, 3, 9.06, Tane Wallis, NZL, 4, 5.97, Aoi Watanabe, JPN
Heat 8
1, 12.10,
Mike February, ZAF, 2, 9.44, Vehiatua Prunier, TAH, 3, 3.50, Joe Moretti, NZL, 4, 0.50, Yan Darbekow, BRA
Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 4
Heat 2
1, 13.00, Carlos Munoz, CRC, 2, 12.10, Derek Peters, USA, 3, 9.40, Diogo
Appleton, POR, 4, 7.13, Todd Doyle, NZL
Heat 4
1, 11.50,
Tom Cloarec, FRA, 2, 10.74, Jake Sylvester, AUS, 3, 7.86, Tane Wallis, NZL, 4, 7.33, Steven Sawyer, ZAF
Heat 5
1, 9.07, Ben Poulter, NZL, 2, 9.00, Enrique Ariitu Turo, TAH, 3, 7.93, Jordan Hernandez, CRC, 4,
4.63, Travis Southworth, MEX
Heat 8
1, 12.86,
Martin Jeri, PER, 2, 11.84, Ramzi Boukaim, MOR, 3, 7.03, Roberto Rodriguez, ECU,
4, 2.87, Joe Moretti, NZL
Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 5
Heat 3
Ben Poulter, NZL, Sidney
Guimaraes, BRA, Francisco Alves, POR, Ramzi Boukaim, MOR
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 3
Heat 4
1, 13.87,
Quincy Davis, USA, 2, 10.13, Chelsea Tuach, BAR, 3, 8.50, Bianca Buitendag, ZAF,
4, 6.23, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, NZL
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 4
Heat 3
1, 11.34, Grace Spiers, NZL, 2, 11.16, Chelsea Roett, BAR, 3, 7.83, Sarah Baum, ZAF, 4, 3.90, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, NZL
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 5
Heat 1
Ellie-Jean
Coffey, AUS, Vania Torres, PER, Grace
Spiers, NZL, Estafany Freitas, BRA
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 3
Heat 2
1, 12.17,
Nelson Cloarec, FRA, 2, 11.17, Elliot
Paerata-Reid, NZL, 3, 10.67, Benji Brand, ZAF, 4, 4.40, Patrick Daniel, UK
Heat 4
1, 8.77, Slade
Prestwich, ZAF, 2, 7.60, Arne Bergwinkel, GER, 3, 5.82, Kanoa Igarashi, USA, 4, 5.63, Paul Moretti, NZL
Heat 5
1, 8.00, Koa
Smith, HAW, 2, 6.57, Felipe Suarez, ARG, 3, 6.07, Mauricio Diaz, PRC, 4, 5.43, Adam Grimson, NZL
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 4
Heat 1
1, 15.67,
Ian Gentil, HAW, 2, 10.16, Harry Timson, UK, 3, 8.47, Sebastian Correa, PER, 4, 5.17, Elliot Paerata-Reid, NZL
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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