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Williams Wins Through To Top Six |
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Written by Ben Kennings
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Friday, 20 April 2012 |
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| Ella Williams - Image ISA/Rommel |
Overnight (Friday 20th April), Ella Williams of Whangamata charged her way through to the final six surfers in the qualifying rounds of the Under 18 Girls Division at the 2012 DaKine ISA World Junior Surfing Championship being held at Playa Venao, Panama.
The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team member progressed through two
rounds on a tough day of surfing that saw five of her team mates eliminated
from the event in solid 1.5m – 2.0m waves.
Five New Zealand
surfers will head into the final three days of the event as divisions are
narrowed down to the final 30 surfers in each division, a third of the original
303 surfers from 31 countries. New Zealand is currently sitting in tenth place
with Peru
being the only nation who has all surfers remaining in the event. Peru
is joined by four nations at the top of the table – Australia,
Hawaii, USA and France.
In Williams’ final heat of the day she found herself sitting in fourth position
with five minutes remaining and a single scoring ride of 1.17. With the action intensifying, the two leading
Hawaiian surfers opted to team up on the Australian surfer to prevent her from
progressing. However it was Williams
that paddled into a perfect right-hander which she then proceeded to belt all
the way to the beach for the highest scoring ride of the heat – 7.77 points out
of a possible 10. The score was enough elevate
Williams into second place before she paddled back out to get another scoring
ride and end with a 10.50 point heat total.
“I was
just paddling around trying to look for a wave because time was ticking by and
I had to get something and I found that one and it was a goodie” commented
Williams on her game changing wave.
Williams
still has a lot of work to do to make the final but if she can progress through
the qualifying rounds without getting relegated to the repecharge, she is only
two heats away from the grand final.
“Yeah
it's pretty cool I’m so happy to make it this far, now I just have to keep
going” Williams said. “It was fun
conditions I have worked so hard to get here and now it's paying off.”
Also progressing in the Under 18 Girls Division was Jayda Martin – Fitzharris
(Gis) who faced two of her own do-or-die heats in the repecharge rounds. Martin – Fitzharris used her four years of
experience at the event to navigate her way through the two heats progressing
from the third round in second place behind Keisha Eyre (POR) with a 6.17 point
heat score.
“Yeah
today was a big day for me, stoked to have made both heats” said a relieved
Martin – Fitzharris. “Because the surf
was so unpredictable my plan was to sit in a bit and just get a couple of waves
where I got at least one turn in. Tomorrow
I could have up to three heats so I'm just going to take it one heat at a time
and work on getting the best waves.”
In the third round, Jasmine Smith (Gis) was ousted out of the event by her
Japanese and Peruvian opponents. Smith,
a first time competitor at international level and with three years of eligibility
left at the event, placed 37th overall.
Earlier in the day Alethea Lock (Chch) succumbed to her opponents from Australia and Brazil finishing third in her
second round matchup and 49th overall.
Elliot Paerata – Reid (Piha) was the second of two Kiwis in the qualifying
rounds but he could not emulate the success of Williams and finished fourth in
his heat to surfers from France,
Hawaii and South Africa.
Paerata – Reid will now contest the repecharge rounds where his opponents have
yet to be confirmed. His next match up
will take place late on day six.
Also surfing in the Under 16 Boys Division was Korbin Hutchings (Gis) who was
contesting the repecharge rounds.
Hutchings failed to progress past the third round finishing third in his
heat behind surfers from Peru
and Barbados. Hutchings finished the event placed 33rd.
With three surfers left in the fourth round of the repecharge heats of the
Under 18 Boys Division, the round got off to a flyer with Mackenzie Christie
(BOP) placing second in the first heat behind South African Slade
Prestwich.
“The
waves were quiet a bit bigger today than other days so with the repercharge
heats being only 15 minutes you had to work pretty hard to get the waves. My heat was close and I only got a pretty
small score. I wasn't on the best waves
so was only able to do around two turns each wave. At the end of the heat I was in first but the
other three were waiting on scores. I was catching a wave in when they read out
the scores and I thought I had been passed but was so stoked to hear I had only
dropped back to second and was still in the comp” explained Christie of how the
final stages of his heat unfolded.
Christie will have a big day ahead on day six with up to three rounds of heats
if results go his way.
“Yeah,
real stoked at how I’m going, I think I've done alright considering it’s my
first international comp” said a happy Christie.
While
purposely not focussing on his opponents prior to his heats, Christie will indeed
front up to the toughest heat of Round 5 when he takes on two Australian
surfers and an American but he hopes his strategy of getting quick scores and
sitting on the others will pay off again.
After
Christie progressed, the focus turned to Tane Wallis (Piha) and Ben Poulter
(Rag) in their heats. Unfortunately a
loss by Wallis was closely followed by Poulter also exiting the event.
Wallis
finished his heat in fourth place and 41st overall while Poulter
finished third in a heat where 0.31 points separated first from fourth, Poulter
missing progression by 0.04. Poulter
finished the event in 33rd place.
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| Team New Zealand - Image ISA/Parkin |
Jayda Martin - Fitzharris - Image ISA/Parkin |
The swell is expected to build further tomorrow
(Saturday NZT) and ease for the final two days of the event. Please see below for New Zealand results from day five
of the 2012 DaKine ISA World Junior Surfing Championship presented by
Billabong.
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 3
Heat 5
1 Carlos Zapata (PER), 2 Tane Wallis (NZL), Andre Faria (POR), 4 Joshua
Burke (BAR)
Heat 7
1 Ben Poulter (NZL), 2 Joao Marco Maffini (ITA), 3 Isaiah Moniz (HAW), 3 Mario
Vega (GUA)
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 4
Heat 1
1 Slade Prestwich (RSA), 2 Mackenzie Christie (NZL), 3 Miguel Blanco (POR),
4 Will Davey (UK)
Heat 6
1 Michael Rodrigues (BRA), 2 Naxto Gonzalez (SPN), 3 Elijay Guy (CRI), 4 Tane
Wallis (NZL)
Heat 7
1 Yan Daberkow (BRA), 2 Andy Criere (FRA), 3 Ben Poulter (NZL), Jason Mora
(CRI)
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 3
Heat 3
1 Miluska Tello (PER), 2 Ella Williams (NZL), 3 Ana Morau (FRA), Mauarii
Maro (TAH)
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 4
Heat 3
1 Tatiana Weston – Webb (HAW), 2 Ella Williams (NZL), 3 Keely Andrew (AUS),
4 Dax McGill (HAW)
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 2
Heat 3
1 Jayda Martin – Fitzharris (NZL), 2 Belu Quispe (PER), 3 Cindy Lone (GUA),
4 Mascha Trietsch (GER)
Heat 6
1 Kirsten Ogden (AUS), 2 Jasmine Smith (NZL), 3 Pamela Verboonen (Mex),
Tamara Futch (CRI)
Heat 8
1 Bronte MaCaulay (AUS), 2 Karol Ribeiro (BRA), 3 Alethea Lock (NZL), 4
Camila Meana URU)
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 3
Heat 1
1 Keshia Eyre (POR) , 2 Jayda Martin – Fitzharris (NZL), 3 Marion Philippe
(TAH), 4 Vrinda Rodrigues (VEN)
Heat 3
1 Reika Noro (JPN), 2 Melanie Giunta (PER), 3 Jasmine Smith (NZL), 4 Karol
Ribeiro (BRA)
Under 16 Boys Qualifying Round 4
Heat 1
1 Nomme Mignot (FRA), 2 Kalani David (HAW), 3 Max Armstrong (RSA), 4 Elliot
Paerata – Reid (NZL)
Under 16 Boys Repecharge Round 3
Heat 4
1 Lucca Messinas (PER), 2 Dane Mackie (BAR), 3 Korbin Hutchings (NZL),
Guilherme Fonseca (POR)
Team Standings
1 Peru – 7770
2 Australia – 7770
3 Hawaii – 7770
4 USA – 7770
5 France – 7770
6 Brazil – 7340
7 Japan – 7280
8 South Africa – 6870
9 Portugal – 6250
10 New Zealand – 5860
Day six will see only repecharge rounds contested with four of the five
remaining Kiwis in action. Ella Williams
will have a lay day. Surfing kicks off at
3:30am New Zealand
time tomorrow (Saturday NZT).
Approximate times for Kiwi heats are below. All heats are 15 minutes.
Podium 1 (Webcast and
live scores)
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 4
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 5
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 5
Under 18 Boys Repecharge Round 6
Under 16 Boys Repecharge Round 6
Under 18 Girls Repecharge Round 6
3:45am Jayda Martin – Fitzharris
5:15am Mackenzie Christie
8:00am Elliot Paerata – Reid
Potentially further heats if Jayda Martin – Fitzharris, Mackenzie Christie and
Jordan Griffin progress through their heats.
Podium 2 (Live scores only)
Under 16 Boys Repecharge Round 4
Under 16 Boys Repecharge Round 5
4:45am Jordan Griffin
Potentially a further heat if Jordan progresses through Round 4
You can check out the live event website for up
to date information, images, video and live action.
You can also follow the progress of the team through the eyes of team coach
Jason Ruddell and his blog.
The World Junior Surfing Championship 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. In 2011 the New
Zealand team placed tenth at the event when it was held
in Peru.
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.
Imagery
High resolution action images of the event will be available to media free of
charge upon request.
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