Results SOTY #2
Veteran Surfer, Alan Burke, took top honours in the Open at the second event in the BSA’s Surfer Of The Year series held last weekend at Brandens, Drill Hall Beach. The Divisions contested were the Open, Junior Boys Under 21 and Under 16, Ladies, Under-18 Girls, Senior Men (over 28 years), Masters (over 35 years), Under 12 Juniors, Menehunes and Longboard.
Conditions were fair with waves in the 2 – 4 ft range allowing Alan to showcase his skill and experience in the Open Division as he executed radical, controlled maneuvers to win from David Hoad who was second. Jake Corbin was third and Sam Taylor fourth. In the Ladies’ Division competition was fierce and in the end Ametza Nicholls was first while Chelsea Tuach was second, Chelsea Roett third and Alyssa Fernandes fourth. Ametza Nicholls also took top honours in the Under- 18 Girls Division, while Chelsea Tuach was second, Chelsea Roett third and Alyssa Fernandes fourth.
In the Under 21 Boys Division, Stefan Corbin was first, Jonathan Reece second, Daniel Edghill third and Matthew Kieffer fourth. Matthew Kieffer went on to place first in the Under 16 Junior Boys Division while Gavin Fernandes was second, Zach Foster third and Joshua Burke fourth.
The Under 12 Division was won by Dane Mackie, Gavin Fernandes placed second, Joshua Burke third and Che Allan fourth. Andrew Rose won the Menehune (10 and under) Division, while Zander Venezia was second, Che Allan third and Jack Degruchy fourth.
The Senior Men Division was won by Julius Polland, Simon Coles was second, Christopher Clarke third and Javier Lemoine fourth. In the Masters event, Zed Layson was first, Sebastian Bradshaw second, Wayne Roett third and Kenny Tuach fourth.
Zed Layson also won the Longboard Division, Alan Burke was second, Wayne Roet was third and Kenny Tuach fourth.
At the end of the day, expression sessions for the Junior Boys and Girls sponsored by LaVazza Coffee were held. These were won by Stefan Corbin and Ametza Nicholls respectively with some eye-catching manoevres!
The BSA would like to thank its sponsors, namely HIPAC Ltd, Williams Equipment and LaVazza Coffee for their support.
The next event on our surf is SOTY 3 to take place at Cattlewash on August 29th and 30th