WOW! What an event. Last week i drove up to Durban 16 hours to go coach the Southern Cape Junior team. The team overall did really well and placed 5th out of 8 which means there is room for improvement. All the kids really did well and for those who did not make the semi or finals they gave it their all and went down fighting.
Stand outs in the Southern Cape Team were Indi Rookin-Smith & Adel Nortjie both from Mossel Bay and both placed equal 5th in the U/18 division. Bianca Buitendag from Victoria Bay won the U/16 division, she not only won but smoked her fellow competitors scoring 17.65 out of a possible 20 the closest was second place Heidi Palmboom with a heat total of 9.00.
Roxy Giles competed in her first ever S.A champs and with pure grit and determination qualified for the finals where she finished 3rd overall.
Other stand outs in the Southern Cape Team were Daniel Buitendag 5th in the U/14, Dylan Reddering from Plet who surfed the bigger conditions with courage and Vincent Withers.
The surf was fantastic the whole event except the first day which was onshore, for the the rest of the event the surf was cooking. It was almost called the Reef Wetsuits big waves S.A junior champs.
Other students that i am currently working with that were also very impressive at the event was of coarse overall S.A u/18 208 junior Champion Matt Bromley. Matt was surfing smooth and polished the entire event to take the win over my main man Brendon Gibbens. Brendon was looking to take the title with some really hard committed surfing, he was a standout at the event and has finally broken his 5th place rut that he has been stuck in. The hard work these kids are putting in finally paying off.
In the U/16 Davey Brand walked away with the win over fellow competitor Jacob Mellish who finished 3rd. Davey was looking hot from the first day and was the man to beat surfing to the criteria, hard fast and tight in the pocket. Jacob has been putting allot of effort into his surfing and his results are proof, he has come along way in the last couple months and can be very proud of his improvement.
Little power house Benji Brand walked away with a win in the u/12 division putting the rest of his competitors to shame by scoring 17.00 out of 20 his nearest threat was the ripper from Cape Town Max Armstrong who placed second with a heat total of 8.75.
Well done to all the competitors i am very impressed with the standard of surfing and am looking forward to seeing these kids grow into mature rippers one day.
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