Great excitement at Hurley SA Junior Champs in Durbs

Official Opening of Hurley SA Junior Champs, Durban:

Hurley’s Jevon Le Roux announced a great new prize at the opening of the Hurley SA junior Champs in Durban last night – that the surfer with the highest heat score in the event will be winning an all expenses paid (chaperoned) trip to Australia for the Australian Open in Manley Beach 2012.

There was a huge turnout at the opening function of the Hurley SA Junior Champs at the Southern Sun on Durban’s North Beach last night, with the conference room packed to the rafters with excited juniors and proud parents.

At the beginning of the function, Surfing South Africa General Manager Robin De Kock politely asked the parents to stand and give their seats to the Junior Surfers – as the event was all about them – and all the parents stood up and gave their seats to the competitors. This event is all about the surfers, and this was a great way to usher in this ideology.

Then Brendan Callaghan, the KZN Central surfing champion, welcomed everyone to Durban and to the event. All contestants received their gift packs as team by team went up to the front wearing provincial team colours.

 4 October 2011. Day 1 of the Hurley SA Junior Champs, Durban:

Jordan Maree from Western Province took out Jose Faulkner from Eastern Province and Zamani Gwenza from SKZN in third on the first day of the Hurley SA Junior Champs at Durban’s New Pier.

The first heat of the day, held in sunny conditions and with a good swell running, was the U13 boys heat 1.

Maree who blasted his first heat and ended up with a heat score of 13.5is is now in the running to win the prize trip to the Australian Open Of Surfing next year. Maree is also the first to chant : “I’m going to Oz, Bru!”

This  Junior Champ events has 150 of South Africa’s best junior surfers vying for national honours as well as provincial team and individual titles in the Under 13, U15 and U17 Boys and Girls age divisions.

(See preview:

http://stfrancischronicle.com/2011/09/22/eps-top-junior-surfers-ready-to-shine-at-champs-in-durbs/  )

Heat three today was described as ‘a cracker’, with Koby Oberholzer from KZNC, son of the legendary Frankie Oberholzer, winning against Trista Lev from Boland and Josh McKraken from Zululand in third place. Ford Van Jaarsveldt from Kommetjie, WP was the star of heat 5 of round 1, and David Burrows from Boland was the winners in heat number 6.

The following surfers from the Eastern and Southern Cape excelled today:

Al photos (copyright) : Karen Wilson/ Hurley

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