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WAHU Surfers Crowned in Cronulla After a huge swell hit Eleoura for the micro groms on day 1, todays drop in swell was welcomed and attacked with precision and confidence, producing crowd pleasing surfing across all of the eight divisions. Standing out across the whole weekend was Avoca Beach grommet Sandon Whittaker who tore apart the waves with outstanding surfing for such a young age. It wasn’t just the waves where Sandon excelled, his participation in the WAHU beach games and sportsmanship pushed him into the spotlight. Whittaker was up against Joel Wood (Stanwell Park), Max McGuigan (Chiffley) and Kurtis Vaughan (Bateau Bay) in the under 13 boys, the toughest division of the weekend with grommets demonstrating powerful moves right to the hooter. Joel
Wood was the one to shine taking first place, followed by Whittaker
in second, McGuigan in third and Vaughan in fourth.
The youngest competitors were definitely the biggest crowd pleaser as dads jumped in the water with their kids for the parent assist under 9’s division. The frothing boys and girls took to the waves to show their big brothers and sisters how it was done. Kiera Buckpitt (Culburra) competed for the first time after watching her brothers Beau and Ben compete for the last few years, big brother Beau gave her some tips on the shore but it was Summa Longbottom (Kiama) who came out on top. Summa paddled out the back with her well known big wave surfing dad Dylan Longbottom and managed to ride the open faced waves with style beyond her years taking first place in the under 9 girls. The premier division of the weekend – under 15 boys wrapped up the day, local boys Nathan Martin and Ben Dewhurst battled wave for wave with Maroubra surfer Monty Tait and Luke Soulos-Ramsay (Thirroul). With situation changes throughout the 20 minute final, the title was in everyone’s grasp at one stage, wave scores of 7 and 8 points were dropping all over the score board but it was Tait who won closely followed by Dewhurst, Martin and Soulos-Ramsay.
Raising the bar for the girls contingent was Alyse Cooper (Manly) competing in the under 13 and under 15 divisions, the young grommet was frothing all weekend and the extra surfing paid off as she won the under 13s and placed 2nd in the under 15’s. Paris Whittaker stole the show on her home turf in the under 15 girls in a very close final, just taking the lead over Alyse Cooper who challenged her to the last minute. Winning bodyboards, cricket sets, mini footballs and frisbees was in reach of all the competitors as WAHU WILL and his fun zone got the kids firing in the sand. The crumbed cutlet and soccer skills was a hit but the WAHU wheel barrow race was the favourite with all the groms. The all-grommet, family-orientated event is all about providing a fun, competitive environment with a focus on introducing competitors to the structure of a professionally run surfing contest To enter the WAHU events, go to www.surfingnsw.com.au for an entry form or contact the Surfing NSW Office on (02) 9349 7055. The Wahu Surfer Groms Comps is a monster Series with male and female surfers competing in 8 separate divisions over 8 events Nationally. Proudly supported by Suncorp, Surfing Australia and Surfing NSW. For all information visit www.wahu.com.au and www.surfingnsw.com.au Check out the event photographs on Surfing NSW facebook page
2011/12 Wahu Surfers Groms Comps Event Details Event 1: 5-6 November - Dee Why / Curl Curl, NSW Event 2: 12-13 November - Ocean Grove, VIC Event 3: 19-20 November - Trigg Point, WA Event 4: 10-11 December - Gold Coast, QLD Event 5: 17-18 December - Cronulla, NSW Event 6: 10-11 January - Sunshine Coast, QLD Event 7: 21-22 January - Moana Beach, SA Event 8: 4-5 February – Woolongong
Results: Under 15 Boys 1st Monty Tait (Maroubra) 2nd Ben Dewhurst (Cronulla) 3rd Nathan Martin (Cronulla) 4th Luke Soulos-Ramsay (Thirroul) Under 15 Girls Paris Whittaker (Cronulla) 2nd Alyse Cooper (Manly) 3rd Kiara Meredith (Barack Heights) 4th Grace Dong Under 13 Boys 1st Joel Wood (Stanwell Park) 2nd Sandon Whittaker (Avoca) 3rd Max McGuigan (Chiffley) 4th Kurtis Vaughan (Bateau Bay) Under 13 Girls 1st Alysse Cooper (Manly) 2nd Bella Wilton (Manly) 3rd Kiara Meredith (Barrack Heights) Under 11 Boys 1st Karne Blackwell (Helensburg) 2nd Zane Olsen 3rd Jay Brown (Lilli Pilli) 4th Beau Buckpitt (Culburra) Under 11 Girls 1st Kiera Bell Olsen 2nd Sienna Stuart (Thirroul) 3rd Hannah Byron (Corrimal) Under 9 Boys 1st Lennox Chell (Avoca) 2nd Joel Vaughan (Bateau Bay) 3rd Logan Steinwede 4th Will Emanuele (Coogee) Under 9 girls 1st Summa Longbottom (Kiama) 2nd Harriet Hurst (Cronulla) 3rd Keira Buckpitt (Culburra) SPECIAL THANKS SURFINGNSW.COM
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