Barbados Surfing Association Newsletter #5 Jul. 30, 2007

NEWSLETTER #5

JULY 2007

Stewart Stoute took top honours in the Open, the Masters and the Longboard Divisions at the third event in the Surfer Of The Year series held at Parlour on the East Coast on June 30th. The Divisions contested were the Open, Junior Under 18 and Under 16 Boys, Under 12 Juniors, Ladies, Under-18 Girls, Masters (over 35 years) and Longboard.

Conditions were windy and tricky with waves in the 3 – 5 ft range but Stoute showed his skill and experience in the Open Division as he executed radical, controlled maneuvers to win from Adrian Small who was second, Barry Banfield third and David Hoad fourth. In the Masters Division, Wayne Roett was runner up while Sebastian Bradshaw was third and Kenny Tuach fourth. In the Longboard Division, Barry Banfield placed second to Stoute while 10 year old Daniel Edghill was third.

Bruce Mackie, Barbados’ top Junior at just 14 years of age, took first place in the Under 18 Junior Boys Division while Jonathan Reece was second, Niall Thomas third and Stefan Corbin fourth. In the Under 16 Boys Division, Mackie was again victorious while Christian Mark was second, Mathew McKenzie third and Daniel Edghill fourth.

The Ladies’ Division was won by Chelsea Roett, Ametza Nicholls was second, Chelsea Tuach third and Alix Fitzwilliam fourth. Ametza Nicholls took top honours in the Under- 18 Girls Division, while Chelsea Roett was second, Alix Fitzwillian third and Chelsea Tuach fourth.

The Under 12 Division was won by Daniel Edghill while Gavinfirefox Fernandes and Chelsea Tuach, placed second and third respectively. Mathew Roach was fourth.

The next event in the Surfer of the Year series is slated for Cattlewash on August 25th. Please be reminded that our contests start at 8:00 a.m. Entries close at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of the contest. Entrance fees are $25 for the first Division and $15 for each additional Division. Providing there is space in the required Division, you may enter after the 7:30 deadline but you must pay a late entry penalty fee of $25 for each Division to be entered. No pre- entries will be accepted by telephone. You may however pre-enter by registering and paying entry fees to Mrs Margot Tuach or Mrs Rachel Roett.

Our next overseas event is the Pan American Surfing Games which will take place in Chile from November 3rd to 12th . The team comprises 4 Open surfers, 4 Juniors, 2 Ladies, 2 Longboarders, 2 Male Bodyboarders, 1 female Bodyboarder and Management. As stated in an earlier Newsletter, the Team will be selected after the 5th and final SOTY event which is also our National Championships sponsored by Lazy Days. The BSA Executive Committee has decided to bring forward the date of this event to September 15th and 16th to give us more time to train the Team.

Plans are well underway for the ASP/ALAS Reef Classic scheduled for the week-end of November 16 – 18 so mark your Calendars as you won’t want to miss what promises to be our biggest and best event. The Information Package and Registration forms have been posted on our web-site www.bsasurf.net – so be sure and register before November 3rd since any entries after this date will be subject to availability of space. There is space for 96 entries in the Open Men’s Division, 12 entries in the Ladies Division (the Top 4 ranked local ladies, 2 wildcards and 6 overseas entries) and 8 in the Longboard Divison (4 local; 4 overseas).

In terms of fund-raising, we are planning an end-of-summer bash at the Woodpeckers and a Halloween Party on October 13th. We will keep you posted as further details emerge.

See you at Sand Bank for an exciting event as surfers vie for a place on our National Team!

BSA Executive Committee:
Andrew Lewis – President (262 6095)
Jason Kistoo - Vice-President (258
6759) Margot Tuach – Secretary (231 0296)
Rachel Roett - Treasurer (256 0079).
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