Cape Town - Fifty-five
Pilot whales have
beached at Kommetjie
beach and more are still
coming ashore, said the
National Sea Rescue
Institute on Saturday.
"Efforts are being made
to get them out to sea
as well as determine
what caused the "mass
stranding", " NSRI
spokesperson Craig
Lambinon said.
He said volunteers from
four NSRI stations and
marine scientists were
on scene.
Lambinon said the whales
starting coming ashore
at about 07:30."More are
still coming ashore" he
said.
All the whales were
being kept alive with
water.
Oxbow SA Longboard Championships
- on
SuperSport
Tuesday 19 May
SS6 20h00 (Premier)
Wednesday 20 May
CSN, SS1 & SS1A 04h30 ®
Saturday 23 May
CSN, SS2 & SS2A 10h00 ®
Sunday 24 May
CSN, SS1 & SS1A 05h00 ®
Monday 25 May
SS6 20h30 ®
Tuesday 26 May
SS5 & SS5A 11h30 ®
Wednesday 27 May
SS6 21h30 ® Results
Team Standings
1. Eastern Province 137 780
2. Western Province 121 200
3. Southern Cape 109 290
4. Kwazulu Natal 93 400
Open Men
1. Justin Bing (WP)
2. Michael Hill (EP)
3. Dylan McLeod (EP)
4. Ludie du Toit (EP)
Open Women
1. Simone Robb (WP)
2. Michelle Hill (EP)
3. Bianca Buitendag (SC)
4. Roxy Towill (SC)
Junior Men (16-18 years)
1. Scott Lefevre (KZN)
2. Saul Bernstein (EP)
3. Grant Beck (EP)
4. Aaran Simmons (EP)
Masters (31-35)
1. Brad Weare (KZN)
2. Greg Heasley (EP)
3. Ryan Anderson (EP)
4. Michael Grendon (WP)
Grandmasters (36-40)
1. Alan Robb (WP)
2. Craig Cuff (EP)
3. Glen Thompson (SC)
4. Tim Ball (WP)
Senior Men (41-45)
1. Greg Smith (EP)
2. David Stubbs (WP)
3. Craig van Greunen (EP)
4. Deon Bing (WP)
Veterans (46-50)
1. Mark Hoyle (WP)
2. Steven Hair (SC)
3. Fred Le Roux (KZN)
4. Andrew Lenton (EP)
Super Vets (51-55)
1. Hugh Thompson (KZN)
2. Des Sawyer (EP)
3. G.Byram (WP)
4. Gavin Seaman (EP)
Legends (56-60)
1. Mike Larmont (KZN)
2. Greg Stokes (WP)
3. Ken Saddington (KZN)
4. Mush Hide (EP)
Super Legends (61 and over)
1. John McLeod (EP)
2. Mike Patterson (KZN)
3. Mike Hornsey (SC)
4. Terry Dean (SC)
Boys (15 and younger)
1. Steven Sawyer (EP)
2. Daniel Buitendag (SC)
3. Chaim Simmons (EP)
4. Galad Smith (EP)
Senior Women (35 and over)
1. Phillipa Hill (EP)
2. Bernie Shelley (WP)
3. Margot Sanders (EP)
4. Therese Russell (WP)
Eastern Province claim team
title at OXBOW South African
Longboard Championships in
Jeffrey's Bay
Jeffreys Bay – Sunday 19 April
2009 – Eastern Province clinched
the coveted team title at the
2009 OXBOW South African
Longboard Championships
presented by Malibu which ended
in excellent head high waves at
The Point on Jeffreys Bay on
Saturday.
The team from the host province
outpointed defending champions
Western Province by a sizeable
margin with newcomers Southern
Cape in third and KwaZulu-Natal
taking fourth overall. While
competitors from EP, WP and KZN
each won four of the 13
individual titles at stake, the
depth of talent in the host’s
ranks saw EP provide nearly half
of all the finalists to amass
the winning team total.
The premier Open Men’s division
saw a new champion crowned when
Justin Bing (WP), the Junior
champion last year, clinched
victory over a trio of EP
competitors in Michael Hill,
2006 Open champion Dylan McLeod
and Ludie du Toit.
Defending champion and two-time
ISA World Longboard champion,
Matthew Moir (SC), reached the
semi-finals before being
eliminated from the event
despite suffering a stroke
earlier this year.
EP’s individual titles were won
by Steven Sawyer (Boys) and
Phillipa Hill (Senior Women),
who both successfully defended
their titles from 2008, Greg
Smith (Senior Men) and John
McLeod (Super Legends).
Along with Justin Bing, WP also
produced 2009 SA champions in
Simone Robb (Open Women), her
husband Alan Robb (Grandmasters)
and Mark Hoyle (Veterans) while
SA champions from KZN are Scott
Lefevre (Juniors), Brad Weare
(Masters), Hugh Thompson (Super
Vets) and Mike Larmont
(Legends).
Southern Cape’s sole individual
title went to Bianca Buitendag
in the Girls division.
Roger Vuanza who, along with
Benjamin de Castro, is from the
Palama Metsi Development Surfing
Academy, an NPO supported by
OXBOW, reached the semifinals of
the Junior boys division,
finishing equal fifth overall.
De Castro advanced to the
quarterfinals of the Boys
category, ending equal 10th.
The 2009 OXBOW SA Longboard
Championships ran from Monday to
Saturday, 13-18 April, with the
first two days of competition
held in Port Elizabeth and the
rest of the event run at The
Point in Jeffreys Bay, the Mecca
of South African surfing.
For more information on the
OXBOW SA Longboard Championships
contact:David Lipschitz, President:
South African Longboard Surfing
Association
Matthew Moir,
South Africa’s top longboard
surfer and a world championship
winner, once again took top
honours, beating last year’s
champion Tyrone Jensen in the
open division of the Jeep South
African Longboard 2008
championships held around the
peninsula from 26 April to 2
May. Moir, presently competing
in the World Longboard
Championships in France, dazzled
spectators in wind-whipped
conditions at Noordhoek beach
and Kommetjie’s Long Beach.
Jensen - who is also competing
in the World Champs - was
knocked out in the semis along
with Camps Bay’s big-move
surferWilliam Wallace, by junior
and open division surfer Justin
Bing and Thomas King. Bing is
competing in France on a wild
card. Spectators’ delight Johno
Rosslind, who executed
impressive manoevres with grace,
competence and panache, slipped
into fourth in the open
division, with King second and
Bing third.
Junior
surfer Alyosha Diebold astounded
all with his extraordinary
performance and was voted the
Most Improved Junior Surfer in
South Africa, coming third in
the Boys division behind Steve
Sawyer and Chaim Simmons of
Eastern Province, with Damien
Stander of KZN bringing up the
rear. Western Province’s Justin
Bing and Alphonso Peters
enthralled in the Junior
division, beating Saul Bernstein
and Grant Beck of EP to third
and fourth positions, while WP’s
Ashleigh Heese, Cheree Thomson
and Hannah Bing were edged into
second, third and fourth spots
by Fay Zoetmulder of EP in a
narrowly contested Girls’ final.
In an all WP
Women’s final Roxy Towill took
first place above graceful
Catherine Priday, Bernie Shelly
and Tamsin Brown. Shelly, the
oldest woman competitor in South
Africa, also placed third in the
Senior Women’s division behind
EP’s consistent Phillipa Hill
and WP’s sparkly Tracy Farren,
with Margo Saunders of EP
fourth.
West coast’s
much-admired Mark Theunissen
beat fellow teammate John
Richardson in the Masters
division, pushing newcomer Floyd
Pierce into fourth place behind
Richard Rispel of KZN.
Grandmaster newcomer Mark Stride
triumphed in second, with Hugo
Zuanne third and Gary Kleynhans,
fourth, all of WP, all narrowly
beaten by Craig Potgieter of EP.
Senior Men Dave Stubbs, Davey
Jenkins and Deon Bing, in that
order, surfed EP’s Greg Smith
into fourth place.
Well known
super sportsman and Veteran
division surfer Gary van Rooyen,
Surfer of the Contest trophy
winner Mark Hoyle, and EP’s
Andrew Lentin beat Mark Simmons
of EP, while Des Sawyer of EP
trounced Craig Freegard and
Robin Head of KZN and Terry
Townsend of WP in the Supervets
division.
The older
guys were not to be outdone,
with Greg Stokes of WP giving a
superb account of himself in the
Legends division, pushing fellow
teammate Peter Randall into
second place, with Dave Hill of
EP and Mike Patterson of KZN
attaining third and fourth
places. Super Legends division
stalwart Charlie Moir of WP
gained victory over John
Anderson, Bruno Bruniquel and
Dereck Berry of EP in that
order.
Cape Town in
April is a mild-weather time,
with relatively good swell and
little wind and the organisers
expected to hold the contest at
Muizenberg, an excellent
longboard venue. But the Doctor
lingered long, causing
excruciating cold on the
Atlantic Ocean – enough for an
unsuspecting Durbanite to suffer
hypothermia, which, if not for
quick and appropriate action by
the longboard authorities, could
have proved fatal. Despite
sometimes trying surf
conditions, with superb
performances throughout, the
home team lead by captain Hugo
Zuanne marched victorious, with
117,432 glorious points to
108,616 for EP and 51,723 points
for KZn.
We
will be running three trials
events to select the WP team for
this years SA Champs at PE and
J-Bay. The first trial will be
24/25 January - Second trial
14/15 February - Third trial 1/2
March - The SA Champs will run
from 13 to 18 April. We will
need your subs for the year to
be paid up before you are able
to surf in the trials.
Subscriptions for the year are R
300/member for the first member
(and this includes a free WP
Longboard Club calendar) R 250
for the second family member and
R 150 per family member
thereafter. We will make entry
forms available through various
mediums shortly. Extra calendars
can be bought from the Big Blue
in Muizenberg. All funds from
these calendars go towards the
club infrastructure. we are
wanting to upgrade and add to
our equipment inventory. To all
of you, on behalf of "The New
Committee" I wish you all a
fruitful and wave filled 2009. -
Cheers, Mark
Age Groups for Divisions that
will be contested at the South
African Longboard Surfing
Championships 2009.
YOUTH DIV is for male and
female, 15 years old and
younger.
JUNIOR BOYS – 16 to 18. If you
are not 16 on 1st Jan, you are
not a Junior.
OPEN – All ages
MASTERS – 31 to 35. If you are
not 31 on 1st Jan, you cannot
surf in the MASTERS DIV.
GRAND MASTERS – 36 to 40. If you
are not 36 on 1st Jan, you are
still a MASTER.
SENIOR MEN – 41 to 45. If you
are not 41 on 1st Jan, you are
still a GRAND MASTER.
VETERAN – 46 to 50. If you are
not 46 on 1st Jan, you are still
in the SENIOR MEN DIV.
SUPER VETS – 51 to 55. If you
are not 51 on 1st Jan, you must
still surf in the VETS DIV.
LEGENDS – 56 to 60. If you are
not 56 on 1st Jan, you surf in
the SUPER VETS DIV.
SUPER LEGENDS – 61 and over. You
have to be 61 on 1st Jan to
qualify for this age group, if
not, LEGENDS is for you.
GIRLS – 16 to 18.If you are not
16 on 1st Jan, you are still in
the YOUTH DIV.
LADIES OPEN – all ages good
enough to compete here.
LADIES ( SENIOR ) – 35 and over.
If you are not 35 on 1st Jan you
do not qualify for this
division.
Age groups have been created to
keep each category competitive;
however, older surfers can surf
down divisions against younger
age groups if they feel they
have what it takes. Younger
surfers cannot compete against
older divisions for obvious
reasons.
It is also advisable to all
associations to obtain a copy of
each of their team members’
birth certificates so as to
avoid the embarrassing event of
a disqualification due to
surfing in the wrong division
due to not adhering to these
simple rules.
Age groups have been created to
keep each category competitive,
however, older surfers can surf
down divisions against younger
age groups if they feel they
have what it takes. Younger
surfers cannot compete against
older divisions for obvious
reasons.
It is also advisable to all
associations to obtain a copy of
each of their team members’
birth certificates so as to
avoid the embarrassing event of
a disqualification due to
surfing in the wrong division
due to not adhering to these
simple rules
Update: - KZN LONGBOARDING
CHAMPS 08
Well
the KZN Longboarding Champs 2008
are finally done and dusted
after having to postpone the
event last year December due to
tiny surf , the event finally
was run and completed last
weekend Saturday the 17th. Only
one day of surfing was needed to
finish the event after both the
Ladies and Junior division where
all wrapped up in December . The
last day of surfing took place
at Dairy beach in some excellent
3 to 4ft conditions .
In
the junior division it was
Damien Stander that took top
honors , with Scott Lefevre in
2nd , followed closing by Daniel
Harbour and Culen Colopy in 3thd
and 4th respectively.
The ladies Division was closely
contested but in the end it was
Zanie Cawood who managed to find
two good waves in the very
inconsistent and small surf and
surfed them all the way into 1st
place , Lisa Smith despite all
her experience finished in 2nd
followed closely by Nix Trickett
and Jess Lefevre.
In the Grand Masters it was
Grant Gilmore that used he dairy
lefts to his advantage locking
in two high scoring rides to
finish 1st , Brendan Callaghan
also used the dairy lefts
finishing in 2nd , and it was
Doug Escreet who finished in
3thd and in 4th was Mike Bunn.
In the Kahunas Division Rod Head
had it all his own way with some
excellent surfing he finished in
1st place .
The
Grand Kahunas Division was a
great match up between some
great names in Longboarding ,
but in the end it was the usual
suspects on top with Hugh
Thompson taking 1st over Mike
Patterson , Attie Van De Pas and
Ken Saddington finishing in 3thd
and 4th.
In the master division Andre
Steyn took top honors , with
Bruce Walter Grout in 2nd , 3thd
place went to Jon Pugen with
Phil Mostert ending his day in
4th.
In the Premier Division the Open
Mens it was the talented Luke
Patterson surfing his dads board
that took top honors , in 2nd
despite a 9.0 point ride was
Brad Weare , in 3thd less than a
point behind was Brad Trickett
and finishing in 4th was Richie
Rispel who surfed well all day
long for his finals berth . With
less than 2 points separating
1st from 4th the Mens final was
extremely close with excellent
surfing from all four finalists.
Thanks to all competitors .
Brad Trickett
Chairman KZNLSA
Junior
surfer Alyosha Diebold astounded
all with his extraordinary
performance and was voted the
Most Improved Junior Surfer in
South Africa, coming third in
the Boys division behind Steve
Sawyer and Chaim Simmons of
Eastern Province, with Damien
Stander of KZN bringing up the
rear. Western Province’s Justin
Bing and Alphonso Peters
enthralled in the Junior
division, beating Saul Bernstein
and Grant Beck of EP to third
and fourth positions, while WP’s
Ashleigh Heese, Cheree Thomson
and Hannah Bing were edged into
second, third and fourth spots
by Fay Zoetmulder of EP in a
narrowly contested Girls’ final.
In
the junior division it was
Damien Stander that took top
honors , with Scott Lefevre in
2nd , followed closing by Daniel
Harbour and Culen Colopy in 3thd
and 4th respectively.
The
Grand Kahunas Division was a
great match up between some
great names in Longboarding ,
but in the end it was the usual
suspects on top with Hugh
Thompson taking 1st over Mike
Patterson , Attie Van De Pas and
Ken Saddington finishing in 3thd
and 4th.