Written by Ben Kennings, Wednesday, 25 May 2011
The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team made tough work of day three of the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Peru overnight (Wednesday 25th May).
On the second podium Elliot Paerata – Reid (Piha) and Alexis Poulter (Rag) won their respective heats in convincing fashion. Paerata – Reid scored 15.50 points out of a possible 20 points in his heat – the highest heat score of the division to date. In winning his heat, Paerata – Reid moves through to the second repechage round where he meets up with his Kiwi team mates.
Poulter was equally impressive scoring a 13.66 point heat total for an easy victory that sees her also meet up with her team mates in round two.
Five surfers were relegated to the repechage rounds of the event after today’s action. That leaves four kiwi surfers in the qualifying rounds and eight in the repechage rounds where it is do or die in each and every heat.
Gisborne surfer Jayda Martin – Fitzharris (Gis) was the lone female to move through to the third round of the Under 18 Girls Division. Martin – Fitzharris toughed it out in a close 20 minute battle to place second behind runaway heat leader Kaena Brandi (BRA). She scored 6.97 points in her heat 0.30 points ahead of her Japanese counterpart with the American surfer placing fourth.
Fitzharris moves through to the third round which is jam packed with 24 of the best young female surfers in the world.
“The level of surfing has definitely gone up since my first year competing at this event in 2009” said Martin – Fitzharris. “Every heat is a hard heat; you just have to go into the heat knowing you have the ability to get through to the next round.”
Her fellow team mates did not fear so well in the same round with the Whangamata duo of Ella Williams and Grace Spiers placing third in their low scoring match ups. They now face a tough task of progressing through the repechage rounds.
“Yeah gutted as but at least I still have another life left in the repechage rounds. It is all or nothing now” said a disappointed Spiers who is competing in the event for the second and final time.
Meanwhile Williams is still busy in taking the event, this being her first World Junior Surfing Championship experience. “The trip has been amazing so far. The comp is what I thought it would be like and more. It is exciting surfing against all the other surfers and meeting new people” said an upbeat Williams despite her loss.
The Under 16 Boys suffered the same fate as the girls with Paul Moretti (Mimiwhangata), Dune Kennings (WGM) and Adam Grimson (Gis) unable to find quality waves in the small 1.0m conditions at the Senoritas break – the left-hand point break.
“I didn’t keep busy enough on the waves that I caught” said Moretti of his short comings in his heat. “Tomorrow I am going to have to get psyched up for my heat and prepare properly staying out of the sun as much as possible then take it to the world.”
Grimson was unlucky in his heat finishing with a good last wave that his team mates thought was enough for progression. However, with a requirement of 4.38 points out of ten, the score came in at 3.73 and he joined his three team mates in the repechage rounds.
The under 18 boys all had a lay day today. Tomorrow Todd Doyle (Mnt), Tane Wallis (Piha) and Joes Moretti (Mimiwhangamata) have another lay day as does Jayda Martin Fitzharris (Gis).
The Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team includes surfers from six regions throughout New Zealand with the small surf town of Whangamata providing three surfers, Northland, Auckland, Raglan, Gisborne all providing two surfers a piece with one representative from Mount Maunganui.
The event is being held at Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru from the 21st – 29th May with two arenas catering for a record 276 surfers from 27 countries competing at the event.
Day four of the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship starts overnight Wednesday (1:00am, 26th May). You can catch the entire event live via World Junior Surfing Championship.
Day four schedule (New Zealand time)
Podium One
1:00am Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 2
4:20am Heat 11 with Ben Poulter
6:20am Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 3
7:20am or 7:40am Heats 5 or 6 with Ben Poulter (provided he progresses through first heat)
Podium Two
1:00am Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 2
1:40am Heat 3 with Elliot Paerata – Reid
2:20am Heat 5 with Paul Moretti
3:00am Heat 7 with Dune Kennings
4:20am Heat 10 with Adam Grimson
5:00am Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 2
6:20am Heat 5 with Ella Williams
6:40am Heat 6 with Grace Spiers
7:20am Heat 8 with Alexis Poulter
Please see below for results from the third day of the 2011 Quiksilver World Junior Surfing Championship being held in Peru.
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 2
Heat 5
1, 12.33, Kaena Brandi, BRA, 2, 6.97, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, NZL, 3, 6.67, Asako Mizuno, JPN, 4, 5.33, Nikki Viesins, USA
Heat 6
1, 14.66, Bianca Buitendag, ZAF, 2, 7.36, Codie Klein, AUS, 3, 6.57, Ella Williams, NZL, 4, 3.93, Reika Noro, JPN
Heat 7
1, 8.94, Nikki Van Dijk, AUS, 2, 7.66, Quincy Davis, USA, 3, 6.30, Grace Spiers, NZL, 4, 6.03, Sayaka Muramatsu, JPN
Under 16 Boys Qualifying Round 2
Heat 6
1, 10.50, Deivid Silva, BRA, 2, 9.17, Leonardo Fioravanti, ITA, 3, 8.33, Slade Prestwich, ZAF, 4, 7.47, Paul Moretti, NZL
Heat 8
1, 13.84, Joaquin del Castillo, PER, 2, 10.83, Lucas Silveira, BRA, 3, 7.60, Kanoa Igarashi, USA, 4, 6.00, Dune Kennings, NZL
Heat 10
1, 12.16, Juninho Urcia, PER, 2, 8.10, Parker Coffin, USA, 3, 7.46, Adam Grimson, NZL, 4, 5.13, Aurelio Blum, ECU
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 1
Heat 8
1, 13.66, Alexis C. Poulter, NZL, 2, 9.84, Emily Gussoni, CRC, 3, 7.17, Paola Duarte, CRC
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 1
1, 15.50, Elliot Paerata-Reid, NZL, 2, 8.46, Joaquin Juarez, ARG, 3, 4.74, Manuel Kronfelder, GER, 4, 4.34, Donough Cronin, IRE
Under 18 Boys Qualifying Round 3 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 1
Rafael Texeira, BRA, David Brand, ZAF, O’Neil Massin, TAH, Todd Doyle, NZL
Heat 4
Tane Wallis, NZL, Aoi Watanabe, JPN, Vasco Ribeiro, POR, Miguel Tudela, PER
Heat 8
Joe Moretti, NZL, Vehiatua Prunier, TAH, Mike February, ZAF, Yan Darbekow, BRA
Under 18 Boys Repechage Round 2 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 11
Ben Poulter, NZL, Jose Lozano Diaz, ECU, Vasco Fragoso, GER, Louis Josek, GER
Under 18 Girls Qualifying Round 3 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 4
Bianca Buitendag, ZAF, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, NZL, Chelsea Tuach, BAR, Quincy Davis, USA
Under 18 Girls Repechage Round 2 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 6
Ella Williams, NZL, Nikki Viesins, USA, Leilani McGonagle, CRC, Isabela Lima, BRA
Heat 7
Grace Spiers, NZL, Minato Takahashi, JPN, Chelsea Roett, BAR, Emily Gussoni, CRC
Heat 8
Barbara Segatto, BRA, Sayaka Muramatsu, JPN, Alexis C. Poulter, NZL, Estafany Freitas, BRA
Under 16 Boys Repechage Round 2 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 3
Sebastian Correa, PER, Derek Gomez, VEN, Elliot Paerata-Reid, NZL, Jorge Soto, CHI
Heat 5
Colin Moran, USA, Paul Moretti, NZL, Leon Glatzer, GER, Franwil Vento, VEN
Heat 7
Joao Marco Maffini, ITA, Dune Kennings, NZL, Kai Hing, AUS, Arne Bergwinkel, GER
Heat 10
Adam Grimson, NZL, Miles Lee Hargreaves, UK, Lucca Piscione, URU, Jeancarlos Mendez, CRC
The World Junior Surfing Championships is an annual event having been held since 2003. New Zealand has competed at the event since its inception as well as competing at the World Grommet Titles as it was formerly known since 1989. New Zealand has been one of the top nations at each event with Jay Quinn (Gis) securing New Zealand’s first World Championship in the Under 18 Men’s division in 2001. In 2010 the New Zealand team placed seventh at the event when it was held in New Zealand for the first time in the events history.