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A "Good" Day for Quiksilver Junior Welsh Nationals by Mark Vaughan
Tom Good took top honours in part one of the split run Quiksilver Welsh
Nationals in 2-3ft clean waves at Freshwater West taking the U18 Junior
title. With the event split into two due to a poor forecast, contest director
Bateman opted to run the kids events coupled with the masters
which proved to be an excellent call. Greeted with bigger than expected
waves, warm weather and light winds there was no excuses for our
competitors. Tom Good was the outstanding surfer in the Junior division with precise
critical turns coupled with new school airs the Newquay based Welshman
added yet another title to a growing collection and is tipped to feature
strongly in the Open event rescheduled for June 5th / 6th.
Swansea surfer Dave Williams was out to prove a point taking the U16
title in a closely fought final nudging past micro grom Max Payne who'd
already won the U12's and finished runner up in the U14's with some
incredible surfing. The U14's itself was won by Jack Davies who was
another surfer in great form who also finished 3rd in the U16's.
The U18 Girls was dominated by Olivia Jones whilst Connor Griffiths took
out the U18 Longboard to take one title back to the Griffiths house hold that
the old man hasn't held!
Greg Owen added the Masters crown to his growing collection of titles, whilst the Paul Ryder award was presented to Kirk Lester as the most promising Pembrokeshire grommet.
A massive thank you to Quiksilver, The National Trust, The Pembrokeshire
Parks, The Christian Surfers, Jamie Bateman, Anne and Kate Blyth, Bob Freshwater, Andrew Pelosi, Norman Wright, Lloyd Cole, Anne-Marie Hughes and all who judged, helped and made the event a success.
Stay tuned for the results from Take 2 of the Quiksilver Welsh Nationals. For more info and pictures visit: http://www.surftalk.co.uk/forums/content.php/194-Welsh-Nationals-Review RESULTS
Under 18’s
1st Tom Good
2nd David Williams
3rd Jack Hughes
4th Connor Griffiths
Under 16’s
1st David Williams
2nd Max Payne
3rd Jack Davies
4th Connor Griffiths Under 14’s
1st Jack Davies
2nd Max Payne
3rd Nathaniel James
4th Owen Alexander Under 12’s
1st Max Payne
2nd Callum Howells
3rd Ciaran Hughes
4th Hal Gaskell Under 18 Girls
1st Olivia Jones
2nd Patsy Poutney
3rd Millie Little Under 18 Longboard
1st Connor Griffiths
2nd Will Poutney
3rd Kirk Lester
4th Joshua Hocking Masters
1st Greg Owen
2nd Mark Vaughan
3rd Ian Thomson
4th Grayson Richards Paul Ryder Award Kirk Lester
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