Xtreme Degreez Sports Magazine

$500,000.00 MAKKA PRO SURF CONTEST SET FOR SOUTHAVEN ST THOMAS JULY 4 & 5

The "2009 SUZUKI Makka Pro" surfing contest, Jamaica's premiere annual pro surfing event, is set to run on July 4th and 5th 2009 at the Makka surfing beach in Southaven, St. Thomas. This marks the third time Jamaica will play host to the region's best pro surfers who will be trying their luck at the over J$500,000.00 in prize money up for the taking.

The event will be the first of four events making up the Caribbean Surfing Network's "Caribbean Challenge Cup" series. There will be two events in Barbados and one in Trinidad. "This event will provide the opportunity for local surfers to get a good start in the '09 series," said JSA President Billy Wilmot. "In any series, if you start with a win in the first event, you are number one in the series and can use that to create momentum and our surfers will have home turf advantage. Also, when you are ranked at the top, you get better heats going into the next event and everyone else has to play catch up".

Last year, Jamaicans did well and finished in the money with second and fifth place in the open division and first and third in the junior's. The local ladies did not do as well and finished at the bottom of the tables in their division.

Open division defending champ, Barbados' Jonathan Reece, will be looking to defend his title against the formidable Jamaican charge being led by Wilmot brothers Inilek and Icah. Junior defending champion Jamaica's Shane Simmonds will have tremendous local support after his crowd pleasing victory performance last year.

This year the event is being made possible through the kind sponsorship of Suzuki, The Sports Development Foundation, Insight, Xtrak, Magma, Ipath, Mailpac and the citizens of Southaven.

2008 MAKKA PRO RESULTS

OPEN MEN

1ST	Jonathan Reece	BAR
2ND	Inilek Wilmot	JAM
3RD	Barry Banfield	BAR
4TH	Bruce Mackie	BAR
5TH	Icah Wilmot	JAM
6TH	Alan Davis	T&T
7TH	Luke Williams	JAM
7TH	Shawn Ronstat	T&T
9TH	Jason Appericio	T&T
9TH	Ishack Wilmot	JAM
9TH	Dane Jefferys	USA
9TH	Mark Holder	BAR
13TH	Dane Tuach	BAR
13TH	Christopher Clarke	BAR
13TH	Jordan Heaselgrave	BAR
13TH	Ackeam Phillips	JAM
17TH	Eneson Lightbourn	JAM
17TH	Wayne Saulterwhite	USA
17TH	Doran Edwards	JAM
17TH	Shane Simmonds	JAM
21ST	Junior Hibberts	JAM
21ST	Joel Lawrence	JAM
21ST	Anderson Mayers	BAR
21ST	Carlos Warton	BAR

OPEN WOMEN

1ST	Chelsea Tuach	BAR
2ND	Chelsea Roett	BAR
3RD	Alexis Jordan	BAR
4TH	Danielle Ohyan	JAM
5TH	Imani Wilmot	Jam
5TH	Esther Beckford	JAM

JUNIORS

1^st Shane Simmonds JAM

2^nd Jordan Heaselgrave BAR

3^rd Ackeam Phillips JAM

4^th Bruce Mackie BAR

5^th Michael Panton JAM

5^th Omar Jacks JAM

7^th Ackeam Taylor JAM

7^th Garren Pryce JAM

 

Winners of 2008 Makka Pro