The Barbados Surfing Association held it’s Lazy Days/Sprite National Surf Competition at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba on November 22 and 23, 2008 where Ametza Nicholls and Lewis St John claimed the island's top National Surfer spots and prize money.
The Men's Open final was very competitive with Lewis St John eventually taking the top spot along with the prize purse of $800.00 from Jake Corbin, Bruce Mackie and Stefan Corbin. He also claimed the top spot in the Under-18 Boys' Division in front of Bruce Mackie and Jordan Heaselgrave.
Ametza Nicholls won the Women's Open final claiming the top prize purse of $400 followed by Chelsea Tuach, Chelsea Roett and Alyssa Fernandes. Meanwhile the tables were turned somewhat in the Under 18 girls where Chelsea Roett emerged victorious with Chelsea Tuach placing second and Ametza Nicholls and Alyssa Fernandes taking third and fourth respectively.
In the Boys' Under-16 final, Jordan Heaselgrave secured first place in front of Bruce Mackie second, and Lewis St John third.
Other divisions contested were Longboard where Christian Boos took the first place trophy, with Jay Garrett second, Wayne Roett third and Jade Niccolls fourth.
In the Masters division, Stewart Stoute held on to the first place, with Brian Gooding, Andrew Rapson, and Sebastian Bradshaw taking the second, third and fourth places respectively. The first place trophy in the Bodyboard division was claimed by Paul Larrier, with Jonathan Rodriguez second, Kwame Griffith third, and Bernard Boyce fourth.
New Executive Committee of the Barbados Surfing Association
The Barbados Surfing Association held its Annual General meeting on October 16, 2008 and as is normal tradition a new Executive Committee was elected to manage the affairs of the Association for the period January 2009- December 2010. The following individuals were selected to serve on the Executive Committee: President Mr. Carlos Wharton, Vice-President Mr. Christopher Clarke, Secretary Mrs. Margot Tuach and Treasurer Mrs. Rachel Roett.
This Executive Committee is committed to taking surfing to new heights and will develop a strategic plan which includes development programs for coaching and judging as well as a full and action-packed calendar of events including Surfer of the Year contests;
the annual School Championships, the annual International Surfing Classic at Soup Bowl and overseas contests including the ISA Quiksilver World Junior Surfing Championship in Ecuador March 27th to April 5th , the ISA World Surfing Games to be held in Costa Rica in July and the Pan-American Surfing Games slated for Guadeloupe later in the year.
The surfing calendar will take off with the first event in The Surfer of the Year Series scheduled to take place in February (venue to be announced shortly).
Submitted by
Margot A. Tuach
Secretary
BSA
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