The team for the competition has been selected and is shown below. The competion will be held in Santa Cruz, Portugal between the 23rd July and the 3rd August

OPEN
High Performance
Nathan Eades
Matt Long
Alan Owen
Marc Holland

IC
Nathan Eades
Alan Owen
Matt Long
Ben Thomas

LADIES
HP
Naomi James
Rhiannon Woodman

IC
Rhiannon Woodman

Naomi James

 JUNIORS
HP
Jordan Thomas

IC
James Roberts

MASTERS
High Performance & International
Richard Berry

Individual Competition.

 Well the ladies have got off to a good start . In the opening heats of High Performance section Naomi came second in her heat & Rhiannon came first in hers, which means they are both through to the 1/4 finals.

In  the Ladies I.C. class Rhiannon came 2nd in her heat & is through to the 1/4 finals.

Junior High Performance paddler Jordan Thomas came 1st in his heat & is through to the 1/4 finals

MONDAY 27TH JULY

Jordan Thomas junior HP came 2nd in his 1/4 final heat so is through to semi finals.

Mens High Performance, Nathan Eades came 1st in his first round of heats, through to next round.

A good day for the boys

TUESDAY 28TH

Marc Holland came 1st in his 1st heat of Mens High Performance & goes through to second round.

Wms High Performance, both Naomi & Rhiannon are through to semifinals after getting 1st & 2nd respectively.Naomi scoring higher than most of the men!!

Mens I C - Alan Owen bows out with 3rd place in his 1st heat.

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WEDNESDAY 29TH

Round 2 of Mens HP , Nathan 2nd 

THURSDAY 30TH

High Peformance - Nathan is through to 1/4 finals, Marc bows out after having his deck blown after 10 mins.

Junior High Performance - Jordan Thomas is through to the finals.

Womens High Performance - Both Rhiannon & Naomi are through to the finals.

Womens I C - Rhiannon is through to the finals

FINAL RESULTS

Nathan Eades -3rd High Performance

Naomi James - 1st Womens High Performance

Rhiannon Woodman - 2nd Womens High Performance

Rhiannon Woodman - 4th Womens IC

Jordan Thomas - 3rd Junior High Performance

Well done everyone, a brilliant result.

 

Team Results        Wales 5th out of 12

A big thank you to LOBSTER BOB for supporting the team this year. 

 

 

 

The 2009 British Open will be held at Rhossilli on the Gower coast  this year.

The competion will be held on the 3rd and 4th of October. For further detail please contact Nathan Eades, details on our contact page.This comp was run the following week for a full write up , results & photos go to wwwkayaksurf.net   

Dates for your Diary 2008

MARCH

Saturday March 29th - Handicap competition , Aberavon, - Welsh Team Ranking event. Coordinator Sid Sinfield sid.sinfield@virgin.net 07711 587 756 RESULTS - With Handicap, 1st Jordan Thomas, Joint 2nd Pete O'Kane,James Roberts, Mike Orsmond. Without Handicap, 1st Dave Jaggs, 2nd Nathan Eades, 3rd Marc Holland, 4th Jordan Thomas

Saturday March 29th - Welsh Surf AGM Aberavon, 7pm. Coordinator Sid Sinfield. Please forward any items for the agenda to Sid before March 28th.

Sunday March 30th - Surf Development, Aberavon - open to all paddlers 2 * & above. Coordinator Harry Worth harold.worth@ntlworld.com 01639 779 733

APRIL

Saturday April 12th - 3* Surf Training, Aberavon. Open to all paddlers 2* & above. Coordinator Harry Worth.

Sunday April 13th - 3* Surf Assessment, Aberavon. Coordinator Harry Worth.

MAY

Monday May 26th - Surf Development, Freshwater west, Pembrokeshire. Coordinators Sid Sinfield / Harry Worth.

JUNE

Saturday June 7th - Welsh Open, Llangennith. Welsh Team Ranking competition . - No entries on the day. Coordinator Richard Berry alstom69@hotmail.com

Sunday June 8th - Surf Development, Llangennith - open to all paddlers 2* & above. Coordinator sid Sinfield.

SEPTEMBER

Saturday September 6th - Freshwater West Competition - Welsh Ranking Competition. Coordinator Phil Carpenter tessdaly@intel.com 07990 970226

Sunday September 7th - Surf Development, Freshwater West - open to all paddlers 2* & above. Coordinator Sid Sinfield.