Duranbah to host the Junior Kirra Teams Challenge

Surfcoach.com Junior Kirra Teams Challenge

Surfing Australia
Duranbah Beach, Queensland Australia
15 - 16 September 2012

More than 130 surfers from 17 boardriders clubs to compete in event

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 13 September, 2012 : - - Australia’s best junior surfers will converge on Duranbah Beach, NSW, on Saturday for the inaugural Surfcoach.com Junior Kirra Teams Challenge 2012. Hosted by Kirra Surfriders Club, the Surfcoach.com Junior Kirra Teams Challenge 2012 is regarded as the world’s largest junior inter-club surfing teams event

More 130 surfers from 17 boardriders clubs from Queensland and New South Wales will compete in the event, which will follow the same format as the Volcom Kirra Teams Challenge with each club submitting teams of six including two Under 14 surfers, two Under 16 surfers and two Under 18 surfers. Clubs competing include: Coolum, North Shore, Mudjimba, MNM, Merewether, Snapper, Le-Ba, Kawana, Alley, Kirra, North End, Cabarita, Kingscliff, Noosa, Burleigh, Windansea, North Narrabeen.

There will also be a girls’ team made up of some of the Gold Coast’s best junior female surfers. “This will be an amazing showcase of some of Australia’s best junior surfers,” said Event Director John Robin. “Being part of a team will be a new experience for many of the surfers and the excitement of an event like this is quite different to when they would be surfing as an individual.”

The winning team will win a two-day coaching camp at the Hurley Surfing Australia High Performance Centre at Casuarina. The event is scheduled to start ay 8am. Surfcoach.com is an interactive website designed to help people improve their surfing. It provides instructional video packages and training cards for all levels of surfing.

The Surfcoach.com Junior Kirra Teams Challenge 2012 is proudly supported by Kirra Surfriders Club, Surfing Australia, the Hurley Surfing Australia High Performance Centre, Surfing Queensland, the Australian Government’s Illicit Drugs In Sport (IDIS) program, Volcom, Fox Surf Australia, Banana Wax, Rainbow Bay Surf Life Saving Club and Pushshove. 

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Source: Surfing Australia

Author: The Editors

Tags: Surfing Australia, Surf Coach, Duranbah, Junior Surfing

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