2006 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships

International Surfing Association
Maresias, Brazil.
6 - 14 May 2006

British Surf Team fly out to Brazil for World Championships

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 3 May, 2006 : - -The British Junior Team fly out from Heathrow this evening to Maresais in Brazil for the World Junior Surfing Games the Olympics of surfing. The team hope to capitalise on the successful result from the Team that competed in California last year and use it as a launch pad to break into the top eight of strong surfing countries.

Last year the British Team finished ninth, the first time ever a Junior Team has placed in the top ten, that result give this years Team a seeded place in the draw from which they hope to charge up the rankings. The Team of youngsters who are all under eighteen years old have been working hard this winter to impress the selectors at trials and squad training sessions, current form and recent contest results were also considered.

The team contains the spine of last years successful Team with Team captain Sam Birkett, from Swansea, and Bude ripper Reubyn Ash who is the current English Junior Champion and still able to compete in the under 18 division. They are joined by Newquay’s Tom Butler and Jayce Robinson from St. Ives, who step up from the under 16 age group. All four boys were training in warmer water this winter down under in Australia and Indonesia.

The Under 16 division sees Plymouths Matt Burner retain his place and he is joined by new caps from North Devon, Stuart Campbell (Woolacombe) who is British Schools Champion and Lyndon Wake (Croyde). The fourth member of the cadet division is Tom Butler’s younger brother Jack (Newquay), who is back to top form after breaking a leg last spring in a skateboarding accident.

The girls division is once more dominated by the Swansea girls led by Beth Mason, who will be hoping to improve on her remarkable 22nd place at the last WJSG. She is joined again by British under 18 champion Gwen Spurlock and new cap Kate Dendle. The only non Welsh girl is Holly Donnelly from Newquay, who is another new cap and the current English Girls Junior Champion.

The event in Brazil has attracted a record number of 28 countries who will be competing over the week long event. Friends and family in the UK can follow the contest online at http://surf.quiksilver.com/2006/isa/ . Photos and reports from the Team camp will be available throughout the event from the BSA office.

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