Mr. Price Pro

ASP 6-Star WQS Mens event
ASP 6-Star WQS Womens event
Ballito, KZN South Africa
29 June - 5 July 2009

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Latest update: Event called off due to dangerous surf

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 27 June, 2009 : - - KwaZulu- Natal, Ballito –  Organisers of the 5 Star ASP World Qualifying Series Mr Price Pro have decided to call the event off for the day due to extreme and dangerous surf conditions. The surfers will meet at 06h30 tomorrow morning for a possible 07h00 start.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS FORCE ORGANISERS TO PLACE EVENT ON HOLD.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 27 June, 2009 : - - KwaZulu- Natal, Ballito –  Surfers woke to a spectacle of powerful 2.5 – 3 meter (8-10ft) surf pounding the Ballito coastline forcing organizers to look at the possibility of moving the Women’s 5 Star ASP World Qualifying Series Mr Price Pro Ballito to Tinley Manor, twenty minutes North of Ballito.

With conditions deemed extremely dangerous, organisers have placed the event on hold until 10h00. Should the conditions improve, the event will get underway with one heat of local Trials, followed by the Women’s Round of 60.

Hawaiian junior surfing sensation Carissa Moore, 16, will kick-start this year’s prestigious ASP World Qualifying Series event when she takes on fellow Hawaiian Gabi Cope, Bronwyn Coote (Zaf) in Heat 1.

South African hopefuls Sarah Baum (Warner Beach), Heidi Palmboom (Bluff), Tanika Hoffman (Cape Town), Chantelle Rautenbach (Cape Town) and reigning South African Open Women’s Champion Heather Clark (Port Shepstone) will also feature in the Round of 60.

The 5 Star ASP WQS Mr Price Pro Ballito includes 70 local and international female surfers including 11 of the world’s ‘Top 17’. The top seed is Amee Donohoe (Haw) and the highest rated surfer competing in the event is ASP World No. 3 Paige Hareb (NZ).

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East Coast Radio is the official radio broadcaster for the Mr Price Pro Ballito. Tune in for daily updates.
The event hotline is 083 900 6777.

Women’s Trials
Heat 1: Kirsty Delport (Zaf); Faye Zoetmulder (Zaf); Heather Klug (Zaf); Laurie McGregor (Zaf)

Women’s Round of 60
Heat 1: Carissa Moore (Haw); Gabi Cope (Haw); Bronwyn Coote (Zaf)
Het 2: Angela Keighran (Aus); Demi Boelsterli (USA); Chantelle Rautenbach (Zaf); Alice McGregor (Zaf)
Heat 3: Sage Erikson (USA); Dimity Stoyle (Aus); Sarah Baum (Zaf)
Heat 4: Wini Paul (Nzl); Joana Rocha (PRT); Heidi Palmboom (Zaf); Tankia Hoffman (Zaf)
Heat 5: Dara Penfold (Aus); Laura Macaulay (Aus); Heather Clark (Zaf); Canelle Bulard (Reu)
Heat 6: Sayuri Hashimoto (Jpn); Anne-Cecile Le Tallec (Fra); Chantalla Furnaletto (Bra); Johanne Defay (Fra)

Previous reports:
# 1 : Mr Price Pro comes to Ballito on the KwaZulu-Natal coast
# 2 : Record number of women entries at Mr Price Pro Ballito
# 3 : Surfers sight on Ballito for the R1.4 million Mr Price Pro
# 4 : Mr Price Pro Ballito Festival to run along with WQS event 
# 5 : Women prepare for massive swell at Mr Price Pro Ballito

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