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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WOMEN’S MR PRICE PRO BALLITO ENDS WITH 24 SURFERS

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 29 June, 2009 : - - KwaZulu- Natal, Ballito  –  The event that was scheduled to start on Saturday June 28th was postponed due to extreme surf and gale force winds that prevented organisers from completing the event within the assigned window.

The four remaining heats of the Women’s Round of 48 were completed in choppy two-meter surf at Surfers Beach in Ballito this morning, with the final eight surfers advancing into the Round of 24.

All 24 surfers remaining in the event earned an equal 19th place finish, splitting the prize money and ratings points equally with each surfer taking home R7900 (US$1000) and 1200 ratings points.

Top South African in the event Rosy Hodge (East London) dominated her Round of 48 heat over Johanne Defray (FRA), Laura Enever (AUS) and Claudia Goncalves (BRA). The current ASP World No. 13 used here elite competition experience to out-position her rivals, snatching the two best waves of the heat to advance in first place.

“The way things have gone has been a bit of a shake-up for everyone, I don’t think anyone’s really been in this situation before where you make it through your heats and then it’s actually the end of your run,” said Hodge. “I’ve always looked forward to the Mr Price Pro and both Mr Price and the ASP are making the best effort that they can but it’s just a situation where the surf is so variable and you can’t control what the ocean is doing.”

South African Open Women’s Champion Heather Clark (Port Shepstone) was the only other South African to advance through this morning’s heats, placing second behind heat winner and World No. 3 Paige Hareb (New Zealand). Cape Town’s Stacey Guy (Melkbosstrand) struggled to find a decent scoring ride in her Round of 48 heat and was relegated to fourth place, finishing with an equal 37th position.

WQS ratings leader Coco Ho (Haw) has maintained her WQS No. 1 position alongside Carissa Moore (Haw) after becoming the last surfer to advance out of the Round of 48 this morning. Ho won her heat over of Francisco Santos (PRT), Anne-Cecile LeTallec and Erica Hosseini (USA).

“It’s a shame, I flew all the way across the world to get here and only got to put the singlet on once,” said Ho. “I’m really bummed that I’ve come out of this event still tied in first on the WQS with Carissa. I was looking forward to getting a lead on the ratings and having some fun at the same time, but with everyone splitting the points it’s not going to matter to our positions on the ratings.”

Also advancing into the Round of 24 this morning were former ASP World Tour surfer Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) and Amandine Sanchez (FRA), who finished in first and second positions, during heat 10.

The 2009 Mr Price Pro Ballito is the second event in the history of ASP Women’s World Tour and WQS competition not to have been completed, the last of which was the 1998 Lacanau Pro in France. A total of ten ASP Men’s World Tour and WQS events have been called off due to poor or unsurfable conditions.

The 6 Star ASP World Qualifying Series Men’s events gets underway today with the Men’s Round of 144.

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Women’s Round of 48 Results:
Heat 9: Paige Hareb (NZL)11.67; Heather Clark (ZAF) 7.66; Crystal Vail(AUS) 3.57; Suelen Naraisa (BRA) 3.06
Heat 10: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 10.67; Amandine Sanchez (FRA) 5.17;Laura Macauly (AUS) 4.83; Stacey Guy (ZAF) 3.00
Heat 11: Roseanne Hodge (ZAF) 11.66; Johanne Defay (FRA) 5.70; Laura Enever (AUS) 5.36; Claudia Goncalves (BRA) 3.97
Heat 12: Coco Ho (HAW) 10.26; Francisca Santos (PRT) 7.00; Anne-Cecile Le Tallec (FRA) 2.83; Erica Hosseini (USA) 0.00

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Womens WQS Ratings

1	Moore,Carissa	HAW	5820
1	Ho,Coco	HAW	5820
3	Bevilacqua,Claire	AUS	5600
4	Pellizzari,Ornella	ARG	4925
5	Miley-Dyer,Jessi	AUS	4860
6	Hareb,Paige	NZL	4800
7	Curren,Lee Ann	FRA	4760
8	Sanchez,Amandine	FRA	4660
9	Robb,Nikita	ZAF	4570
10	Donohoe,Amee	AUS	4490
11	Mason,Airini	NZL	4465
12	Woods,Rebecca	AUS	4425
13	Hodge,Rosanne	ZAF	4420
14	Erickson,Sage	USA	4370
15	Fitzgibbons,Sally	AUS	4200
16	Blanchard,Alana	HAW	4060
17	Goncalves,Claudia	BRA	3930
18	Santos,Francisca	PRT	3840
19	Silva,Jacqueline	BRA	3820
20	Hamilton,Bethany	HAW	3800
21	Ado,Pauline	FRA	3700
21	Schmitz,Bruna	BRA	3700
23	Atherton,Nicola	AUS	3680
24	Beardmore,Sarah	GBR	3650
25	Abubo,Megan	HAW	3555
26	Vail,Crystal	AUS	3400
27	Chudleigh,Tarryn	ZAF	3380
27	Naraisa,Suelen	BRA	3380
29	Penfold,Dara	AUS	3250
30	Hashimoto,Sayuri	JPN	3245
31	Paul,Wini	NZL	3180
32	Hickson,Jessica	AUS	2980
32	Sarran,Caroline	FRA	2980
34	Keighran,Angela	AUS	2900
35	Grimwood,Jessica	AUS	2690
36	Mulanovich,Sofia	PER	2665
37	Rocha,Joana	PRT	2645
38	Dobson,Jess	AUS	2600
39	Le Tallec,Anne-Cecile	FRA	2520
40	Macaulay,Laura	AUS	2500
40	Redman-Carr,Melanie	AUS	2500
42	Hagiwara,Mizuki	JPN	2450
43	Buitendag,Bianca	ZAF	2440
44	Boelsterli,Demi	USA	2340
45	Stoyle,Dimity	AUS	2330
46	Hosseini,Erica	USA	2300
47	Gryde,Leilani	HAW	2200
48	Werneck,Marina	BRA	2100
49	Cope,Gabi	HAW	1940
50	Enever,Laura	AUS	1920

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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
# 6 : Mr Price Pro called of due to dangerous surf conditions
# 7 : Gale stops competition at Womens Mr Price Pro Ballito

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