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29 August - 5 September 2010

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TravelSIM Team Australia in box seat at Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championships

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 3 September, 2010 : - - TravelSIM Team Australia is in the box seat heading into the final two days of the Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championships, tied for first place with Brazil and South Africa. With two days of competition remaining, all of Australia’s seven surfers are still alive in the competition that will crown the World Masters Champions.

The fifth day of the event took place today in 5 to 7 foot faces. All the divisions went to the water both in the repercharge and winners bracket rounds. Out of the 107 surfers from 21 countries that started the event, 52 from 14 countries remain in the contest. The finals of the winner’s bracket in the Masters (over 35), Grand Masters (over 40) and Kahunas (over 45) divisions were defined today.

Gold Coast ace Dean Hall (Miami, Qld) continued his impressive run of form in round three of the Masters division, finishing behind Puerto Rico’s Juan Ashton to advance to round four contention. In the Grand Masters division, Glen Pringle (Cronulla, NSW) and Chris Brooks (Currumbin, Qld) are through to round four, with Pringle beating Brooks in their high scoring round three heat 15.60 to 11.84.

Australian Rod Baldwin (Copacabana, AUS) has made it to the winners bracket final in the Kahuna’s division, progressing through to round four with a 2nd placed finish in his round three heat. Other Australian surfers Sandra English (Budgewoi - Women Masters), Mark Traucneiks (Palm Beach - Kahuna), Neil Cameron (Byron Bay, Grand Kahuna) and Brett Bannister (Narrabeen - Masters) all remain in contention via their respective reperchage rounds.

Day 6 of the Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championship will take place tomorrow. Every remaining surfer of the contest will compete in the following heats:

2 HEATS MASTERS REPERCHARGE 4
2 HEATS KAHUNAS REPERCHARGE 4
2 HEATS GRAND MASTERS REPERCHARGE 4
1 HEATS MASTERS QUALIFY 4
1 HEATS KAHUNAS QUALIFY 4
1 HEATS GRAND MASTERS QUALIFY 4
1 HEATS GRAND KAHUNA QUALIFY 3
1 HEATS WOMEN MASTERS QUALIFY 3
1 HEATS GRAND KAHUNAS REPERCHARGE 3
1 HEATS WOMEN MASTERS REPERCHARGE 3
1 HEATS MASTERS REPERCHARGE 5
1 HEATS KAHUNAS REPERCHARGE 5
1 HEATS GRAND MASTERS REPERCHARGE 5

The countries standings after five days of competition, is the following:

1: SOUTH AFRICA
1: AUSTRALIA
1: BRAZIL
4: PERU
5: PUERTO RICO
6: ARGENTINA
7: VENEZUELA
8: COSTA RICA
9: PANAMA
10: FRANCE
11: MEXICO
12: ITALY
13:REP.DOMINCAN
14: JAMAICA
15: URUGUAY
16: NEW ZEALAND
17: GUATEMALA
18: TAHITI
18: EL SALVADOR
20: GERMANY
20: IRELAND

Team Australia is led by Team Captain Sandra English (Budgewoi, NSW), who is also representing TravelSIM Team Australia in the Masters Ladies Over 35 division. TravelSIM team members include:

Masters Over 35 Men- Dean Hall (Miami, QLD), Brett Bannister (Narrabeen, NSW)
Grand Masters Over 40 Men- Chris Brooks (Currumbin, QLD), Glen Pringle (Cronulla, NSW)
Kahunas Over 45 Men-  Rod Baldwin (Copacabana, NSW), Mark Traucnieks (Palm Beach, QLD)
Grand Kahunas Over 50 Men- Neil Cameron (Byron Bay, NSW)
Masters Ladies Over 35- Sandra English (Budgewoi, NSW)

Team Australia:  > www.surfingaustralia.com 
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# 2 : Coming soon
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# 4 : Coming soon 

           
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Previous reports:
# 1 : Panama to host the 2010 ISA World Masters Champs
# 2 : Panama gears up for ISA World Masters Champs 
# 3 : Solid swell on tap for Panama ISA World Masters 

# 4 : Panama ISA World Masters Champs site goes live  
# 5 : Santa Catalina awakens with arrival of UN of surfing
# 6 : Parade of Nations opens Panama ISA World Masters 

# 7 : Perfect surf kicks off the Panama ISA World Masters 
# 8 : Sth Africa dominates Panama ISA World Masters Day 2
# 9 : Swell stays on for Panama ISA World Masters Day 3

www.isasurf.org
www.panamaisaworldmasters.com

About The Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
The Panama ISA World Masters Surfing Championship is being held for the first time at Santa Cataina in Panama. It is the second World Championship to be held in mainland Central America since the 2009 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games that took place in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. Santa Catalina is known for its huge barreling rights. Panama won the hosting bid over other candidate nations due to its great commitment to a better surfing future, a first-class and well-structured Organizer/Host, a coast packed with consistent waves and also to promote surfing in the region.

Panama is located in the center of the Western Hemisphere, it's borders are: to the North, the Caribbean Sea; to the East, the Republic of Colombia; to the South, the Pacific Ocean, and to the West, the Republic of Costa Rica. Panama is the link between Central America and South America, an isthmus of 80 km. wide in its narrower section, and traversed by the Panama Canal which handles 5% of the entire world's production.

More info: www.visitpanama.com

About the International Surfing Association (ISA)
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running world championships since 1964 and the Junior World Championships since 1980. 

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of over 60 countries on six continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided by Fernando Aguerre, first elected in 1994 in Rio, and re-elected six times since.  The ISA's four Vice Presidents are Alan Atkins (Aus), Robin de Kock (SAfr), Mike Gerard (USA) & Karín Sierralta (Peru).

More info: www.isasurf.org

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