Cape Town hosts the
second leg of the national Roxy Surf Jam series for junior girls aged 20
and younger this coming weekend when more than 50 local and visiting
aspiring surf stars will take to the waves at Muizenberg.
The line-up is headed by national team member
Tarryn Chudleigh (Kommetjie), who will contest both the Under 16 and Pro
Junior (U20) divisions, and features a host of age group stars such as
Durban’s Sarah Baum, Bianca Buitendag from Victoria Bay, Tanika Hoffman (Kirstenhof),
Sarah Nicholson (Kommetjie) and Australian visitor Lindsay Noyes.
Created to attract newcomers to competitive surfing
from the fast growing ranks of female surfers around the coastline of the
country, for many of whom it will be their first contest, the Roxy Surf
Jam events also provide additional experience for regular competitors with
points earned in the U20 division counting towards the crowning of the
annual Pro Surf Tour (PST) girls Pro Junior champion.
The Cape Town stop on the series also offers a
total of R8 000 in prize-money that is split amongst the top four
finishers in each of the Under 14, U16, U18 and Pro Junior divisions,
along with additional prizes for the competitor performing the Most
Radical Manoeuvre in each age category.
Although Chudleigh will be the favourite in her
familiar surf of Muizenberg, she faces tough opposition for the sought
after titles, ratings points and prize-money from Noyes and Nicholson in
the U20’s and from Somerset West’s Lisa Mace and Chantelle Rautenbach (Melkbosstrand)
in the U16’s.
Roxy Louw (Durbanville) and Megan Kelly (Tableview)
look the pick of the U18’s while the biggest field contests the U14
category where Baum, Buitendag and Heidi Palmboom (Bluff, KZN) will take
on talented locals in Hoffman and Danielle Johnson (Muizenberg).
Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 23 & 24,
the event is based at Muizenberg but is mobile and can be moved to one of
the many other venues on the Cape Peninsula should conditions dictate.
Contact the Western Province Surfing (WPS) Info Line on 08 22 33 4 001 to
confirm the venue on each day.
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