The 28th edition of the Sea Harvest SA Junior Surfing Championships, presented by SMTH Shapes and supported by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and Ocean Freedom saw Buffalo City Surfriders beats Cape Town’s Surfriders to win the coveted Freedom Cup.
After five days of beautiful waves and intense competition, the East London-based Buffalo City Surfriders took the coveted Freedom Cup from Cape Town Surfriders, last year’s winners.
The Freedom Cup is awarded to the team accumulating the highest points across all divisions at the five-day tournament.
Buffalo City finished with 41,040 points, and Cape Town Surfriders came second with 40,930 points, as close as it gets.
eThekwini scored 39,055 points and came third, while Cape Winelands were fourth with 37,832 points.
Firing surf, strongly buffed by the southwesterly, was the scene for the final day.
After five days of excellent waves, fierce competition, camaraderie and friendships, the tournament culminated in a series of final heats and champions crowned.
Congratulations to Buffalo City Surfriders’ competitors including:
- Zia Hendricks, who placed fourth in girls’ U18;
- Remi Fourie, who placed first in girls’ U16;
- Taylor Emslie took third in girls’ U16;
- Camilla Heuer ranked third in girls’ U14;
- Carl Wiersma came second in boys’ U14;
- Owen Heny came third in boys’ U14;
- Maya Malherbe took first place in girls’ u12.
The Surfing SA surfer of the contest went to a deserving Carl Wiersma (Buffalo City), who had been ripping throughout the event.
The 28th edition of the Sea Harvest SA Junior Championships involved 180 girls and boys from eight districts.
Kouga Local Municipality and True Technologies also supported this event.
