North of the Boarder 2011

Last Saturday (21st May) at Crantock the National Trust presented North of the Boarder junior surf competition, the final stage of the Boarder series. The day started early with the optional beach littler pick, each competitor could add to their first head score by collecting bags of beach litter. 
"The litter pick has been integrated into the competition to raise awareness of beach and marine rubbish problems, this is an issue the Trust has to deal with on a daily basis so it's vital that the next generation of surfers are aware of the problem and play their part in protecting their playground" said Robyn Davies, National Trust Water Sports Co-ordinator and Boarder Series director. 


Heats for all four categories then got under way in challenging conditions as the large tide changed and the Gannel disappeared. Stand out performance of the day came from Peony Knight who took both the girls titles. 

Under14s Finalists

The results were:

Girls Under 14s:

1st Peony Knight

2nd Emily Currie

3rd Kirra Spray

4th Maisie Marshall

 

Boys Under 14

1st Rhys Barfield

2nd Taz Knight

3rd Ed Smith

4th Max Payne

 

Girls Under 16 Finalists

Girls Under 16

1st Peony Knight

2nd Emily Currie

3rd Liz Hodson

4th Molly Erskine

 

Boys Under 16

1st Max payne

2nd Sam Harwood

3rd Ed Smith

4th Taz Knight

Boys Under 16s Finalists

North of the Boarder Finalists

South of the Boarder took place at Poldhu, on the south coast, last month in April. The overall boarder series champion was also crowned at NOTB. Rhys Barfield from the under 14s category took the title with 3500 points after his first place at NOTB and his second at SOTB. Rhys won a weeks accomodation at a surf camp in Morocco as his prize, thanks to Cornish company Pure Blue Water. Well done to all to competitors who took part in the competition and a massive thank you goes out to our series sponsors Gul wetsuits and surf magazines Carve and Surf Girl.