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Junior Rippers Dario Jordan and James Philips receive ISA Scholarships

On April 1st the ISA announced the winners of the 2009 ISA Individual Scholarship Program, among the 40 winners, two of them where from Trinidad and Tobago, the junior rippers Dario Jordan and James Philips are now ISA Ambassadors and will receive a grant and a surfboard for winning the scholarship.
Special thanks to SATT secretary Warren Rostant for long hours putting their applications together and making this happen on behalf of the SATT!

Chris Dennis wins SATT National Team Trials Number 2

The climax of this event took place in the semi-final when we witnessed an awesome showdown between past National Champ and winner of Trials number one Che Lovelace, and Current National Champ Chris Dennis.

After being eliminated in the same stage of the first trials earlier this year, by Che, Chis was not about to let a reoccurence take place.  The two surfers rode set waves back to back with explosive action and kept raising the bar.  So much so, that the final was almost an anti-climax!

In the end, it was Chris who took top honors and is poised to secure his place on the National Team once again.  Che too, is in a good position to secure his position on the team.

RESULTS
Womens
1. Kathy-Ann Smith
2. Micheline Ferreira

Open Men
ROUND 1
Heat 1 
1. Keith Lewis
2. Bryan Ramcharran
3. Jamie Phillips
4. Craig deFreitas

Heat 2
1. Kendell Francis
2. Shawn Rostant
3. Glen Ferreira
4. Chad Hamel-Smith
5. Christian Chin

Heat 3 
1. Chris Dennis
2. Andrew Awai
3. Dario Jordan
4. Alan Fitt
5. Shane Spiers

Heat 4 
1. Che Lovelace
2. Shane Henneman
3. Stefan Lue Chin
4. Ryan Chin

SEMI-FINAL 1
1. Keith Lewis
2. Shane Henneman
3. Andrew Awai
4. Kendell Francis

SEMI-FINAL 2 
1. Chris Dennis
2. Che Lovelace
3. Shawn Rostant
4. Bryan Ramcharran

FINAL
1. Chris dennis
2. Che Lovelace
3. Keith Lewis
4. Shane Henneman

Che Lovelace wins Open and Masters

When Che Lovelace heard that the World Surfing Games were to be held in Warm, Sunny Costa Rica this year, 2009, he made clear his intentions that he was going to be part of the SATT National Team.  You see, Che was the standout surfer on the SATT Masters National Surf Team that competed at the World Masters in Peru last year.

Needless to say, the water was frigid and the wetsuits were restricting.  Compounding that, it had been several years since Che had competed in a heat, much less an event of that magnitude. 

But old habits die hard, and Che has a good habit of schooling the school when it comes to competitive surfing.  Affectionately know among the groms as Che "Slater", the old guy lived up to is reputation this sunday and held a class on how to deconstruct your competition, both young an old.

This is not the first time Che has won multiple divisions of an SATT event, having won both Juniors and Open at Nationals many years back, and you can rest assured it won't be the last so long as he continues to compete at the national level. 

All in all, the first event for the year for the SATT was a great success and the waves were amazing in Sans Souci for the entire day.  Oh Yeah, and Che is now well on his way to cementing his spot on the National Team for the WSG 2009 in the Warm, Sick surf of Hermosa Beach, Costa Rica!

Stay Tunes for the official results of the days action soon to be available here and at surfingtt.org .


RESULTS
Masters
1st - Che Lovelace
2nd - Alan Davis
3rd - Mikey (Bully) Phillips
4th - Sherrard Spiers

Women
1st - Micheline Ferreira
2nd - Shadik Day
3rd - Chrissanna Harewood

Men
Heat 1 Rd 1
1st - Chris Dennis
2nd - Che Lovelace
3rd - Darren Farfan
4th - Mark D.V.

Heat 2 Rd 1
1st - Shaun Rostant
2nd - Mikey Phillips
3rd - Shane Henneman
4th - Tristan Richardson

Heat 3 Rd 1
1st - Andrew Awai
2nd - Jason Apparicio
3rd - Kevin See Tai
4th - Chad HamelSmith

Heat 4 Rd 1
1st - Alan Davis
2nd - Brian Ramcharan
3rd - Stefan Lue Chin
4th - Josh Lewis

Semi 1
1st - Brian Ramcharan
2nd - Mikey Philips
3rd - Chris Dennis
4th - Andrew Awai

Semi 2
1st - Jason Apparicio
2nd - Che Lovelace
3rd - Shaun Rostant
4th - Alan Davis

Final
1st - Che Lovelace
2nd - Jason Apparicio
3rd - Brian Ramcharan
4th - Mikey Phillips
BodyBoard
1st - Kyle Gonsalves
2nd - Daniel De Gannes
3rd - Tristan Richardson

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, bodyboarding and surfriding. 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 50 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 (Australia), Robin de Kock (South Africa), Mike Gerard (USA) and Karin Sierralta (Peru).

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