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Great Britain

2010 Quiksilver ISA WJSC - GB Team places 11th

Source: British Surfing Association – www.britsurf.co.uk

Press release issued on Thursday, January 28, 2010

After a couple of disappointing days for the GB Team at the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Piha, New Zealand, the National Surfing Team ended in a very respectable 11th position (out of 21 teams).

Laura Crane, Gabi Rowe and Lucy Campbell were all knocked out of the repercharge rounds on Monday, at podium 2, being beaten by the difficult conditions and some strong surfing from the other competition.

Alex Baker, Nathan Elms and Jobe Harris were the last boys remaining in the repercharge in the Under 18 division. Nathan and Alex met each other in the same heat, with Alex taking the second place and Nathan being knocked out after some very committed surfing in the 3 foot lefts at podium 1.

Jobe Harris, competing in the Under 16 Boys division, unfortunately went out after an unlucky heat where he was lying 2nd for most of the time, but in the last 5 minutes he moved down to third and was unable to improve on his scores, as the previously pumping south Piha lefts just died off for the remainder of the heat!

The remaining 2 surfers for the GB team, Tassy Swallow and Alex Baker, both surfed on Tuesday morning, but were unable to progress further, both getting knocked out in their heats.

Other Good News - ISA Scholarship

Tassy Swallow has been awarded an ISA scholarship of USD0 to be used to progress her surfing career – well done Tassy!

British Longboard Championships - provisional dates announced

Below are the provisional dates for the Longboard Championship series for 2010. Further details will be posted soon!

Event #1

Perranporth, 24th - 25th April. This event will run over two days

Event # 2

Saunton Beach, 22nd -23rd May. This event will run over two days

Event # 3

Watergate, 26th -27th June.

Event # 4

Wales or NE - TBC

Event # 5

Gwithian, 25th - 26th September - TBC

Further info on the BLU can be found at www.british-longboard-union.co.uk

Jobe Harris (GBR)

Tassy Swallow (GBR) won one of the 25 ISA Individual Scholarships

Alex Baker (GBR)

Great Britain Team

Miles Lee Hargraves (GBR)

Lucy Campbell (GBR)

About the International Surfing Association

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running Open Division World Championships since 1964, Junior World Championships since 1980, and Masters World Championships since 2007. The ISA will hold the first Stand Up Paddle (SUP) World Championship and the first World Bodyboard Championship in 2011.

ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 64 countries on five continents. Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California. It is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA's three Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (Australia), Mike Gerard (USA) and Kar�n Sierralta (Peru).

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