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Mangawhai’s junior surfers put on a good show despite blustery northerly winds battering competitors at the second event of the Northland Surfing Series on May 12.
The contest had to be shifted from Mangawhai Heads due to increasingly deteriorating weather and was relocated to the shelter of Forestry Beach in south Te Arai.
Strong northerly winds and a building 1-2 metre swell greeted the 40 young surfers competing in the event.
“Conditions were very challenging earlier in the day, but as the tide filled in and swell built some good waves were on offer,” organiser Tony Baker says.
Local star performers included Trinity Smith, who came first in the U18 girls division and Jesse Frazerhurst, who was first in the U12 boys.
Details on the third and fourth event of the Northland series are yet to be announced but are slated to take place in November in Ahipara Bay and Ocean Beach.
RESULTS:
U12 Girls Division – 1st Indi-Lee Ruddell (North Coast Board Riders – NCB), 2nd Talia Da Silva (NCB), 3rd Emma Lay (Mangawhai), 4th Hollie Erceg-Gray (NCB)
U18 Girls Division – 1st Trinity Smith (Mangawhai), 2nd Soarise O’Brien (Ocean Beach – OB), 3rd Charlotte Taylor (NCB)
U12 Boys Division – 1st Jesse Frazerhurst (Mangawhai), 2nd Cohen Graham (OB), 3rd Taj Robinson (Mangawhai), 4th Sam Frazerhurst (Mangawhai), 5th Alex Burnett (NCB)
U14 Boys Division – 1st Tai Erceg-Gray (NCB,) 2nd Izaak Hayes (OB), 3rd Kauai Rahui (NCB), 4th Carlos Donaldson (NCB)
U16 Boys Division – 1st Thomas Charlesworth (OB), 2nd Jacob Buckle (NCB), 3rd Ari D’Anvers (OB), 4th Billy Whelan (Mangawhai)
U18 Boys Division – 1st Jacob Buckle (NCB) 2nd Ari D’Anvers (OB), 3rd Cory Vercoe (Mangawhai) 4th Aiden Hayes (OB)
