November 12th 2011, Long Beach, CH CH, Barbados:The winds blasted every effort to set up tents, then the torrential rains battered competitors and officials alike, everyone huddling under the only available cover. These were the conditions that marked the fourth event of the Barbados Junior Surfing Club’s Burkie Junior Surf Series sponsored by Jammin Cruises. Surfers relish in Mother Nature’s gifts and take the good with the bad and that is exactly what the Club’s juniors would set about doing. It has been a while since the last event surfing event has been held at Long Beach and the Club’s efforts to expose the competitors to a range of waves and conditions would bring out the best in each juniors’ performances no matter how Mother Nature could challenge them.
As the judges hid behind rows of umbrellas to keep the rain squalls at bay the Under 18 Open would hit the water. The difficult beach break conditions would be slashed and hacked by the Lost Enterprises sponsored Dane Mackie who would win the division with an 8.97 two wave total over second place Joshua Burke (Billabong, X-Trak, Vonzipper, Nixon, Futures Fins and Burkie Boards) who finished with a 7.97 two wave total. Third and fourth place would go to Evan Moll and Dylan Downie respectively with 5.97 and 2.57 two wave totals. Mackie now extends his lead over second place Burke in the Under 18 Open standings heading into the final event scheduled for early January. Also maintaining there position for a run at the title at the final event are Daniel Edghill and Chelsea Roett who are third and fourth in the overall rankings.
Moving onto the youngest of our groms, the 10 & Under division would see young Jacob Burke run away with the win and extend his lead in the overall standings. Burke who would stylishly carve and blast the end sections of every wave would finish with a 7.00 two wave total followed by Darrian Pitcher who would have a solid second place result to further his 2011 divisional campaign with a 4.20 wave total; third and fourth in the division were Zander Venezia and Yuri Scutt. Burke leads the overall standings heading into event 5 in January followed by Zander Venezia and Yuri Scutt. The contingent of the Club’s youngest groms is rapidly developing and the performance levels are rising exponentially we look forward to seeing what this class of juniors will bring to the international competition stage in the next few years.
Che Allan would again take the 12 & Under win to cement his standing in the race for the overall title. In a close fought battle that would see the goofyfooter ex
change flowing re-entries to the shore break with second place Jacob Burke’s hacks and massive blast off the end section, Allan would finish with a 8.40 two wave total and Burke with 7.57 followed by Zander Venezia (4.67) and Evan Moll (4.13) in third and fourth respectively. Mathematically the division remains open heading into the last event with Che Allan, Jacob Burke and Andrew Rose all possible contenders for the crown, however Allan’s win has put sufficient distance between him and the other two contenders to make their end game indeed daunting.The 14 & Under division was won by Dane Mackie (8.50) who now increases his lead in the division over the se
cond placed Joshua Burke (5.60). The two groms have continually put on exciting performances with their progressive fins free and aerial assaults at every event this year. They continue to be bright beacons leading the way for all our juniors. Repeat finalists on the day who continued to shine in the challenging conditions were third place Evan Moll (3.33) and fourth Dylan Downie (3.17). Downie would notch another finals placing in the Under 16 Division, his third of third event, finishing fourth (3.07). The roles reversed between the super groms and Joshua Burke (6.23) would take the Under16 Division over close rival Dane Mackie (6.07) with Che Allan finishing in third (5.13). Burke leads the overall Under 16 standings heading down the stretch with Mackie and Allan still vying to topple him for the year end prize!The Under 18 Girls would see Chelsea Roett take the overall win and the 2010 Under 18 Girls winner cement the overall division title for the second consecutive year. Finishing in second place was Gylla Mackenzie who gave a great performance to c
hallenge Roett for the win. Absent from the event was Chelsea Tuach who was attending the Pan American Surfing Games in Guadeloupe. Both Roett and Tuach have been taking their talent to the world stage with both girls finishing equal 5th in the Rip Curl Grom Search US Finals in early November. We expect more great results from these talented surfers.The Club thanks Jammin Cruises as a first time sponsor for our event and supporter of our junior surfers. We also thank the officials, parents and volunteers who weathered the constant rain squalls to make the event a success. Our final event is to be held with a two weekend waiting period either 7-8th or 14th-15th January, we are hopeful of a potential swell to awaken an exciting new location. Keep posted for further information; come and watch the most progressive Bajan groms in the best waves.
About UsThe Barbados Junior Surfing Club was established in 2010 with a mission to develop junior surfing in Barbados. The Club assists its members in developing their surfing skills through structured surfing events, advice and training on matters such as surfing competition, judging and all other areas particular to the development of our sport in Barbados. The junior divisions that the Club runs at its surfing events are 10& Under, 12& Under, 14& Under, Under 16 and Under 18, as well as a division specifically for the 12& Under Girls and Under 18 Girls in our quest for our future Barbadian girls champions.
For further information please visit our website at http://www.bdosjuniorsurfing.org/ or our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/bdosjuniorsurfing .
Results for BJSC Burkie Junior Surf Series – 2011 Event #4
10 & UNDER
1 JACOB BURKE
2 DARRIAN PITCHER
3 ZANDER VENEZIA
4 YURI SCUTT
12 & UNDER
1 CHE ALLAN
2 JACOB BURKE
3 ZANDER VENEZIA
4 EVAN MOLL
14 & UNDER
1 DANE MACKIE
2 JOSHUA BURKE
3 EVAN MOLL
4 DYLAN DOWNIE
UNDER 16
1 JOSHUA BURKE
2 DANE MACKIE
3 CHE ALLAN
4 DYLAN DOWNIE
UNDER 18 GIRLS
1 CHELSEA ROETT
2 GYLLA MACKENZIE
UNDER 18 OPEN
1 DANE MACKIE
2 JOSHUA BURKE
3 EVAN MOLL
4 DYLAN DOWNIE
