Dane Mackie and Burkie Bros shine at Barbados Junior Surfing Club’s Second Event

March 26^th 2011, South Point, CH CH, Barbados:

A promising East swell filled in to South Point for the second event of the Barbados Junior Surfing Club’s Burkie Junior Surf Series sponsored by Tile Gallery. The junior event shifted location from what was to be the Club’s first event at North Point to the opposite side of the island to take advantage of the great surf on tap at a familiar break to all the junior shredders. From a field of 30 junior surfers a number of familiar faces would stomp their mark on the final four of each division but some shifting in the ranks between contenders would be the order of the day as it was the day for Mackie and the Burkie Bros to shine.

In the Under 18 Open, Dane Mackie, who was electric on the day in his familiar home turf would out pace the field of finalists to earn the #1 spot on the BJSC’s premier league podium. The young goofy footer Mackie would slay the Point’s long chest high left with his vertical fins free attack to the loud cheers from the crowd on hand. The margin between second and fourth place was narrow as other familiar names in the division battled it out. With only 0.74 points between them the lone female finalist Chelsea Tuach would take second on the podium with Daniel Edghill and the ratings leader, Joshua Burke, in third and fourth respectively. The win launches Dane Mackie into second overall in the U18 Open rankings hot on the heels of Burke with only 70 points between them heading into the BJSC’s next event.

But it was another Burke name to shine brightly at South Point on the day as young Jacob “Manrat” Burke would take both the 10 & Under and 12 & Under divisions with solid front side slashes and vertical backside reos. Jacob launched his attack from the first wave of the 10 & Under final scoring the heat’s highest wave score and from that point could not be caught by the other finalists. Finishing second was the winner of the Club’s first event, Zander Venezia, and rising stars Yuri Scutt and Darrian Pitcher in third and fourth respectively. With two wins and two seconds between them Burke and Venezia now share the top spot in the division rankings.

Jacob would also rise on top of a close fought battle in the 12 & Under division where he would take down the division leader, and recurrent finalist, Che Allan, and third place Andrew Rose with only 0.56 wave score between them, Evan Moll would finish fourth having just returned from a finals berth in the Volcom Catfish Series in Puerto Rico.

The 14 & Under finals witnessed the narrowest margin of victory with Josh Burke edging Dane Mackie on a wave count back after a tied heat. With both competitors logging a two wave total of 12.50, Burke’s highest wave score of 7.67 earned him the division’s number one spot followed by Mackie, Che Allan and Daniel Edghill. Burkes aggressive hacks and aerial assault in the South Point theatre would also elevate him against the field of Under 16 competitors. The judges were rewarding the junior surfers who displayed the most vertical and progressive turns and Burke fit the bill. He would take the top spot over Daniel Edghill and move within 130 points of Edghill in the overall division rankings, third and fourth would belong to Dane Mackie and Che Allan respectively.

The Under 18 Girls would see familiar faces in their final ranks. Ratings leader Chelsea Roett would take her second win for the year displaying great flow between her backside hacks on the Point’s walls. Roett now extends her lead but is not out of striking distance from namesake Chelsea Tuach who follows close behind with two second place finishes for the season. Our younger girls and future flag bearers for Barbados’ female surfers, Isabella Venezia and Chelsie Grant, would finish third and fourth on the day. Isabella “Bella” would also take the top of the podium in the Under 12 Girls and lead the division in the Club’s series over second place Giselle Allan and Morgan Rice.

The Club now has a few weeks to wait before its next event the Family Fun Day on May 7^th 2011. However, there will be no rest for its junior surfers as a number of the Club’s young shining stars will be featuring in the Ron Jon Surf Festival in Cocoa Beach, Florida from 22-24^th April as well as representing Barbados in the Barbados Surfing Association team heading to the ISA World Junior Championships in Peru on May 21^st-29^th 2011. Our very own Chelsea Roett who is launching her bid on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Junior Tour has been granted entry to attend the 4 Star Rob Machado Hurley Reef Junior Pro event in California at the end of April. The Club wishes those juniors great success - Ron Jons Surf Festival : Joshua Burke, Dane Mackie, Che Allan, Andrew Rose, Jacob Burke, Zander Venezia, Chelsea Tuach and Isabella Venezia; ISA World Junior Championships: Joshua Burke, Dane Mackie , Daniel Edghill, Che Allan, Caelum Blandford, Chelsea Tuach and Chelsea Roett; Rob Machado ASP 4 Star: Chelsea Roett.

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The 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.

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Results for BJSC Burkie Junior Surf Series – 2011 Event #2 - Sponsored by Tile Gallery

10 & UNDER 1 JACOB BURKE 2 ZANDER VENEZIA 3 YURI SCUTT 4 DARRIAN PITCHER

12 & UNDER 1 JACOB BURKE 2 CHE ALLAN 2 ANDREW ROSE 4 EVAN MOLL

12 & UNDER GIRLS 1 ISABELLA VENEZIA 2 GISELLE ALLAN 3 MORGAN RICE

14 & UNDER 1 JOSH BURKE 2 DANE MACKIE 3 CHE ALLAN 4 DANIEL EDGHILL

UNDER 16 1 JOSH BURKE 2 DANE MACKIE 3 DANIEL EDGHILL 4 CHE ALLAN

UNDER 18 GIRLS 1 CHELSEA ROETT 2 CHELSEA TUACH 3 ISABELLA VENEZIA 4 CHELSIE GRANT

UNDER 18 OPEN 1 DANE MACKIE 2 CHELSEA TUACH 3 DANIEL EDGHILL 4 JOSH BURKE