Bay Harbour: March 06, 2019

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Wednesday March 6 2019
SPORT
EMERGING TALENT: Jack Tyro competing in Dunedin at the South Island Grom Series where
he finished second. (Right) – Tessa Langman and Amelie Clark were all smiles after making the
finals of the South Island primary school champs in their first competition.
PHOTO: MARK STEVENSON
Strong results for Point Surf Team juniors
Point Surf Team secretary
Steve Tyro reports on how
the club’s juniors are going
WE HOPE you are all having
a busy summer surfing and
making the most of the warm
water.
This summer, the PST
juniors have ventured from
Mt Maunganui to Invercargill
in pursuit of waves and
competition.
At the halfway stage of the
season, here are the results and
destinations so far:
•Gisborne: A team of five,
consisting of Benji Lowen, Jack
Tyro, Ruby Armstrong, Holly
Campbell and Amelie Wink,
Steve’s Surf Report
went to the NZ primary school
surfing champs where the team
finished a credible fourth.
•Christchurch: Jack won the
year 7 and year 8 South Island
primary school championship
titles with Amelie Clark and
Tessa Langman making the finals
of the year 6 and under girls
event in their very first contest.
•Westport: We hit the trifecta
at the first South Island Grom
Series with Holly taking the win,
Amelie in second, and Ruby
third in the under-14 girls. Benji
also chimed in with third in the
under-12 boys.
•Taranaki: At the NZ surfing
nationals, Amelie Wink was
third in the women’s open SUP
surf division – not bad for a
13-year-old girl in the adults
division. We have great hopes
Amelie making the NZ team
in the near future. Also at the
nationals, PST alumni Manu
Schafer won the men’s over 40
event.
•Dunedin: In event two in
the South Island Grom Series,
Amelie, Jack and Benji were
second in there divisions.
•Mt Maunganui: In the
Billabong Grom Series, Jack
finished fifth (more than 40
competitors were in his age
group).
•Curio Bay: In event three of
the South Island Grom Series,
Holly and Amelie made the finals
and Ruby the semis.
Next weekend will see the
return of the Duke Festival of
Surfing to New Brighton. More
than 200 competitors from
around the country will be
competing. Sumner longboarders
and PST will both have a large
number of people entering. The
competition features both junior
shortboarding and open and age
group longboarding through to
over 60s. PST’s Luke O’Neil (2018
open longboard champ), Brittany
Andrews (2018 women’s logger
champ) and Jack Tyro (2018
under-12 champ) will be all hoping
to emulate last year’s winning
results at the festival.
If you are interested in joining
PST, come to a training at
Hardwicke St, Sumner, on a
Tuesday and at Taylors Mistake
on the weekends. We would also
like to point out it’s not all about
contests. For a lot of our junior
members, surfing with other kids
in their area on a regular basis is
where they get there surf stoke. \
•For more information
about PST, call 027 200 0373.