British Juniors 2008- Fistral Beach Newquay

This weekend 20th/21st Sept see's an important event for young UK surfers as the British Juniors kick off at Newquay's Fistral beach. Two of our team riders, Lewis Clinton and Kath Spears will both be competing and we wish them both the very best of luck.

Press release

Britain’s top junior surfers will gather to battle it out for the prestigious Billabong British Junior champion titles in the Under 12’s, Under 14’s, Under 16’s, Under 18’s, Girls Under 14’s, and Girls Under 18’s. Over £2000 worth of prize money is also up for grabs thanks to Billabong.

It’s a busy time for the top rated juniors as The British Surfing Association (BSA), has also started its intensive, bespoke winter training programme.

The BSA is also grateful to the RAF Waveriders Association and to the Station Commander at RAF St Mawgan for the use of their facilities where a full activity programme has been implemented for the squad training. The Junior team members have certainly been being put through their paces with early morning runs at 7am, low ropes team building exercises, circuit sessions, bleep tests as well as surfing drill sessions and heat drill sessions.

A follow-up weekend at Fistral has also been run with intensive heat drills run under contest format, enabling the squad members to sharpen their own contest tactics and for the squad coaches to assess squad members fitness commitment and consistency of their performances.

The training weeks and Billabong Junior Championships will form a strong basis for the selection process for the World Championships in Ecuador in March 2009 which will occur after this weekend’s contest so there is everything to play for.

Karen Walton, National Director, BSA said, “The Billabong British Juniors is always such a great event and the enthusiasm at last year’s event was just phenomenal. This is an important competition because the results will have a heavy bearing on the selection process for the World Junior Surfing Games next year so we look forward to the weekend and seeing everyone compete at their best, in the highly charged conditions.”