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Written by Claire
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
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 İRory Taylor
WP Waveski Surfing Association’s 2010 Open Competition was held on Saturday the 19th and Sunday 20th June at Jongensfontein, near Stilbaai. This beautiful venue is always a favourite with competitors and, to make this year’s event that extra bit special, the weather and surfing conditions were almost perfect as well.
The first day saw a gentle north-easterly breeze with temperatures hovering around a very comfortable 24° C, freshening to 15 - 20 km/h from the East on the second day, with the temperature dropping to around 20° C. Surfing conditions were classic, with 3 to 5 foot surf (Hawaiian scale) on the first day, moderating to 3 to 4 foot on the second day. The water temperature was a comfortable 17° C.
Contest director Pierre Slabber used a surf-off flow on day one to produce the top five contestants who would compete against provincial seeds Percy Louw, Schalk van Wyk, Pierre Slabber and Doug Copeland (Border) on day two.  İRory Taylor
Day one’s top five finishers were Chris Jones, Gerhardus van Zyl, JP Visser, Gerhard Wilke and Border’s Ruan Brand. Gerhardus van Zyl put in a concerted effort to beat older brother Adolph at their home break and make it to the seeded rounds on Sunday by finishing second to maestro Chris Jones at the end of day one.
Day two comprised three heats of three riders initially, progressing into a plate flow format. With lots of time available over the two-day event, it was possible to run this format rather than man on man knockout format.
 İRory Taylor
Chris Jones was the highest point scorer on both days and deservedly took the WP Open title. Schalk van Wyk, a previous “Jongens Open” winner, gave it his best shot but was knocked out in the plate final by Doug Copeland and JP Visser who provided some very determined competition.
And the final results were:
Position Name Division
1 Chris Jones Master
2 JP Visser Senior
3 Percy Louw Master
4 Doug Copeland Masters
5 Schalk van Wyk Senior
6 Ruan Brand Junior
7 Pierre Slabber Seniors
8 Gerhard Wilke Grand Master
9 Gerhardus Van Zyl Junior
10 Adolph Van Zyl New Age
11 Brad Cawcutt Junior
12 Lyndon Storer Master
13 Bruce Tavenor Grand Master
14 Rory Taylor Master
15 Fritz Steinhauser Master
16 Bruce Stewart Master
17 Jan Brandt Master
18 Ken Clements Grand Master
19 James Park-Ross Junior
With the SA Championships just a month away on the 7th to 9th August, we look forward to seeing you at Jeffreys Bay.
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