Welsh Surfing Federation

The Valero Longboard Classic run by the BLU will be held at Fresh West on the 29th - 30th June.

Entry forms will be available from the BLU website after the Crantock BLU ( 1st - 2nd June ).

Let see lots of support for this event!! Dust off your mals and head West!!

Competitors accommodation at Stackpole National Trust Bed, Board Storage and Breakfast Butties:
Single room (not shared) £30 per person per night
Bunkhouse accommodation £25 per person per night Camper Van/Camping £20 per person per night (with use of facilities). All prices include breakfast butties (Bacon, Sausage or Mushroom Baps ) with tea and coffee and would be located in the newly refurbished Kingfisher unit of the Stackpole Outdoor Learning Centre. Storage for equipment also provided in secure drying rooms.

contact: Rebecca Stock
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Tel: 01646 661359

Junior Squad training is planned for this weekend (25th/26th May 2013) @ Fresh Water West, Pembroke. We will be posting more information on here on Wednesday evening with the call and more information for the team.

WSF Coaching Team

A write up of the Welsh Nationals sponsored by Quiksilver can be found here..

QUIKSILVER WELSH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

FRESHWATER WEST, PEMBROKESHIRE 4^TH/5^TH MAY 2013

OPEN

1^st Mark Vaughan        Channel Coast Surf Club

2^nd James Jones          Langland Board Riders

3^rd Harry Cromwell       Pembrokeshire Surf Ryders

4^th Lloyd Cole             Langland Board Riders

JUNIOR (U18)

1^st Rhys Barfield          WSF

2^nd Rhys Poulton                  Langland Board Riders

3^rd Nathaniel James     Langland Board Riders

4^th Raife Gaskell           Pembrokeshire Surf Ryders

CADET (U16)

1^st Rhys Barfield          WSF

2^nd Cieran Hughes        Channel Coast Surf Club

3^rd Tyler Rogers          Welsh Coast Surf Club

4^th Owen Alexander    Channel Coast Surf Club

YOUTH (U14)

1^ST Cieran Hughes        Channel Coast Surf Club

2^ND Jo Morris               Welsh Coast Surf Club

3^RD Iago Henry            Pembokeshire Coast Surf Club

4^Th Rhys Evans            Pembokeshire Coast Surf Club

GROMMET (U12)

1^ST Seth Morris            Pembokeshire Coast Surf Club

2^ND Jo Morris               Welsh Coast Surf Club

3^RD Jack Mathias          Pembokeshire Coast Surf Club

4^Th Iago Sime              Pembokeshire Coast Surf Club

5^th Ffion Hughes                  Channel Coast Surf Club

JUNIOR GIRL (U18)

1^ST Emily Williams         Welsh Coast Surf Club

2^ND Angharad John       Welsh Coast Surf Club

3^RD Milly Zoeftig           Langland Board Riders

4^Th Niamh Mathias        Pembokeshire Coast Surf Club

LONGBOARD (Any age)

1^ST Nick Dowrick          Langland Board Riders

2^ND Connor Griffiths      Langland Board Riders

3^RD Raife Gaskell           Pembrokeshire Surf Ryders

4^Th Martin John           Welsh Coast Surf Club

LONGBOARD (U18)

1^ST Arran Bright           Channel Coast Surf Club

2^ND Raife Gaskell           Pembrokeshire Surf Ryders

3^RD Will Poutney          Langland Board Riders

4^Th Oliver Allard           Langland Board Riders

WOMENS SURF (Any age)

1^ST Emily Williams         Welsh Coast Surf Club

2^ND Jo Dennison           Pembrokeshire Surf Ryders

3^RD Angharad John       Welsh Coast Surf Club

4^Th Rachel Cosier                  Pembrokeshire Coast Surf Club

SENIOR (Over 28)

1^ST Ingemar Cressey     Welsh Coast Surf Club

2^ND Greg Owen           Welsh Coast Surf Club

3^RD James Jones          Langland Board Riders

4^Th Rudi Davies            Channel Coast Surf Club

MASTER (Over 35)

1^ST James Jones          Langland Board Riders

2^ND Greg Owen           Welsh Coast Surf Club

3^RD Nick Bresnan          Langland Board Riders

4^Th Grayson Richards    Langland Board Riders

CLUB WINNERS

1^ST LBR             Langland Board Riders

2^ND WCSC          Welsh Coast Surf Club

3^RD CCSC           Channel Coast Surf Club

4^Th PSR             Pembrokeshire Surf Ryders

5^th PCSC          Pembrokeshire Coast Surf Club

Paul Ryder Award – Most up & coming Pembrokeshire surfer - Finley Gill

The Quiksilver Welsh Nationals is ON!

Check in is at 8am,

First heat in water 845am.

Please remember if you are not a member of an affiliated club or WSF member you will not be able to surf in the Quiksilver Welsh Nationals!

Congrats to Max Payne and Rhys Barfield on making the British Team for the I.S.A World Juniors in Nicaragua.
Best wishes and fly the flag for Wales boys!!

Full team listing here

To all those attending the Quiksilver Welsh Nationals,

Please do not place your rubbish around the bins (if full) as this encourages vermin as well as local wildlife which results in the rubbish being blown around the car park and surrounding area.

If the bins provided are full please can you ensure that any rubbish you generate whilst at the competition is taken home with you and disposed of accordingly.

Thank you

Welsh Surfing Federation

Full write up of the Elusive Welsh Open held on the 20th April at Porthcawl on the Elusive blog here

Congrats to all of the finalists especially Arran Bright who beat his Dad in the longboard!

Well done to all the Welsh groms competing over the weekend of the 20th and 21st, the competition season really got into gear with comps in Porthcawl ( The Elusive ), Bude ( British Schools ) and Perranporth ( BLU )!

Small clean waves, sunshine and embarassing wetsuit tans were on offer on the Saturday, cold winds and an inconsistant but building swell on the Sunday ( well it was in Bude ).

Results as follows..

British Schools

Cieran Hughes 2nd Under 14’s

Max Payne 4th Under 18’s

Raife Gaskell 2nd Longboard

Bethan Lewis 4th Under 16’s

Bethan Lewis 1st Under 14’s
Niamh Mathias 2nd Under 14’s

BLU
Connor Griffiths 4th Open Longboard

Raife Gaskell 2nd U18’s Longboard

Elusive results to follow..

Full write up, video and pictures of the Schools comp on the SGB website here

Membership forms now available here

Don't forget the WSF AGM will be held on:-

Wednesday 17th April 2013 - at the  Hi-Tide, Coney Beach, Porthcawl 7.30pm

Agenda here

Groms..

Entry for this weekends Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Posca in Porthcawl, Wales CLOSES tomorrow!! Fun competition, loads of awesome prizes from Rip Curl UK, FCS & Gorilla Grip + free activity village presented by Posca UK so all welcome! Email entries accepted to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ...

URGENT WSF SQUAD NEWS

Due to poor surf conditions the WSF has had to cancel this weekends junior training weekend at Freshwater West (Pemb). The new date for the Freshwater West training is now the 25th – 26th May. Lets hope the ocean will send use some waves for our next training date!

Keep Ripping,

WSF Coaching Staff

Welsh Junior Squad 2013
Fresh Water West 6-7/4/2013

Hi Team,

This weekend will see the first of our 3 training weekends take place at Freshwater west, Pembroke. From looking at the long range forecast we will have some surf and the weather is looking promising also.

Over the weekends we are going to be covering all aspects of competitive surfing and looking into the technical side of surfing and performance. We are also going to be working on fitness, diet and flexibility and how these aspects play a big part in our overall surfing performance.

You will need to prepare for the weekend just as you would for a contest. Can you all make sure you bring clothes and trainers for an exercise session?

Can we all meet in the main car park at Fresh on Saturday and Sunday @ 8:30am. We will be looking to finish each day about 4:30-5:00pm.

I’m looking forward to working with you all over the next 3 training weekends.

Lloyd Cole
WSF Head coach

The WSF AGM will be held on:-

Wednesday 17th April 2013 - at the  Hi-Tide, Coney Beach, Porthcawl 7.30pm

An Agenda will be posted shortly.

The 2013 Elusive Welsh Open will be held at Rest Bay, Porthcawl on 20th & 21st April and comprise of 3 catergories: Open Mens, Open Womens & Longboard.

Entry fee is £10 includes an official contest t-shirt. Closing date for entry Monday 15th April.

Download entry form here

www.elusivesurf.com

Last year saw some excellent surfing in small waves, fingers crossed for this year!!

Last years Open winner <> Photo by Claire Beach

www.elusivesurf.com

The Rip Curl Gromsearch will kick off on the 13th and 14th April at Rest Bay in Porthcawl.

No entry forms available yet, as soon as we have more info we'll let you know..

Press release from Surfing GB and Rip Curl on the Surfing GB website here

Congrats to Langland Board Riders, Wilkinson Sword Champs 2013

Full report to follow ( When Craig writes it! ;o) ) Photo by Frenchy..

The Wilkinson Sword Welsh Interclubs will be on this Sunday 10th March at Rest Bay, Porthcawl.

Check in at 8:00 a.m

Team sheets and payments to be in by Friday at the latest so we can do the draw.

Team sheets can be emailed to Stu @ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Welsh Surfing Federation Junior squad members, Rhys Poulton, Max Payne and Emily Williams have just attended the second of the British Junior Squad training sessions, they are all competing for a place on the British Junior team that will fly to Nicuargrua and take part in this years World Junior championships.

See here for more information on the comp. Rhys Barfield is also in the squad but is currently enjoying himself in warmer water overseas!

Welsh longboarders Arran Bright and Raife Gaskell have also been  selected to join the British Junior squad , no longboard event at the World Juniors this year but the longboarders are attending the training sessions as a development opportunity.