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SABA: NKZN launches the Hot Buttered Pro-Am

Source: www.sabaonline.co.za

posted on 23rd January 2004

The first event on the South African Bodyboarding circuit for 2004 was held on the 19/20 December 2003 at Richards Bay. The 3A Hot Buttered Pro-Am, the main event of the annual uMhlathuze Beach Festival, attracted entrants from around South Africa who visited the city to compete for valuable points, prizes as well as R8500 in prizemoney for the top 8 Pro Division contestants. Among the 88 entrants were 40 of the country's top seeded riders including the current National Champions in seven of the nine divisions. This competition was also the venue for a national trial to determine the team of three bodyboarders to join the surf team representing South Africa at the 2004 World Surfing Games.

The preliminary round of the event took place on the first day of competition where 18 minute "heats" of 3-5 riders fought it out in 3-4 foot South Easterly conditions. The format was knockout with the top 2 riders from each heat advancing through to the semi-finals and finals on the second day.

Day two saw the competitors battling each other as well as the conditions as a strong North East wind battered the coastline. The top-class riding in the finals outshone the deteriorating conditons and the riders able to find and make the most of the elusive air sections emerged as the winners.

Boys U/12	Girls U/16	Masters
1 Terence Pieters SKZN	1 Lize-Mari Ras SKZN	1 Mike van Huysteen CKZN
2 Marnus vd Merwe NKZN	2 Tamara Badenhorst NKZN	2 Gavin Topham NKZN
	3 Brumilda Badenhorst NKZN
Boys	Ladies	Mens
1 Adam Morley SC	1 Pamela Bowren EP	1 Wayne Beekman SKZN
2 Dane Beales CKZN	2 Inge Pieters SKZN	2 Andre Marais NKZN
3 Jaryd Enslin SKZN	3 Robyn Sorenson CKZN	3 Pieter Nell EP
4 Rossouw van Dijk NKZN	4 Danielle Danter SKZN	4 John Cadman NKZN
Juniors	Dropknee	PRO
1 Daniel Worsley WP	1 Craig Maree CKZN	1 Derek Footit SKZN - R2 800
2 Kyle Enslin SKZN	2 Steven Keuning SKZN	2 Darren Halse SKZN - R1 800
3 Wayne Smith SKZN	3 Vaughn Harris SC	3 Mark McCarthy NKZN - R1 200
4 Grant Lee SKZN	4 Simon Hagen WP	4 Robert Gray CKZN R900

Riders selected for the surf team for the World Surfing Games were: Ladies - Inge Pieters. Men - Darren Halse and Vaughn Harris.

Well done to the Northern KwaZulu Natal Bodyboarding Association for the smooth running and well managed competition. A great time was had by all and the association would like to thank the following sponsors and individuals for making the event the success it was: Hot Buttered Bodyboards, Sonic Footwear, Driaan Cloete, Y2K Industrial Power Cleaning, Best Cut Butcheries, Ahmed and JC Surf Co, Colleen van Zyl, Billy McCarthy, Trixy Cadman, Macs Fish and Chips, Macdonalds, Signforce, Hillside Aluminium, the City of uMhlathuze and Surfalliance.

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