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Rip Curl report - Jonathan Payne

- Rip Curl Groms comp was held last weekend down at Godrevy near Hayle, with a big

turnout from the Surf's Up! Boardriders. Harry T dominated, winning the u16 and u14 titles. Gabbi came 1st and Sophie 2nd in a small but competitive girls u16 entry.

The biggest entry was in the u12 boys, which was held over to the Sunday to

allow the older ones to have the bigger sets. This meant all the heats were

very close in a small 2ft swell. Alfie and Jake Woodward were unlucky to go

out in the first round. Liam had the best performance of the day coming 4th

overall in the final, with Max 5th and Rhys 7th getting to the Semis -

As we walked up to the green we could see one ball on the back fringe - the other was nowhere to be seen. Two drives on the par 4, 7th at St. Enodoc, downhill with a following breeze and both balls had travelled over 400 yards! Neither myself nor Stuart from the Cone Zone had ever managed that before. We found Stuart's ball over the back of the green in an unplayable lie. Seven shots later and he was picking his ball up from deep within the thicket! I managed a par. Funny old game. Stu's hitting the ball very sweetly these days. It's one of life's great experiences - playing St. Enodoc as the sun sets. Truly spectacular. 

Tonight we're taking the boys and some of the instructors around to Port Gaverne. Apparently there's loads of huge crabs and Lobsters in the gully. We'll need a long line!!!

 

The deck is coming on! It's massive - the boys are trying to finish up by Sunday but we have doubts!! But I really cant wait - we've got a lot of parties planned for the summer and the sweet sounds of Mahoustic may reverberate around the beach from time to time. We're playing at Carters tomorrow night - looking forward to it.