HOBART/TASMANIA(September 23rd/2024): Clifton Beach played host to nearly fifty of Tasmania’s best school-age surfers today as spots for the State Team were up for grabs via the Tasmanian Schools Surfing Championships presented by Red Herring.
Clean conditions and good banks at South Clifton allowed Girls and Boys teams of two to put their best foot forward in the quest to represent Tasmania at this year’s Australian Junior Surfing Titles in Woolongong come November this year in the legendary ‘MR Shield’ division.
Tasmania’s State Junior Surfing Coach Dustin Hollick spent the day giving his knowledge and advice to any surfer who wanted it. He was impressed with the quality of surfing and said the size was a factor for lots of kids.
” There was no shortage of size today, I’d say there were six-foot sets (well overhead) at stages during the day and all the kids had a really good crack in challenging conditions. I was happy with the level of surfing going down and this year’s team heading for the Australian Junior Surfing Titles is looking stronger than ever,” said Hollick.
In the Under 19 Boy’s MR Shield Final it was Oska Hayes from Clarence High School impressing the judges, posting the highest single wave score of 6.50 points whilst in the Under 19 Girl’s MR Shield Final, Rosny College’s Current State Champion Sienna Lawrence posted and excellent single wave score of 8.00 points to top score for the division.
2024 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS SURFING CHAMPIONS
UNDER 19 BOY’S MR SHIELD
2nd Clarence High School 8.57 points
4th Marist College 5.00 points
UNDER 19 GIRL’S MR SHIELD
1st Rosny College 8.00 points
2nd Guilford Young College 6.23 points
3rd Hellyer College 5.83 points
4th MacKillop College 4.30 points
5th Sacred Heart College 3.50 points
UNDER 16 BOY’S MR SHIELD
1st MacKillop College Team One-10.27 points
2nd Hutchins School 9.07 points
3rd The Friends’ School 5.67 points
4th MacKillop College Team Two Comb. 10.28
UNDER 16 GIRL’S MR SHIELD
1st MacKillop College
1st Collegiate Senior School
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