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photos East Coast League: Stuart Robison (Junior) , Eoin Murphy (mens open), Hermione Taylor (Womens open), Rinaldo Kutterink perfect "Coffin" longboarder cruising. Thanks to Mark Hatley and Arch White for photos.
EVENTS & SURF COMPETITIONS 2008
24th April - 1st May 2008 WQS 6 star competition Thurso. www.asptour.com for details.
More information to follow.
2007/2008 SURF COMPETITIONS RESULTS
29th/30th March 2008 Scottish Surfing Championships Thurso. Took place in reasonable 3-4ft surf with some great surfing - full reports www.scottishsurfingfederation.com.
Final Placings
Junior1st Paul Cannop
2nd Alistair Coghill
3rd Marc Norburn
4th Louie Chadwick
Longboard
1st Malcolm Findlay
2nd Iain Masson
Senior
1st George Noble
2nd Andrew MacLeod (Hamper)
3rd Magnus Malcolm
4th Christopher Williamson
Ladies Open
1st Shiela Finlayson
2nd Dee Ripoll
3rd Winter
Mens Open
1st Mark Cameron (Scratch)
2nd Lester Cruickshank
3rd Iain Masson
4th Damon Hewlett
13th/14th Oct 2007 Gathering of the Clans - Fraserburgh (Scottish Club competition)
The organisers, Broch Surf club ran an excellent contest for the SSF in Fraserburgh in near perfect 3-4ft conditions. With over 50 competitors, and the heighest standard of surfing I have seen on a beach comp in Scotland by Scottish surfers. Our local team Belhaven surf club, did really well finishing 3rd overall! Congratulations to individuals Douglas Mackenzie (4th Juniors), Angie Fraser (3rd ladies) and Gillian Thompson (2nd ladies), Iain Mcwilliams (4th Seniors) and Sam Christopherson (3rd Seniors) and (1st Longboarding) and all the other Belhaven team members who represented the teams.
FULL RESULTS
Team Results
1st. Broch A 740pts. 2nd. Moray Firth 640pts. 3rd. Belhaven A 578pts. 4th.Team Timmy(Broch B) 450pts. 5th. Belhaven B 252pts.
Broch A Team.
Peter Strachan, Iain Masson, Jill Noble, Elaine Cowe, George Noble, Mark Cameron, Lester Cruickshank, Daniel Mowat, P.J.Cowe.
Open Division
1st. Mark Cameron Broch A. 2nd. Russell Cruickshank Broch B. 3rd. Georgie Watt Moray Firth. 4th. Lester Cruickshank Broch A.
Ladies Division
1st. Jill Noble Broch A. 2nd. Gillian Thompson Belhaven A. 3rd. Angie Fraser Belhaven A. 4th. Elaine Cowe Broch A.
Senior Division(over 30)
1st. George Noble Broch A. 2nd. Innes Campbell Moray. 3rd Sam Christopherson Bel A. 4th. Iain McWilliam Bel A.
Junior Division(under 18)
1st. Ian Scott Moray. 2nd. PJ Cowe Broch A. 3rd. Gav Allen Moray. 4th. Douglas MacKenzie Bel A.
Longboard Division
1st. Sam Christopherson Bel A. 2nd. Iain Masson Broch A. 3rd. Mark Boyd Moray. 4th. Paul Gibson Moray.
15th/16th Belhaven Surf Club - club comp and surf trials - perfect 4ft long period offshore swell!!
Open Men
1st Sam Christopherson, 2nd Angus MacDonald, 3rd Chris Robison, 4th Jake Porro
Senior Men
1st Col Combe, 2nd Paul Homochy, 3rd Euan Kerr, 4th Brian Morland
Open Ladies
1st Gillian Thomson, 2nd Kirsty Tweedie
Senior Ladies
1st Kirsty Tweedie, 2nd Gillian Thomson
Newcomer
1st James Hunter, 2nd John Duffy, 3rd Mark Saddler, 4th Donald Nairn
Longboard
1st Sam Christopherson, 2nd Angus MacDonald, 3rd Jake Porro, 4th MIA
Masters
1st Chris Robison, 2nd Andy Bennetts, 3rd Simon Hart
Junior (U18)
1st Max Barnes, 2nd Rory Barnes, 3rd Douglas Mackenzie, 4th William Brunt
18th Aug British Groms Club Contest - Fistral. www.britsurf.co.uk for details.
26th/27th May British Longboard Championships - Fistral. www.britsurf.co.uk for details.
24th April- May 1st ONeil Highland Open - Thurso. 6 star wqs event. http://www.oneilleurope.com/highlandopen/
14/15th April 2007 Scottish Championships
Held at Brims Ness in Thurso in 4-6ft Surf. More details www.scottishsurfingfederation.com.
Longboard
1. Iain Masson
2. Alisdair Waite
3. Rien Kutterink
Senior
1. Chris Noble
2. Iain Masson
3. Scott Main
4. George Noble
Junior
1. Marc Norburn
2. Ewan Fraser
3. Iain Scott
4=Paul Cannop, Zac, Ally
Ladies
1. Jill Noble
2. Angie Fraser
3. Sheila Finlayson
4. Caitie Lennox
Open
1. Chris Noble
2. Lester Cruickshank
3. George Watt
4. Iain Masson
8th April 2007 East Vs West Scotland Club Comp
8 teams competed for the East vs West title at Pease bay in 3-5ft cross shore surf.
Men Open
1. Lee Wood (Edinb Uni)
2. Jamie Blair (Clan)
3. Tom Wills (Glasgow Uni)
4. Gregor McKenzie (Belhaven B)
5. Ted Endo (C2C)
6. Ross McGregor (West Coast Boardriders)
7. Chris Beattie (Belhaven C)
8. Andy Bennetts (Belhaven A)
Men Longboard
1. Sam Christopherson (C2C)
2. Eoin Murphy (Edinb Uni)
3. Gregor Menzies (West Coast)
4. Jimmy McCallum (Clan)
5. Chris Robison (Belhaven A)
6. Lindsay Gillies (Belhaven B)
7. Joe Thomson (Glasgow Uni)
8. Mark Ligertwood (Belhaven C)
Ladies Open
1. Diane King (C2C)
2. Laura Carse (Clan)
3. Ali Forbes (Glasgow Uni)
4. Sue Mann (Belhaven B)
5. Naomi Murdoch (Edinb Uni)
6. Gillian Thomson (Belhaven A)
7. Hannah Barns (West Coast)
8. Linsey Dickson (Belhaven C)
Ladies Longboard
1. Gillian Thomson (Belhaven A)
2. Kirsty Tweedie (Belhaven C)
3. Dot Blair (Clan)
4. Ashley Doolan (Glasgow Uni)
5. Sam Fowler (Edinb Uni)
6. Hannah Barns (West Coast)
7. Mettje Hunneman (Belhaven B)
8. Alison Hogg (C2C)
Bodyboard
1. Josh Christopherson (C2C)
2. Eoin Murhpy (Edinb Uni)
3. Jamie Blair (Clan)
4. Brian Morland (Belhaven C)
5. Howard Walker (Belhaven A)
6. Tom Wills (Glasgow Uni)
7. Col Combe (Belhaven B)
Junior
1. Stuart Robison (Belhaven A)
2. Michael Ferguson (West Coast)
3. Sarah Mckay (Belhaven B)
4. Findlay Duncan (C2C)
Team Results
1. Coast to Coast (33pts)
2. Clan (31pts)
3. Edinburgh Uni (30pts)
4. Belhaven A (27pts)
5. Belhaven B (23pts)
6. Lets Get Moist (aka Glasgow Uni) (22pts)
7. West Coast Boardriders (21pts)
8. Belhaven C (16pts)
2007/2008 Events
15th March 2008 Beach Clean Belhaven - good turn out of local surfers helped clean a suprisingly litter free beach. Alongside 6 bags of rubbish we also managed a tractor tyre.
6th May 2007 Beach Clean : Coast to Coast Surf School and Belhaven Surf Club have joined forces to do a quarterly beach clean as part of our sponsorship of the beach. If you would like to join us we will be meeting at the John Muir Car Park at 3pm. There will be beach games and drinks afterwards.
20th April 2007 Sewage spill Edinburgh into Forth Estuary : This spill has not effected our coastline to date and currently SEPA measurements 30 miles well into the Forth from the local beaches are still within safe limits. We are monitoring the situation on a day by day basis but we do not envisage any problems. For latest information http://www.sepa.org.uk/news/releases/view.asp?id=522&y=2007
6th April 2007 Surf School Party and Barbe : To launch the start of the new season we organised a really cool beach party and barbe at a local beach.
24th March 2007 Surfers Against Slicks demo : Over 250 surfers, watersports enthusiasts and concerned members of the public turned up at the beach protests on North Berwick and Portobello beaches. Members of Surfers Against Sewage, Coast to Coast Surf School, the Scottish Seabird centre and the Green party all put across strong concerns about the proposed ship to ship oil transfers. We await to see what happens next.
2004/2005/2006 SURF COMPETITION RESULTS
Belhaven Surf Club comp Nov 12th 2006
Ladies Open
1. Caroline Lasham
2. Gillian Thomson
3. Kirsty Tweedie
4. Mettje Hunneman
5. Clare Henderson
Senior Ladies
1. Gillian Thomson
2. Kirsty Tweedie
3. Linsey Dickson
4. Clare Henderson
Mixed Longboarding
1. Jon Hunt
2. Angus MacDonald
3. Steve Griffin
4. Chris Robison
5= Euan Kerr, Gillian Thomson
7= Mark Ligertwood, Kirsty Tweedie
9= Lindsay Gillies, Clare Henderson
Masters
1. Steve Griffin
2. Chris Robison
3. Neil Munro
4. Mark Ligertwood
Mens Seniors
1. Jon Hunt
2. Sam Christopherson
3. Euan Kerr
4. Lindsay Gillies
5= Chris Beatie, Simon Hart
7= Mark Ligertwood, Chris Robison
9. Brian Morland
Mens Open
1. Sam Christopherson
2. Jon Hunt
3. Andrew Leiper
4. Angus MacDonald
5= Euan Kerr, Simon Hart
7= Mark Ligertwood, Chris Robison
9= Neil Munro, Brian Morland
Most Improved Surfer 2006
Stuart Robison
C2C East Coast League 2005/2006 - May 6th-7th 2006
50 competitors took part in this years league competing in three legs from November to May. Results from the last leg and the overall results below.
Overall League Results (2005/2006 League)
Open Men
1st Jason Burnett
2nd Sam Christopherson
3rd Damon Hewlett
4th= Martin McQueenie
4th= Chris Beattie
4th= Andy Bennets
7th Junior
8th Iain McWilliams
Open Ladies
1st Angie Fraser
2nd Shona MacIntyre
3rd Laura Carse
4th Lindsey Dickson
Intermediate Ladies
1st Natallie Frendo Cumbo
2nd Caroline Lasham
3rd Gillian Thompson
4th Catherine Scott
5th Kat Degennar
6th Sahra McKay
7th = Sally Harris
7th = Sue Mann
9th Emma P
10th Kirsty T
11th = Diane King
11th = Anne James
11th = Lindsey Dickson
Longboarding Men
1st Sam Christopherson
2nd Chris Robison
3rd Rinaldo Kutterink
4th Junior
5th = Damon Hewlett
5th = Iain McWilliam
7th = Alan Frendo Cumbo
7th = Josh C
9th = Jason Burnett
9th = Andy Bennets
Longboarding Ladies
1st Kat Degenar
2nd Sally Harris
Intermediate Men
1st Stuart Robison
2nd = Neil Munro
2nd = Chris Robison
4th = Alan Frendo Cumbo
4th = Peter Clarke
6th Paul Homoky
7th Gavin Abercrombie
8th Dean Graven
9th Mark Lingerwood
10th = Euan P
10th = Neil Brown
10th = Antony Bickenson
13th = Justin Davis
13th = James McIver
Bodyboarding
1st Nathan
2nd Mark James
3rd Chris Robison
4th Josh Christopherson
5th Simon
6th Stuart Robison
Juniors
1st Stuart Robison
2nd Charlie Eyoma Murray
3rd = Natallie Frendo Cumbo
3rd = Sahra McKay
5th Ben Falcoln
6th = Liam Gardner
6th = Justin Davis
13th/14th May Scottish Surfing Championship 2006 - Fraserburgh
Open
1st Marc Cameron 2nd Russell Cruickshank 3rd Chris Noble 4th Lester Cruickshank 5= Mark Boyd,Matt Kirwan 7= Georgie Watt, Paul Dickson 9=Luke Sawyer,William Watson 11= Marc Norburn,Blair Ralston,Murray Apedaile,Andrew McKay,Ross Kemp 16=Michael Heddle,Rory Campbell,Ewan Fraser,Martin McQueenie,Colin Buchan 21 John Macrae.
Ladies
1st Angie Fraser 2nd Sarah Dickson 3rd Elaine Cowe 4th Fiona Harper 5=Mary Watson,Corinne Mayhew 7=Shaunna Beedie, Katie Watson
Longboards
1st Lester Cruickshank 2nd Iain Masson 3rd Rinaldo Kutterlink 4th Michael Tocher 5=John Macrae,Dave Buchan 7th Lindsay Hall.
Juniors
1st Ewan Fraser 2nd Luke Sawyer 3rd PJ Cowe 4th Marc Norburn 5th Josh Findlay.
Seniors
1st Chris Noble 2nd Paul Dickson 3rd Martin McQueenie 4th Magnus Malcolm 5th John Macrae.
Masters
1st Iain Masson 2nd Paul Dickson 3rd Martin McQueenie.
WQS Thurso 25th April - 2nd May 2006
Brit Russell Winter won the comp - massive for the UK and huge news in Cornwall!!
The competition got great waves and Scotland will be placed firmly on the map in World surfing. Look out for Scottish surf articles in all magazines and videos over the coming months. Final results and video - www.oneilleurope.com/highlandopen/
Coast to Coast Heavy Wave Challenge 2005 - Nov 27th 2005
The competition went ahead in demanding conditions at Skateraw in East Lothian. With air temperatures between 0c and 3c and the threat of snow there was a surprisingly good entry for the first reef competition in the area with 8 competitors entering to take on the large onshore November swell.
With consistent 12ft plus wave faces coming through the organisers new the comp would run but with easing winds predicted the contested was delayed for 3 hours. As the swell and tide dropped back, the first competitors went into the water, a strong rip still making conditions difficult. With the odd 8 to 10ft face coming through the surf was contestable but produced surprising results with pre comp favourite Damon Hewitt put out by Jason Burnett and Duncan Halliday who both made more of the big lumpy waves and short rides. Gunnar Groves -Raines surfed well but lost out by a fraction finishing 3rd.
By the time the second heat entered the water the winds and dropped and the reef started to fire producing fast walling 50-75m long lefts. Goofy rider Iain McWilliams excelled dropping into some big peaks and pulling a couple of big floaters. Sam Christopherson followed Iain into the final with a couple of really long rides milking the waves for maximum points. Adam Steinitz (3rd) and Peter Box (4th) both from Edinburgh, got one good wave each and also some heavy pin downs.
The final saw smaller conditions, where Iain and Duncan really did not get into their rhythm being confused by the moving peaks, both had one good wave and a couple of pretty big wipeouts off the shallow central peak. Jason surfed really well picking both the choice left and rights and seemed to be in the right place for everything, catching half a dozen great waves. Sam caught one really good wave to add to a couple of smaller rides but ran out of time to find the wave that may have challenged Jason's dominance.
Final results
1st place : Jason Burnett : Midlothian, 2nd place : Sam Christopherson : East Lothian, 3rd Place : Duncan Halliday - Edinburgh, 4th Place : Iain McWilliam : Fife
Jason walked away with a new Snugg wetsuit and the annual "Coast to Coast Surf School Heavy Water trophy". Photos to come online soon.
Gathering of the Clans - Sunday 13th of November 2005
The Belhaven Surf team surfed out of there skin in great 4-6ft offshore conditions in Fraserburgh. Thanks to the Broch surf club for organising this and we look forward to next year!!
TEAMS- Belhaven A (Be a ), Belhaven B (Be b), Broch 1(FR1), Broch 2(FR 2), Granite City A(Aba), Granite City B (Abb) and Thurso (TH)
OPEN RESULTS
1st George Noble FR 2
2nd Lester Cruickshank FR1
3rd James McKay FR1
4th Paul Dickson Aba
5th Chris Noble TH
6th Scott Main TH
7= Damon Hewlett Be a
7= Darron Cruickshank FR1
9= Mark Boyd Aba
9= Iain McWilliams Be a
11=James Hendry FR2
11=Ben Hinnear Aba
13=Gunner Groves Be b
13=James Harper FR2
13=Joules Shepherd Abb
13=Richard Knight Aba
17=William Watson FR2
17=Jacob Royle Be b
17=Campbell Scott Aba
21st Magnus Malcolm Abb
LADIES RESULTS
1ST Jill Noble FR1
2nd Shona McGuiness TH
3rd Sarah Smith Aba
4th Dianne King Be a
5th Fiona Harper FR2
6th Angie Fraser Be a
7= Natalie Palmer TH
7= Sue Marin Be b
9= Catie Lennox Abb
9= Elaine Cowe FR1
11=Laura Carse Be b
11=Lyndsey MacDonald FR2
JUNIOR RESULTS
1st Georgie Watt FR2
2nd Luke Sawyer TH
3rd Ewan Fraser TH
4th Murray Apedaile FR1
5th Sarah McKay Be a
6th Natallia Fredo Cambo Be b
7= Chale Eyoma Be b
7= Josh Findlay FR2
9= Stuart Robinson Be a
9= P.J. Cowe FR1
11th Daisey Cooper Be b
LONGBOARD RESULTS
1st Rinaldo Kutterlink Be a
2nd Sam Christopherson Be a
3rd Lindsay Hall Aba
4th Joules Shepherd Abb
5th Mark Boyd Aba
6th Ross Ryan TH
7= John MacRae Abb
7= Andy Bennetts Be b
9= Andy Bain TH
9= Colin Buchan FR2
11=Michael Tocher FR1
11=Martin Fittie Abb
SENIOR RESULTS
1st Iain Masson FR2
2nd Andy Bain Th
3rd Jason Burnett Be a
4th Sam Christopherson Be a
5th Ross Ryan TH
6th Mike Stables FR1
7= Chris Robinson Be b
7= Andy Bennetts Be b
7= John MacRae Abb
10=Magnus Malcolm Abb
10=Paul Dixon Aba
13th Richard Knight Aba
TEAM RESULTS
1st THURSO 570pts
2nd Belhaven A 565
3rd Fraserburgh 2 505
4th Fraserburgh 1 495
5th Granite city A 373
6th Belhaven B 330
7th Granite City B 269
Scottish Surfing Championships - Banff/ Thurso 20-21st Aug 2005.
Held in great 3-4ft offshore conditions at Brims Ness, Melvich and Thurso. This competition saw the highest standard of Scottish surfing for over five years with 30 of Scotlands top talent turning up to battle it out for national honours on the North coast. The South East surfers put on a good show and with two quarter finalists and one semi-finalist in the open mens categories show's we are catching the Broch and North coast surfers.
Results
Open Men 1st Chris Noble (Thurso), 2nd Mark Cameron (Broch Surf Club), 3rd Iain Masson( Broch Surf Club), 4th William Watson (Broch Surf Club)
Open Ladies 1st Jill Wallace (Broch Surf Club), 2nd Angie Fraser (Belhaven Surf Club), 3rd Shona McIntyre (Dunbar)
Longboarding Men 1st Rinaldo Kutterink (Belhaven Surf Club), 2nd Sam Christopherson (Belhaven Surf Club)
East Coast Surf League 2004/2005
The first East Coast surf league with over 75 individual entries covering 4 rounds and two beaches the league proved competitive in all divisions in a variety of different surf sizes. Drawing bodyboarders, shortboarders and longboarders from Fife, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Borders, Berwickshire and Newcastle we saw the biggest ever entry in a ladies surf contest in Scotland and over the coming years the league will start to foster and improve local talent of all ages.
Congratulations to the new East Coast League champions and thanks to our sponsers Snugg, O-Neil, Fosters, Animal and Tiki.
Beginners men : Chris Robison (Fife)
Beginners women : Angela Kerr (Lochwinnoch)
Longboarding men : Gary Schmid (Berwick)
Longboarding women : Angie Fraser (Edinburgh)
Bodyboarding men : Tim Christopherson (Edinburgh)
Bodyboarding women : Loraine Mogford (Glasgow)
Bodyboarding boys : Stuart Robison (Fife)
Bodyboarding girls : Jessica Powner (Coldingham)
Shortboard men : Gary Schmid (Berwick)
Shortboard ladies : Angie Fraser (Edinburgh)
Shortboard boys : Stuart Robison (Fife)
Scottish Bodyboarding Championships Nov 2004
Thorton Loch in 2-3ft offshore shore break
The Scottish Championships were sponsored by Coast to Coast and ski and snowboard retailer White Stuff.
Results
Final : 1st Place Josh Christopherson Edinburgh, 2nd Place Sevan Anderyassin Cornwall, 3rd Place Tim Christopherson Edinburgh, 4th Place Paul Jones Dunbar
Semi final 1 : 1st place Tim Christopherson Edinburgh, 2nd place Paul Jones Dunbar, 3rd place Duncan Pepper Aberfeldy, 4th place Derek Maclachlan Glasgow
Semi final 2 : 1st Place Sevan Anderyassin Cornwall, 2nd Place Josh Christopherson Edinburgh, 3rd Place Alan Hayes Devon
Best Wave : Sevan Anderyassin for pulling a big Air Roll Spin.
Newcomer Award : Duncan Pepper almost making the final in his first bodyboarding competition.
Thanks to all that attended this event and look forward to next year.
2004/2005 EVENTS
Belhaven Surf Club
The Belhaven surf club has been formed and now has its own web site on www.belhavensurf.com. If your interested in joining just log on, there is a £20 annual fee. The club is based in Dunbar and aims to provide a safe foundation for newcomers entering the sport and advanced surfers wishing to push surfing standards.
Local Surfers raise over £1000 for charity!
Over 30 surfers took part in a surf tour of Scotlands south east coast beaches on Saturday 2nd April 2005 to raise money for Tsunami Surf Relief UK appeal and Surfers Against Sewage.
The weather was fantastic and the surfers collected money on all the high streets and beaches including Portobello, Gullane, North Berwick, Dunbar, Pease Bay and Coldingham. We would like to thank the general public in Edinburgh, East Lothian and the Borders for being so generous and we have been told that UK wide surf tours combined have raised enough money to build new houses for over 40 people thank you!
It was amazing to see so many surfers turnout, some of whom had travelled from as far as Dundee and Id like to thank all the public that donated money and a special thanks to the staff at East Links farm and Dunbar Swimming pool.
We would also like to thank Arch White (photographer) and St Vedas, Animal, and Tisos for their support.
The surfers put on a show at each beach even though the surf was flat competing in a run - surf paddle run relay exhibition - Scotlands version of the beach lifeguard training in Australia!!!