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ZAK LAWTON SECURES BLU JUNIOR BRITISH LONGBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP.

Zak was crowned the junior longboard champion on the 18th September 2010 at the final event of the BLU 2010 tour at Gwithian Beach in Cornwall. The surf was small and onshore, which made for a nailbiting conclusion to the season with all surfers having to make the very best of the conditions.

The 17 year old from Croyde  commented ' this has been my main goal since i started surfing'. He is now taking a few months out, to heal a niggling knee injury, which he has been carrying since the Europeans. We all look forward to next season, and hope he enjoys the same success.

A huge congratulations to Zak from all at Croydesurf. This has been his greatest season to date. We detail below his competition results from the season

2010 Results:
British Long board Union tour ranking – 1st – under 18’s
British Long board Union tour ranking – 5th – open
British Long board Union 4 – 3rd – under 18’s
British Long board Union 4 – 5th – open
British Long board Union 3 – 1st – under 18’s
British Long board Union 3 – 4th – open
British Long board Union 2 – 1st – under 18’s
British Long board Union 2 – 4th – open
Hotdoggers 1 – 1st – Saunton – under 18’s
Hotdoggers 2 – 1st – Saunton – under 18’s
Hotdoggers 3 – 1st – Saunton – under 18’s
English Nationals – 1st – Watergate – under 18’s
European Championships – 2nd – Viana do Castelo – under 18’s

RIP CURL GROM SEARCH 2010

Croyde Groms come away with the goodies!

Congratulations to thirteen year old Flora Lawton, Winner of the Under 16 Girls Category at the RIP CURL GROM SEARCH competition, and to Maisie Lawton, who also reached the final gaining a well deserved 4th place. The contest took place at Fistral Beach over the weekend of 10th-11th July 2010.

Flora, and the winner of the Under 16 Boys category, Jobe Harris  from Bude, have earned themselves an all expenses paid trip to Portugal in the Autumn to compete in the RIP CURL GROM SEARCH European finals.

Flora also gained a second place in the Under 14 Girls age group, being pipped by her friend and surfing buddy Peony Knight. Well done Girls !

27th May 2010

Croyde hosts the annual Saltrock Surf Open this weekend.   

Rather unusually, (surprisingly), the surf tour lands at our home beach for this weekends competition. The action can be found on live streaming... check out www.saltbox.tv

If you haven't got your entry in yet, you can download a form here          

Check out the BBC site for further details

The field should be strong this year, and the current surf prediction is 2ft swell, a 10MPH southerly, providing a knee high wave. This could level the playing field, and give opportunity to many surfers. The weather is likely to be overcast and with some heavy showers. Things should improve as the weekend progresses, and don't forget its a bank holiday.........oh...and of course... the very best of luck to all our fine local talent....young and old. Lets see some silverware!

16th May 2010

Croyde Long-boarder Clinches a Superb Second in the Euro-junior Surfing Championships Portugal

Zak Lawton has just returned from representing his country at the Junior European Surfing Championships at Afife in North Portugal.

After a gruelling eight days of hotly contested competition Zak secured 2nd spot in the Under 18 longboarding division. He very narrowly missed first position, in what was a nip and tuck final.

The surf was a challenging 4ft onshore, and after numerous positon changes, when the final hooter sounded Zak was in second. He was the highest placed competitor from the English team, and it shows a very encouraging progression in his ability to secure titles in competition. Surely the future for this young English surfer is very bright indeed. Congratulations Zak from us all at Croydesurf.

The final result for the English Team was 4th. A tremendous achievement for a surf squad competing against the very best in Europe.

To follow Zak Lawtons progress, visit his new site www.zaklawton.com

15th May 2010

Croyde Surfers bag 3 of the 4 medals at the National Trust North of the Boarder Comp!!

Three of our local surfers all one a category at the annual National Trust North of the Boarder surfing event held at Crantock on the 15th May 2010.

Congratulations to Taz Knight who won the Under 16 Boys, Flora Lawton who claimed the Under 16 Girls, (and a 2nd in the U14 Category) and finally Peony Knight who secured the Under 14 Girls title.

13th May 2010

A big congratualtions to Saunton Golf Course.

The Rankings for the world's top golf courses have just been provided by Golf Monthly magazine. Saunton's East Course has been listed at No. 60!!!

Each course is rated by golfing experts and this is an accurate evaluation as to the quality of the course. Congratulations to all the members, and to the grounds staff, this is a just reward for their efforts.

Fancy a round........contact the course direct on 01271 812436.

25th April 2010

Congratulations to Zak Lawton on again securing the Junior English Longboard Title. 

Local longboard Junior Zak Lawton (pictured below on a shortboard!!!), retains his English Longboard Title at the Protest English National Surf Championships held at Watergate Bay on the weekend of 24th/25th April 2010.

The six man final was a tough affair, in some onshore lumpy conditions, but Zak came out on top in the under 18 class. Zak said "the conditions were really tough, 2ft onshore and it was really close with Bude's Lewis Strich, but my turns and progressive surfing got me through. I'm so stoked with the win....thanks to the support of Animal and Tomas Technologies, as well as family and friends who have helped me get this far"

This win fully justifies Zaks recent selection to represent his country at the Eurojunior 2010 surf championships being held in Viana du Castelo Portugal in mid May. .....................here at Croydesurf...we wish him all the luck in the world.