The Maties Surf Club team for the 2011 edition has some big shoes to fill, as some of Boland surfing’s finest underground chargers having graced the USSA stage before them. The likes of Mikhail Thompson, has won the event previously and Nils von Delft, strung a succession of finals together in the first decade of the new millennium. The Maties men will therefore have to step-up if they are to make an impression in the water.
Men’s Team:
1 Brendon Booth-Jones
2 Devon James Ramages
3 Peter Thorpe
4 Gabriel Steyn Botha
5 Nick Van Wyngaard
6 Marcel Traub
7 Christopher Kenneth Fauré
8 Max Van Baarsel
The Maties Ladies have had more surfing success than their male counter parts in recent years with Lisa Mace having won the event in 2009 and Lisa Auditory having secured the runners-up spot in 2010. The ladies also managed a second position in the 2008 team competition when both Angelique Laurie and Lara Humby made the final. With both Lisa’s returning to Vic Bay in 2011 the ladies team is once again Maties most realistic source of medals.
Ladies’ Team:
1 Lisa Mace
2 Lisa Auditory
3 Chloe Humby
4 Sarah Havard
In previous years the club was able to send two reserve male surfers and one reserve lady to the event, but with the tough financial climate prevailing over the purse strings there is no such luxury in 2011. There will however be a dedicated crew of super supporters who make the trip with the team to ensure that Maties maintain their legacy of providing the entertainment for the other teams.
So if you’d like to make the trip up to the Southern Cape to support the Maties surfers feel free to join the super support crew.
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