Results for Extreme Academy 2012 BSUPA National Championships – Watergate Bay
Mens Open Surf
1st Andre Le Geyt
2nd Jim Richardson
3rd Arron Rowe
4th Titou Minster
Womens Open Surf
1st Maria Buchanan
2nd Abigail Barker Smith
3rd Kath Jones
4th Mi Richardson
Jnr Boys Surf
1st Arron Rowe
2nd Ollie Laddiman
3rd Louie Harrow
Jnr Girls Surf
1st Holly Basset
Battle of the Paddle – Men’s 12’6″ Class
1st Charlie Grey
2nd Ryan James
3rd Oliver Shilton
Battle of the Paddle – Mens 14′ Class
1st Matt Smith
2nd Andrew Pieterse
3rd Tim Rowe
Battle of the Paddle – Women
1st Marie Buchanan
2nd Lizzie Bird
Rapanui Wave Expression Session
1st Gareth Grant
2nd Matt Thomas
3rd Will Rogers
4th Jim Richardson
2012 Watergate Bay Waterman
Andre le Geyt
2011 BSUPA Mens National Wave Champion Results
1st Gareth Grant
2nd Scott Gardner
3rd Adam Zervas
4th Neal Gent
2011 BSUPA Womens National Wave Champion
1st Maria Buchanan
2nd Abby Ekingood
3rd Mi Richardson
4th Laura Williams
2011 BSUPA Under 16 Boys National Wave Champion
1st Aaran Rowe
2nd Robert Williams
3rd Max Wilson
4th Louie Harrow
2011 BSUPA Under 16 Girls National Wave Champion
1st Holly Bassett
2011 BSUPA Mens National Distance results 12’6″ Class Champion
1st Mark Slater
2nd John Hibard
3rd Jim Richardson
4th Gareth Grant
2011 BSUPA Mens National Distance 14ft Class Champion
1st Ryan James
2nd John Harvey
3rd Dan Harlott
4th Tim Rowe
2011 BSUPA Womens National Distance 12’6″ Class Champion
1st Maria Baucannan
Westcountry Watersports Wave Expression
1st Jim Richardson
2nd Finn Mullin
3rd Gareth Grant
4th Matt Argyle
2011 Watergate Bay Waterman
Gareth Grant .
BSUPA Race Series Results 2010
Best three results out of the season count – results in red have been discarded.
12ft 6″ and above Mens class.
| Name | West Wittering |
Roadford | Brighton 4-7-10 |
Windfest | Watergate Bay | Total |
| Ryan James | 900 | 900 | 660 | 1000 | 1000 | 2900 |
| Matt Argyle | 810 | 810 | 730 | DNC | DNC | 2350 |
| Bobby Thatcher | 1000 | DNC | 810 | DNC | DNC | 1810 |
| Jay Manning | 730 | 730 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 1460 |
| Elliot Dudley | DNC | 1000 | 1000 | DNC | DNC | 2000 |
| Jock Patterson | DNC | DNC | 900 | DNC | DNC | 900 |
| Nick Watt | DNC | DNC | DNC | 900 | 900 | 1800 |
| Matt French | DNC | DNC | DNC | 810 | 810 | 1620 |
| Jim Richardson | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 730 | 730 |
| Jan Sleigh | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 660 | 660 |
12ft 6″ and above Womens class.
| Name | West Wittering | Roadford | Brighton 4-7-10 | Windfest | Watergate Bay | Total |
| Bobbie Cooper | 1000 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 1900 |
| Claire Blacklock | 900 | 1000 | 1000 | 900 | DNC | 2900 |
12ft 6″ and below Mens class.
| Name | West Wittering | Roadford | Brighton 4-7-10 | Windfest | Watergate Bay | Total |
| Richard Morton | 1000 | DNC | 600 | DNC | DNC | 1600 |
| James Harding | 900 | DNC | 540 | DNC | DNC | 1440 |
| Tony Peters | 810 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 660 | 1470 |
| Richard Tilly | 730 | DNC | 480 | 730 | 730 | 2190 |
| John Harris | 660 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 660 |
| David Bates | 600 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 600 |
| Jim Richardson | 540 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 540 |
| Jock Patterson | 480 | DNC | Switched Category | DNC | DNC | 480 |
| Dave Robinson | 430 | DNC | 430 | 660 | 480 | 1140 |
| Jez Tate | 380 | DNC | 342 | DNC | DNC | 722 |
| Mark Slater | DNC | 1000 | 900 | 1000 | 1000 | 3000 |
| Carl Reynolds | DNC | 900 | DNC | 810 | 600 | 2310 |
| Michael Merrick | DNC | 810 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 810 |
| Matthew Wall | DNC | 730 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 730 |
| John Hibbard | DNC | DNC | 660 | DNC | 810 | 1470 |
| Charlie Grey | DNC | DNC | 730 | 900 | 900 | 2530 |
| Robin Williams | DNC | DNC | 380 | DNC | DNC | 380 |
| Jay Manning | DNC | DNC | DNC | 600 | DNC | 600 |
| Phil Barret | DNC | DNC | DNC | 540 | DNC | 540 |
| Colin Elston | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 540 | 540 |
| Luke Millard | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 430 | 430 |
12ft 6″ and below Womens class.
| Name | West Wittering | Roadford | Brighton 4-7-10 | Windfest | Watergate Bay | Total |
| Anabel Anderson | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | DNC | 3000* |
| Jessica Napper | 900 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 900 |
| Bobbie Cooper | DNC | DNC | DNC | 900 | 900 | 1800 |
| Marie Buchannan | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 1000 | 1000 |
Note: * Maximum Points reached (3 best results go through).
BSUPA Surf Series Results 2010
| Name | Watergate Bay | Total |
| Neal Gent | 1000 | 1000 |
| John Hibbard | 900 | 900 |
| Charlie Grey | 810 | 810 |
| Matt Argyle | 730 | 730 |
| Alex Murray | 660 | 660 |
| Mark Slater | 660 | 660 |
| Tony Peters | 600 | 600 |
| Adrian Jones | 600 | 600 |
| Jock Patterson | 600 | 600 |
| Adam Zervas | 540 | 540 |
| Gareth Grant | 480 | 480 |
| Lee Norris | 480 | 480 |
| Jan Sliegh | 480 | 480 |
| Ryan James | 480 | 480 |
| Jim Richardson | 480 | 480 |
| Luke Millard | 430 | 430 |
| Mark Millergill | 430 | 430 |
| Mick Suttton | 430 | 430 |
| Nick Watt | 430 | 430 |
| Anthony Cooper | 430 | 430 |
| Carl Reynolds | 380 | 380 |
| Simon Mitchell | 380 | 380 |
| Richard Tilley | 380 | 380 |
| Simon Harrow | 342 | 342 |
| Steve Lyall | 342 | 342 |
| Colin Elston | 342 | 342 |
| Dave Robinson | 308 | 308 |
| Matt French | 308 | 308 |
| Sean Thomas | 308 | 308 |
Womens Wave
| Name | Watergate Bay | Total |
| Marie Buchannan | 1000 | 1000 |
| Bobbie Cooper | 900 | 900 |
| Claire Blacklock | 810 | 810 |
| Kath Jones | 730 | 730 |
2009 Men’s Surfing Champions
- Jock Patterson
- Matt Argyle
- Nick Watt
The competitors had to attend all four events and compete. It was a tough season with over 40 riders taking part. It started in May 2009 at West Wittering beach, a successful distance race was held, but the huge tide managed to flatten off the surf. Next stop was Gwithian Beach in June, the conditions were also not ideal, as it was windy, however a counting surf and distance round was held for all SUPers. Next we were on top the Gower in South Wales, a highly competitive distance race was held across Swansea Bay (and many new faces from the Welsh SUP scene turned up to compete), then despite the dire forecast a nice clean 2ft wave turned up on Sunday at Llangennith beach for the surf contest. Finally on to Watergate Bay in October 2009. The waves were really fantastic and allowed the 27 competitors to show their stuff. On the sunday a 5km distance race was held in the head high, clean surf. Finally the points were added up the winners awarded the BSUPA trophies and the glory !
2009 Women’s Surfing Champions
- Claire Blacklock
- Wendy McGee
- Bobbie Cooper
2009 Junior Surfing Champions
- James Hardy
- Connor Griffiths
2009 Men’s Distance Race Champions
- Jock Patterson
- Matt Argyle
- Nick Watt
2009 Women’s Distance Race Champions
- Claire Blacklock
- Wendy McGee
- Bobbie Cooper
2009 Junior Distance Champions
- James Hardy
- Holly Bassett
2008 Series Results
The first ever national Stand Up Paddle Championship series in the world, has now come to a close.
The British Stand Up Paddle Association (BSUPA) have run four events in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, South Coast and West Wales and now have national champions in distance and surf disciplines.
With a field of over forty competitors which included European surf champions, masters surf champions, national and world cup ranked windsurfers and kite surfers. Juniors from 6 years old and ladies.
The events were run in surf on a heat format where the top riders would be judged on surf performance with use of the paddle, each heat winners would progress through to the next round. The panel of judges would be looking for the highest scoring wave or maneuver combinations and riders would go out in heats of four with the top two progressing through. The distance was run on a first past the post and each event was slightly different in terms of course, each race generally lasted 25-30 minutes and tended to be a sprint from start to finish.
Simon Bassett (BSUPA Series Director) commented “at the beginning of this year we wrote the rules for this series which is a first of its kind and our aim was to find the British Champion who could perform the best in all conditions. The beauty of SUP riding is that if you do have a small wave, you can generally always ride it. We were hoping for bigger surf this year, but unfortunately this season it didn€™t coincide with our event schedule. I am convinced that results of some of the top four riders will be similar next season when we do get bigger surf. It was also great to see SUP riders who turned up to their first contest and really enjoyed the experience, to see the juniors committed to competing at these events. What we have leant about this year is the riders who have come to the BSUPA events have all made some good friends at the contests, and there is some really stoke at the events.”
BSUPA is proud to announce that the 2008 Champions, sponsored by Stand Up Paddle Surfing Global are :
Stand Up Paddle Surfing Open Mens :
1st Neal Gent (GONG, FatFace, 2XS, Kialoa)
2nd John Hibbard (Starboard, Fatface)
3rd Scott Gardner (SouthPoint)
Stand Up Paddle Surfing Womens :
1st Claire Blacklock (Jimmy Lewis)
Stand Up Paddle Surfing Juniors :
1st Bobby Cooper (GONG, Kialoa, 2XS)
2nd Holly Bassett (Jimmy Lewis, Kialoa, 2XS)
Stand Up Paddle Distance Mens :
1st John Hibbard (Starboard, Fatface)
2nd Neal Gent (GONG, FatFace, 2XS, Kialoa)
3rd Mark Slater (Jimmy Lewis)
Stand Up Paddle Distance Womens :
1st Claire Blacklock (Jimmy Lewis)
Stand Up Paddle Distance Juniors :
1st Bobby Cooper (GONG, Kialoa, 2XS)
2nd Holly Bassett (Jimmy Lewis, Kialoa, 2XS)
3rd Connor Griffiths (Jimmy Lewis)
Neal Gent commented “The one I really wanted to get was the surfing Champion for stand up paddling so I am really pleased, its been a really good year battling with John (Hibbard), I hope that next year the events will be bigger and we get better waves !”
John Hibbard added “its really good to be the first National Stand Up Paddle Distance racing champion in the UK, I think that at the start of the year nobody knew if this format would work, but it ended up being an extremely competitive discipline. Its great to do something where the result is black and white!€
To see the full results list please click read more.
2008 BSUPA Series Full Results List.
| Men’s Surfing | ||||||
| Name: | Gwithian | IoW | TOTAL | Position | ||
| Neal Gent | 900 | 1000 | 1900 | 1st | ||
| John Hibbard | 810 | 900 | 1710 | 2nd | ||
| Scott Gardner | 660 | 810 | 1470 | 3rd | ||
| Mark Slater | 540 | 660 | 1200 | 4th | ||
| Steve Carter | 600 | 600 | 1200 | 4th | ||
| Nick Healy | 430 | 660 | 1090 | 6th | ||
| Jay Manning | 430 | 600 | 1030 | 7th | ||
| Chris Griffiths | 1000 | 1000 | 8th | |||
| Matt Argyle | 0 | 730 | 730 | 9th | ||
| Elliot Dudley | 730 | 730 | 9th | |||
| Alex Murray | 660 | 660 | 11th | |||
| Boyd Shaw | 0 | 600 | 600 | 12th | ||
| Tim Mellors | 600 | 600 | 12th | |||
| Johnny | 0 | 600 | 600 | 12th | ||
| Ben Skinner | 540 | 540 | 15th | |||
| Dave Ewer | 540 | 540 | 15th | |||
| Glynn Ovens | 540 | 540 | 15th | |||
| Connor Griffiths | 480 | 480 | 18th | |||
| Pete Shipley | 480 | 480 | 18th | |||
| Bill Fitzhugh | 480 | 480 | 18th | |||
| Simon Bassett | 480 | 480 | 18th | |||
| John Harris | 430 | 430 | 22nd | |||
| Zac Wharton | 430 | 430 | 22nd | |||
| Women’s Surfing | ||||||
| Name: | Gwithian | IoW | TOTAL | Position | ||
| Claire Blacklock | 810 | 1000 | 1810 | 1st | ||
| Marie Buchannon | 1000 | 1000 | 2nd | |||
| Annabel Ewer | 900 | 900 | 3rd | |||
| Mel Chambers | 730 | 730 | 4th | |||
| Mel Shipley | 660 | 660 | 5th | |||
| Joe Spargo | 660 | 660 | 5th | |||
| Junior’s Surfing | ||||||
| Name: | Gwithian | IoW | TOTAL | Position | ||
| Bobby Cooper | 900 | 1000 | 1900 | 1st | ||
| Holly Bassett | 810 | 900 | 1710 | 2nd | ||
| Connor Griffiths | 1000 | 1000 | 3rd | |||
| Blue Ewer | 730 | 730 | 4th | |||
| Men’s Distance | ||||||
| Name: | West Wittering | Gwithian | IoW | Newgale | TOTAL | Position |
| John Hibbard | 900 | 1000 | 1000 | 2900 | 1st | |
| Neal Gent | 1000 | 810 | 900 | 2710 | 2nd | |
| Mark Slater | 810 | 810 | 0 | 900 | 2520 | 3rd |
| Steve Carter | 480 | 660 | 660 | 1800 | 4th | |
| Chris Griffiths | 660 | 810 | 1470 | 5th | ||
| Matt Argyle | 380 | 480 | 540 | 1400 | 6th | |
| Nick Healy | 380 | 730 | 1110 | 7th | ||
| Jay Manning | 600 | 480 | 540 | 1020 | 8th | |
| Elliot Dudley | 900 | 900 | 9th | |||
| Alex Murray | 730 | 730 | 10th | |||
| Toby Watts | 660 | 660 | 11th | |||
| Glynn Ovens | 600 | 600 | 12th | |||
| Boyd Shaw | 600 | 600 | 12th | |||
| Bill Fitzhugh | 600 | 600 | 12th | |||
| Tim Mellors | 540 | 540 | 15th | |||
| Nigel Foskett | 540 | 540 | 15th | |||
| Richard Marsh | 480 | 480 | 17th | |||
| Zac Wharton | 430 | 430 | 18th | |||
| Tim Matthews | 430 | 430 | 18th | |||
| Johnny | 430 | 430 | 18th | |||
| Bill Dawes | 380 | 380 | 21st | |||
| Dave Ewer | 342 | 342 | 22nd | |||
| Ben Skinner | 308 | 308 | 23rd | |||
| David Tidball | 308 | 308 | 23rd | |||
| Scott Gardner | 225 | 225 | 24th | |||
| Peter Stephenson | 202 | 202 | 25th | |||
| Pete Shipley | 182 | 182 | 26th | |||
| Keith Hoppins | 164 | 164 | 27th | |||
| Women’s Distance | ||||||
| Name: | West Wittering | Gwithian | IoW | Newgale | TOTAL | Position |
| Claire Blacklock | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 3000 | 1st | |
| Marie Buchannon | 1000 | 1000 | 2nd | |||
| Annabel Ewer | 900 | 900 | 3rd | |||
| Sharon Shaw | 900 | 900 | 3rd | |||
| Wendy McGee | 900 | 900 | 3rd | |||
| Mel Chambers | 730 | 730 | 6th | |||
| Mel Shipley | 660 | 660 | 7th | |||
| Junior’s Distance | ||||||
| Name: | West Wittering | Gwithian | IoW | Newgale | TOTAL | Position |
| Bobby Cooper | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 2000 | 1st | |
| Holly Bassett | 900 | 900 | 900 | 1800 | 2nd | |
| Connor Griffiths | 1000 | 1000 | 3rd | |||
| Lucy Howell | 810 | 810 | 4th | |||
| Points Explained.Surfing :The Points are allocated as follows : | ||||||
| Event Placing | Points | |||||
| 1st | 1000 | |||||
| 2nd | 900 | |||||
| 3rd | 810 | |||||
| 4th | 730 | |||||
| 5th = | 660 | |||||
| 7th = | 600 | |||||
| 9th = | 540 | |||||
| 13th= | 480 | |||||
| 17th= | 430 | |||||
| Distance :The best three results are chosen and the Points are allocated as follows : | ||||||
| Event Placing | Points | |||||
| 1st | 1000 | |||||
| 2nd | 900 | |||||
| 3rd | 810 | |||||
| 4th | 730 | |||||
| 5th | 660 | |||||
| 6th | 600 | |||||
| 7th | 540 | |||||
| 8th | 480 | |||||
| 9th | 430 | |||||
| 10th | 380 | |||||
| 11th | 342 | |||||
| 12th | 308 | |||||
| 13th | 278 | |||||
| 14th | 250 | |||||
| 15th | 225 | |||||
| 16th | 202 | |||||
| 17th | 182 | |||||
| 18th | 164 | |||||