Che Lovelace Wins Open and Masters!

When Che Lovelace heard that the World Surfing Games were to be held in Warm, Sunny Costa Rica this year, 2009, he made clear his intentions that he was going to be part of the SATT National Team.  You see, Che was the standout surfer on the SATT Masters National Surf Team that competed at the World Masters in Peru last year.

Needless to say, the water was frigid and the wetsuits were restricting.  Compounding that, it had been several years since Che had competed in a heat, much less an event of that magnitude.  But old habits die hard, and Che has a good habit of schooling the school when it comes to competitive surfing.  Affectionately know among the groms as Che "Slater", the old guy lived up to is reputation this sunday and held a class on how to deconstruct your competition, both young an old.

This is not the first time Che has won multiple divisions of an SATT event, having won both Juniors and Open at Nationals many years back, and you can rest assured it won't be the last so long as he continues to compete at the national level.  All in all, the first event for the year for the SATT was a great success and the waves were amazing in Sans Souci for the entire day.  Oh Yeah, and Che is now well on his way to cementing his spot on the National Team for the WSG 2009 in the Warm, Sick surf of Hermosa Beach, Costa Rica!

Stay Tunes for the official results of the days action soon to be available here and at surfingtt.org .

Masters

1st - Che Lovelace
2nd - Alan Davis
3rd - Mikey (Bully) Phillips
4th - Sherrard Spiers


Women

1st - Micheline Ferreira
2nd - Shadik Day
3rd - Chrissanna Harewood


Men

Heat 1 Rd 1
1st - Chris Dennis
2nd - Che Lovelace
3rd - Darren Farfan
4th - Mark D.V.

Heat 2 Rd 1
1st - Shaun Rostant
2nd - Mikey Phillips
3rd - Shane Henneman
4th - Tristan Richardson

Heat 3 Rd 1
1st - Andrew Awai
2nd - Jason Apparicio
3rd - Kevin See Tai
4th - Chad HamelSmith

Heat 4 Rd 1
1st - Alan Davis
2nd - Brian Ramcharan
3rd - Stefan Lue Chin
4th - Josh Lewis

Semi 1
1st - Brian Ramcharan
2nd - Mikey Philips
3rd - Chris Dennis
4th - Andrew Awai

Semi 2
1st - Jason Apparicio
2nd - Che Lovelace
3rd - Shaun Rostant
4th - Alan Davis

Final
1st - Che Lovelace
2nd - Jason Apparicio
3rd - Brian Ramcharan
4th - Mikey Phillips

BodyBoard

1st - Kyle Gonsalves
2nd - Daniel De Gannes
3rd - Tristan Richardson

Official SATT ranking to be post ASAP.

This Sunday's contest is also the first official surfing event for the CARIBBEAN WATERMAN CHALLENGE 2009!

SATT KICKS OFF 2009 WITH FIRST TEAM TRIALS!

Happy New Year to all.....the SATT had a very busy 2008 and will be kicking off 2009 with Surfer of the Year/National Team Trials- Event 1 on Sunday January 25th. Open Men, Women, Bodyboard, Longboard and Masters categories will be contested on the day. The event is open to all members who have paid their membership fees for 2009. If you have not already done so, payment can be made on the day. The event will begin at 9am sharp. Registration will open at 8am and close off at 9am so be punctual. Members can register after 9am, but would not be allowed to compete on the day. The location for the first event will be announced at a later date.

The 2008 World Surfing Games was a great learning experience and this year we would like to improve our ranking. The only way to do so is to have a better prepared team, physically and mentally. The first 4 events on the SATT 09 calender will be used to select the surfers for the National Team Training Program. The final team will be selected from these surfers based on their overall performance, committment and attitude during the Training Program.

The 2009 AGM is scheduled for Tuesday 17th of February at a time and place to be announced. Please mark this day on your calendar and do your best to attend. We need your support and input to help develop and improve our sport in T&T.
Best wishes to all for 2009!

PS...CONGRATULATIONS TO 2008 SURFER OF THE YEAR JASON APPARICIO !