SATT Head Judge JOHN TORRY chosen to Judge at World Surfing Games 2009!

After review by the ISA Technical and Executive Committees, the ISA has informed the SATT that our Head Judge John Torry has been selected as a member of the judging panel for the 2009 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games to be held in Playa Hermosa, Jaco, Costa Rica from August 1^st – August 8^th, 2009.

This is his second role as a Judge of a World Games Event as he judged in the ISA World Masters last year in Peru. For more information on the event see the official event invitation at:

http://isasurf.org/events_WSG09.php

Chris Dennis Makes It 3 In A Row!

Chris Dennis is now completely dominating the SATT National Team Trials circuit! This Sunday he successfully won his third event in a row at Beach Break, Sans Souci. He has claimed his spot on the National Team to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the World Surfing Games in Costa Rica this August!

The National Team Qualifiers are as follows:

1) Chris Dennis
2) Jason Apparicio
3) Che Lovelace
4) Alan Davis

Alternates:
1) Shane Hennaman
2) Shawn Rostant


RESULTS Trials #4

OPEN MEN

HEAT 1
1. SHANE HENNEMAN
2. ANDREW AWAI
3. ANDRE STEUART
4. KEWAN LANDRETH-SMITH

HEAT 2
1. SHAUN ROSTANT
2. MIKEY PHILLIPS
3. CHAD HAMELSMITH
4. MICHELINE FERREIRA

HEAT 3
1. SIMON CABRAL
2. ALAN DAVIS
3. DOMINIC PERCY
4. SEAN MORUF

HEAT 4
1. JASON APPARICIO
2. CHRIS DENNIS
3. CHE LOVELACE
4. KENDELL FRANCIS
5. BRYAN RAMCHARRAN

SEMI 1
1. CHRIS DENNIS
2. SHANE HENNEMAN
3. ALAN DAVIS
4. SEAN ROSTANT

SEMI 2
1. JASON APPARICIO
2. CHE LOVELACE
3. ANDREW AWAI
4. SIMON CABRAL
5. MIKEY PHILLIPS

FINAL
1. CHRIS DENNIS
2. JASON APPARICIO
3. CHE LOVELACE
4. ANDREW AWAI
5. SHANE HENNEMAN

Chris Dennis Wins Again!

Chris Dennis in winning form at World Surfing Games 2008.

This sunday Trinidad and Tobago's National Surfing Champion 2008, Christopher Dennis, continued his winning form by securing his second victory in a row at SATT National Team Trails #3, held at Beach Break, Sans Souci.

Replicating the form of on-fire ASP surfer Joel Parkinson, who also won his last two events back-to-back, Chris has all but fully secured a birth on his country's National Team for the second year in a row and is likely to be representing the Red, Black and White come July 31st in Hermosa, Costa Rica at the World Surfing Games 2009!

Conditions at Beach Break, Sans Souci once again turned on for the field of competition, proving why it's considered the most consistent surf spot in the twin island state. Both Juniors and Open surfers had an opportunity to compete in their divisions.  The results were as follows:

OPEN MEN

ROUND 1
HT 1
1. Che Lovelace
2. Sean Rostant
3. Sherrard Spiers
4. Simon Cabral

HT 2
1. Jason Apparicio
2. Shane Henneman
3. Kendell Francis
4. Kiwan Landreth-Smith

HT 3
1. Chris Dennis
2. Mikey Phillips
3. Kevin Seetai
4. Simeon Cupid

HT 4
1. Alan Davis
2. Bryan Ramcharan
3. Ryan Chin
4. Tristan Richardson

SEMI 1
1. Chris Dennis
2. Che Lovelace
3. Bryan Ramcharan
4. Shane Henneman

SEMI 2
1. Alan Davis
2. Jason Apparicio
3. Sean Rostant
4. Mikey Phillips

FINAL
1. Chris Dennis
2. Jason Apparicio
3. Alan Davis
4. Che Lovelace

JUNIORS MEN

HT 1
1. Jamie Phillips
2. Stefan Lue Chin
3. Craig DeFreitas
4. Findley Howard-Stevens

HT 2
1. Dario Jordan
2. Christian Chin
3. Matthew Milne

FINAL
1. Dario Jordan
2. Christian Chin
3. Stefan Lue Chin
4. Jamie Phillips

NEXT TRIALS ON 17TH MAY 2009

Local Youths recipients of the 2009 ISA Individual Scholarships!

** Our very own Junior Rippers Dario Jordan and James Philips to recieve Scholarships. Special thanks to SATT secretary Warren Rostant for long hours putting their applications together and making this happen on behalf of the SATT!

Salinas, Ecuador, April 1st, 2009)  The International Surfing Association announced yesterday, the forty recipients of the 2009 ISA Individual Scholarship Program during an ISA Development Meeting held at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Ecuador. 

This is the third consecutive year that the ISA holds the Scholarship Program. The program started in 2007 with only five grants awarded and within one year expanded it to 20 scholarships. For 2009, the ISA increased the program by 100%, issuing 40 scholarships to Under 18 junior surfers from 22 countries.  The ISA received over 80 applications from 24 countries for this year’s program.   

Before announcing the winners, ISA President Fernando Aguerre said: “I believe the Scholarship is a huge step forward by the ISA in areas of the world where we can never do enough.  Together, we are supporting the dreams and hopes of good students who are also good surfers. We went from five to 40 scholarships in three years and we´re hoping to reach 100 in a couple of years.”

After careful review by the Scholarship Selection Committee, the ISA announced the following surfers as ISA Surfing Ambassadors in every corner of the world. The recipients are inspirational human beings, great surfers and students who want to succeed in surfing and school.

The ISA is able to provide scholarships due to the generous support from Quiksilver Foundation, Billabong, Reef Redemption, and Global Surf Industries, Inc. 

 

2009 ISA Scholarship Recipients  

Brian Masmut –Argentina  Martín Carricart –Argentina  Joaquín Castanon –Argentina  Dominic Reisch –Australia  Amiya Doyle - Australia Ametza Nicholls –Barbados  Jade Niccols –Barbados  Jordan Heaselgrave –Barbados  Victor Bernardo –Brazil  Isaac Norman –Canada  Tomás Villegas –Chile  Camilo Hernández –Chile  Manuel Mesen –Costa Rica  Alberto Muñoz –Costa Rica  Carlos Muñoz –Costa Rica  Roberto Rodriguez –Ecuador  Brandon García –Guatemala  Freddy Morales –Guatemala Henry Rivera -Guatemala Garren Pryce –Jamaica  Leon McKenzie –Jamaica  Nao Omura –Japan  Arashi Kato –Japan  Aman Ashraf –Maldives  Itzel García –Mexico  Jayda Martin Fitzharris – New Zealand  Joaquín del Castillo – Perú  Juninho Urcia – Perú Miguel Tudela – Perú Pedro Alcobia –Portugal  Christian Rivera –Puerto Rico  Brandon Benjamin –South Africa  Bright Ntuli –South Africa  Khaye Ngcobo – South Africa Lucía Martino –Spain  Darío Jordan –Trinidad  James Philips – Trinidad  Federico Longo –Uruguay  Christian Arballo –USA  Demi Boelsteri –USA

Chris Dennis wins SATT National Team Trials Number 2!

The climax of this event took place in the semi-final when we witnessed an awesome showdown between past National Champ and winner of Trials number one Che Lovelace, and Current National Champ Chris Dennis.

After being eliminated in the same stage of the first trials earlier this year, by Che, Chis was not about to let a reoccurence take place.  The two surfers rode set waves back to back with explosive action and kept raising the bar.  So much so, that the final was almost an anti-climax!

 

In the end, it was Chris who took top honors and is poised to secure his place on the National Team once again.  Che too, is in a good position to secure his position on the team.

Womens

1. Kathy-Ann Smith

2. Micheline Ferreira

Open Men

 

ROUND 1

Heat 1 

1. Keith Lewis

2. Bryan Ramcharran

3. Jamie Phillips

4. Craig deFreitas

Heat 2

1. Kendell Francis

2. Shawn Rostant

3. Glen Ferreira

4. Chad Hamel-Smith

5. Christian Chin

Heat 3 

1. Chris Dennis

2. Andrew Awai

3. Dario Jordan

4. Alan Fitt

5. Shane Spiers

Heat 4 

1. Che Lovelace

2. Shane Henneman

3. Stefan Lue Chin

4. Ryan Chin

SEMI-FINAL 1

1. Keith Lewis

2. Shane Henneman

3. Andrew Awai

4. Kendell Francis

SEMI-FINAL 2 

1. Chris Dennis

2. Che Lovelace

3. Shawn Rostant

4. Bryan Ramcharran

FINAL

1. Chris dennis

2. Che Lovelace

3. Keith Lewis

4. Shane Henneman

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 !