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Nahoon Reef in East London played host to the 2014 Cool Shoe South African Masters Surfing Championships which saw the Border team dominate the contest in the home surf and win their 8th successive team title along with 4 individual titles.
Border had surfers representing in the finals of every division seeing the team rack up a total of 39 764 points to retain the Masters Cup. Zululand impressed and finished runners up in the team standings. Eastern Province finished in 3rd ahead of Western Province in 4th, Kwazulu Natal Central in 5th, Southern Cape in 6th and Southern Kwazulu Natal in 7th.
In the Senior Men division Devyn Mattheys excelled by selecting the best waves on offer to beat teammate Tyrelle Johnson who finished in 2nd. Alan Johns picked up 3rd while Kelvin Zehmke finished in 4th.
Greg Emslie, defending SA Masters Champ and reigning World Masters Champ, dominated the Masters division finishing well ahead of 2nd place Clinton Fraser by almost 5 points. Stuart Fowles took home 3rd and Andrew Banks 4th.
A great battle took place in the Grandmasters division between Gary van Wieringen and Wayne Monk with Gary coming out on top. Kevin O’Brien finished in 3rd place and Vince King in 4th place.
Gareth Sepp captured the title in the Kahuna division outscoring Rob Moore-Boyle in 2nd, David Malherbe in 3rd and Mark Wooten in 4th.
In the Grandkahunas division Fred le Roux took home the title. Nick Pike scored 2nd place while Arthur Cowan took home 3rd and Andre Venter 4th.
Brian Heathcote produced the upset of the day in the Veterans division beating 4 time World Masters Champ, Chris Knutsen. Gordon Harmer finished in 3rd and Hand Kamhhot in 4th.
The 2 time Women’s World Masters champ, Heather Clark put on a dominating performance to take the Women’s division. The runner up spot went to Tasha Mentasti with Nicky Hare and Carolyn Dent finishing in equal 3rd.
Cool Shoe SA Masters Surfing Championships Results:
Provincial Team rankings
1st Border – 39 764 points
2nd Zululand – 29 812 points
3rd Eastern Province – 27 956 points
4th Western Province – 26 252 points
5th KwaZulu-Natal Central – 17 932 points
6th Southern Cape – 11 780 points
7th Southern KwaZulu-Natal – 8 872 points
Senior Men (+30)
1st Devyn Mattheys
2nd Tyrell Johnson
3rd Alan Johns
4th Kelvin Zehmke
Masters (+35)
1st Greg Emslie
2nd Clinton Fraser
3rd Stuart Fowles
4th Andrew Banks
Grandmasters (+40)
1st Gary van Wieringen
2nd Wayne Monk
3rd Kevin O’Brien
4th Vince King
Kahunas (+45)
1st Gareth Sepp
2nd Rob Moore-Boyle
3rd David Malherbe
4th Mark Wooten
Grandkahunas (+50)
1st Fred Le Roux
2nd Nick Pike
3rd Arthur Cowan
4th Andre Venter
Veterans (+55)
1st Brian Heathcote
2nd Chris Knutsen
3rd Gordon Harmer
4th Hans Kamhoot
Women (+30)
1st Heather Clark
2nd Tasha Mentasti
Equal 3rd Nicky Hare
Equal 3rd Carolyn Dent
5th Michelle Holmes
Photos by Graeme Field
