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| Monday, 08 October 2007 | |
  Cornwall based Ozzies Toby Atkins and Dara Penfold took top honours at the 2007 Elusive Welsh Open, part of the UK Pro Surf Tour.The event was held at Rest Bay, Porthcawl in the seventh year the tour has visited Wales. This was the second tour event win for Toby in two years, showing he is on form and one of the contenders for the 2007 tour title. Dara Penfold made it two in a row on the Women’s UK Pro Surf Tour. However at this event she did not have it all her own way, Easkey Britton (Ireland) pushed her all the way defeating her in the semi finals and only missing out by 0.8 in the final. The Relentless Money Move for the best cutback was closely contested throughout the event but eventually won by Newquay based surfer Llewellyn Whittaker who is also coming back from a serious injury to his leg. Dave Reed, Director of the UKPST commented: “I would like to thank Elusive for supporting this event at such a late stage and giving the tour an opportunity to come to Wales.” “Wales has many talented surfers. twenty years ago they were not just the best in the UK but amongst some of the best in Europe. I believe this event will inspire and give an opportunity for the local surfers to push their skills to be able to compete with the best in Europe again.” Bookmark this item              |