There was better surf with some bad luck on Day Four of the 2007 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships, as the South Africans saw two of their number eliminated in the blazing heat at Mata Beach, Costa Da Caparica, Portugal on Wednesday.
The good news is that Tarryn Chudleigh and Nikita Robb remain in the qualifying section of the draw after two good performances in the crisp 2-3 foot surf on Day Four.
Chudleigh was the star of the team, as she dominated her round three qualifier to eclipse second placed Alize Armaud of France 12.17 to 6.40.
She now moves on to round four, where team mate Nikita Robb will join her after earning a narrow second place to Diana de Souza of Brazil in a nail-biting encounter.
Robb, who is surfing in her fourth ISA World Junior Championships, said "That was the toughest heat I have had in this contest so far," but she is under no illusion, and knows that her heats will get more difficult over the next few days.
Chudleigh, the current Under 16-SA Champion and Robb, the SA Under-18 champion, are the only two South Africans still in the qualifying section of the draw.
They will come up against each other and two Americans, Courtney Conloque and Sage Ericson, in the second heat of the round four qualifying heats on Friday.
Another South African to give a good account of herself in qualifying round three was Chantelle Rautenbach, but heat winner Laura Enever of Australia and Sage Ericson outscored her in the dying moments and Rautenbach will now move into the fourth repercharge round.
Unfortunately the fourth member of the South African girl’s group Tanika Hoffman placed third in her repercharge heat, and was eliminated from the event.
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