Cape Town<\/a> last year when they won the Freedom Cup by the narrowest of margins. The team in blue and white edged out hosts KZN Central by 24 points, the smallest victory margin in the 15 year history of the championships. In doing so the 2011 Western Province Junior Team became the first surfing team from the Cape to win a National title in Durban since the first South African Championships were held back in 1965.<\/p>\nEastern Province surfers did extremely well with Tahra Uren winning the Under 15 girls final and nine year old Kai Woolf of Eastern Province, the youngest competitor in the 150-strong field, confidently surfed her way to victory in the U13 Girls division.<\/p>\n
Robin de Kock, General Manager of Surfing South Africa, commenting on the event said, \u201cThe Hurley SA Junior Championships was a huge success. There was some outstanding surfing in all of the divisions and so much talent that South African surfing looks set for the future. In 15 years of holding this event Surfing South Africa will use the success of the 2011 Hurley SA Junior Champs as a benchmark. We are privileged to be partners with Hurley and grateful to the city of Durban for supporting the event.\u201d<\/p>\n
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