Saturday 5th November at Saunton Sands, North Devon finally saw the 2011 British Longboard Club Championships take place. Alan Reed recently crowned British Masters Longboard Champion was there as part of the Masters team for the Hotdoggers Surf Club from Saunton North Devon. Al has been a member of the Hotdoggers club for over 10 years (Sadly the Isle of Wight Surf Club no longer has any Longboard teams).
Each team member had to surf in a 25 minute heat with 12 teams competing from Scarborough , RN/RM , Bristol , Shore Surf Club, and the Hotdoggers. Al was up in the second heat and took 1st place in his heat helping the Masters team to 2nd place overall.
Sponsers of the event were; Second Skin, O`Neil, Cordural Lines, Dudleys , VW , BLU, Blacker Surfboards , Thatch , Errant Surf Travel, Indo Boards , Animal , North Core And Monster.
The Trophy presentation was at Cook Island, this was also the Hotdoggers End of Season Bash, 6.00pm til Midnight; a Carvery for only £6.50, a free bus from Barnstaple with pickups enroute returning at midnight, trophy presentations, raffle and DJ. Cook Island was just up the road from where I was staying so I dropped by for a quick pint. It certainly looked like the Hotdoggers know how to throw and end of season do, there were some pretty bleary eyed surfers climbing out of vans as I drove past on my way to check Woolacombe this morning.
Well done to the Hotdoggers
Results below:
1ST. HOTDOGGERS A
2ND. HOTDOGGERS MASTERS
3RD. HOTDOGGERS JUNIORS
4TH. HOTDOGGERS B
5TH. SCARBOROUGH A
6TH. SHORE SURF A
7TH. RN/RM WAVERIDERS
8TH. HOTDOGGERS LADIES
9TH. HOTDOGGERS C
10TH. BRISTOL A
11TH.SCARBOROUGH B
12TH. BRISTOL B
Al would like to thank Wightlink for there ongoing support.