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Brits aim to get it right in Brazil
by George Mojo
24/01/2006:// The British junior team competing at this year's World Surfing Games in Brazil has been anounced.
The 12-strong squad, which finished inside the Top 10 at the last games, includes includes four Welsh and five Cornish surfers.
Swansea's Sam Burkett is named team captain and competes in the under-18 division along with Ruebyn Ash, Tom Butler and Jayce Robinson.
All four boys are training in warmer water this winter down under in Australia and Indonesia.
The Under 16 division sees Plymouth's Matt Burner retain his place and he is joined by new caps from North Devon, Stuart Campbell (Woolacombe) and Lyndon Wake (Croyde).
The fourth member of the cadet division is Tom Butler's younger brother Jack, from Newquay, who is back to top form after breaking a leg last spring in a skateboarding accident.
The girls division is once more dominated by the Swansea girls led by Beth Mason, who will be hoping to improve on her remarkable 22nd place at the last WJSG. She is joined again by British under 18 champion Gwen Spurlock and new cap Kate Dendle. The only non Welsh girl is Holly Donnelly from Newquay, who is another new cap.
The Games take place during May and between now and then the team are kembarking on some serious close season training under the watchful eye of fitness coach Glenn Eldridge.
Newquay's Paul Jeffrey will once again be team manager. The head coach is Joel Gray. Both are aiming for a top eight finish out of the 30 teams expected to compete.
The non travelling reserves are: Connor Spears (Croyde), Billy Norways (St. Ives), Lewis Clinton (Newquay), Seb Smart (Sennen), Kathleen Spears (Croyde) and Rhianon Davies (Swansea).
Cornwall's Russell Winter has had a superb start at the Buondi Billabong Pro in Portugal notching up one of the top four heat scores of the competition so far
Cornwall's Ruebyn Ash put in a superb performance to reach his second European Pro Junior final of the season
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