I had the chance to pop to swansea to catch the first Kiteival, all went well. The wind certainly was around, the rain did pop over but Swansea made up for it with a good night out!
Here is the released result info:
Dates- May 15th-17th
Location- Swansea Bay Swansea South Wales
KITEIVAL 09 ROUND 1
Event Sponsor- The City and County of Swansea Council
Co-Event Sponsor- Gower Kiteriders, Flexifoil , North
Tour Sponsors- Red Bull, Deadman, Buff, King of Watersports
Disciplines- Kitesurf, Kitelandboard, Kitebuggy Freestyle and Kitesurf Course Racing
Results after 3 days of non stop wind and 97 competitors !
Kitesurf Freestyle
Pro Men
1 – Toby Raw
2 – Sam Light
3 – Ali Barratt
Pro Ladies
1 – Hannah Whitely
2 – Nicki Rudd
3 – Sarah Silvester
Am Men
1 – Tom Butler
2 – Sam Moore
3 – Ben Todd
Am Ladies
1 – Megan Griffiths
2 – Sukie Robertson
3 – Sherly Confue
Seniors
1 – Pete Whitely
2 – Matthew Davies
3 – Marc Rowley
Juniors
1 – Dan Morrice
2 – Dan Sweeney
3 – Oli Bridge
Course Racing Kitesurf
1
Steph Bridge
2
Andy Gratwick
3
Denzil Williams
4
Steve Stubbs
5
Callum Edge
6
Darren Pompey
7
Jason Mc Caffery
8
James Longmuir
9=
Rob Darling
9=
Dom Moore
11=
Neil Harper
11=
Nicky Rudd
13=
Alex Laird
13=
Matt Smith
13=
Peter Whiteley
16
James Edwards
17
Steve Mews
Kitelandboard Freestyle
Mens
1st: Lewis Wilby
2nd: AJ Philipsen
3rd: Nick Austin
Juniors
1st: James Langton
2nd Greg Chilton
4th = Robbie Shire Maidment, Ted Polkey , Jack Daykin
Kitebuggy Freestyle
1st Will McKeen
2nd Neil Oakden
3rd Frazier Cohen
Thanks to everyone involved .