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Coffey kids run riot at rampage

03 Nov, 2009 09:53 AM
SURFING super family – the Coffey’s - ran riot in Port Macquarie across the weekend, dominating Cambo’s Ocean and Earth Teenage Rampage.

The Crescent Head heavyweights took line honours in three of the four divisions contested.

Ellie-Jean bagged the blue ribbon under 16 girls’ title, Jackson - the under 13s boys’ title and Holly-Sue - the under 13s girls’ title in punchy one-metre beach break waves at Lighthouse Beach.

The early rounds of the unique three-round format, which was the brain child of current ASP World Tour surfer and Ocean & Earth team rider Phil Macdonald, saw some outstanding surfing performances.

Local ace Matt Banting and Ellie-Jean headed the charge to maintain dominant lead positions on the Teenage Rampage leader board in their respective divisions.

With only the top four placed surfers after three rounds in each division progressing to the final, the slate was wiped clean for the final, opening the door for potential upsets.

This is exactly what happened in the under 16 boys final, with Crescent Head ripper Jackson O’Donnell upstaging Banting on his home stretch of beach.

Despite a slow start to the final Banting held a marginal lead over his finalists.

But O’Donnell pounced on this opportunity, hunting down the cleaner left hand walls to move into a slim lead position.

Banting made a late charge with a strong combo of forehand manoeuvres, but it was O’Donnell who sealed the upset win with a super powerful forehand display to net him an excellent 8.50 to finish with a dominant victory.

Runner up Banting was closely followed by Ryan Hunt (Tinonee) in third and Phoenix Graham (Crescent Head) in fourth.

Post final, O’Donnell said he was stoked to take the win over his more fancied opponent.

“Conditions were a little tricky so I really concentrated on being patient and waiting for the bigger walling lefts,” he said.

“Matt (Banting) is always a threat so I knew I needed a good backup wave to get a bit of breathing space. Luckily I got that bigger one towards the end and it walled up perfectly for me to get the score.”

The talented goofy foot was also excited to qualify for the series finale.

“I’m so happy with the win and to qualify for the final at Cronulla,” he said.

“The Teenage Rampage is one of the best events around with all the giveaways and games on the beach, plus the different comp format makes it super fun. I’m really looking forward to the final event and hopefully I’ll get a good result there.”

The under 16 girls’ final wasn’t so tight with Ellie-Jean trouncing her fellow finalists in one of the most dominant displays of the day.

After progressing through the early rounds undefeated, Ellie-Jean continued her devastating form in final, posting a massive victory that saw all three of her rivals in combination situations.

In second behind Coffey was Emily Clapoudis (Port Macquarie) with Fiona Casey (South West Rocks) third and Coco Beeby (Scotts Head) fourth.

The 13 boys final saw a super tight battle unfold between Jackson Coffey and Jack Germain (Lake Cathie) with the lead changing multiple times.

Despite Germain posting the highest wave score of the heat, an excellent 8.67, it was Jackson who found a substantial backup wave to his excellent 8.33 to claim victory from Germain.

In third was Chris Zaffis (Angourie) with Danny Shouten (Bonny Hills) in fourth.

The 13 girls saw Holly-Sue complete a treble victory for the Coffey family winning from younger sister Ruby-Lee (Crescent Head), with Chloe Astorini (Crescent Head) in third and Lily Graham (Pacific Palms) in fourth.

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Winners: Cambo’s Ocean & Earth Teenage Rampage champions celebrate victory with Mick Campbell (L-R: Ellie-Jean Coffey, Holly-Sue Coffey, Mick Campbell, Jackson Coffey and Jackson O’Donnell   Pic: Darren Simondson
Winners: Cambo’s Ocean & Earth Teenage Rampage champions celebrate victory with Mick Campbell (L-R: Ellie-Jean Coffey, Holly-Sue Coffey, Mick Campbell, Jackson Coffey and Jackson O’Donnell Pic: Darren Simondson

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