Local grommets have dominated the youngest age group of the Victorian Junior Titles with Patrick Hughes and Ellie Harrison winning the under 14 championships.
Barwon Heads’ Harrison took out the final round of the titles at Jan Jun with a 9.27 “wave of the day”.
Harrison proved too good in the final ousting Jan Juc surfer Mia Huppatz with two high-scoring rides in clean, metre-high swell on Sunday.
Fellow Jan Juc surfers Cielle Bouvier and Emily Mcgettigan took third and fourth place.
Scoring the best ride of the day put Harrison in the draw for a trip to Asia.
In the under 14 boys Willis Droomer won ahead of Barwon Heads’ Jack Bassett, and Jan Juc’s Patrick Hughes and Malachi White.
But Droomer’s win saw him fall just short of his Jan Juc compatriot Hughes, who won the overall championship.
Barwon Heads’ Zeph Lamperd won the under 16s on the weekend ahead of fellow locals Bohdie Williams (Ocean Grove), Ethan Huxtable (Jan Juc) and Cody Major (Bellbrae).
But the victory, which Lamperd took with a last gasp 8.17-point wave, was not enough to chase down series leader Codie Jeffrey (Newhaven).
“I’m stoked to take the win here at Jan Juc and get runner up in the state title,” Lamperd said.
“Thanks to all the competitors who all surfed really well.”
Jan Juc’s Jazz Wylie, Bella Wilson and Jackson Kay all came second on Sunday in the under 16s girls and under 18s girls and boys respectively.
But they fell short in the race for series winner and runner up for their age groups.
