Lower Point, Jeffreys Bay – The forecast looks promising for the start of the 2024 Sea Harvest SA Junior Surfing Championships at Lower Point in JBay, a world-renowned surfing location. With an offshore flow for most competition days (25th – 29th September) and a decent swell on the horizon, it’s shaping up to be a very exciting event.
This, the 28th edition of the Sea Harvest South African Junior Championships, which involves 180 girls and boys from eight districts, is supported by SMTH Shapes, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, Ocean Freedom and True Technologies.
One of the year’s most popular events, the SA Junior Championships, gives our young surfers a taste of what it is like to be a champion and sets many young surfers up for further success in their surfing careers.
Talent Showcase
It will showcase the talents of South Africa’s top young surfers, who will compete in close to 130 heats over the next five days. The event will end on Sunday 29th September.
At stake are individual national titles for Under 12, Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 boys and girls, along with the coveted Freedom Cup, which was first introduced at the event in East London in 2003 and is awarded to the District whose team members accumulate the highest points across all age divisions.
The teams competing this year are the defending champions Cape Town Surfriders, former champions Buffalo City Surfriders, eThekwini Surfriders, hosts Nelson Mandela Bay Surfriders, Winelands Surfriders, Eden Surfriders, Ugu Surfriders and iLembe Surfriders.
In addition to the Freedom Cup and individual championship titles, several speciality awards are up for grabs, including the Loud and Proud Team Spirit award, which is awarded to the team with the most spirit at the event and won last year by Ethekwini.
Lower Point, JBay
The SA Junior Championships will take place at Lower Point in J-Bay for the eleventh year. It is presented by Sea Harvest, who has been supporting junior surfing in the country for many years, and their unwavering backing of the sport has always been greatly appreciated.
The SA Junior Champions is proudly supported by SMTH Shapes, whose surfboards are crafted by legendary surfboard shaper Graham Smith and his son, WSL CT surfer and 2024 Olympian Jordy. We are also grateful for the support received from the Department of Sport Arts and Culture, True Technologies, and Ocean Freedom.
The Kouga Municipality always support surfing in their region and has shown such backing in many ways over the last surfing season.
This year, those fans and family members and surfers from all over who can’t make it down to JBay can watch the event in its entirety on the SuperSport Schools Live Stream. Register here or download the SuperSport Schools app, and use the simple search function to find ‘Sea Harvest SA Junior Championships.’
Live Heats
Liveheats will provide up to the second heat scores to all mobile devices daily of the Sea Harvest SA Junior Championships presented by SMTH Shapes. To access this information, go to www.liveheats.com/surfingsouthafrica. Heat results are updated on this platform as they are completed. All the heat draws and the probable schedule is published on Liveheats.
Updates, photos and videos will be published on the Surfing SA Facebook Page and on the Instagram profile @surfing_south_africa_media, and regular press releases will be distributed.
The Sea Harvest SA Surfing Championships presented by SMTH Shapes, is a premier Surfing South Africa tournament.
About Surfing South Africa
Surfing South Africa is the official National Federation for surfing in South Africa. SSA is a member of the South African Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and is recognised as the governing body by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
Surfing South Africa is responsible for developing the sport, hosting National tournaments, sanctioning International events, and selecting National teams in all SSA disciplines. SSA is a member of the African Surfing Confederation (ASC) and the International Surfing Association (ISA), the sport’s World governing body.
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