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Joanne Defay (REU)
Rexona Girls Pro Junior
ASP 2-Star European Women’s Pro Junior event
Trois Bassins - Reunion Island
April 9-17, 2011
Defay leads Score Board on Day 1 of Rexona Reunion Girls Pro Junior, Quarterfinalists Decided
TROIS BASSINS, Reunion Island (Tuesday, April 12, 2011) – Women’s division in the 2011 Yop Reunion Surf Pro Junior, the ASP 2-Star Rexona Girls Pro Junior kicked-off today in consistent and building five-to-seven-foot (two meter) waves, the twenty athletes battling it out during two consecutive rounds to advance through to the Quarterfinals of the first event of this year’s ASP European Women’s Junior Series.
Much expected for their first appearance in an ASP sanctioned event on Reunion Island, event top seeds and favorites Joanne Defay (St Leu, REU), Canelle Bulard (St Leu, REU) and Justine Dupont (Lacanau, FRA) taking control of the line-up heat after heat. Coming straight from Australia where they were attending an ASP Women’s 6-Star event, the three top guns looked at ease in the consistent surf.
Leading the score board with the event’s best heat result men and women division comprised, former ASP World Junior No. 3 Joanne Defay was able to make the best out of the conditions, going left to unleash spectacular top turns and critical sections’ assaults.
Defay, a former ASP European Women’s Junior champion (2009), is looking to open her 2011 campaign with a blast, having in mind to finish in this year’s European Top 2 if not one the highest step.
Following fellow Reunion-born athlete Defay en route to the Quarterfinals, multi-event winner on the European Junior tour, Canelle Bulard (St Leu, REU) let no chance to her Round 2 opponents posting solid scores and showing promising determination towards a possible win.
Used to travelling around the world to attend ASP Women’s Star and Junior events, Bulard enjoyed competing at home today, the smiling and renowned 16-year-old athlete benefiting from her parents’ support, amongst other.
Answering the Reunion-based assault and flying the Basque flag, experienced Junior competitor Garazi Sanchez (Basque Country, EUK) was able to catch some good lefthanders in Round 2, securing a Quarterfinal ticket where she will battle against fellow Basque native Loiola Canales.
Sole Portuguese in the Final-8 of the Rexona Girls Pro Junior, Maria Abecasis (PRT) stood strong as well against the French contigent, keeping a firm grip on her Quarterfinal qualification where she will meet local top gun Bulard when competition resumes.
With the women already in the Quarterfinals stage of the event, the ASP 2-Star Rexona Girls Pro Junior is getting closing to the business end.
REXONA GIRLS PRO JUNIOR UPCOMING QUARTERFINALS
Heat 1: Joanne Defay (REU) Vs Joanna Giansanti (FRA)
Heat 2: Loiola Canales (EUK) Vs Garazi Sanchez (EUK)
Heat 3: Canelle Bulard (REU) Vs Maria Abecasis (PRT)
Heat 4: Maud Lecar (REU) Vs Justine Dupont (FRA)
Joanne Defay (REU)
Rexona Girls Pro Junior
ASP 2-Star European Women’s Pro Junior event
Trois Bassins - Reunion Island
April 9-17, 2011
Defay leads Score Board on Day 1 of Rexona Reunion Girls Pro Junior, Quarterfinalists Decided
TROIS BASSINS, Reunion Island (Tuesday, April 12, 2011) – Women’s division in the 2011 Yop Reunion Surf Pro Junior, the ASP 2-Star Rexona Girls Pro Junior kicked-off today in consistent and building five-to-seven-foot (two meter) waves, the twenty athletes battling it out during two consecutive rounds to advance through to the Quarterfinals of the first event of this year’s ASP European Women’s Junior Series.
Much expected for their first appearance in an ASP sanctioned event on Reunion Island, event top seeds and favorites Joanne Defay (St Leu, REU), Canelle Bulard (St Leu, REU) and Justine Dupont (Lacanau, FRA) taking control of the line-up heat after heat. Coming straight from Australia where they were attending an ASP Women’s 6-Star event, the three top guns looked at ease in the consistent surf.
Leading the score board with the event’s best heat result men and women division comprised, former ASP World Junior No. 3 Joanne Defay was able to make the best out of the conditions, going left to unleash spectacular top turns and critical sections’ assaults.
Defay, a former ASP European Women’s Junior champion (2009), is looking to open her 2011 campaign with a blast, having in mind to finish in this year’s European Top 2 if not one the highest step.
Following fellow Reunion-born athlete Defay en route to the Quarterfinals, multi-event winner on the European Junior tour, Canelle Bulard (St Leu, REU) let no chance to her Round 2 opponents posting solid scores and showing promising determination towards a possible win.
Used to travelling around the world to attend ASP Women’s Star and Junior events, Bulard enjoyed competing at home today, the smiling and renowned 16-year-old athlete benefiting from her parents’ support, amongst other.
Answering the Reunion-based assault and flying the Basque flag, experienced Junior competitor Garazi Sanchez (Basque Country, EUK) was able to catch some good lefthanders in Round 2, securing a Quarterfinal ticket where she will battle against fellow Basque native Loiola Canales.
Sole Portuguese in the Final-8 of the Rexona Girls Pro Junior, Maria Abecasis (PRT) stood strong as well against the French contigent, keeping a firm grip on her Quarterfinal qualification where she will meet local top gun Bulard when competition resumes.
With the women already in the Quarterfinals stage of the event, the ASP 2-Star Rexona Girls Pro Junior is getting closing to the business end.
REXONA GIRLS PRO JUNIOR UPCOMING QUARTERFINALS
Heat 1: Joanne Defay (REU) Vs Joanna Giansanti (FRA)
Heat 2: Loiola Canales (EUK) Vs Garazi Sanchez (EUK)
Heat 3: Canelle Bulard (REU) Vs Maria Abecasis (PRT)
Heat 4: Maud Lecar (REU) Vs Justine Dupont (FRA)