The 2015 SUPSA Award evening took place at the Woodstock Grill & Tap in Cape Town on Saturday night 12th March.
The SUPSA awards was an evening of fun and friendship as we recognise the achievements of our athletes during the 2015 SUPSA Surfing and Racing Series at the SUPSA Annual Prize Giving Evening. The evening was presented by guest speaker Greg Bertish, who also presented a very interesting slide show of the history of SUP’ing in South Africa.
The awards presented were as follows:
2015 SA SUP Surfing Championships
Winners in each division to receive new SA Champs floating trophies.
Open Men
- Justin Bing
Open Women
- Tammy Robarts
Legends
- Glen Thompson
Divas
- Kim Du Venage
Junior boys
- Nic Walker
Junior girls
- Gabi Lupini
All past winner since the 1st SA Champs that was held back in 2011 in Cape Town have been added.
2015 Race series
Open Men
- Dylan Frick
- Christopher Couve
- Kimon Dos Santos
Open Women
- Jaqueline De Billot
- Tarryn King
- Mishka Steyn
Legends
- Brandon Read
- Grantley Read
- Dave Maxwell
Divas
- Cynthia Baxter
- Monika Wolgemuth
- = Angela Whittle
= Kim Duvenage
Juniors
- Kimon Dos Santos
- Joshua Robertson
- Kyle Chrystal
2015 Surf series
Open Men
- Justin Bing
- Tom King
- Brandon Ribbink
Open Women
- Roxy Davis
- Tammy Robarts
- Tarryn King
Legends
- Grantley Read
- Gary van Rooyen
- Dave Maxwell
Divas
- Kim Du Venage
- Angela Whittle
- Sue Maxwell
Juniors
- Nic Walker
- Matthew Maxwell
Kimon Dos Santos
The South African Overall SUP Champion for 2015
Open Men
- Tom King
- Dylan Frick
- Kimon Dos Santos
Open Women
- Tarryn King
- Jaqueline De Billot
- Mishka Steyn
Legends
- Grantley Read
- = Dave Maxwell
= Gary van Rooyen
Divas
- = Cynthia Baxter
= Kim Du Venage
- Angela Whittle
Juniors
- Kimon Dos Santos
- Joshua Robertson
- Matthew Maxwell
2015 Special Achievement Award
Nominees: 1. Tarryn King for her 5th Place ISA World Champs.
- Ethan Koopmans – for his 3rd in the 14ft class in the Molokai Crossing in Hawaii.
- Dylan Frick – top 10 during the 2015 World Race Tour.
2015 Presidents Award for Service to the Sport
Nominees:
1. Lollo Wollheim – for her work as Secretary of Supsa and her timekeeping at the downwinder events.
- Gary Van Rooyen – For his overall contribution to the sport over the years.
- Peter Petersen – For his overall contribution to the sport over the years.