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ICAH Has Placed 31st in The World

ACKEAM Has Placed 37th in The World

Icah Wilmot, Team Jamaica. Photo: AJ Neste/Surfing America

TEAM JAMAICA MAKES US PROUD

Team Jamaica. Photo: AJ Neste/Surfing America

Congatulations to all Of Team Jamaica Staff, Sponsors and friends and To Icah Wilmot For Just Making The 4 Round Repochrage Where He Placed 4th And 31st Place Overall in The world Also Acheam Phillips aka "Bob The Builder also Did Great advancing To Round 3 of The Repocharge To Finish = 37th in the World... you can See all the results Below..

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TEAM JAMAICAS WORLD STANDINGS

Boys Under 18	Boys Under 16	Girls Under 18
1. Icah Wilmot (Captain) = 31st 2. Tristan English = 73rd 3. Junior Hibberts = 85th 4. Alex Marley = 85th	1. Ackeam Phillips = 37th 2. Shane Simmons = 73rd 3. Eneson Lightbourn = 73rd 4. Jason Pusey = 85th	1. Imani Wilmot = 61st 2. Elim Beckford = 49th 3. Noelle Jackson = 61st

 

From Kurt 10/13

ICAH WILMOT STILL GOIN

Congatulations to Icah Wilmot For Just Making The 3 Round Quilifers Where He Placed 4th In His Heat Moving Him Into The Repocharge Rounds Were He Currently Sits in =31st Place Overall with a Chance Today to Move Up Unfourtintly it will not Be Live on the Webcast today But Tune In Anyways Good Stuff Acheam Phillips aka "Bob The Builder also Did Great advancing To Round 3 of The Repocharge To Finish = 37th in the World... you can See all the results Below

From Kurt 10/12

Congatulations to Icah Wilmot For his Round Two 2nd Place finish Pulling Through in The Last 20 seconds of the heat The Lip shot on The Inside was Awesome Advancing ahead of Names Like Mason Ho well lets just say It was a great Moment In The History of Jamaican Surfing There is a Video of Icahs Lip Shot is up on the Link Below and live coveage begins around 11 am est. Big Up all the online supporters Keep it up They love it...

Day 3 ISA Press 10/12

The drama continued into heat 10 as Brazil, Hawaii, Italy and Jamaica went head to head. Jeferson Silva of powerhouse team Brazil took a solid first place with a combo two-wave score of 12.33. With less than a minute left in the heat and needing a 3.23 to advance in second, Icah Wilmot from Jamaica
took an outside set wave, made the inside section and finished off with strong backhand snap to earn a 3.63 squeezing past Italy's Giovanni Perini and Hawaii's Mason Ho who finished third and fourth respectively. "There are a lot of really good surfers here and it has been tough so far. It was hard to catch waves out there," said Wilmot. "Going into it, I figured it was going to be a hard heat but I just had to keep cool and relax."

It was an emotional win for the whole Jamaican team who has faced hefty challenges just to come to this competition from traveling expenses (which are about $30,000 USD for a one week stay) to obtaining visas. Prior to this competition, Jamaica received a grant from their government to help build the national surf team. Of the 11 surfers on the team, three of the
Boys Under 18 and three of the Boys Under 16 have been eliminated. And in an unfortunate turn of events later in the afternoon, Wilmot was knocked out USA and South Africa and forced into repercharges along with three other
Jamaican team members.

TEAM VAN by Quashi 10/11

Dear Supporters and friends

The Jamaican team is making a statement. The team van has generated much excitement.

Please note attached photos of JSA WJSC 2005 Team Van .

Claudette Wilmot

Nice Work Patrick!!!

From Nigel Benjamin 10/10

Dear Sponsors & Supporters of the Jamaica National Junior Surfing Team,

Below is a brief update from Team manager Billy Wilmot on the Junior Team's progress to date. (Also a few pics attached).

On a personal note it was a lifetime highlight for me to walk with our National Team in the "Parade of Nations" ceremony that opened the Quiksilver/ ISA World Junior Surfing Championships on Saturday afternoon! We made a highly spirited march across the main stage waving flags and cheering to the crowds loud applause and were only outdone by the New Zealand team who stripped off their shirts and performed a traditional "Haka" Mauri warrior dance! Next time we will have to bring the Nyabingy drums!!
Having spent most of the past few days with the team I must say we have an extraordinary group of young ambassadors clearly exhibiting their best behavior and the warmth, pride, and unity that embodies our national motto "Out of many one people".
They are making a great impression in and out of the water!

This is an invaluable experience for these kids and already we are seeing improvements in their surfing as they are inspired by the high level of competition to push themselves to new heights. This is Great Stuff !

On behalf of the JSA and the National Junior Team, many thanks again for your support!!
Stay tuned for more news updates throughout the next few days.

All the best!
Nigel

From Billy Mystic 10/9

Subject: Jamaican Surfers Continue to Challenge.
The National Junior Surf Team is still on track with 9 surfers still in with a shot at individual titles. Main hopes hing on National Jr. Champ Icah Wilmot who posted a second place finnish in his opening heat of the first round and advanced to the second round as did national junior girls competitor Elim beckford.

Competing today will be Jamaicas top under 16 boys Ackeam Phillips and Shane Simmonds who have been working out since their arrival in California on friday. The surf has been large with bigger sets in the 10' range.

 

SEE ALL THE PICTURES AND RESULTS OF OUR FUND RAISING EFFORTS

Special Thanks Goes out to all Of Our Friends

 

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

Fundraising efforts are underway to help cover the cost of getting the humble yet powerfull Jamaican Junior team to the upcoming world junior championship competitions in Huntington beach, CA this October. Any and all donations would be so welcomed and loved...

The Jamaican National Surf Team

The Jamaica National Junior Surf Team is slated to take part in the 2005 World Junior Surfing Championships to be held in Huntington Beach California in October. The team which will be competing for the 2005 IOC Presidents Trophy, has been announced. 11 junior surfers, 4 under 18 boys, 4 under 16 boys, and 3 under 18 girls. They will be accompanied by a 3 member management team. The team members are as follows.

WJSC05 TEAM LIST Boys U18 1. Icah Wilmot (Captain) 2. Tristan English 3. Junior Hibberts 4. Alex Marley 5. Andrew Robinson (alternate) 6. Michael Panton (alternate) Boys U16 1. Ackeam Phillips 2. Shane Simmons 3. Eneson Lightbourn 4. Omar Jacks 5. Jason Pusey (alternate) 6. Travis Atkinson (alternate) Girls U19 1. Imani Wilmot 2. Elim Beckford 3. Noelle Jackson

2005 IOC Presidents Trophy

Minimum Team

In the event that funds are not sufficient to sent the whole team, a partial team would be selected. As only the scores of the best 3 finishers in each division will contribute to the teams’ final total, the lower ranked surfers in each division would be dropped.

FUND RAISING EVENTS AND DONATION LOCATIONS

9/23/05 RICHIE SPICE LIVE ON LYNKS

Tune In To LYNKS103.9fm & Sir Rockwell With Richie Spice Live on The Air all day Friday they will be Talking about the Fund Raising Efforts and His apperance at the Party...

Saturday Night 9/24/05 At Revolution In Fort Lauderdale

Big Ups To Everyone Donating There Services

DONATION LOCATIONS

SURF WORLD Pompano Beach	BC SURF AND SPORT Fort Lauderdale	LIQUID ADDICTION Fort Lauderdale	JAMMIN JUCIES Sunrise	WE BE JOYS Lauderdale Lakes
POORHOUSE Fort Lauderdale	ELBOWROOM Fort Lauderdale	ALL STARS Pompano Beach

Learn More About The History Of Surfing In Jamaica

On The Jamaican Surfing Associations Web Site

Big Ups For The Fund Raising Efforts on 9/15/05 Lance-O and JAH SURF in Miami

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