Women to finish soon

The womens event at Bells continues in difficult onshore conditions.

Steph Gilmore is through to another final and her opponent will be Chelsea Hedges or Sophia Mulanovich, who are in the water right now.

The webcast is on and Fuel TV will be broadcasting after the current semi.

Bells has started

Bells has started with the first two rounds of the womens event today. Can't tell you what the conditions were like as I was working and no heat on demand have been loaded yet.

Clare B won her round one heat and heads straight to round three with Steph Gilmore and Marges winner Chelsea Hedges. Wildcard Tyler Wright moved into that round with a second in round two.

When the mens round one starts most heats have at least one surfer of interest. Parko and Mick both have wildcards including last year's trial to final wildcard Robbo.

The website is a bit glitchy at the moment but hopefully they will sort it out soon.



RIP CURL WOMEN'S PRO BELLS BEACH RESULTS

ROUND 1

Heat 1 First: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Second: Carissa Moore (HAW), Third: Rebecca Woods (AUS)
Heat 2 First: Coco Ho (HAW), Second: Paige Hareb (NZL), Third: Lee Ann Curren (FRA)
Heat 3 First: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Second: Tyler Wright (AUS) Third: Bruna Schmitz (BRA)
Heat 4 First: Silvana Lima (BRA), Second: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Third: Nikita Robb (ZAF)
Heat 5 First: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS), Second: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Third: Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
Heat 6 First: Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Second: Melanie Bartels (HAW), Third: Amee Donohoe (AUS)

ROUND 2

Heat 1 First: Rebecca Woods (AUS), Second: Nikita Robb (ZAF), Third: Amee Donohoe (AUS)
Heat 2 First: Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), Second: Lee Ann Curren (FRA), Third: Bruna Schmitz (BRA)

Girls and boys compete today

Round one of the Roxy Pro was done and then it was into round two of the Quiksilver Pro. The waves were smaller and a bit fluky but more than contestable.

The girls were ripping, especially the groms like Carissa Moore. Winners of round one are into round three while  those who lost are into the two round two three surfer heats. WA's Claire Bevo had a third in the second heat of the day when the waves were fuller and a less frequent. She has a hard round two against former world champ Chelsea Hedges and Kiwi Paige Hareb.

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 15.20, Carissa Moore (HAW) 13.33, Paige Hareb (NZL) 9.53
Heat 2: Coco Ho (HAW) 11.70, Rebecca Woods (AUS) 9.07, Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 7.66
Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 17.37, Tyler Wright (AUS) 16.54, Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 9.73
Heat 4: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 12.00, Silvana Lima (BRA) 11.04, Nikita Robb (ZAF) 7.60
Heat 5: Lee Ann Curren (FRA) 16.07, Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 14.20, Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 13.57
Heat 6: Melanie Bartels (HAW) 16.63, Amee Donohoe (AUS) 9.93, Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 6.90

ROXY PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Bruna Schmitz (BRA), Nikita Robb (ZAF)
Heat 2: Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL), Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)


Taj easily won his round two heat against a wildcard. Dane and Jordy both got through as did Bobby Martinez with a high two as his second wave.


QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 14.84 def. Garrett Parkes (AUS) 11.83
Heat 2: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 14.93 def. Blake Ainsworth (AUS) 12.76
Heat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA) 10.07 def. Craig Anderson (USA) 8.70
Heat 4: Damien Hobgood (USA) 15.57 def. Neco Padaratz (BRA) 13.73
Heat 5: Dane Reynolds (USA) 17.33 def. Blake Thornton (AUS) 10.23
Heat 6: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.86 def. Marco Polo (BRA) 10.27
Heat 7: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 14.87 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 13.37
Heat 8: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 16.10 def. Tanner Gudauskas (USA) 15.56

QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST REMAINING ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Heat 10: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Nathan Yeomans (USA)
Heat 11: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 12: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 13: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 14: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 15: Roy Powers (HAW) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 16: Drew Courtney (AUS) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)


Fuel TV are showing both events live or it is webcast at quiksilverpro.com.au

Women in Peru

The womens WCT is in Peru and after a few on and off days they have made it through to the quarters. Both title contenders are through, as is last contest winner Coco Ho. Home town hero Sofia Mulanovich is up against another former world champ Chelsea Hedges.

The waves look fun, nothing to testing but contestable at about three feet.

MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC ROUND 3 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Coco Ho (HAW) 14.50 def. Alana Blanchard (HAW) 10.50
Heat 2: Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 11.25 def. Melanie Bartels (HAW) 6.25
Heat 3: Paige Hareb (NZL) 11.60 def. Rebecca Woods (AUS) 9.40
Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 15.00 def. Anali Gomez (PER) 8.75
Heat 5: Silvana Lima (BRA) 12.35 def. Megan Abubo (HAW) 12.35
Heat 6: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 17.85 def. Jacqueline Silva (BRA) 9.75
Heat 7: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 11.65 def. Samantha Cornish (AUS) 7.00
Heat 8: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 13.50 def. Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 8.50

MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
QF 1: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF)
QF 2: Paige Hareb (NZL) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
QF 3: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
QF 4: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Sofia Mulanovich (PER)

Coco Ho wins the Search

A few days ago Coco Ho beat former World Champ Chelsea Hedges to win the Search. The waves were small but very contestable. In fact they were probably better than anything the blokes got.

The two women currently fighting out the World Title race Steph Gilmore and Silvana Lima finished 9th and 3rd respectively. Steph just holds the top spot with three events (Peru and two in Hawaii) to go.