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31^st January
The British Longboard Union is delighted to announce that the National Trust will be its Environmental Partner for the British Longboard Championships 2012.
Press release..

The 2012 National Trust British Longboard Championships will utilise the National Trust beaches of Woolacombe and Crantock within the series with Woolacombe the opening venue.

The National Trust works hard on behalf of surfers and water sports enthusiasts to conserve and protect some 10% of our coastline across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The aim of the partnership is to raise awareness of the invaluable work the National Trust does.

Confirmed Competition dates:         Sponsored by:
Woolacombe 21^st-22^nd April:              TBC
Perranporth;   19^th-20^th May:               The Watering Hole        (The Beach Bar)
Crantock;        30^th June-1^st July:           The Bowgie Inn             (Overlooking the West end of the beach)
Gwithian;        15^th-16^th September       The Sunset Surf Cafe   (Overlooking Gwithian)


Also, new for 2012 is a new division for those 50 yrs old and over, the Grand Masters. Old Guy's rule has kindly agreed to sponsor this extra division as well as the Masters as in previous years.

14^th December
What a result!!!
The final event of the European Championships resulted in Ben Skinner European Champion with Adam Griffiths 2^nd, Ben Howey 6^th and Zak Lawton 10^th
Great efforts by all of them.
Final ranking and results here
Request
Can all surfers who were 50 yrs old on the 1^st January 2012 please email me with their date of birth and if they wish to enter the new 50 yr and plus division (Grand Masters) in 2012. This is required for me to build a list of names for the event template.
and,
Could all U16 and U18 competitors please email me with their date of birth so that I can make sure you are all in the correct age group in the lists for this year.