The Port Elizabeth surfers dominated the men’s division, taking their fourth consecutive win in the three-day competition, while the women snatched a close second behind a very strong Varsity College outfit.
Defending champion Jean du Plessis did well to finish second in the men’s individual section behind 2013 International Surfing Association gold medallist Shaun Joubert of Stellenbosch University.
In the women’s competition, 2014 winner Roxy Giles once again surfed her way into the finals before handing her crown to Nicole Pallet of Varsity College.
The Madibaz’s medal-winning performance got the university’s USSA campaign off to a solid start, as eight more sporting codes spring into action at the mid-year tournaments taking place countrywide this week.
Surfing captain Scott Lenton said his squad had gone into the competition with a positive team spirit and it had been a proud moment to take back the overall honours.
“NMMU has some really strong sporting codes and it made us very proud to represent our university and be the first code to claim national victory in a University Sport competition this year.”
While conditions on the opening day had been on the small side, he said the next two days had been “cooking” with swells of four to six feet.
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