WSF • HALL OF CHAMPIONS

Most Wins & Current Champions

Top 10 winners (all categories) • 2025 champions

Built from the latest winners spreadsheet • no scripts

Top 10 — Most total wins
# Competitor Wins
1 Linda Sharp 21
2 Colin Bright 17
3 Mark Vaughan 13
4 Josie Hawke 11
5 Eli Perrins-Davies 10
6 Emily Williams 10
7 Greg Owen 10
8 Elliot Dudley 8
9 Joanne Dennison 8
10 Max Payne 8
Counts every non-empty winner cell across all categories and years. Entries like “No entrants”, “Not Held”, and “Did not run due to Covid” are excluded.
2025 champions (all categories with a winner recorded)
Category Champion
Open Men Eli Perrins-Davies
Open Women Emily Williams
U18 Boy Tomos O'Leary
U18 Girl Poppy Owen
U16 Boy Elijah Jones
U16 Girl Josie Hawke
U14 Boy Bryn Baker
U14 Girl Summer Marie Moore
U12 Boys Monty Cole
U12 Girls Katrina Roth Gale
Mens Longboard Elliot Dudley
Womens Longboard Emily Williams
U18 Boys Longboard Elijah Jones
U18 Girls Longboard Delphi Beck
Over 35s Craig Bright
Over 40's Lloyd Cole
Over 50's Greg Owen
Womens O35's Sindia Sosdian
Bodyboard Men Elijah Jones
Bodyboard Women Sally Howells
If a category is blank (or marked “No entrants”), it won’t appear here.

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Welsh National Surfing Championship Results

1968
Venue:     Llangenith
Surf conditions:    Good 4-6ft
Organisers:    Gower Surf Club

Results
Mens
1 Hugh Morris (Gower SC)
2 Roger Bateman (Gower SC)
3 Robin Hansen (Gower SC)
4 Chris Hinds (Gower SC)
5 David Robinson (Gower SC)
6 Howard Davies (Gower SC)

1969
Venue:     Llangenith
Surf conditions:    Poor 2ft
Organisers:    Gower Surf Club

Results
Mens
1 Chris Hinds (Gower SC)

Juniors
1 Steve Davies (Porthcawl SC)

Team
1 Gower ‘A’

Open (Non-Welsh)
1 Dave Friar (England)

Paddleboard Race
1 Charles Williams (St Ives)

1970
Venue:     Aberavon
Surf conditions:    Fair 4-6ft
Organisers:    Aberavon Surf Club

Results
Mens
1 Hugh Morris (Gower SC)
2 Adrian Husbands (Gover SC)
3 Robert Fisher (Gower SC)

Juniors
1 Robert Fisher (Gower SC)
2 Russell Jones (Gower SC)
3 Tony Hearn (Gower SC)

Ladies
1 Linda Sharp (Aberavon SC)
2 Carol Ann Wadley (sp?) (Aberavon SC)

Masters (over 28)
1 G Thomas Aberavon SC
2 C Stevens (Aberavon SC)
3 V Ganz (Gower SC)

Open
1 Steve Brown (Wessex SC)
2 Chris Hinds (Gower SC)
3 Dave Friar (Swansea)
4 Tony Cope (South Coast)
5 R Smith (South Coast)
6 B D Corbett (Guernsey)

Paddleboard Race
1 Martin Thomas (Aberavon SC)
2 Mike Stevens (Gower SC)

1971 (No contest held)

1972
Venue:    a. Morfa
b. Llangenith
Surf conditions:    a. Poor
b. Fair 4ft
Organisers:     Welsh Coast SC

Results
Mens
1 Pete Jones (Gower Lifeguard Club)
2 Dave Friar (Gower SC)
3 Phil Hayward (Gower Lifeguard Club)

Juniors
1 Duncan Thomas (Welsh Coast SC)
2 Dai Halpin (Gower SC)
3 Stephen Beazer (Welsh Coast SC)

1973
Venue:    a. Freshwater West
b. Llangenith
c. Aberavon
Surf conditions:    a. Poor 2ft
b. Unrideable
c. Fair 2-3ft
Organisers:    Welsh Surfing Federation

Results
Mens
1 Pete Jones (Gower Lifeguard Club)
2 Dave Friar (Gower SC)
3 Pete Bounds (Welsh Coast SC)
4 Mike Conlan (Welsh Coast SC)
5 Martin Phillips (Gower SC)
6 Paul Ryder (Welsh Coast SC)

Juniors
1 Tim Mumford (Gower SC)
2 Dai Halpin (Gower SC)
3 Steve Constance (Gower SC)

1974
Venue:    Freshwater West
Surf conditions:    Good 4-5ft
Organisers:     Welsh Surfing Federation

Results
Mens
1 Pete Bounds (Welsh Coast SC)
2 Pete Jones (Gower Lifeguard Club)
3 Steve Parsons (Gower SC)
3 Paul Anderson (Welsh Coast SC)
4 Paul Ryder (Welsh Coast SC)
5 Colin Bright (Welsh Coast SC)

Juniors
1 Christos Stylianou (Aberavon SC)
2 Colin Bright (Welsh Coast SC)
3 Steve Parsons (Gower SC)
4 Peter Kraus (Gower SC)
5 Paul Nicholson (Gower SC)

1975
Venue:    Freshwater West
Surf conditions:    Good 4-6ft
Organisers:     Welsh Surfing Federation

Results
Mens
1 Pete Jones (Gower Lifeguard Club)
2 Gary Parsons (Gower SC)
3 Paul Anderson (Welsh Coast SC)
4 Paul Ryder (Welsh Coast SC)
5 Bob Rogers (Pembroke SC)
6 Ceri Hurton (Pembroke SC)

Juniors
1 Steve Parsons (Gower SC)
2 Nick Gammon (Gower SC)
3 Warren Austin (Welsh Coast SC)

Ladies
1 Linda Sharp (Aberavon SC)

1976
Venue:    a. Whitesands
b. Manorbier
Surf conditions:    a. Fair 3-4ft
b. Poor 4ft
Organisers:    Welsh Surfing Federation

Results
Mens
1 Pete Bounds (Welsh Coast SC)
2 Pete Jones (Gower Lifeguard Club)
3 Steve Constance (Goer SC)
4 Paul Ryder (Welsh Coast SC)
5 Mike Conlan (Welsh Coast SC)
6 Neil Llewellyn (Sol-y-Mar SC)

Juniors
1 Ken Price (Gower SC)
2 Chris Evans (Sol-y-Mar SC)
3 Lawrence Mansell (Welsh Coast SC)
4 Chris Gadd (Welsh Coast SC)
5 R Chandler (Gower SC)
6 S Harding (Gower SC)

Ladies
1 Linda Sharp (Aberavon SC)

1977
Venue:    a. Freshwater West
b. Llangenith
Surf conditions:    a. Poor 2ft
b. Poor 2ft
Organisers:    Welsh Surfing Federation

Results
Mens
1 Pete Jones (Gower Lifeguard Club)
2 Tim Harvatt (Pembroke SC)
3 Dai Halpin (Gower SC)
4 Pete Bounds (Welsh Coast SC)
5 Paul Ryder (Welsh Coast SC)
6 Simon Randall (Gower SC)

Juniors
1 Ken Price (Gower SC)
2 Chris Evans (Sol-y-Mar SC)

Masters
1 Roger Cooper (Aberavon SC)

 
Results for Welsh Nationals 1984, 1985, 1986 taken from the program