The Welsh Coast Surf Club hosted their annual Grom Festival at Rest Bay, Porthcawl today.

On what was one of the sunniest, busiest beach days of the year so far, the club managed to run the event to completion. 

The waves were small, but the water warm and the stoke level dialled to maximum!

The groms battled it out in the following categories:

U10, U12B, U12G, U14B, U14G, U16G & U18B (B = boys, G = Girls)

The feedback has been amazing from the competitors!

Fun day comps like this is where so many grass-roots surfers begin, and we would like to thank all of the sponsors of the event for helping WCSC put on such an amazing contest.

Big props go to:

RNLI

Elusive Clothing, Porthcawl Surf School & Balsa Surf Shop for the prizes

Rest Bay Cafe Bar

Pusher Skate School for the skate park (which was amazing!) 

The vintage surfboard memorabilia show

Lasers Are Us for the awesome trophies

Macey Sports for the T-Shirts at such short notice (check them out!!)

George Schofield for the amazing poster!

Even with the small swell, the Groms hit the surf hungry for victory! The podiums for the various categories are as follows:

U18s boys

1 Luca Owen
2 Tom O’Leary
3 Tom Sheldon
4 Rowan Hill

U12s boys

1 Scot Henson
2 Samuel Johnson
3 Morgan Ellis
4 Kai Jones
5 Ollie Phillips

U12 girls

1 summer Moore
2 Bella Thomas

U14s Boys

1 Coby Williams
2 Rhys Evans
3 Bobby Hopper
4 Elijah Jones
5 Charlie Sheldon

U14s Girls

1 Gwen Morgan
2 Seren Davies
3 Caitlin Bazley

U16s Girls

1 Charlotte Eales
2 Anna-Rose Merchant
3 Ffon Lewis
4 Ruby Lewis

Under 10s

Polly Hopper - Longest wave
Indego Adams - Best pop up
Sonny Williams - Best turn
Noah Bennet - Best style
Esme Owen - Most committed
Cora Lewis - Best wave

Keep an eye on our events calendar where we will keep you updated on everything that is going on.

Well done WCSC!