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24/04/2007:// A last-minute auction is being staged in Cornwall to raise money to send the British team to the World Surfing Games in Portugal.
The event gets underway at Costa Da Caparica in just over a weeks' time and despite a Newquay hotel stepping in with a £1,000 donation the squad needs to make up a huge shortfall so it can make the trip.
The team consists of Jace Robinson, Tom Bulter, Dane Hall, Billy Norways, Stuart Campbell, Toby Donachie, Jack Butler, Josh Hughes, Beth Mason, Gwen Spurlock, Holly Donnelly and Kathleen Spears.
The British Surfing Association which is sending the team is holding the auction at Newquay's Chy Bar this Sunday night (29th April).
As part of its Unplugged music night, The Chy Bar will take voluntary donations on the door and a massive surf-fest auction will kick off at 8pm.
The BSA is currently contacting all surf companies and local businesses to ask for emergency donations for the event.
The sports governing body will be sending a full team of 12 surfers selected from Britain's best young surfing talent, plus four coaching staff, yet despite continual approaches to key companies, no-one has stepped forward to provide overall for support this vital component of the British surfing scene.
Great Britain is one of 40 nations to be competing in at the Games taking place at the beginning of May.
This will be the third time Britain has sent a full team to the Junior World Championship and with last year's British medal haul including a silver at the World Surfing Games, a British European Junior Champion and a two world champion kneeboarders, Britain is on a definite roll on the global surfing stage.
Karen Walton, director at the BSA, said: "These junior athletes are on the verge of long, professional careers within their individual fields and will represent Britain as ambassadors of surfing for many years to come. They have all been participating in the BSA structured training programmes throughout the winter months to ensure they are ready for the 2007 season and we have extremely high hopes for all of the individuals involved and a strong team result"
"We are hugely grateful to the Headland Hotel for their generous donation and we are hopeful that local companies and local people will follow this positive example, come along to Sunday's auction and do their bit for this vital part of our ever growing sport, she added."
The team consists of Jace Robinson, Tom Bulter, Dane Hall, Billy Norways, Stuart Campbell, Toby Donachie, Jack Butler, Josh Hughes, Beth Mason, Gwen Spurlock, Holly Donnelly and Kathleen Spears.
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