Mount Maunganui surfer Todd Doyle has made it through the second qualifying round at the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Peru.

Todd Doyle. Photo: PhotoCPL.

He showed glimpses of flair in his heat as he was locked in a see-sawing battle for first place with American Derek Peters. However, the American ran away with the event posting 9.77 points to Todd's 7.50 points, which was enough to earn him second place.

This heat came after the four girls in the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team got their campaigns underway with good results.
Three of the four girls progressed through their heats and into the second qualifying round surfing on the right-hand break of Caballeros in clean 1-1.5m waves.
The girls were coincidentally paired up against each other in their first round heats and it was Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, who got the wood over Ella Williams – the two surfers placing first and second respectively.
Jayda scored an 11.83 point heat total building on her scores throughout the 20 minute heat and posting a heat-high 6.33 point ride on her last wave.
'I really wanted to start the heat with a quick wave to get going and build on that,” says Jayda on a plan that worked perfectly.
Ella also got off to a quick start with 4.0 and 5.67 point rides before being overtaken by Jayda, who feels she gained confidence having with her team mate in the heat.
'I don't think it eased the pressure – it just made me more confident in my surfing knowing someone else out there who I compete against regularly.”
In the second Kiwi double header, Grace Spiers was victorious scoring 13.06 out of 20 to win the heat. However, this time fellow team mate Alexis Poulter was not so lucky coming off a slow start to the heat and a points deficit that she could not escape from placing fourth.

Under-18 Boys' Qualifying Round 2
Heat 4
1, 9.77, Derek Peters, USA, 2, 7.50, Todd Doyle, NZL, 3, 6.30, Jose Miguel Iriarte, VEN, 4, 4.80, Beau Bromham, UK
Heat 6
1, 7.67, Tane Wallis, NZL, 2, 7.67, Kaimana Jaquias, HAW, 3, 6.34, Lorenzo Avvenenti, TAH, 4, 4.67, Nicolas Vargas, CHI
Heat 11
1, 9.63, Conner Coffin, USA, 2, 7.93, Travis Southworth, MEX, 3, 7.23, Ben Poulter, NZL, 4, 5.10, Max Tucker, UK
Heat 14
1, 7.36, Joe Moretti, NZL, 2, 7.10, Jake Halstead, USA, 3, 5.50, Nahum Corzo, MEX, 4, 4.73, Thomas Good, UK


Under-18 Girls' Qualifying Round 1
Heat 11
1, 11.83, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, NZL, 2, 9.67, Ella Williams, NZL, 3, 1.83, Emer Mc Hugh, IRE, 4, 0.90, Noella Llufin, CHI
Heat 15
1, 13.06, Grace Spiers, NZL, 2, 11.83, Chelsea Tuach, BAR, 3, 8.70, Chelsea Roett, BAR, 4, 6.03, Alexis C. Poulter, NZL


Under-18 Girls' Qualifying Round 2 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 5
Kaena Brandi, BRA, Asako Mizuno, JPN, Jayda Martin-Fitzharris, NZL, Nikki Viesins, USA
Heat 6
Bianca Buitendag, ZAF, Codie Klein, AUS, Reika Noro, JPN, Ella Williams, NZL
Heat 7
Nikki Van Dijk, AUS, Sayaka Muramatsu, JPN, Grace Spiers, NZL, Quincy Davis, USA


Under-18 Girls' Repechage Round 1 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 8
Emily Gussoni, CRC, Paola Duarte, CRC, Alexis C. Poulter, NZL

Under 16 Boys Qualifying Round 2 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 6
Slade Prestwich, ZAF, Deivid Silva, BRA, Leonardo Fioravanti, ITA, Paul Moretti, NZL
Heat 8
Joaquin del Castillo, PER, Lucas Silveira, BRA, Kanoa Igarashi, USA, Dune Kennings, NZL
Heat 10
Juninho Urcia, PER, Aurelio Blum, ECU, Parker Coffin, USA, Adam Grimson, NZL


Under-16 Boys' Repechage Round 1 (Yet to be surfed)
Heat 3
Joaquin Juarez, ARG, Donough Cronin, IRE, Elliot Paerata-Reid, NZL, Manuel Kronfelder, GER