Youngsport: Harry Eames wins two silver medals in wakeboarding championships in Philippines
COUNTY wakeboarder Harry Eames has returned from the Philippines with two silver medals.
The 15-year-old from South Cerney was runner-up in the boys wakeboard final and helped Great Britain to silver in the team competition.
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More than 500 people watched the 15th British Cable Wakeboard and Wakeskate National Championships WMSki, in the heart of the Cotswold Water Park on Saturday (July 23th). Sponsored by Teva, around 70 of the UK?s best riders performed acrobatic aerial flips and spins over obstacles at Summer Lake near Cirencester. WMSki Spokesman Will Gibney, said: ?This was the most successful National Championship so far and four WMSki competitors won their National categories. ?We also won the team event and now we aim to go on to host the next World Championship and who knows not it?s been shortlisted for consideration as an Olympic sport we could have a strong input into that.? Local winners included graphic designer, Steph Caller, 26, of Cheltenham who became Open Ladies Champion after reaching fourth in European Championships. She said: ?I started six years ago as I already enjoyed snowboarding and fell in love with wakeboarding. ?When I?m on the l
Eames, who attends Kingshill School in Cirencester, has been wakeboarding for three years and travelled to the IWWF World Wakeboarding Championships at the Deca Clark Park, near Manilla
In the boys wakeboard final Eames was up against Hungarian Hegedus Akos, and had beaten him in qualifying and in the semi-final.
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But Eames, who was favourite to take the title, fell in the final.
It was Eames' chance to win his first title – he had previously been runner-up in the 2012 UK Boys National Championship and third in the 2011 Boys European Championship
James Harrington from Swindon, who like Harry trains at WMSki in South Cerney, also put up a personal best to finish fourth in the Junior Men's Wakeskate Final.
Steph Caller from Cheltenham finished a respectable seventh in the Open Ladies Wakeboard Final.
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