66 COMPSWA 2018 REVIEW
Overall Series
The King and Queen of the Wind are awarded each year to the
winner of the overall SWA Series – a culmination of every
result from race, freestyle and wave across the entire season.
King of the Wind
King of the Wind went to Matthew Duffin who totalled up a
mega score after taking part in a staggering 10 different
competitions out of the possible 12, winning him a £100
voucher to spend at our sponsors Lagoon Watersports.
1. Matthew Duffin (Bristol) - £100 voucher for Lagoon
Watersports
2. Ross Griffin (Birmingham) – t-shirt and Necklace
3. Tom Sambrook (Birmingham) – SWA Sunnies and RRD
Lanyard
Queen of the Wind
Eleanor Southwell had been a constant face at all the core
events through the year, with her performance at Nationals
enough to take the lead over the hotly-contested rivalry
between Jane Paddison and Natalia Orgonova, earning her a
full weekend of coaching with GetWindsurfing.
1. Eleanor Southwell (Swansea) - Weekend of coaching with
GetWindsurfing
2. Jane Paddison (Liverpool) – AK T-shirt and Shaka
Necklace
3. Natalia Orgonova (XSWA) – SWA Sunnies and RRD Lanyard
Aussie Kiss
Every October, we kick the student windsurfing season off
with a massive windsurfing festival, focussing on training up
as many beginners as possible to kick-start university clubs,
as well as a variety of clinics for intermediate and advanced
windsurfers. An introduction for freshers to a potential life-
long addiction to windsurfing, plus a big reunion for students
returning from summers away, the party tent and lakeside
entertainment gives ample opportunity for warming up and
trading tales. This year's festival was at Llandegfedd
Reservoir in South Wales, there's nothing better than
hundreds of people windsurfing together in the sunshine -
head to our site at swa.co.uk to read more about it!