TEN young surfers from Tavistock College (pictured) competed at the North Devon Schools' Surf Championships last month.

The Year 7 to Year 9 students arrived at Putsborough Beach North Devon where conditions were superb!

Six of the students were entered into a tag team event competing against six other schools. The group had to stay within the base circle on the beach while one at a time they tagged each other in and out of the water.

In the individual heats surfers Ben Roberts and Laurence Berridge stood out and surfed really well.

The real success was Rebecca Banks in Year 7 who won her semi-final and got through to the final of the U14 girls. Rebecca racked up her wave count early into the final and even got creative with some turns and some switch foot action.

Teacher Peter Keegan said there was 'a very impressive team bond and were great fun to have at the contest. We look forward to more events like this one in the future.'