Sports Reporter
Morocco’s Teva Bouchgua and Lilias Tebbai denied South Africa a home victory at the Royal St Andrews Hotel Rip Curl Cup on Easter Monday, winning the men’s and women’s titles at East Beach in Port Alfred, where South African surfers were among those chasing places on the 2026 Challenger Series.
The Port Alfred contest was the final stop of the 2025/26 World Surf League Africa regional qualifying season and carried QS 4,000 status for the men and QS 2,000 for the women.
The top four men and top two women after the event will advance to the Challenger Series, making the Easter weekend showdown one of the most important events on the African regional calendar.
South Africa went into the weekend with a strong hand.
Adin Masencamp and Sarah Baum started the event as the Africa rankings leaders, while Connor Slijpen and Daniel Emslie were among the men
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