So Sri Lanka Pro 2019

The So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 was a surfing competition which was held as a part of the World Surfing League Qualifying Series 3000.[1][2] This was the second edition of the Sri Lanka Pro League and it was also the first such event to be conducted since 2011 after 8 years.[3] It was held from 25 September to 29 September in Arugam Bay coinciding the World Tourism Day on 27 September.[4][5] The event featured 124 competitors from 24 nations including the retired former world champion Mark Occhilupo.[6] The event was titled as So Sri Lanka which is also used as a slogan to promote tourism industry in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau from 2018. Sri Lankan Airlines is the official airline partner for the series.

So Sri Lanka Pro 2019
LocationArugam Bay, Sri Lanka
Dates25 September–29 September
Competitors124 from 24 nations
Winning timeUSD 2000
Medalists
gold medal Australia Mitch Parkinson
silver medal Indonesia Oney Anwar

So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 was hosted as a means of developing and promoting the tourism sector in Sri Lanka which was notably affected following the 2019 Easter attacks. The ground arrangements were prepared by Lanka Sportreizen and the event was officially launched on 4 September 2019.[7] It was organized by Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Surfing Federation in affiliation with World Surf League. Australia's Julian Wilson is the defending champion who won the tournament in 2011.

Australia's Mitch Parkinson won the tournament defeating Oney Anwar of Indonesia by scoring a whopping 19.17 with a lead of six points against his opponent in the final.[8][9] The final was also the first matchup between these two in a WSL event and also marked Parkinson's first WSL career title victory.

Competition

The competition featured 124 competitors from 24 nations. The tournament consists of five rounds followed by knockout stages.[10] Round 1 consisting of eight heat events began and concluded on 25 September 2019, the first day of the five day competition. The round consisting of 16 heat events 2 began and concluded on 26 September 2019. Round 3 consisting of 16 heat events of the competition began on 27 September 2019 and concluded on 28 September. Round 4 and Round 5 each comprising 8 heat events began on 28 September and concluded on the same day. Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final were all held on the final day of the event on 29 September 2019.

Round 1
Heat 1
1 Pedro Coelho Portugal 11.84
2 Sachin Tharaka Sri Lanka 6.63
3 Ajeesh Mohamed India 5.87
Heat 2
1 Parasurman Kavinthiran Sri Lanka 11.34
2 Yashika Shehan Sri Lanka 7.97
3 Kavishka Deshan Sri Lanka 6.07
Heat 3
1 Kian Martin Sweden 12.10
2 Mohd Daud Malaysia 8.00
3 Lesitha Prabath Sri Lanka 7.80
Heat 4
1 Suranga Pradeep Sri Lanka 9.73
2 Anra Milan Sri Lanka 8.44
3 Imalka Madushanka Sri Lanka 6.00
Heat 5
1 Clinton Gravett South Africa 15.24
2 Nyoman Satria Indonesia 12.06
3 Vignesh Kumar India 5.37
Heat 6
1 Waduke Sanjey Sri Lanka 8.50
2 Sanjay Selvmani India 6.27
3 Subodha Hansaka India 5.06
Heat 7
1 Mitch Parkinson Australia 13.67
2 Muhammad Didaqt Musaddiq Malaysia 6.27
3 Manikandan Desappan India 5.06
Heat 8
1 Tipi Jabrik Indonesia 8.50
2 Anushantha Andradasa Sri Lanka 6.27
3 Pradeep Kumara Sri Lanka 5.06

Round 2
Heat 1
1 Noah Beschen Q Hawaii 12.67
2 Kaiki Yamanaka Q Japan 10.64
3 Maxime Dos Anjos E France 9.90

4

 Pedro Coelho E Portugal 8.40
Heat 2
1 Rinta Oooto Q Japan 13.33
2 Darcy Crump Q Australia 10.30
3 Sachin Tharaka E Sri Lanka 6.03
Heat 3
1 Lucas Wrice Q Australia 13.94
2 Gaspard Larsonneur Q France 11.40
3 Duke Nagtzaam E Australia 8.16

4

 Perceval Fayon E France 7.34
Heat 4
1 Cooper Davies Q Australia 13.76
2 Maddy Job Q Australia 12.86
3 Chanu Anjan E Sri Lanka 5.07

4

 Parasurman Kavinthiran E Sri Lanka 3.84
Heat 5
1 Francisco Bellorin Q Venezuela 13.94
2 Kairi Noro Q Japan 12.13
3 Kian Martin E Sweden 10.43

4

 Daniel Farr E New Zealand 10.30
Heat 6
1 Dylan Moffat Q Australia 11.27
2 Dean Vandewalle Q Belgium 8.66
3 Shane Sykes E South Africa 8.40

4

 Mohd Daud E Malaysia 3.30
Heat 7
1 Kai Tandler Q Australia 13.93
2 Arnau Riera Q Spain 8.56
3 Caina Souza E Brazil 8.23

4

 Suranga Pradeep E Sri Lanka 4.27
Heat 8
1 Tomas King Q Costa Rica 13.00
2 Oney Anwar Q Indonesia 9.40
3 Varun Tandjung E Indonesia 7.50

4

 Anra Milan E Sri Lanka 6.70
Heat 9
1 Sam Coffey Q United States 13.57
2 Santiago Muniz Q Argentina 12.90
3 Momoto Tsuzuki E Japan 8.83

4

 Clinton Gravett E South Africa 6.60
Heat 10
1 Bronson Meydi Q Indonesia 12.67
2 Nyoman Satria Q Indonesia 10.30
3 Anthony Fillingim E Costa Rica 10.00

4

 Remy Juboori E United States 6.73
Heat 11
1 Mathis Crozon Q France 12.87
2 Connor Lyons Q Australia 11.33
3 David Noy E Israel 8.14

4

 Asanga Sunjeewa E Sri Lanka 5.64
Heat 12
1 Thomas Cervi Q Australia 14.33
2 Tomas Lopez Moreno Q Argentina 12.10
3 Zachary Keenan E United States 10.30

4

 Sanjay Selvmani E India 4.67
Heat 13
1 Mickey McDonagh Q Australia 11.60
2 Mitch Parkinson Q Australia 9.10
3 Hinata Aizawa E Australia 8.36
Heat 14
1 Kurtis Vaughan Q Australia 11.87
2 Callum Robson Q Australia 11.83
3 Tully Wylie E Australia 9.70

4

 Muhannad Didaqt Musaddiq E Malaysia 7.30
Heat 15
1 Ryan Slattery Q Australia 11.54
2 Tipi Jabrik Q Indonesia 10.33
3 Eduardo Mottz E Brazil 9.97

4

 Pablo Montero E Spain 6.43
Heat 16
1 Gabriel Villaran Q Peru 12.20
2 Luis Perloiro Q Portugal 12.10
3 Anushantha Andradasa E Sri Lanka 7.10

4

 Blem Ben Zvi E Israel 5.34

results

Round 3
Heat 1
1 Noah Beschen Q Hawaii 11.50
2 Paul Distinguin Q France 10.90
3 Darcy Crump E Australia 10.23

4

 Praneeth Sandararuwan E Sri Lanka 3.70
Heat 2
1 Ryland Rubens Q United States 12.17
2 Te Butler Q New Zealand 11.80
3 Rinto Oooto E Japan 9.86

4

 Kaiki Yamanaka E Japan 9.44
Heat 3
1 Maddy Job Q Australia 11.90
2 TeLucas Wrice Q Australia 10.80
3 Koby Oberholzer E South Africa 9.14

4

 Kejiro Nishi E Japan 7.03
Heat 4
1 Cooper Davies Australia 14.40
2 Gaspard Larsonneur France 10.34
3 Kei Kobayashi United States 9.71
Heat 5
1 Rafael Teixeira Q Brazil 12.74
2 Francisco Bellorin Q Venezuela 11.47
3 Sandon Whittaker E Australia 8.30

4

 Dean Vandewalle E Belgium 7.13
Heat 6
1 Dylan Moffat Q Australia 10.03
2 Joh Azuchi Q Japan 9.97
3 Gearoid McDaid E Republic of Ireland 9.90

4

 Kairi Noro E Japan 6.00
Heat 7
1 Kai Tandler Q Australia 14.80
2 Oney Anwar Q Indonesia 14.57
3 Wesley Santos E Brazil 12.70

4

 Jose Gundesen E Argentina 12.37
Heat 8
1 Jordy Maree Q South Africa 13.04
2 Tomas King Q Costa Rica 9.63
3 Lakshitha Madushan E Sri Lanka 6.00

4

 Arnau Riera E Spain 5.10
Heat 9
1 Sam Coffey Q United States 13.66
2 Leandro Usuna Q Argentina 11.80
3 Nyoman Satria E Indonesia 8.10

4

 Amra Pranith E Sri Lanka 5.77
Heat 10
1 Bronson Meydi Q Indonesia 12.77
2 Santiago Muniz Q Argentina 11.60
3 Arashi Kato E Japan 7.83

4

 Enzo Cavallini E France 7.27
Heat 11
1 Victor Bernando Q Brazil 14.77
2 Mathis Crozob Q France 11.74
3 Tomas Moreno E Argentina 10.87

4

 Harley Ross E Australia 8.23
Heat 12
1 Rio Waida Q Indonesia 11.66
2 Thomas Cervi Q Australia 10.00
3 Connor Lyons E Australia 8.37

4

 Pedro Neves E Brazil 8.33
Heat 13
1 Jake Elkington Q South Africa 13.80
2 Callum Robson Q Australia 13.04
3 Mikey McDonagh E Australia 11.83

4

 Daiki Tanaka E Japan 11.43
Heat 14
1 Luke Dillon Q United Kingdom 11.67
2 Mitch Parkinson Q Australia 11.23
3 Kurtis Vaughan E Australia 7.63

4

 Kenta Ishikawa E Japan 6.70
Heat 15
1 Manuel Selman Q Chile 12.63
2 Leo Etienne Q France 10.63
3 Luis Perloiro E Portugal 9.10

4

 Ryan Slattery E Japan 9.06
Heat 16
1 Gabriel Villaran Q Peru 12.47
2 Skip McCullough Q United States 12.17
3 Mark Occhilupo E Australia 8.74

4

 Tipi Jabrik E Indonesia 6.30

Round 4
Heat 1
1 Gaspard Larsonneur Q France 9.73
2 Ryland Rubens Q United States 8.50
3 Lucas Wrice E Australia 6.96

4

 Noah Beschen E Hawaii 6.30
Heat 2
1 Te Butler Q New Zealand 14.50
2 Paul Distinguin Q France 13.43
3 Maddy Job E Australia 11.63

4

 Cooper Davies E Australia 9.97
Heat 3
1 Rafael Teixeira Q Brazil 11.44
2 Oney Anwar Q Indonesia 10.70
3 Dylan Moffat E Australia 10.53

4

 Tomas King E Costa Rica 8.04
Heat 4
1 Francisco Bellorin Venezuela 12.50
2 Joh Azuchi Japan 10.70
3 Kai Tandler Australia 10.50

4

 Jordy Maree E Australia 9.83
Heat 5
1 Thomas Cervi Q Australia 13.67
2 Sam Coffey Q United States 12.20
3 Mathis Crozon E France 11.43

4

 Bronson Meydi E Indonesia 10.60
Heat 6
1 Victor Bernardo Q Brazil 14.56
2 Rio Waida Q Indonesia 14.33
3 Leandro Usuna E Argentina 14.03

4

 Santiago Muniz E Argentina 11.36
Heat 7
1 Leo Etienne Q France 11.46
2 Luke Dillon Q United Kingdom 10.50
3 Jake Elkington E South Africa 9.73

4

 Skip McCullough E United States 6.96
Heat 8
1 Mitch Parkinson Q Australia 18.43
2 Callum Robson Q Australia 14.57
3 Gabriel Villaran E Peru 13.36

4

 Manuel Selman E Chile 13.20

Round 5
Heat 1
1 Te Butler Q New Zealand 15.67
2 Oney Anwar Q Indonesia 14.87
3 Joh Azuchi E Japan 11.60

4

 Gaspard Larsonneur E France 11.00
Heat 2
1 Paul Distinguin Q France 13.50
2 Rafael Teixeira Q Brazil 13.10
3 Francisco Bellorin E Venezuela 11.70

4

 Ryland Rubens E United States 10.67
Heat 3
1 Victor Bernardo Q Brazil 16.00
2 Callum Robson Q Australia 12.03
3 Luke Dillon E United Kingdom 8.33

4

 Thomas Cervi E Australia 6.93
Heat 4
1 Mitch Parkinson Q Australia 15.40
2 Leo Etienne Q France 13.27
3 Rio Waida E Indonesia 12.00

4

 Sam Coffey E United States 7.47

Quarterfinals
Heat 1
1 Te Kehukehu Butler New Zealand 13.10
2 Rafael Teixeira Brazil 12.86
Heat 2
1 Oney Anwar Indonesia 13.80
2 Paul Distinguin France 11.37
Heat 3
1 Victor Bernardo Brazil 16.43
2 Leo Etienne France 8.67
Heat 4
1 Mitch Parkinson Australia 14.43
2 Callum Robson Australia 12.87

Semifinals
Heat 1
1 Oney Anwar Indonesia 15.57
2 Te Kehukehu Butler New Zealand 14.90
Heat 2
1 Mitch Parkinson Australia 16.30
2 Victor Bernardo Brazil 15.00

Final
Heat 1
1 Mitch Parkinson Australia 19.17
2 Oney Anwar Indonesia 13.17

References
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