Mount Maunganui surfers Todd Doyle and Peri Matenga are included in the New Zealand Junior Surfing Squad that will be preparing for the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Surfing Championship which takes place in Peru in May 2011. Todd is selected for the under 18 squad and Peri for the under 16 squad.

Peri Matenga.

Team manager is Lee Ryan who is also Mount based.
The squad includes 21 surfers from several regions throughout New Zealand. Gisborne and Auckland provide four surfers each as the most powerful regions. Coromandel and Mount Maunganui fill three slots each while Northland and Waikato surfers fill two slots and a surfer a piece from Hawkes Bay, Taranaki and Christchurch.
The squad selection camp is at Mount Maunganui on January 24, 25.

The build up to the world championship event in May includes multiple national events every month from January through until April.

The squad will also meet for a selection camp before the travelling team is named on March 1.

'We have three major events where we will get to have a look at contenders in the Under 18 Divisions and six events where we will get to see those surfers under the age of 16,” says national selector Ben Kennings.
New Zealand has competed at The World Junior Surfing Championships since its inception in 2003 – and at the World Grommet Titles as it was formerly known, since 1989.

New Zealand has been one of the top nations at each event with Jay Quinn (Gis) securing New Zealand's first World Championship in the Under 18 Men's division in 2001. In 2010 the New Zealand team placed seventh at the event when it was held in New Zealand.
Before the main event the New Zealand team will meet South Africa to contest the annually run 'SANZ' Trophy. South Africa currently holds the trophy after winning it in 2010 at Piha. The two teams will fine tune their competitive strategies only days out from the main event.

The New Zealand Junior Surfing Squad is:

Under 18 Boys
Ben Poulter (Rag)
Jacob Kohn (Gis)
Joe Moretti (Mimiwhangata)
Sam Courtney (Chch)
Sid West (Auck)
Tane Wallis (Piha)
Todd Doyle (Mnt)
Tyler Lawson (HBay)

Under 18 Girls
Alexis Poulter (Rag)
Ella Williams (WGM)
Grace Spiers (WGM)
Jayda Martin-Fitzharris (Gis)
Rosa Thompson (Auck)
Sarah Mason (Gis)

Under 16 Boys
Adam Grimson (Gis)
Dune Kennings (WGM)
Elliot Paerata - Reid (Piha)
Paul Moretti (Mimiwhangata)
Peri Matenga (Mnt)
Sean Kettle (Tara)
Waretini Wano (Piha)

Team Manager: Lee Ryan (Mnt)
Team Coach: Michael Fitzharris (Gis)
Team Assistant Manager/Coach: Anna Jolly (Auck)