2026 SA Junior Champs · Umzumbe Point
Nelisa Cele
Home break
Umzumbe Point
Level
2026 SA Junior Champs
Status
Fundraising
The story
Nelisa at Umzumbe Point.
Nelisa has been selected by UGU Surfriders to represent the district at the 2026 South African Junior Surfing Championships at Lower Point, Jeffreys Bay, running 29 September to 3 October 2026.
This is the first time in many years that UGU is sending a full team to the national Junior Champs — and Nelisa is on it.
Off the water, it is just Nelisa and his gran. "I'm seventeen, and I live with my gran — that's the only family I got."
Nelisa surfs out of Umzumbe, on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. The Championships are a self-funded tour: every selected surfer has to cover their own way — travel down to the Eastern Cape, a week of accommodation, team coaching and supervision, team kit, and Surfing SA fees. For a home like Nelisa's, that bill is the whole obstacle between a selection letter and the start line.
That is where Umzumbe Surf Club comes in. We are raising R20,000 to get Nelisa to J-Bay. Funds raised here go towards his place on the team.
Form
What they've done.
- Selected for the 2026 SA Junior Surfing Championships, Jeffreys Bay
- Named to the UGU Surfriders district team
- Part of the first full UGU team sent to the SA Junior Champs in years
What's needed
What your gift unlocks.
- 01Return travel to Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape
- 02Accommodation for the week (29 Sept - 3 Oct)
- 03Team coaching and supervision
- 04Official UGU team kit
- 05Surfing SA membership and contest fees
Active campaign
Nelisa has been selected to represent UGU Surfriders at the 2026 South African Junior Surfing Championships in Jeffreys Bay (29 Sept – 3 Oct 2026). It is a self-funded tour. We are raising R20,000 towards travel, accommodation, team coaching, kit and Surfing SA fees so Nelisa can take the spot earned on the team.
You’re backing
Get Nelisa to J-Bay
Funds go to Nelisa Cele’s fund.
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