100 boardriders took on Treachery

One of the largest and longest-running surfing teams event in the world was held over from 10 to 12 March on the Gold Coast and both Scarborough and Sandon Point Boardriders sent teams to the event.

In the event, eight team members surf a four-man 15-minute heat for their club and gather points for what position they place. Scarborough started well on the first day with a first and a few seconds, but it was Sandon Point who dominated the weekend with four 1st places, three 2nd places and a 4th place. Overall, they finished 3rd out of 36 teams and were also awarded Team Spirit Award. Well done, Sandon Point Boardriders!

Always a highlight of the Scarborough calendar is the trip to Treachery (near Seal Rocks) over the long weekend of 17-19 March. It was so good to put down the mobile phones and just surf, eat and walk, or run through the sand dunes. About 100 members signed up and this year we held the competition day at Yegan, the beach south of Treachery, for crisp little off-shore peaks almost to ourselves. Apart from a few slight mishaps, like the entire gazebo blowing off the sand dunes and a visit from an unwanted big fish, it all went smoothly.

In the water Will Clarke continued his blistering form dominating A Grade, with Mannix Squiers in 2nd and Joshua Pepper 3rd. The Open Women saw Shyla Short tear into the lefts finding some long walls to display some great rail surfing, edging out Skye Burgess in 2nd and Amira Rankin in 3rd.

Other notable stand-outs were a return to form for Andrew Christensen winning the 45s, some really big hits from Oscar Hargreaves taking out the 18s ahead of Sam Horton, and the usual take-no-prisoners approach from Noah Kornek to take out the 12s ahead of his brother Sam.