Award named in memory of a legend
On 15 November we held our annual presentation at Wombarra Bowlo along with a Mega Raffle and live DJ music from Phoenix Jarvis
An eventful month for Scarborough Boardriders kicked off on 1 November at Wanda Beach with the regional qualifier for the Australian Boardriders Battle Final. Our squad nailed the first heat of the day with 1st place, meaning we qualified for the semi-final and, in doing so, qualified for the national final in Queensland next year. Well done team! Unfortunately we finished third by 0.1 point in the semi-final and did not get into the final.
Our last pointscore of the year was on Sunday, 2 November. The forecast was looking great until a whale carcass washed up onto Scarborough Beach on the Monday prior. The whale was towed away but not before leaving fluids in the water that attracted very large fishes. We contacted authorities including Surfing NSW and had permission to run our event as far north as possible, with precautions, including a full-time jet ski patrol (provided by Surfing NSW) and constant drone surveillance.
All started well at Stanwell Park’s north end with our over 35s testing out the surf in nice clean 2–3-foot waves. We managed to complete 10 heats across four divisions, then the jet ski sighted sharks. We evacuated our surfers and all other free surfers, and co-ordinated with Stanwell Park surf club, who closed the flags area at the south end. We continued to survey the area with jet ski and drones but more sharks were spotted so we had to terminate the event. This ended our 2025 year.
Senior award in memory of a legend
On 15 November we held our annual presentation at Wombarra Bowlo along with a Mega Raffle and live DJ music from Phoenix Jarvis.
It was a special night as we recognised legendary Johnny Chamberlain by renaming our Senior Club Person award in his memory. This year’s recipient knew Johnny well. David Crossley and son Will joined the club in 2020 and Johnny – who was great at welcoming new members while working away on the BBQ – was the first member they met. David now contributes to the club in many ways including on BBQ duty, washing rashies and as Team Captain this year at the Kirra Junior Teams Challenge. A well-deserved winner of the Johnny Chamberlain Senior Club Person of the Year!
Huge congrats to our 2025 Pointscore winners taking trophies and cash for the top grades:
- Open A Grade – Josh Pepper
- Open Women –Zahlia Short
- B Grade – Mitch Burroughs
- 55s – Brett Davis
- 45s Andrew Christensen
- 35s – Equal 1st Steve Rainford, Jeremy Keed
- 18s – Ashton Mekisic
- Junior Girls – Ella Campbell
- 14s – Oliver Keed
- 12s – Noah Kornek
- Mixed 10’s and Under – Kalani Whitton
- Jr Girls Parent Assist – Indi Martin
- Junior Club Person of Year –Will Crossley.
