Firstly, congratulations to our team that made their way to Queensland on the weekend of 9-10 March to represent our club at the Australian Boardriders Battle National Finals.
Team: Nic Squiers, Mannix Squiers, Fin McLaren, Will Clarke, Shyla Short, Rod Morgan.
Team Coach: Christian De Clouett.
The surf was large and unruly with multiple challenges like rock jump entry and a long run back to tag the next surfer. We had big clubs to overcome in the first round, including previous winners Snapper Rocks, but all the training paid off with a formidable performance from everyone in particular Nic Squiers scoring a 6.47 to clinch second place. This meant we made it to Finals day for the first time in years.
The surf picked up eand our team put forward a great performance but narrowly missed a chance to get through to the semi’s when the ocean went flat for the last five minutes of the heat, leaving Nic Squiers unable to catch a wave. Overall, a top effort with 21st place in the huge field of 42 clubs.
Well done to local team Burleigh Heads for taking out the title.
The following weekend 15-17 March about half our club headed north for our annual pointscore at Treachery (near Seal Rocks). You know what they say, go hard or go home. Well, there was some charging going on with decent-sized clean waves at north Lighthouse Beach, an unusual location for the annual trip to Camp Treachery.
With the conditions looking big and onshore Friday arvo, a late start at Lighthouse as the wind dropped proved to be the right move as Huey delivered the goods. With fewer crew on deck (except the over 55s who were there in spades), some new winners emerged.
Congrats to Lennox Golding for hitting the big sections to take out A Grade, with Oscar Hargreaves on fire all day taking 2nd and Rod, never-too-old-to-slash Morgan 3rd.
B Grade were also producing the goods with Tommie Cartwright taking the win, and in a breakthrough moment for the over 55s David Crossley stormed the garrison scoring a 9, wrestling the lead from marathon man Brett Davis with Dave never-give-up Tanner in 3rd.
Amira Rankin dominated the Open Women with a 13.97 total, with Macey Jolley 2nd and Summer Cahill 3rd.
The ultra-competitive U18s saw Finn O’Connor take this one out ahead of Rhett 2nd & Ashton 3rd, with the ever-consistent Noah Kornek winning the U12s.
It was a big day in the sun with more than a few cars somehow slipping deep into the sand and having to be rescued.
