By Ian Pepper & Emily Laurence
Pointscore #4 was spread over two weekends with seniors only on Sunday 7th and Juniors on Sunday 14th. The seniors only event was held at our local beach, Scarborough, and was certainly one of the best points scores for waves for quite a while.
Early on we saw some big drops for the U18s & big pits for Open As, though, of course, more went in than came out.
The Open’s final saw Angus Cochrane in rhythm with the ocean kicking off with a 3 turner followed soon after by a massive stall and backhand barrel clasping the rail & bursting out to loud cheers from the beach.
In the Open Women’s final, Zahlia Short could do no wrong, picking the bigger smoother waves with a two turn combo on one and backhand power carve on another that saw her finish nearly four points ahead of Talina in 2nd and Shyla who never really got her engines revving in third.
It was a day of waves and sunshine all day, with the previous Friday night’s storm damage not far from most people’s thoughts.
The following Sunday was a great morning for the groms at Sharky Beach. Some stand out rides from surfers across all divisions dominating on the right, with a lucky few getting a push from junior alumni Cooper Smoley and VP Fin McLaren.
Congratulations to our winners:
- Junior Girls – Pepper Jolley
- Junior Girls Parent Assist – Lilly Forbes
- u14 – Jesse Fitzgibbons
- u12 – Noah Kornek
- u10 – Austin Wilson
All our winners enjoy a well-deserved dinner voucher from our sponsor Headlands Hotel Austinmer.
That’s a wrap for pointscore 4. Next pointscore May 5.
