Another golden day for those competing in the May club event, with nice warm weather and above average waves on offer as we head towards the back end of this shortened year.
Their was a number of excellent performances, with Dustin Atkinson (Opens Men) continuing his epic run on contest front , with another win in 2009. He had a slow start to the final but came home strong to pip young Ollie Ingham for the win. Dustin last ride, a 7.0 point score saw him jag a nice clean right peak with the natural-footer flaring his usual range of radical turns. Ollie was unlucky as in the end he only missed out on the win by 0.2 . Heath Irving has had a great year and he was again in the mix placing third with Billy Langley 4th and Shaun Irving 4th.
The 18’s saw Damon Price post a stylish victory with the big Goofy-Footer impressing everyone with his wild attack. It’s great to see him back in the fold and if he could turn out every month Im sure a club title would one day be his. His surfing is based on power and his style is best suited to bigger waves but he can turn in on in smaller conditions and he did just that beating ratings leader Max Brokman , Tyson Brunn , Jess Francis and Jack Entwistle . Good standard set by all the guys and again this division continues to impress as those younger guys are stepping up each time they hit the water.
The opens women’s final saw Louis Smith return with a great win. In doing so Louis beat Lauren Mc Aleer and Jess Horin. It’s important that we keep pushing the girls as I believe our club has some talented female surfers. The more people, who compete, mean the competition will only get stronger, so girls if you have friends who want to join the club for next year, advise them.
Others who, excelled during the day by winning their age groups included Louie Dowling (12’s Boys ), Jack Andrews (14’s Boys) ,Emily (13’s Girls),Lauren Mc Aleer (16’s Girls), Jan Bruun (B Grade).
The last event for the year will be held on SATURDAY 13TH JUNE,,
GET THIER AS IT’S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PICK UP POINTS FOR 2009
#Important Note After a meeting with the board, we have decided the only far result for members would be to allow all surfers to drop their two lowest results. This was made due to the fact we had to drop an event off due to no surf. So your top 5 results will count.
Dimmy