We have finally run our 3^rd comp for the year. After having to call of the June comp twice we were able to run in clean small conditions at Signies on 13^th beach. Competitors were keen to hit the water as not only have we had to call of the last 3 comps but there hasn’t been any swell even for free surfing.

About 50 members turned up to try their luck with at least 2 new members being baptised in the chilly winter waves. Basha’s mate Ron is back from Afghanistan. He might be used to the sand but I don’t think the cold water. Good to see Harry Royal having a crack in the premier division also.

The younger members really showed that they are coming of age with Ben Considine and Sapphire Maine not only winning their junior divisions but also taking out their open divisions too. Saphire won 3 divisions over the day. Matt Meier surfed his way into the Open A final and Matt Hayes showed that time in the water is a good thing buy taking it out with a good display of modern longboarding.

 

The club held the presentations and the mid year function at the golf club the night of the comp. This year it was an 80’s theme night and it seems that Jacko is not dead and Merv Hughes lives in ocean grove. Every one put in a lot of effort into their costumes and a great night was had by all. Jacko held the dace floor on his own a couple of times and Merv Hughes showed a bit of his old bowling action and warm up routines. Thorny could only be described as the pimp master for the night and you couldn’t miss Dale and Jodie with their hair colour.

The Disabled Surfers Association through Basha and Danny ran a raffle which helped raise about $1500 towards new equipment for them.

 

Next comp is August 15. This comp runs the annual old mal division, so get em out and get em ready.

More photo's to look at on Myspace.

Go to www.myspace.com Go to find people. Type in gonesurfin@iprimus.com.au This will take you to a results page which will display the result of the search as 1 of 1 pages found with a small surfing picture. Click on the picture and go to the site and find the liks for the photo or video galleries.