July Contest - 5th July Curl Curl

Sunday Morning, the day after American Independence Day. That is completely irrelevant, was just looking for an intro. Sun was out, and the waves were solid. The day saw the swell building from 4ft to some serious size sets in the 5ft mark cleaning up all the competitors every 10mins or so. If you were lucky enough to get out the back there were some ok waves to be had with some solid ramps being hit by both the younger and older guys.

With the finals approaching the stand outs were Matt Pike in the DK final, linking together a solid set all the way from out the back to the shore. How those guys were Dropping the knee out there is beyond me.

Eugene Head-Toussant proved in the cadets final that having an impressive wetsuit neck tan definitely improves your surfing and took out the final with class. My tip for the final was Zac DURYEA, who came third probably because he lost focus due to the whole final having last names neither he or i could pronounce. This final definitely made those with last names like 'smith' and 'jones' feel inadequate.

The juniors once again showed some of the most competitive surfing in the club with Miles Mortensen only just overcoming Martin 'i look like pierre" Smith. Miles and Martin showed that the higher divisions need to be worried when these guys move up next year.

The grommets did well not to drown in the solid conditions, i was getting survival tips from the kids when Alex Miller suggested his secret to final success was sugar products. Josh Williams however must have had more red cordial today because he was number one when the final results came in. Well done to the guys for giving the bigger waves a go when even the older guys were tightening their leashes.

Mens saw the club favourite Chris Strada on fire all day with his classic humour we have become used to. In the final however Chris refused to even crack a smile, giving the silent treatment to his fellow competitors completely focused on the task at hand. He nailed it winning the day for Mens, proving he is indeed, a man.Well done Strada, you are my vote for this years "most loved" competitor.

As for Senior Mens, i was offered bribes and even threatened to "persuade" the judges in their favor. Nick Chandler offered said he would let me reverse park his sweeet car, Mick offered me a year sponsorship deal, and well the others asked not to be named in the conspiracy. Nick Won, and i am still waiting for him to come good with his end of the deal. He argued his surfing did the talking.

The Opens final saw a paddle out that began 15mins before the heat. Max threw down a solid invert almost landing on yours truly, yeah he has a signature board but doesn't have much respect his fellow competitors safety.

Grand Masters, are beginning to resent the name "grand" before their title and went on strike before they paddled out in their finals. Talks have begun in changing the title, however could not be resolved before the end of the day. They did end up paddling out and well in my eyes put on a grand performance, Sydney hero Tony Rabbidge took it out showing strike or no strike he had it what it takes to own the first position.

In all it was a successful day, thanks for all the young guys for judging once again and for all those that stay around and hang out even after they have been knocked out of the competition. Ofcourse a huge thanks to our BBQ chefs and Steve and Greg for always making sure the comps run smoothly. While many of us are turning up late, sore from the night before or even not showing up at all Steve and Greg are always there rain, hail or shine.
I am sorry this has taken so long for me to post up, i promise to more diligent with the next entry. I've been away for a bit, physically and mentally. But now i am back with words, sentences and hopefully some pics next comp.

The final results from the comp are in detail below.

Tim Boreham

GROMMETS
1. Josh WILLIAMS
2. Alex MILLER
3. MAtt BANHAM
4. Cameron WILSON
5. Cameron DRAKE

SENIOR MENS
1. Nick CHANDLER
2. Dan REYNOLDS
3. Iain FULLERTON
4. Mick PARKHILL

CADETS
1st Eugene HEAD-TOUSSANT
2nd Harry SARIN
3rd Zac DURYEA
4th Josh NOOR
5th Jesse MULHAM
6th Henry BAIRD

GRAND MASTERS
1st Tony RABBIDGE
2nd Greg WEBSTER
3rd Mal LEYDON
4th Andy MILLER
5th Steve McPHERSON

MENS
1st Chris STRADA
2nd Tim PERKS
3rd Angus MAXWELL

D.K.
1st Matt PIKE
2nd Shane DAVIS
3rd Dan REYNOLDS

JUNIORS
1st Miles MORTENSEN
2nd Martin SMITH
3rd Alex BENTLEY
4th Sam HALL
5th Michael BURLEY

OPENS
1st Tim BOREHAM
2nd Max ARENT
3rd Ricky MICHAEL
4th Seb MILLER