By Ian Pepper & Emily Laurence
Well, Pointscore #5 on May 5 was one for the books. First time in recent memory the club has abandoned a pointscore mid-event due to weather.
What started out as a rainy morning with some decent waves at Coalcliff quickly descended into chaos as the rain intensified, started coming into the tents, and wet all the gear. Then the wind picked up one of the gazebos and simply blew it away, destroying it in the process. Despite our best efforts, the event had to be abandoned.
We did, however, manage to complete the junior divisions. Congrats to Roxanne Stancourt for taking out the junior girls, Jesse Fitzgibbons won the U14s, and Noah Kornek won the U12s.
Massive shout-out and thank you to Coalcliff Surf Club, Rob Deacon and Damian Lloyd, for assisting us with the use of their club to move all our gear when the weather hit.
On May 11 all of the junior surfers in our area competed in the Illawarra Junior Surfing Titles.
BIG congratulations to our place-getters:
- 1st u18s girls – Shyla Short
- 3rd u18s girls – Macey Jolley
- 2nd u18s boys – Mitch Burroughs
- 1st u12s boys – Noah Kornek
- 3rd u12s boys – Saxon King
Sam Kornek took 4th in the u14 boys final. Ashton Mekisic reached the u16 boys semi-finals; Oliver Keed and Jesse Fitzgibbon got through to the 16 boys quarter-final. Special mention to Noah Kornek, 10, who scored a perfect 10 in the semis!
Thanks to this year’s hosts, Sandon Point Boardriders, who did a great job in bad weather.
Big news! 40th Anniversary Celebration
This huge event has been booked for Saturday, September 28 at Headlands Hotel Austinmer.
Stay tuned for further information.
