Newsletter

10th February 2008

 

Duranbah

Our first comp for the year went off with a blast as the new memberships kept rolling in and so did the swell. It was great to see some old faces return to the club and many new talents arrive to test their skills against the likes of Nick Ormerod, Corey McLean and the younger contenders of Sam Boulton and Thorpe Waluew.

With our divisions reverting to Groms, Cadets, Junior’s, Men’s and Opens the whole day evolved with some interesting results with a huge contingent of bodyboarders rolling up for the Open Division (30 entries) to accumulate points for the Trip to Hawaii, sponsored by Bodyboaders Surf Co @ Coolangatta.

The day proved to be a long one, but not without excitement from every division and thanks to BSC we were also able to present some special awards for the day. Our BSC gift vouchers for this month were as follows:-

Life Saver of the Day: This award went to Dane Pope who paddled out to rescue a
200kg bodyboarder (I think this is exaggerated because I think he was only 180kg) who was caught in the huge rip right in front of the judging tent. What an effort.
Dane was closely followed by Chris Breeze, who later went to rescue a stand up surfer (caught in the same rip) and managed to manoeuvre him to
Froggies and bail him out. Well done to both guys for their quick thinking and dedication. You both do Bodyboarders proud. Thanks heaps.

Wipe-out of the Day: This award went to Nikki Barnes (mother of three and our sole female competitor) who just wants to have some fun. Nik’s went through to the Men’s semi final and mixed it well all day until she “just got hammered” by one wave. Keep it up Nik’s we love having you there.

Junior Judge: Our Junior Judge award for this month went to Dylan McAskill. Dylan has joined the club this year as a grom but could not compete due to injury but still attended the comp to help out and learn what the judges look for. This is one keen grom as he is eager to learn and took in everything regarding judging that was put to him. Look out for this grom! Well done mate and I am sure your injuries will be over with for the next comp. Look after yourself and thanks heaps for your support on the day.

Parent Helper: It was fantastic to see the parents roll up and lend their support in which ever way possible. Special thanks went to Allan Macfarlane, who helped out all day (5.00 p.m. finish) with any task that came his way. Be it cooking the BBQ or changing flags, he was there. Thanks Allan.

We hope you all enjoy spending your BSC gift vouchers.

BSC gift vouchers were also awarded to the winners in each division with results being:-

Grommets:

Elliot Lynch

Cadets

Lloyd Vernals
Thorpe Waluew
Jordan Putland
Jack Oliver

Juniors

Sam Boulton
Peter Norman
Elliot Williams
Jimmy Williamson
Beau Kearsley

Mens

Casey Redden
Chris Breeze
Brendan Murray
Desaphie Mathieuk

Opens

Sam Boulton
Desaphie Mathieuk
Corey McLean
Jimmy Williamson

DK

Corey McLean
Stevie Lloyd
Tom MacFarlane
Brett Dalton

Our next comp will be on 10th March @ Duranbah and don’t forget to check out our new website @ www.qabonline.com for updates, comp results and photos from the day.

See you all next month.

Cheers

Deb Waluew