Update – Comp Calendar for the rest of 2017

Howdy folks

In last weeks monthly newsletter we announced a date change for the Sept 16 comp to 14 October. This move was made because of the impact the Junior Kirra Teams event (which will be run over the same weekend) will have on the event. Unfortunately the council has this week advised that the beach had already been booked by the Maroubra Bodyboarders who needed to rearrange their event to make way for the Rip Curl Gromsearch.

So after some discussion the committee have agreed to run comp 6 on the 16 Sept as per the original calendar. The kids competing + caretakers who fly to Qld as part of the Maroubra United team will be compensated by way of having an average score added to their overall points tally. There will be a large number of key personnel missing so for those of you who are around on that weekend please ensure you to get down early to help set up, judge a few heats through the day and help out where you can. 

So the deal for the rest of the year is

16 Sept – Pointscore – Comp 6 @ Maroubra

21 Oct – Sands Paul Baxter Shield @ Maroubra                                                           (Specialty Event which is open to all local surfers. No points allocated to individual surfers for this event)

4 Nov – Pointscore – Comp 7 @ Bendalong

Fri 18 Nov – Presentation Night @ Juniors at Malabar

Comp 5 – Wild Times

First light saw the beginning of a new south swell hitting northend.  Winds were light SW and the swell was 5-6 ft and building with each set that came through. We set up in front of Southend surf club where it was a few feet smaller and more importantly a little more protected from the winds. By mid morning the waves were 5ft and 8 out of 10 waves were doing their best impersonation of Waimea shorey. Some deadly closeouts. But amongst the close out there were still some sick ones. The guys in A Grade really lit it up as did the Junior Boys and Open Women.

Pic – Richard Walker

Pic – Richard Walker

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