BBSSSA Surfing and Bodyboarding 2016

Thursday, 22 Sep 2016 12:17 PM

Friday 9^th September saw students from Broken Bay Catholic Schools hit the beach at Avoca for the annual Surfing and Bodyboarding Comp. With onshore winds and a tricky 2-3 foot North Easterly swell hitting the northern end of the beach, we were lucky to find 2 decent banks around the Shark Tower. Surfing NSW set up their tents on the main bank whilst everyone pitched in to get a second bank up and running for the body boarding judges. Thanks to Aidan Taylor from St Peters who ran the show on this second bank and ensured things ran smoothly.

After the morning briefing to explain the Shark Evacuation procedure and judging criteria, Tony Herringe had the Junior Boys checked in for the first heat of the morning on the main bank and at about 7:40am the siren sounded finally kicking off the Broken Bay surf comp 2016. With a low tide and the best winds of the day the junior boys kicked off the day ripping into the small surf on offer. This continued through the day with the big surprisingly big field of girls ripping into any peak they could find. As the wind came up the sweep increased which meant at times surfers were all on the one bank. This made judging difficult but with experts on deck the scores kept coming in.

I won’t single out any individuals but the standard of surfing was epic and spectators were treated to an exciting display of rail surfing, big hacks and a few aerials. A real positive to come out of the day was that with no free surfing on offer, it meant that the students who weren’t competing were on the beach, not just supporting their team mates, but audibly expressing an appreciation of high quality surfing in general. It was great to hear the cheering on the beach which added to the atmosphere come finals time.

Thanks to all of the team managers involved, keeping their students in check and for the effort of all of the students on the day leaving our beautiful beach clean. Congratulations and thanks to all who attended and competed competed and being new to this contest director gig, I really appreciated the support provided and the excellent cakes made by Tina Danckert.

Hope to see you all back again next year.

Results

Girls Junior Surfboard

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Mackensie Davidson (St Peters)

                                    2^nd Place       Jas Riggs (Stella Maris)

                                    3^rd Place        Mika Flower (Stella Maris)

                                    4^th Place        Charlie Allport (St Peters)

Girls Open Surfboard

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Jasmine Carr (Mater Maria)

                                    2^nd Place       Finlay Ramage (St Josephs)

                                    3^rd Place        Hannah Robotham (Mater Maria)

                                    4^th Place        Eve Crass (St Peters)

Girls Malibu

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Brodie Walters (St Peters)

                                    2^nd Place       Olivia Kernick  (St Peters)

Girls Bodyboard

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Isabella Kaye (St Peter’s)

Boys Junior Surfboard

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Ben Walsh (St Augustines)

                                    2^nd Place       George Pittar (St Augustines)

                                    3^rd Place        Axel Rose Curroto (St Paul’s)  

                                    4^th Place        Zac Patterson (St Edward's)

Boys Open Surfboard

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Samson Coulter (St Augustines)

                                    2^nd Place       Seamus Hogan (St Edward's)

                                    3^rd Place        Flynn Flaherty (St Edward's)

                                    4^th Place        Josh McManus (St Paul’s)

Boys Malibu

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Jonay Pautansuu (St Paul’s)

                                    2^nd Place       Will Grenkie (St Paul’s)

                                    3^rd Place        Lachlan McKay (St Edward’s)

                                    4^th Place        Callum Baker (St Edward's)

Boys Junior Bodyboard

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Trent Alleyne (Mater Maria)

                                    2^nd Place       Kye Haslam (St Peter’s)

                                    3^rd Place        Toby Rutherford (St Edward's)

                                    4^th Place        Harry Kaye (St Pauls)

Boys Open Bodyboard

Congratulations      1^st. Place       Brady Rankin (St Edward's)

                                    2^nd Place       Ben O’Mara (St Edward's)

                                    3^rd Place        Brendan Thom (Mackillop)

                                    4^th Place        Nick Oakes (St Peter’s)

Congratulations St Peters  Champion School - Girls

Congratulations St Edward’s  Champion School - Boys

Michael Lord

Contest Convenor