The Groms were first out and they ripped the small waves to bits. Having watched these kids development over the winter you can’t help but be impressed with the standard of surfing and just the overall enthusiasm these kids have for surfing.

 

The micros surfed a nice bank down at Southend and all these kids had a ball. In the Boys it was little Max McGuiggan who showed plenty patience waiting for the bigger ones who won the day narrowly beating his 2 good mates Tye and Chris. Both could of won it in the final minutes but Max held on. In the Girls it was Tayla Buchan who narrowly beat Kirra and here sis Chloe.  

 

1^st Max McGuigan  2^nd Tye Koolis  3^rd Chris Riley

 

1^st Tayla Buchan 2^nd Kirra Lowlett Richards 3^rd Chloe Buchan

 

In the super competitive Cadets division Harry, Hank, Rory Jackson Giles and Jarrod Sorley made it through to the final after some impressive surfing in the early rounds. Harry B started off with the wave of the final straight up and at the midpoint of the final had a handy lead. Hank came back at him but Harry got a gem and 2 nice cutties confirmed his lead. All the boys had one last crack as a set hit as the buzzer sounded but none could better their scores. Well done to Harry and all the Cadets. Some great surfing by all the boys

 

1^st Harry Bartlett 2^nd Hank Hartley 3^rd Rory McGovern 4^th Jackson Giles 5^th Jarrod Sorely

 

In the Junior Boys Jake N, Mitch K, Sean Mc and Scott Barry surfed their way into the final after surfing really well through the opening rounds. Unfortunately there was a real wave drought during the final but when the waves did come through the boys tore the waves apart. Jake and Mitch caught nice opening waves and were in the box seat as the heat went on. A good sized set came through and it was again Jake and Mitch that got the good ones  producing some nice top. Jake managed to get his all the way to shore and finished it up with a nice floater and he took the lead. Mitch had one last crack but the wave fizzed out and young Jake took the spoils.

 

1^st  Jake Norma 2^nd Mitch Kennedy 3^rd Sean McGreevy 4^th Scott Barry

 

The Open Women’s Final was a tightly fought out affair with all ladies in the running until the final minute. It was a slow start but once the sets starting coming through all the girls let rip. In the tightest final of the day with only 2 points separated 1^st to 4^th. Vanessa managed to just get over Lisa B with Leanne and Jen in 3and 4^th respectively.    

 

1^st  Vanessa R 2^nd Lisa Brodie 3^rd Leanne Bonello 4^th Jenni Lee

 

In the Men’s divisions conditions certainly favoured the lighter lads. Nevertheless it didn’t stop anyone with some sensational surfing in the tiny conditions. You just had to be patient and wait for the right ones.

 

The 6 man Open Men’s Final was a corker with some great surfing on display for the huge crowd on the beach. All surfers started well and Matt O and Karl held the joint lead after 8 minutes after tearing apart a couple nice little waves. Adam Semo jumped to the lead midway through smashing a nice little wave with 2 nice flowing cutties. He stretched his lead with the wave of the day a 7 point ride minutes later after 2 brilliant top turns and a huge floating re. Conyak fought back at the end catching 2 nice waves in 2 minutes but came up just short by 2 points and Adam Semo took out his 4^th comp win this year.

 

1^st Adam Seminara 2^nd Con Parris 3^rd Karl Richards 4^th Matt O’Reilly 5^th Luke Fletcher 6^th Dan McNaughton

 

The Snr Men’s was a real battle. Roy held an early lead before Dave & Epic came back at him. But somehow Roy caught the only left that was over 2ft and went about destroying this wave to score a 5.5 and take out the Final.

 

1^st  Roy Buchan 2^nd Dave Lowlett 3^rd Epic 4^th Todd Jackson

 

In the GM Don Giles got off to a good start with a nice wave as did Brad Koolis. Andrew W came back and got 2 ok waves to take the lead meanwhile the other guys struggled to get any good waves. Brad Koolis was on the spot to pick up the wave of the heat just before the siren sounded. He got a 4.0 ride to sneak past Andrew and take the cash.   

 

1^st  Brad Koolis 2^nd Andrew W 3^rd Don Giles 4^th Tom North 5^th Graeme O’Reilly

 

Finally “Call of the Year” so far came from ypung Karl Richards who gave it to Adam “The Pest” Lawrence. Adds hassled the hell out of him throughout the entire semi. Karl told him where to go a few times but Adds kept going on and on. Anyways Karl had had enough when he turned to Addsy and said why do you hassle so hard when it’s 1ft but when it’s 4ft your never out here. You’re busy hassling for scraps at Chows. Adds was absolutely shattered and was last seen sulking in his car in the arms of his girls.

 

That was the last comp for 2008 at Maroubra. Comp 7 is an away comp which will be held at Boomerang Beach Forster on the 18^th. We will be meeting at the Southern Platform at 7.30am and making a call there on where we will be holding the comp. This event is mobile if the waves are not doing it at boomers so make sure you are there right on 7.30. Hope to see you all up there for a great w/e away.