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Fluky breeze tests Tweed sailors No obstacle too tough for Wollongbar school families
The TVSC fleet riding a fluky but sometimes gusty breeze on Sunday. Photo Bryan Townsend Bill Fenelon
The Tweed Valley Sailing Club conducted its fourth race of the Summer Pointscore Series with testy conditions on the Tweed River including a strong flooding tide and a light fluky southeasterly breeze with occasional nice gusts. The fleet included 18 boats sailed by 33 crew. Habitual winner Dave Chester, with crewman Isaac Poulsen, again got line honours on Hobie 16 Sledder, completing the course in only 61 minutes, second place finisher was Weta Scored a Tri with John and Saffron Cook on board. First Mono hull to complete the course was NS14 Radical Phase sailed by Glen
Slight and Kynan Luescher, beating second finisher, Laser Siesta sailed by Gary McCrohan, by two minutes
Championship The big race of the day was heat two of the North Coast NS14 14ft dinghy championship, contested by six boats, all sailed two-handed. Also racing was heat two of the Olympic Class Laser Championship, sailed by five boats. The first NS to finish was Radical Phase (Glen Slight and Kynan Luescher), getting home three minutes ahead of Zarzan (Adam Hurt and Tom Busbridge), with Tornado (Bill Fenelon and Taj Krasna) coming in 50 seconds behind in third place. Glen and Kynan got away
quickly at the start and led the entire race. In the Lasers, getting the bullet was Siesta (Gary McCrohan), beating Silent Partner (John Heywood) by one minute and third was Maurice Meyer, 30 seconds later. It was a close contest in the Lasers, but after the first lap, the boats spread out into the finishing order.
Pointscore Winner of the Pointscore Handicap series was Tasar Hippocampus (Mike & Imogene Mansted), second was Weta Scored a Try (John and Saffron Cook), third went to Laser Vickie 2 sailed by Maurice Meyer and fourth was Corsair Epic (Peter Skinner, James Nickless and Caspian Nickless).
Disabled surfers seek volunteers this weekend
Close to 100 people entered the superstar obstacle course and many more came as spectators to the fundraising day organised by the Wollongbar Public School last Saturday. The multi-event obstacle course was set up with assistance from Edge Fitness Alstonville and included burpees, an army crawl and a team sprint, and finished off with a burst of colour to run through! There were also roadblocks set up throughout the course challenging participants with fun puzzles to complete before they could proceed to the next obstacle. The Curtis family was a highlight, P&C secretary Maureen Bezanson said. ‘Glen Curtis competes in all sorts of tough, muddertype competitions but said he
The dream is not over yet for Byron Bay’s Soli Bailey and Lennox Head’s Adam Melling in their bid to qualify for the newly announced 2018 Dream Tour. But with only one event left on the Qualifying Series they will need a win at Sunset Beach to have any chance to finish in the top 10 and qualify. Lennox Head’s Stuart Kennedy is in a similar position, needing a win at the final Championship Tour at Pipeline to sneak into the top 22 and qualify. Kennedy also has a chance at the Sunset Beach QS event to qualify through the QS rankings if he wins or is runner-up. The opportunity is still there for our local area to have a representative on the Championship Tour in 2018, just.
The Disabled Surfers Association along with Byron Shire are celebrating the International Day of Disabilities at Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay, this Saturday December 2nd with a gathering for the Disabled Surfing Community. Volunteers are needed to enable the DSA to provide a
The Morning of the Mo didn’t have epic surf this year but it was a great success with heaps of good vibes, fun, amazing costumes and quality surfing. Held at North Wall in small waves, the surfing event was won by Lennox Head’s Dustmo (Dustin Hollick). Winning the surf event is
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Wollongbar Public School stole the show. ‘They rolled the tyres instead of throwing them, struggled with the burpees, but embraced the colour with huge smiles,’ she said.
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Mo for men
Participants are welcome to sign on from 10am for a fun-filled event that is guaranteed to put a ‘smile on your dial’. For further information: branch president, Colleen: 6680 8494, or email: secretary, Diana Willis: dianasgarden@hotmail.com.
liked our event because it was something he could do with the family,’ she said. ‘They liked it so much they re-registered and went through the course a second time!.’ But the kindy kids from
Dreams to be made or lost at Sunset Beach
A disabled surfer enjoys a wave with the aid of supporters. Photo Diana Willis
safe water experience. Water-support people can arrive at 9am for a quick briefing and then a couple of hours in the surf, followed by a sausage sizzle. No experience necessary. DSA supplies rash vests, suntan lotion, water and lunch.
Glen, Fynn, Kasadevi and Torren Curtis survived the Wollongbar Public School obstacle course. Photo supplied
‘David Moey’ aka Evan McGregor rips into his ukulele. Photo Ryankenny@moceanmediahouse
only part of the deal. Lennox Head’s David Moey (Evan McGregor) won the overall event by staying in character from 7am and holding it right through the day, from surfing in costume right through to the after-party and dance-off. The MOTM raises money and awareness for men’s health.
Tour changes The World Surf League has released the 2018 schedule of events covering the men’s and women’s Championship Tours (CT), Qualifying Series (QS), Pro Junior
and Longboard tours as well as the WSL Big Wave Tour (BWT). ‘The 2018 calendar has some of the most significant changes we have implemented in many years,’ Byron Bay’s Kieren Perrow, the WSL commissioner, said. Some of the major changes are: no Fiji event, no Trestles event (it will be replaced with the first-ever artificial wave event at Surf Ranch), the women will get a Jeffreys Bay event, the Championship Tour will be returning to Keramas, Bali, and there will be no women’s event in Portugal.
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