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Community Connect Issue 47
What’s on? COMMUNITY EVENTS
Surfing NSW – Challenge Her Teams Classic
3 JULY 2022
Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Headsurfingnsw.com.au
The Challenge Her Teams Classic is an unprecedented three-event all-female series staged across three locations in NSW with the event coming to Lennox Head in July.
The series is supported by the NSW Office of Sport’s Her Sport Her Way initiative that aims to build a sport where women and girls are valued, recognised and have equal choices and opportunities to lead and participate.
Through Her Sport Her Way, Surfing NSW hope to create innovative and inspirational programs and opportunities that will shape a bright future for women in surfing.
The Challenge Her Teams Classic (North – Lennox) event is a unique one-day all women’s surf event and will stage on Sunday 3 July 2022. It will engage recreational female surfers as well as female Boardrider club members.
The main event will involve teams divisions where surfers can ride shortboard or longboards. The event format emphasises fun, collaborative surfing over individual competition and will be streamed live on Kayo Sports.
Additionally, Surfing NSW will host a range of exciting workshops and technical skills sessions that collaborates with local service providers and will engage females from the local community and friends and family of the main event participants.
The North – Lennox Head event is expected to draw 100 participants in the main event, 150 additional friends and family who will also be involved in the workshops and skill-based activities, and 30 staff along with local spectators throughout the day.
Skullcandy Oz Grom Open
7 – 12 JULY 2022
Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Headskullcandyozgromopen.com.au
Skullcandy Oz Grom Open is one of the most highly anticipated junior surfing events in Australia.
The event founded by LE-BA Boardriders in 2012 offers an exciting and innovative contest of the highest standards never seen before in junior surfing.
Lennox Head, which is famous for its world-class point break also offers exceptional beach breaks. The best Groms and Juniors in Australia and beyond come to Lennox to put on a world-class show of high-performance surfing. A live webcast of the event streams to more than 14 countries.
With the assistance of the WSL a new boys and girls sanctioned Pro Junior was introduced in 2018. The event now has boys and girls divisions from 12yrs to 18yrs.
Come along and watch premier junior surfing in our own backyard.
Quota Craft & Garden Fair
23 – 24 JULY 2022
Alstonville Apex Pavilion, Alstonville Showgroundsquotaalstonville.com
The Quota Craft & Garden Fair is back this year, bigger and better at the Alstonville Cultural Centre.
After a two-year hiatus, crafters and gardeners are (st)itching to get back to sharing their wares and knowledge.
Regular stallholders are also back with lots of new exciting products. You will be spoilt for choice with a wide variety of handcrafted homewares, clothing, jewellery, gifts and toys.
Catch free demonstrations on some of the latest craft products and listen to the guest speakers in the garden section.
The fair is the primary fundraiser for Quota, with all funds raised donated to local groups and projects to help community members in need.
Light refreshments and BBQ will be available.Entry is $5 per person.
Sandy welcomes back events!
Someone else who’s wrapped to see events coming back to our region is council’s Events Support Officer, Sandy Jackson. Sandy assists event organisers with approvals to stage events on public land, such as parks, open spaces or streets. Sandy also handles filming requests, assisting production companies to achieve their vision while at the same time safeguarding the day-to-day activities of our community and protecting the environment.
Even if you haven’t met Sandy in person through social circles or community events (she also hosts our Australia Day awards), you will likely know her voice! She has been on our local airwaves as a radio announcer with 101.9 Paradise FM for more than 20 years.
