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Lennox junior SLSC champs Lyndon’s and Moir’s test of iron
Harrison Murphy and Eliza Armstrong are the Junior Lifesavers of the Year for Lennox Head Alstonville Surf Club. Photo Tony Barnett.
Crankin’ what’ happening in the surf 4 Dan Pearson. Groms: 1 Jarrah Hamlin, 2 The Headlanders Bodyboard Niall Gibney, 3 Jasper HinchClub held its December Con- liffe and 4 Nat Russell. test, the last round for the year, at Suffolk Park in clean one- Hall of Fame metre waves. The competi- Nominations are open for tors put on a great display of the 2012 Australian Surfing bodyboarding in what was a Awards incorporating the Hall challenging shore break. The of Fame. Surfing’s night of results were: nights will be held in Manly, Cadets/Opens: 1 Jake Sthap- Sydney, on February 16 during it, 2 Theo Hinchliffe, 3 Con- the Australian Open of Surfnor Besson and 4 Jake Jones. ing and will feature the who’s Groms: 1 Jarrah Hamlin, 2 Sean who of the Australian surfing Vanderdriest, 3 Niall Gibney community. and 4 Owen Vanderdriest. Four-time Women’s World The Club’s Presentation was Champion Stephanie Gilmore held immediately afterwards and two-time Men’s World and the overall results for 2011 Champion Mick Fanning took were: the honours last year for the Opens: 1 Liam Peters, 2 Female and Male Surfer of the Daniel Vernon, 3 Michael Har- Year awards, while legendary ris, 4 Codie Coronakas. Jun- filmmaker Alby Falzon became iors: 1 Alex Regan, 2 Jake Turk, the 33rd inductee into the Hall 3 Sam Judd and 4 Tom Selway. of Fame. Other awards to be preCadets: 1 Liam Gibney, 2 Jake Sthapit, 3 Theo Hinchliffe and sented on the night will be the
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Rising Star Award, Waterman of the Year, ASB Surfing Spirit Award, Peter Troy Lifestyle Award, Surf Culture Award and the Simon Anderson Club Award. In an exciting addition, the Australian Surfing Awards will now also feature the much-anticipated Nikon Surf Photo of the Year and Nikon Surf Movie of the Year, which will showcase the finest work taken by Australia’s best surf photographers and videographers. The prize in each award will be RRP $6000 worth of Nikon photographic equipment. For more information and to nominate visit www.australiansurfingawards.com or for information on the Nikon Surf Photo and Movie of the Year visit www.mynikonlife.com. au/surfingaustralia. Nominations close at 5pm, January 6, 2012.
Lennox Head iron man prodigy Tanyn Lyndon and Byron Bay veteran Brodie Moir kicked their summer off in earnest on Sunday in the opening round of the Kellogg’s NutriGrain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series. Lyndon, who now represents Northcliffe and Moir, who competes for North Burleigh, are at very different stages of their careers with Lyndon making his full series debut in 2011/12, while for Moir this season will be her sixth in the professional ranks. This summer Lyndon will take on the likes of six-time Nutri-Grain IronMan Series winner Shannon Eckstein, Coolangatta Gold king Caine
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Byron Bay surfer Tommy Boucaut came into the last event of the six-event National GromSearch series as the top-rated surfer and justified that position in a tense 25-minute final at Coolum Beach (Qld). Photo Mallalieu / Surfing Queensland.
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Eckstein, two-time world ironman champion Zane Holmes and Olympian Ky Hurst. Moir’s toughest test will come from defending series champion Courtney Hancock and former champion Eliza-
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beth Pluimers. The first round of the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series was the Enduro format – Brodie finished in fourth and Tanyn finished in 15th. Photo Delly Carr.
NETDAILY DEC 2011-JAN 2012 Astronomical data and tides
High tide, height (m) 0545,1.67; 1814,1.34 0642,1.78; 1917,1.35 0737,1.88; 2015,1.37 0830,1.94; 2110,1.38 0920,1.97; 2200,1.39 1008,1.94; 2248,1.39 1054,1.88; 2334,1.37 1137,1.77 0020,1.36; 1219,1.64 0105,1.34; 1300,1.51 0151,1.34; 1342,1.38 0240,1.35; 1430,1.28 0322,1.37; 1530,1.20 0427,1.41; 1638,1.15 0522,1.46; 1746,1.15 0614,1.53; 1845,1.17 0600,1.60; 1934,1.21 0743,1.67; 2017,1.25 0825,1.74; 2058,1.29 0903,1.80; 2137,1.33 0943,1.83; 2217,1.37 1024,1.84; 2300,1.41 1105,1.82; 2344,1.44 1149,1.75 0030,1.46; 1235,1.65 0121,1.49; 1326,1.53 0216,1.51; 1424,1.40 0316,1.54; 1533,1.29 0421,1.59; 1652,1.23 0528,1.66; 1808,1.24 0630,1.74; 1914,1.28
Low tide, height (m) 1220,0.42 0005,0.39; 1325,0.31 0100,0.38; 1422,0.22 0153,0.37; 1515,0.17 0245,0.36; 1603,0.15 0335,0.38; 1649,0.17 0425,0.41; 1733,0.22 0513,0.46; 1815,0.29 0600,0.52; 1855,0.37 0648,0.59; 1934,0.44 0739.0.66; 2014,0.49 0836,0.71; 2057,0.55 0944,0.73; 2146,0.58 1057,0.71; 2240,0.59 1205,0.65; 2333,0.59 1301,0.57 0022,0.59; 1347,0.49 0108,0.54; 1429,0.42 0150,0.50; 1506,0.35 0231,0.46; 1543,0.30 0313,0.43; 1620,0.26 0356,0.41; 1659,0.23 0442,0.40; 1738,0.23 0530,0.42; 1818,0.26 0622,0.45; 1901,0.30 0719,0.49; 1948,0.36 0825,0.53; 2040,0.42 0940,0.55; 2140,0.47 1100,0.52; 2245,0.49 1216,0.44; 2349,0.48 1321,0.35
Times Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.
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