HEAPS of prizes…

REGISTRATION FORM

Surf Gear Swap Meet – Sunday 20th March – Location TBD.

Contest 2 of 3 – Saturday 9 April

Contest 3 of 3 – Saturday 7 May

Surf Gear Swap Meet – 18 March

Wellington Boardriders Club (Inc) Autumn Surf Series 2011

[3 Surfing Contests spanning 3 Months]

Saturday 12 March

Saturday 9 April

Saturday 7 May

What – Social drinks / get-together

Why – Kick off 2011 with a hang out session

Where – Lyall Bay Bowling Crescent, 53 Apu Cres, Lyall Bay.

When – 7.30pm, Wednesday 9th February

How – Surf, skate, walk, run, drive etc.

IF THERE ARE WAVES, POSTPONED UNTIL SUN-DOWN, OF COURSE

• Peelbacks – $10
• Circular patch – $gold coin

Email: wellington.boardriders@gmail.com to order.

Call for nominations:

Please EMAIL your nominations to: wellington.boardriders@gmail.com. These will be presented at the AGM.

All current members, including those who make nominations of members as officers for the club committee, are welcome to attend the meeting next Wednesday. Nominations will be made known at the meeting and the committee election will take place.

AGM Agenda:

• Welcome
• 2009-2010 club report
• Membership report
• Financial report
• Election of officers
• Any other business

Any questions simply email: wellington.boardriders@gmail.com

NAMOTU SURF DEAL: Right now (things may open up a bit more on 23July)
there is space available Sept/October of this year.
The price has been dropped to $2107usd per person for shared accommodations and
$2307usd per person for private accommodations (based on double occupancy)

7 Nights Air Conditioned Accommodations
3 Meals Daily, Beverages Additional
Unlimited Surf Break Transfers
Round trip Airport to Island Transfers
Use of resort facilities
Hotel taxes
Not Included: Beverages while on the island.
DUE TO THE FIJI SURF DECREE OF JULY 1, 2010. we can no longer offer
exclusive access to our breaks but can now surf breaks that have been off
limits to us in the past
Our package prices reflective of these changes

NOTE: when preparing your flights to Fiji, you will need to arrive no later
than 3pm on the first Saturday
And depart no earlier than 9am on the following Saturday.
Namotu will not be responsible for late arrivals into Fiji

The morning started out a little onshore and chunky, but by mid-morning the waves had cleaned up and the contest arena was buzzing in anticipation of a great day’s competitive surfing ahead.

This contest was a double point score which will be added to the current points tally to determine division winners for the 2009/10 season. Our annual prize-giving (at Lyall Bay Bowling Club) on Sunday 29th November will see trophies being awarded to each division winner.

A highlight of the day was a wave caught in the final by open mens runner up Brandon Kingi of Titahi Bay. On a solid overhead set wave he came square of the bottom and performed a radical vertical snap, putting it on the line and coming so very close to taking out the final.

In the end however, the two high scoring waves from Charlie Denniston of Riversdale were what was needed to see him claim victory in the Open Mens division and take top spot on the Wellington Boardriders Club points tally for 2009 (tally updated this week). A series of smooth manouevres and super-fast surfing in general by Denniston was another highlight of the event.

Results for all divisions were as follows (1st place getters):

Open Mens – Charlie Denniston

Open Womens – Donna Muir

Junior Mens – Charlie Denniston

Over 30 Mens – Kristin Savage

Over 40 Mens – Scott Brenton

Longboards – Scott Brenton

*Most Radical/Progressive Manoeuvre – Brandon Kingi

Congratulations to all those surfers who gained results and well done to all competitors for getting involved. Here are some photos from Racoon Projects.

We look forward to our Annual end-of-year prize-giving at the LBBC, Sunday 29th November* (NB: date change from that on poster) More information here.

Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters:

Realsurf

Wild style surfshop

Fidels’ Cafe

Mark Gee

Christian Surfers Wellington

Surf.co.nz

Rico Lane – Caravan of Love

Rob Hawley (audio-visual)

+ all the other volunteers throughout the day for judging, tabulating and/or beach marshalling.

All club information on our website. See you on the 29th in your bowling whites!

Affiliation to Surfing New Zealand is an objective of the club and steps are being taken to fulfill these requirements.

Briefly, the club’s objectives are to unite, develop and represent the surfing community in the Wellington region.

More news coming soon!

A group of Wellington surfers are in the process of setting up a functioning boardriders club. We’ll have more news about incorporation on Friday 5th June.

Email us at: wellington.boardriders@gmail.com to join our mailing list and hear about developments as they happen.

The Wellington Boardriders Team.