Last week’s swell was nice. Next weekend we have a contest with double point score.
Open members meeting – The lifeblood of the club, its members, have a forum to present thoughts, ideas and/or dreams for the club this Friday 30th October, 7pm at the Lyall Bay Bowling Club.
There’ll be time set aside for a brief discussion of any issues raised. Given the obvious time constraint, there will be a time limit placed on each person contributing.
The issues/ideas raised at the meeting will then be tabled at the next meeting of the committee of the Wellington Boardriders Club. To assist in the smooth running of the meeting, we invite you to pre-register your speaking spot by emailing us your name and topic at: wellington.boardriders@gmail.com.
Click this image to see what’s coming up before Christmas…
NEXT few events…
Open meeting for ALL members – 7.00pm, Friday 30 October 2009 – Location TBA.
More info here real soon!
then, the next day…
Surfing Contest – ‘double point score’ – Saturday 31st October
(postponement date Sat 7th Nov)
Contest Photos on our LOOK page. Thanks to Mark Gee and Marvel Media.
Summer arrived early at the Wellington Boardriders Club skins surfing contest at Lyall Bay on Saturday.
Super fun, clean, glassy, chest high waves and sunshine, greeted the 40 competitors at our inaugural surfing event.
The club caravan took us back to the 70’s and kept the officials toasty.
All in all the day was a great success.
First place results as follows:
- Open – Ilan Fisher
- Under 18- Ethan Burge
- Under 14 – Lewi Barr-Brown
- Open Womens – Hayley Rogers
- Under 18 Womens – Maia Whitaker
- Over 40 – Rico Lane
- Longboards – Alex Mulcahy
Thanks to the following people and organisations for their support:
- Christian Surfers Wellington – Judging and tabulating
- Rob Hawley – PA system
- Mark De Lew – Beach Marshall
- Real Surf – Prizes
- Wild Style – Prizes
- Mark Gee – Water and Land Photography
- Marvel Media – Photography
- Liam Ryan – Commentary
- Rico Lane – Caravan
Thanks to all those involved and to the competitors for being good sports.
Next event in October – keep informed here at our website.
[Photos of the event uploaded soon]
Skins surfing contest ON Saturday 5th September.
Win $10 CASH for every heat you win! Man-on-man heats, instant knockout.
Date: Saturday 5th September
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: Lyall Bay, Corner – 8.30am registrations
Divisions:
- Junior
- Open
- Over 40’s
- Longboard
- Womens
15 spots per division.
Entry fee:
- $10 members
- $20 non-members
PAYMENT – in cash on the morning of the event.
The surfer with the most skins at the end of the contest wins the skins event (for their division).
Points from heat scores and results will be allocated and posted on our points score table and used to determine our club division champions at the end of this year’s club contest season (Club Prizegiving early December).
Apart from the standard 5 divisions, the ‘Highest Placed’ in the following age categories will also be recorded and awarded prizes at the end of the season:
- U16
- U14
- Has been (over 28)
Any questions email us: wellington.boardriders@gmail.com or comment below!
Chur chur.
Thanks to Mark Gee for his efforts snapping away on Saturday night at our founding club night.
You can view all the snaps here on his Flickr page.
Saturday night’s founding club night was a blast! 100+ surfers hanging out in a fun, family friendly environment.
There is a general feeling that this is the start of something exciting in the Wellington surfing community.
Full steam ahead!
More news (and photos) here shortly, swing by again soon.
Wellington Boardriders – Founding Club Night
Worser Bay Boating Club, Marine Parade, Seatoun, Saturday the 8th of August, 7:00pm-midnight
- Live Music & DJ
- Surf Movies on the big screen
- Spot prizes and giveaways
- Food (Jaffles) and drink on sale
If you want to put names to those faces in the lineup, celebrate the Wellington surfing community/culture and become a founding member of the Wellington Boardriders Club, you’ll want to be at this event.
Cost: Youth $20, Adult $30, Family $60. Tickets double as a full year 2009/10 membership with Wellington Boardriders Club.
First 120 paid members are guaranteed tickets to our founding event.
To become one of 120 founding members AND secure tickets to this inaugural event, complete this form.
[Limited tickets - no door sales - payment by internet banking or cheque]
On Thursday June 4th, an AGM for Wellington Boardriders was held and the club committee elected its officers (more information here). Essentially, Wellington Boardriders Club is a legal ‘rubber stamp’ away from being an incorporated club.
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!
Thanks for stopping by!
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.
