Registration day
The registration day is coming up on the Saturday, February 20th. Rego occurs from 10am—1pm at the clubhouse. Prices: $70 membership, but for each extra family member it's $50. $25 for super–groms and $20 for non–surfing social memberships. You can find the registration form here [Excel file] in case you'd like to fill it out before you arrive.
First comp
The first comp for 2010 is coming up on February 28th. It's the same deal — meet at 7:30am at the Shark Tower. Let's hope for some waves! Here's a document outlining what to do on the day [Word document].
The Jim Beam Tag Team was held at Dixon Park in Newcastle on Sunday 24th, after being postponed due to lack of waves on the Saturday. The team; Jamie Beal, Johno Shade, Sam Chell, Beau Atchison and Dane Atcheson; showed that a champion team will beat a team of champions every time.
We got second to Umina in the first round after a bumpy start, but we hung in to get the result. Having to get in the top four to make the nationals at North Narrabeen on February 13th and 14th we still had to get through to the next round where we were seeded with Umina and Merewether, not too many people had much hope for us, but the boys stuck to the game plan and Umina crumbled.
Stoked to be in the final four and going to the Nationals the boys weren't finished yet. Merewether with Matt Hoy and Luke Egan in their team stormed ahead leaving Port Macquarie with Mick Campbell, North Shelly and us fighting it out, with a great set of waves from Sam and with Beau backing him up we had a solid start under our belt. With Dane's and Johno's massive power waves and quick thinking on their third wave we were back in it and catching Merewether. Jamie Beal (the anchor man from hell) did his thing and got the 4 gate points for finishing 1st and suddenly we were all feeling pretty confident that we could win. In the end Merewether's last surfer snared 3 screamers and 3 gate points to beat us by 12 points. Port Macquarie came in 3rd with North Shelly in 4th. To cap it off Beau Atcheson got a new video camera for highest power wave. The power wave is a surfers 2nd wave and is doubled and added to his other 2 waves. The presso went down a treat with a few free Jim Beams — thanks to the sponsors. All day the boys surfed for each other and the team and ended up beating some bloody hot teams. So cheers boys and see you all at North Narrabeen.
Let's all try and get down there and throw some weight behind them cause that's what a champion club does. Seems like we're in the first heat at 7:30am on Saturday.
Cheers, Lovey
We've got a whole lot of events coming up now that 2010 has kicked off. Here are some dates to keep in mind:
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Jim Beam Teams
Saturday, Jan 23 at Newcastle
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Feb 5—7
There are some crew heading up in a rented bus. They're keen to get some waves on the trip. The departure date will depend on the swell situation, but they're expecting to get up there by Thursday Feb 4th. Get in contact with Lovey or Mick Allanson if you're keen to join in and support your club.
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Jim Beam Teams Final
Feb 13 at North Narrabeen
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Feb 20 at the clubhouse from 10am—1pm
Prices: $70 membership, but for each extra family member it's $50. $25 for super–groms and $20 for non–surfing social memberships.
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Feb 28
Some other things to keep in mind
We didn't end up having a Treachery trip last year and maybe it would be a good idea to have one early this year. If you're keen, get in contact with a committee member and let them know. Also, any t–shirt designs for the 2010 club shirt need to be in by the end of the month. Either give them to a committee member in person or email them.
A bloke called Steve Riley has put up a website at AvocaBeach.info and says:
“There are about 20,000 shots on there and I have another 80,000 to add… just burning my bandwidth at the moment… take a look if you surf, could be some of you, cheers.”
Steve has been shooting some long sequences of waves at the point and up the beach. There's a good chance there will be a few shots of you somewhere up there. Here's a link to the gallery if you have trouble finding it (I did).
