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Surf and weather report Well, all I can say is winter did hit our little club gathering with a vengeance for our August event at Magenta. Overcast and decidedly cool (!#^*@?%) cold according to one overheard comment), no doubt brought about by a nippy little westerly breeze that hung about for most of the morning and a reported water temperature that must have been (again overheard) about 15 (!#^*@?%) degrees! But hey, behind every cloud there always is a silver lining, and that cool westerly at least kept a fluky, but occasionally interesting one metre plus swell pretty clean for most of the event.
heats. The wettie option was a bit of a worry due to the risk of hypothermia setting in leading to an even greater risk of rigormortis!! (I’m sure we don’t have insurance for that!)
Comp The few hardy competitors had two banks to choose from with reasonably consistent lefts and rights. The rights were quick and holding up for longer rides and the lefts a bit more chilled out (literally) on the take-off and filling up quicker into a fairly deep gutter across the front, ending in an exciting little shore-break waiting to catch the unwary. “Hey, Ronnie how’s that shory coming in!” Wayno, overheard, still trying to get
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the sand out of his teeth and wettie!
After a short’ish walk, we were on on the sand-hill overlooking
Nonetheless there was, as usual, some excellent
the beach right in the path of that nippy little westerly but with
demonstrations of the ancient art of surfcraft riding from
a great view of proceedings. With the sun struggling to make an
some almost equally ancient surfcraft riders. Just as an
appearance, and the cold water, there was much agonising over
afterthought of course the younger brigade also managed
whether to stay in wetties or get into something warm between
to acquit themselves tolerably well.
the sun struggling to make an appearance, and the cold water, there was much agonising over whether to stay in wetties or get into something warm between heats
Happenings Good to see Clive back after being AWOL for a time (don’t worry Clive we don’t have court-martials here!) And Dave also back having pretty much recovered from his foot appendage issues. My apologies must go to Greg as I missed him in the last newsletter with sick list roll call. Greg’s right shoulder has been giving him a great deal of grief for some time now and he finally bit the bullet and had a reconstruction done to rectify the situation. We all hope the recovery is swift and positive. Marsh and Greg, both obviously being smarter than your average surfer (J.O. not included in this group of course) both managed novel ideas to escape the Arctic like conditions. Greg, with his (slinged) arm spent a good deal of the day with a judging sheet and pen happily ensconced below the sand dunes and out of the bitter wind that bit through all and sundry on top of the hill. Marsh on the other hand is now the official club mascot after deciding that his board bag was
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event that managed to get us back to the car park in, I think, record time. What a welcome sight the BBQ was once underway as most of the crew did take some time to thaw out. Once the fingers were back in working order all and sundry made short work of “Phil’s Outstanding Smorgasbord” with, I think, the BBQ plate emptied again in record time. And Lachie? He was stoked in his first CCMB club day, although a bit cool to surf without a wettie (left at home!) Very pleased with his raffle prize and went home and really rubbed it into his two younger brothers. And I’m sure he managed three burgers and two drinks, where does it go? the ideal thermal recovery unit. Not sure what he really looked
All for now, see you in September.
like except that someone suggested he bore a slight
J.O. (Snr.)
resemblance to a certain piece of equipment used regularly as a birth control device!!
Extra stuff...
It was also a pleasant surprise to see Wak (Wayne Dafter for our
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation or
recent member’s info) our old club stalwart from a few year’s
formal training is thought necessary. (We really do need to think
back make a brief appearance to say g’day to a few old
about that one!!)
mates, accompanied by another well-known local in
And these two pearls of wisdom.
the guise of Wardy.
Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the
A small, but decidedly dedicated, crew of around thirteen plus
statue!
the ever reliable and hardworking Leanne and J.O’s Grandson
Never put both feet in your mouth at one time, because then you
Lachie made up the “sandhill mob” and managed to stick it
won’t have a leg to stand on.
out for three heats and finals plus an eight foot and old mal
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Due to the lack of banks at the lakes, the small but dedicated crew decided to head south in search of something more promising, and we didn’t need to go too far finding a nice little spot at Magenta. There was a slight offshore wind calming the face of the three to four foot of swell with the only negative being it was coming straight off the snowfields. After losing some of the crew around the fourth tee, it didn't take long to get set up. With the first heat in the water the waves were a bit slow, so after some quick discussion the heats were extended to 30 minutes. No big deal I hear you mutter, but this meant having to open the box of broken dreams, yep that’s right, who was going to tackle the Wiley timer. You could see the blood drain from everyone’s faces as all eyes went to the
Dave Ryan and home in time for the Sunday footy, another great club day!
sand, this was a shoot out of OK Corral standards and we all
By the way the CCMB crescent head-trip has been booked,
know the history of the timer. Armed with only a screwdriver
so bring your money to the next comp, first eight people get
from Clive’s armory, Geoff stalked the beast, pounced from the
a cabin, the rest are cool to camp next to us! (Date 17/18 October)
side and reset the timer, now all we needed to do was wait, and
$70pp for the cabin, less for a tent.
yes 30 minutes later the siren went. Today we tamed the savage
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those
beast, and didn’t need to make the 500m trek to get the flags.
involved with the Magoo this year; we topped the $34,000
The standard of surfing on the day was great to see, with the
mark – excellent work! Club shirts are under way and should be
odd tube ride and close out re entry, this made the judging
here in time for our next comp at Avoca! There are a couple
quite hard at times, due to the close performances. With master
of outstanding memberships due so please pay now.
chef Phil back on board and his trusty apprentice Stuart,
See you there at the sharktower, 7.00am sharp.
a magnificent BBQ feast was cooked, warming our frozen
Cheers
limbs. Raffle drawn, Gumby passed on to a very appreciative
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CCMB results
EST 1985
Established 1985
? = New Members to be graded after three contests
NAME
GRADE
QYT
CONTESTS
TOTAL SCORE
RND 1 RESULTS
RND 1 POINTS
RND 2 RESULTS
RND 2 POINTS
CCMB POINTS
David Witt
A
5
209
1
42
1
6
48
Ron Galea
A
5
193
3
28
2
5
33
Dave Fibbins
A
4
172
1
42
0
42
Geoff Balken
A
5
165
3
28
2
5
33
1
42
3
Phil Roxburgh
A
4
161
4
46
Mitchell Conwell
A
3
135
0
0
0
Jacob Boyd Skinner
A
3
121
0
0
0
Marshall Duncan
A
3
105
5
40
Darren Boyd Skinner
A
2
82
0
0
0
Dave Hayes
A
2
80
0
0
0
John Sojoski
A
2
78
0
0
0
Dave Fraser
A
2
59
0
0
0
Terry Byrne
A
1
35
0
0
0
Paul Johnson
A
1
21
0
0
0
2
35
2
Don Blades
B
5
168
2
35
1
6
41
Dave Ryan
B
4
149
3
28
3
4
32
Wayne Craven
B
5
128
4
21
1
6
27
Greg Byrne
B
4
121
Clive Thomas
B
3
86
David Jones
B
3
86
Stuart Fraser
B
3
81
0 4
21
4
21
3
0 4
0
0
4
25
0
0
3
24
Dave Shearim
B
3
80
0
0
0
Lachlan Jonquieas
B
2
69
0
0
0
Dave Roberts
B
2
58
0
0
0
Brian Findlay
B
1
30
0
0
0
Darryl Saunders
B
1
21
0
0
0
Matt Hippisley
B
1
19
0
0
0
Mick Crowley
B
1
18
0
0
0
Dan Daugaard
B
1
15
0
0
0
3
38
Phil Morgan
C
1
38
Mitchell Hayes
C
1
30
0
0
0
Tony Bayliss
C
1
18
0
0
0
Madi Daugaard
C
1
17
0
0
0
Mick Jonquieas
C
1
10
0
0
0
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Qty Contests
Total Score
4
191
1
48
2
47
Dave Ryan
4
190
Greg Byrne
3
140
Result CCMB Points
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2
94
0
Clive Thomas
2
91
0
Qty Contests
Total Score
Dave Witt
5
240
1
48
Ron Galea
5
235
2
47
Jacob Boyd Skinner
3
138
0
Clive Thomas
2
86
0
Result CCMB Points
Marshall Duncan
1
46
0
Anthony Hippisley
1
45
0
Hatt Hippisley
1
44
0
Mick Crowley
1
43
0
35
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