The Northern Rivers Times
May 12, 2022
68 SPORT NEWS
TWEED SURFER ON TOP AT MARGARET RIVER PRO
Isabella Nichols in action Photo: Dunbar/WSL
MAX PERROT Tweed Head’s Isabella Nichols has won the Margaret River Pro in the eight-to-ten-foot waves at Main Break. Nichols’ win not only marked her maiden CT victory, but saved her position to continue through the back half of the 2022 CT following the Mid-season Cut. Coming into the Final Day of competition
at the Margaret River Pro, Nichols sat in 12th position on the rankings and below the Midseason Cut line. To move above the cut and keep her spot on Tour, the equation was simple: Win the event. In her second year on the CT and having only one CT Finals appearance under her belt, taking a win at the elite level would be no easy feat, but the
Sunshine Coaster dug deep to overcome local hero Bronte Macaulay and rookie Gabriela Bryan (HAW) in the Final. back-and-forth battle between Nichols and Bryan, but in the end, it was the smooth frontside of Nichols that saw her claim her maiden CT victory, and save her spot on the elite level.
Nichols will now head to the Quiksilver Pro G-Land sitting in the fourth position on the rankings. “This moment doesn’t even feel real at the moment,” Nichols said. “I’ve dreamt about this my whole life and I feel like this is going to take a while to sink in. “There is no better feeling than this in the whole world. “I just came to this
event, and as corny as it sounds, I just had fun. “It was just yesterday I was thinking about falling off Tour... and now, it’s all about the WSL Final 5, the goals have changed. I just want to thank friends, family, fans, and sponsors, this is just amazing.” The new Mid-season Cut has now reduced the men and Top 10 women. Our male Northern
Rivers pro surfers Callum Robson, Connor O’Leary and Owen Wright had different outcomes with Robson and O’Leary securing their place in the in 8th and 18th positions respectively while unfortunately Wright cut line in 23rd spot.
Sports results Cherry Street Croquet Club ASSOCIATION CROQUET : S.Hume P.Hume 9 d H.Young B.Reddy 8 RICOCHET CROQUET : Club Handicap Singles Championships G.Drew 14 d R.Chapman 13 GOLF CROQUET : Club Division 3 Singles Championships C.Edlund d J.Dorward D.Jones d J.Huxley J.Hannigan d F.Frederiksen J.Saunders d M.Rennie D.Jones d C.Edlund J.Hannigan d J.Saunders Final to be played Jim Hannigan v Debbie Jones TOURNAMENTS :
Beryl Chambers Association Handicap Qualify Coffs Coast : Jonathon Deans Urunga 1st Simon Cook Coutts Crossing 2nd Peter Deeth Coutts Crossing 3rd Greg Porter Cherry Street Ballina 4th All new members very welcome. Grafton District Anglers Club Monthly Competition The Grafton District Anglers Club April outing was held 30th April - 1st May. 22 members nominated for the outing with 18 The winner of the senior division was Ron Waterson with his bag
limit of twenty luderick weighing 11.140kg for a total of 132 points. Second place went to Terry Daly with his bag limit of twenty luderick weighing 10.41kg for 124 points. Third place went to Krystal Pfeiffer with her bag limit of luderick weighing 10.49kg for 95 points after her 30 point handicap, for winning a previous outing, was deducted. The Junior Division was won by Jensen and 6 tailor. Second in the junior division was Mahkai Haynes with a catch of 1 The Club’s Presentation Night will be held from 4pm on Saturday 7th
May at the Grafton District Services Club. The next monthly rock, beach and estuary outing is 28th - 29th May 2022. Kyogle Bowls Wednesday May 4 - P Crewe J Coston d G Knapp P Doyle + 8, B Ryan N Parker d W Farrell S Colley + 5, J Arnold R Felton N Bodycote d P Anderson K Hayes B Hyde + 2. Saturday May 7 - L Condon T Winkler d W Farrell P Doyle + 5, G Knapp J Coston T Holder drew with P Anderson T Burgess B Hyde 16 all. A grade singles championship R Goebel d D Zelcer 31 to 20. S Hall d S Colley 31 to 19, Jonathon Deans Urunga and Simon Cook Coutts Crossing 1st & 2nd in the Beryl Chambers D Farrell d K Hayes 31 Association Handicap Singles Tournament. to 22.
