Surfing The 2016 SJC Gromfest had its largest ever competition, with over 50 surfers competing at Jan Juc to be named the best Junior and Senior Surfer at St Joseph’s. This was the most open competition for many years with Casey McCrohan the 3 time senior champion graduating last year and the current national champion for his age Xavier Huxtable unable to attend as he was competing in Hawaii. In the junior division, Dylan Hart took out the title and Nathan Rivalland won the Senior Division, well done to both surfers. In this year’s Victorian Independent Schools State Championships, Seb Brown, Nathan Rivalland, Josh Cammarere, Xavier Huxtable, James Hughes, Dylan Hart, Indie White and Rikki Bell-Warren competed in average
SJC Gromfest - Junior Finalists
Runners Up State Championships
conditions at Phillip Island and were runners up in the event narrowly losing to Christian College by only 2 points. It was an incredibly tense and close competition, the team should be very proud of their efforts. Well done! Thank you to Mr Davies, Cameron Lamperd, Mr Wilcox, Ned Fitzgerald and Mark Hudson for helping to organising and judge the St Joseph’s College Surfing Competition and Surf Team. Finally a huge thank you to all of the students who have been involved in surfing over the last 3 years at SJC, it has been a pleasure to surf with you all over the years and I wish you the best of luck winning back the state title next year. - Luke O’Grady, Surfing Coordinator
Xavier Huxtable - National Champion
Nathan Rivalland - Senior School Champion
Surfing L-R: Rikki Bell-Warren, Nathan Rivalland, Xavier Huxtable, James Hughes, Sebastian Brown, Joshua Cammarere, Indi White, Dylan Hart Coach: Luke O’Grady
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Back Row: Edward McCoy, George Wheeldon, Timothy Hannan, Finn Dripps, Jack Atchison, Flynn Kinsey Front Row: Kieran Spanner, Ned Madigan, Seamus Spanner, Drew Green, Patrick Sweet, Tyler Walsh, Jolyon Simpson Absent: Lewis Conquit, Rhys Devlin, Frederick Dripps, Lachlan Jenkins, Cooper Jessen, Harrison Mahoney, Oscar McDonald, Oliver Poole, Nathan Rivalland, Ashley Thompson, Patrick Tucci Staff: Jason King
