Welcome Note 08 Contents

Words James Hutton

Welcome to the December 2022 edition of The Beast, the monthly magazine for Sydney’s sun-kissed beaches of the east. Spring arrived late this year and lasted for a week, now it’s summer already!

Bronte artist Bianca Pole is the talent behind this month’s cover painting of Basil the cavoodle at Bondi. You can see more of her work at tadpolegallery.com and @tadpolegallery on Instagram.

There’s been a lot going on in local sport. After three years of intense training, Bronte’s Scott Machatsch took out the State Title in the Novice Division, and came a close second in the Nationals, in the IFBB Australia 2022 NSW and National Bodybuilding Championships - an incredible result for his first (and last) competition.

In rugby news, The Beast is very excited to announce that Coogee boy and former Wallaby Stephen Hoiles will be back to coach Randwick Rugby’s first grade squad next season. If that doesn’t get you down to Coogee Oval, I don’t know what will.

And in surfing, Bronte Boardriders held their final meet for the season in early November, where Paddy Power took out the 2022 Opens Title in fine fashion, knocking off big gun Adam Perica in a nail-biting final. Adz has been one of the form surfers at Bronte for the past five years, making the victory even sweeter for the young charger. Bronte Reef merchant Mark Maidment took out the Masters, defeating JJ Botella on his preferred Bronte Bunker, and the Chillies - made up of Ryan ‘Whippet’ Clark, Justin ‘World’s Keenest’ Compton, Liam ‘Itchy’ Taylor, Todd ‘Toddy Mac’ McDiarmid and Michael ‘Mouse’ Jenkinson - took out the Generations Tag-Team Challenge. Mouse surfed last in the teams event and absolutely ripped to get the underdogs across the line. Supergrom Poppy O’Reilly took out the prestigious Rookie of the Year award and was joined by Gully Stephens, Malo Field and Angus Folsom to take out the Grom’s Tag-Team Title. Jasper Leslight beat Max Blend in the Juniors, Joe Hatton beat Liam Walsh to win Cadets, and Eddie Feletta beat Nixon Clark to take out the MicroGroms, before being joined by local billionaire Cam Clark to sing the Bronte School song, earning a standing ovation at the packed Clovelly Hotel presentation night.

Cheers, James

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