December 2009 Newsletter

 Next Meeting :- Thur 4^th February 2010  

  Sailing Club Golden Beach  Short St. Golden Beach

 Next Comp Day :- Sometime in February 2010

 Last Newsletter for the Year

Welcome to the last newsletter for 2009. 

November and the last comp day of the year, the last day to impress the judges.

The surf, yes the surf, seemed to be the missing ingredient this year.  But we groveled at Happies is small crowded stuff.

A couple of the division winners were decided on the day.  The running of the last round of the club championship confirmed the domination one surfer had during the 3 completed championship rounds.

   Presentation and Xmas Break-up 2009

Once again the venue was Greg and Karen’s “shed and deck” on the waterfront at Wurtulla. 

The CMC committee and members would like to thank them for their generosity in welcoming us into their home again for the third year.  

This year’s aim was to make the day and evening as stress free as possible for the hard workers of the club. Plenty of people have taken credit for the spit roast suggestion.  Thanks to those people, what an excellent idea. The roasts, salads and desserts were great.

Thanks to all the workers for helping set up the “shed and deck” for the party.

No band this year, but a good DJ kept the music flowing for the dancers.   

Presentation time and the El secretary “I love a microphone” Mark, El president Mark and El vice president Greg did the honours with style.

  2009 Winners

 Club Champion :-  Pat O’Leary

Open Men’s :-  Pat O’Leary

Open Women’s :-  Maree Beare

O50’s :-  Jeff Perry and Peter Richards

O40’s :-  Peter Rea

Junior Girls :-  Kathryn Hughes

Grommies :-  Sullivan Beare

Carol Marsh Memorial Encouragement Award :-  Grace Beare  and Jaiden Richards

 Congratulations to all the winners and good luck next year defending your titles. 

 2009  Reflections

A brief summary of the year that was.

The biggest disappointment would have to be the lack of surf this year.  Last year wasn’t great with 6 out of the 10 rounds but this year was really grim with only 5 rounds surfed and with two of those we only managed one round of heats.  Especially disappointing were the winter months, June, July and August were all cancelled.

2010 looms and keep those fingers crossed.

 February

The competition points allocation was reviewed in the off season and a new set of guidelines were draw up at the monthly meeting.  A fairer system was developed to find the divisional winners and a new format for deciding the club champion.

Club day cancelled.

 March

Club day cancelled.

 The Agnes Waters competition proves very popular with some good results.

 O/40 Men’s

Final :-  Steve M  2^nd   Scott P  3^rd   Glenn F  4^th

Semi’s :-   Frank H  5^th   Greg C  6^th

 O/50 Men’s

Final :-  Steve M  5^th    Jeff P  6^th

 Open Women’s

Final :-  Kathryn H  1^st    Beth P  2^nd    Maddie WB  5^th    Cathy WB  6^th

 Old Mal

Final :-  Justin H  1^st

 Open Men’s

Final :-  Justin H  5^th

Semi’s :-  Sam P  4^th

 The raffles were OK as well.

Beth P – Short board    Jeff P – Mini Mal   Tony B – Wallet   John R – T Shirt Leggie   Glenn F – T Shirt

Paul P – T Shirt

 Noosa Festival of Surfing

Monique and Justin won their respective Open Women’s and Men’s titles in some of the best surf that First Point can produce.  

   U15 Boys

Final :-   Sam Poncini   6^th

 U18 Girls

Final :-  Kathryn Hughes  6^th

Semi’s :-  Beth Palmer  4^th

 Open Women’s

Final :-  Monique Keane  1^st

 Old Mal

Final :-  Justin Healey  3^rd

 Open Men’s

Final :-  Justin Healey  1^st

 Malfunction at Kingscliffe    Again more excellent results

 Open Men’s

Final :-  Justin Healey 4^th

 Open Women’s

Final :-  Monique Keane 1^st

 U18 Girls

Final :-  Kathryn Hughes  1^st

                Beth Palmer  3^rd

                Cathy Watson-Brown  4^th

 Old Mal

Final :-  Justin Healey 2^nd

April

 A severe low dumps 200mm of rain, produces cyclonic winds and makes access to our south facing meeting clubhouse impossible.  That’s the first time ever a club meeting had to be cancelled.

 First comp run at Happies in small surf.

 May

Second comp of the year in very small Neill St waves.  Beautiful sunny autumn day.  A heavily handicapped old mal division is run for the first time. 

 Quiet one on the competition front.

Multiple club champion, Justin Healey, leaves the club for a stint in the Australian Army.

Strong northerly winds and predicted rain postpones the North Shore camping trip.

 June

Monthly comp day cancelled due to lack of surf.

 Wrecks and Relics at Noosa again proved very popular with the ageing Caloundra members.

 O50’s

Final :- Steve Miller 4^th

Semi’s :- Greg Caulfield 4^th

 Old Mal

Final :- John Marsh 5^th

 QLD Longboard Titles

 Open Women’s

Final :- Monique Keane  1^st

 U18 Girl’s

Final :- Beth Palmer 2^nd  Cathy Watson-Brown 3^rd

Congratulations to Monique and Beth for their selection in the QLD team.  Unfortunately for Cathy only 1^st and 2^nd  are chosen for the team.

 Hayden Winter Classic

 Junior Girl’s

Final :- Maddie Watson- Brown 1^st

                Kathryn Hughes 3^rd

                Cathy Watson-Brown 4^th

 Open Men’s

Semis :- Pat O’Leary    

 July

Monthly comp day cancelled due to lack of surf.

North Shore camping trip finally happened with a small dedicated group making the most of the cold nights and lack of surf.

 August

The AGM was held with no surprises as the 2008 committee was elected unopposed again.

President :-  Mark Hughes 

Vice President :-  Greg Caulifield

Secretary :-  Mark Burrow

Treasurer :-  John Marsh

Peter Rea is the new equipment marshal and trailer man.

Roger Todd is our “anything to do with the Regional Council and other stuff we know nothing about” man again.

Jeff Perry and Chris Heavener are the contest directors again, with Glenn Frettingham their very able assistant.

 Monthly comp day cancelled due to lack of surf.

 Three Way Challenge

Caloundra was the host club this year.  It was the 13^th time the clubs have got together for this event and once again another great day.  Moffat turned on some good surf that improved as the tide came in. 

Thanks to the hard working crew from Caloundra for the organizing and catering and thanks to the Alex and Noosa clubs for making the trek south.

The results.     Alex 1^st   Noosa 2^nd   Caloundra 3^rd

 Australian Championship 

U18 Girl’s

Final :-  Beth Palmer 3^rd

 Open Women’s

Semi’s :- Monique Keane

September

The 3^rd comp of the year is held in reasonable surf

 Montezuma’s Old Mal Rally

The Bluff at Alex turned on some classic surf .  Perfect conditions and size for old mals.

First timers, John Marsh, Greg Caulfield and Jeff Perry managed places in the semis. 

 October

Our most successful “Fun in the Sun” yet and a huge thanks again to all the CMC members for the organizing and running of the event.

 “A” final

 1^st  Burleigh Board Culture

2^nd Coulters + 1

3^rd  Café by the Beach

4^th  Noosa Classics

 Burleigh Longboard Club joins Noosa Longboards and Beachbeat as multiple winners.

 “B” Final

 1^st   Da bomb Squad

2^nd  The Kelly Gang

3^rd   Bryce Street Bandits

4^th   Mixed Nuts

  Managed to hold the monthly comp in very small, high tide sliders at inside Moffs. 

The top 6 club championship contenders hit the surf for their first and second heats.

 November

 Last comp of the year held in small crowded Happies waves.  Third heat of the club championship is surfed.

 Very successful Presentation and Xmas Party

 December

 The club is in recess.    The action will return in February, the first meeting will be the 4^th.

  On behalf of the Caloundra Malibu Club Committee I would like to wish everybody a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year and may your year be filled with excellent waves.