November 09 Newsletter
Next
Meeting
:- Thur 5th November
Sailing Club Golden Beach Short St. Golden Beach
Next
Comp Day
:- Sunday 22th November
Presentation
and Xmas Party
:- Saturday 28th November 4pm
Presentation and Xmas Party
The 2009 Presentation and Xmas party is on again.
Some great news. It’s FREE No cost to members and
families. BYO drinks
Fully catered No need to bring anything, just come along
and enjoy the afternoon and evening.
DJ for the entertainment.
Date:- Saturday 28th November starting at 4pm
Place
:- Greg and Karen Caulfield’s “Shed” 14 Cygnet Court
Wurtulla
We need to know numbers ASAP for catering. Ring or leave
text message on my mobile 0407 137879
The social event of the year.
Moffat
Beach Planting Day
This Sunday at 8am at Moffat Headland.
Roger has some plants for the continued beautification of
Moffat Headland.
After all the not so hard work, some great food and drinks
will be available.
Please make an effort. The club has an excellent
relationship with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and we
need to maintain this relationship. It work both ways, some
input from the members of the club and rewards from the
Council in the form of grants to help our Club financially.
The latest was a $1300 grant to help with the cost of the
Fun in the Sun and also to allow us to organize a “Come and
try Day” at a later date.
Fun
in the Sun 2009
October 24th and 25th at Happy Valley
was the place to be for the 9th Annual Fun in the
Sun. The club members really worked hard to make this
year’s event one of the most successful yet. A big thanks to
all the crew for their magnificent effort over the two days.
I won’t mention names just in case I miss anybody. But to
all those who organized the event, chased up sponsorship,
served in the food tent all weekend, manned the coffee
machine, cooked the BBQ, head judged all weekend (I did see
him sneak off for a burger once), tallied all weekend,
printed the raffle books, sold raffle tickets, arrived at
5am and helped set up and stayed back at the end of the day
to pack up, THANKS A LOT.
The following 2 articles appeared in the Sunshine Coast
Daily and sum up the spirit of the Fun in the Sun
competition.
27th October 2009, Sunshine Coast Daily
Family tradition part of surf vibe
FOR
the Coulter family, longboarding is more than just a sport.
It's a way of life.
Barry Coulter, 65,
began surfing in the late 1950s on hollow plywood and sons
Damian, 42, and Drew, 38, followed their father into the
ocean two decades later.
The family now has four
national titles between them and, when you include Damian's
son Cody, 10, boasts three generations of pure surfing
talent.
So when the Coulters
teamed up for the ninth annual Fun in the Sun longboarding
competition at Bulcock Beach on the weekend, it was a
formidable line-up.
Not that they were
taking their surfing too seriously.
“It's just a great
competition,” Drew said.
“You get out there and
you can have a good time with the family, from the youngest
kids right through to the grandparents.
“It's a good excuse to
have some fun in the sun which is what the comp's called.”
Damian Coulter said the
surfing lifestyle summed up his family's philosophy.
“The whole idea is have
a sort of soulful experience and feel at one with the ocean
- and it's something you can bring your kids up on,” he
said.
For Barry, it was the
opportunity to compete with his sons and grandson that lured
him to enter just his second competition of the year.
“The boys said 'what
about doing the team event?',” he said.
“My initial thought was
'no, no' but then I gave it about two minutes and thought
'hey, it's the family… let's do it'.”
Fun in the Sun
co-organiser and president of the Caloundra Malibu Club Mark
Hughes said the competition was designed to be
family-friendly.
“It's definitely a
family thing, that really suits longboarding,” Hughes said.
“There's probably a few
teams that have brothers or three sisters or fathers and
daughters. You name it.”
Burleigh Board Culture
took the title for the second year running, followed by
Coulters Plus 1 and the Café by the Beach team over what
Hughes said was a successful two days of top-quality
competition.
“We had eight former
Australian champions competing so it was a fantastic
weekend. Good waves, great weather, a friendly crowd, the
vibe was good and that's what we aim for.”
28th
October 2009, Sunshine Coast Daily
Malibu
Comp Fun for Family
Junior
longboarder Beth Palmer’s attitude typifies what every
surfer loves about the sport - just getting out there with
your friends and having a fantastic time.
That’s probably
why the 14 year old Dicky Beach surfer fits in so well at
the Caloundra Malibu Club’s Fun in the Sun longboarding
competition at Happy Valley over the weekend.
“It’s always
good to get on the longboard and compete.” Beth said.
“But it’s also
a good time to have some fun and meet new people too. I
haven’t surfed Happy’s for a long time, so it’s great to
come back and surf here with my friends.”
Beth, who
surfed for the third placed Café by the Beach Team, said the
competitions name described the experience perfectly. “It’s
a great couple of days in the sun,” she said. “Like most mal
comps, it’s pretty relaxed. Even if you don’t win you still
have a great time with your friends and family.”
Although she
has a relaxed approach to her surfing, Beth’s definitely no
slouch on a malibu.
At the National
Longboard Titles held at Port Macquarie in August, the
Caloundra High School student finished third in the under
18’s girls section.
2009
Fun in the Sun Results
It
was great to have 16 teams competing this year. Thanks to
teams from Noosa, Alex and Burleigh clubs as well as our
local crews.
After 3 rounds, the finalists for the A Final were - Café
by the Beach, Coulters + 1, Noosa Classics and just scraping
into 4th place Burleigh Board Culture.
The standard in the final was exceptional from teams that
included 5 Australian champions, Australian finalists and
numerous Queensland champions and finalists.
A Final Results
1st Burleigh Board Culture
2nd Coulters + 1
3rd Café by the Beach
4th Noosa Classics
Congratulation to the Burleigh Longboard Club. They now
join Noosa Longboards and Beachbeat as multiple winners.

A Final Winners:- “Burleigh Board Culture”
L-r Mike Pimm John Hansen Jess Roberts Kyle Nielsen
Clint Guest
Have to mention Dave Rayner’s Café by the Beach team. Once
again an excellent effort in reaching the final, that’s 9
years straight. Mighty effort.
The B Final was a battle between 2 teams from the Alex Club
and 2 teams from the Caloundra Club.
B Final Results
1st Da bomb Squad
2nd The Kelly Gang
3rd Bryce Street Bandits
4th Mixed Nuts
October
Comp
Managed to hold the
comp in very small, high tide sliders at inside Moffs.
Surfing very close
to the rocks, (actually dodging the exposed rocks), took its
toll on boards and riders.
The board repairers
loved it.
The first round was
completed. Some interesting results and with only one more
comp, who will win the division prizes?
The club
championship contenders surfed twice with the results safely
locked away until the Presentation arvo. The plan is to run
two more heats at the next comp day. The Club Champion will
be decided on the results from those 4 heats.
The old mal
continues to prove popular. Steve Miller taking out the
final and also taking out a much larger handicap next time.
Hope he enjoys the wine!
Jack
Boast Memorial Junior Longboard Classic
Good luck to Kathryn, Jacqui, Cathy, Maddie, Laura and Sam
as they try and win some of the highly prized titles up for
grabs at the comp on Saturday 7th November at the
Bluff at Alex.
Till next time. Surf while you can!
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