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Goose this Weekend
March 18th, 2010 | 
Author: For late entries contact:
Jim Rutherford
PMBA President
Mob: 0417 414 297
Web: www.myspace.com/portmacquariebodyboarding
Email: pmba@optusnet.com.au or jru10416@bigpond.net.au
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2010 Goose Gosby Memorial Reminder
Just a quick reminder to get your entries in ASAP for the “2010 Goose Gosby Memorial”. The 20th of March Comp date is only a week and half away and entries close on 12th March to guarantee your T-Shirt.
You can still enter on the day, but I can’t guarantee that you will receive a T-shirt and the entry price will remain the same. There’ll be plenty of fun and prizes (hopefully for all), so make sure you don’t miss out!
Check out the PMBA MySpace to keep updated on the event
Download your Entry Forms here
About Goose.
His name was David Robert Gosby, born 14th October 1971. Born to be loved and remembered.
David grew up with his parents and older brother Andrew in Port Macquarie. He went to Hastings Primary School and then onto Eastport High. Schoolwork didn’t come easy for Goose and in Year 10 he decided to quit and try something else. He was accepted into the Hospitality Course at TAFE which he really enjoyed. However, at the end of that year he decided he would go back to school and give Years 11 and 12 his best shot. And so he did.
Those 2 years were definitely the best years in David’s entire life – because he ACHIEVED. He made it in all aspects of his life. After a lifetime of struggling with a congenital heart condition and undergoing open heart surgery at the age of 12 (1983), David, for the first time ever, started to enjoy good health. He programmed and disciplined himself to develop his fitness and muscles by surfing and exercising each day, proper diet and sleep. David also worked very hard with his studies in Years 11 and 12 and his efforts were to be rewarded.
His real love was always the surf. At 13 he worked weekends and after school to save up for his first surfboard. Goose loved surfing with his friends every opportunity he could get. It wasn’t until David had to have a pacemaker after his heart operation that he decided to trade his surfboard for a bodyboard because he felt it was safer for him. And his love for the surf then turned to a passion! He always said “I don’t live to surf, I surf to live!”
Goose was one of the original members of the Hastings Body Boarding Club founded in Port Macquarie September 1987. Along with good friends Michael Eppelstun, Peter Gleeson, Ashley & Adam Murray, Simon Andrews, Stewart Clark, Matthew Hay, Simon & Patrick Navin, Wayne Hadfield, Todd DeGraff, Anthony Summers and many others, Goose competed to win local and state competitions.
He regularly came in 1st, 2nd and 3rd and was finally recognised in 1988 as 10th best bodyboarder in New South Wales. He was thrilled to receive sponsorship in July 1990 by Fox Wetsuits and Hot Buttered, which encouraged him greatly. He surfed early mornings before school and again after school.
On 19th September 1990 one Wednesday afternoon after school (having completed the HSC Trials and only 3 weeks off his 19th birthday) David went surfing with a mate at Lighthouse Beach. We’ll never know the real reason he drowned that day because he was a very competent bodyboarder. Only God knows and that’s Gods’ business. Goose’s faith in God was real. The man who pulled him out of the sea was a songwriter – he wrote a song which went to air called “Brave Young Heart” and the words expressed Goose’s courage and zest for life.
Dave suffered much during his life and yet never complained of pain. No-one ever knew. He could always see the positive side to things. He was always there for his friends and could see good in everyone. His philosophy in those last 2 years was “No grog, no drugs, live life the best you can, for God, for country, for self”.
In his Bodyboarding Resume David wrote:
has become a way of life for me and has also helped me make a lot of new friends.
I enter as many contests as I can and I always give it my best shot. I enjoy competing
and have a fairly good contest record, but I mainly body board for pure fun and the
love of the Sport.”
Goose said “I don’t want to be famous. I just want to be remembered”.
Coming Events this October
Maroubra Bodyboarders: Saturday 3 October 09 Maroubra Beach
Old Bar Beach festival: Sunday 4th -Old Bar Beach (Entry’s from http://www.bodyboardingnsw.com.au/)
Girls Surf Classic -Surfing and Bodyboarding: 4th and 5th October at North Cronulla Beach Girls Classic Entry form link under image
WBA 3 pencilled in for Oct 31st @ Kiama with Halloween dress theme
Old Bar Beach Festival Bodyboarding Comp inc Tas Learn to Bodyboard Clinic
World Champion Bodyboarder BEN PLAYER Comes to Town
The 2005 & 2007 Bodyboarding World Champion Ben Player will be in town for the Old Bar Beach Festival Bodyboarding Contest. The Manning Great Lakes Bodyboarding Association (MGBA) will host a day-long contest and other activities to celebrate the Old Bar Beach Festival’s 5th year anniversary and to promote the healthy, knowledgeable and FUN lifestyle of Bodyboarding. Features include:
Movie – Ben Player Project
The festivities begin on Saturday 3rd October when the Ben Player project movie will be showed. Ben and professional Bodyboarder Chad Jackson will be at the movie to meet the locals and sign autographs. The movie is FREE and will be shown at Old Bar Beach Park (Rushby Casino Hall) from 2 -3 pm.
Fashion Parade
Ben and Chad are the owners of the Specialty Bodyboarding Brand ‘Grand Flavour’ and will be holding a Surf Fashion Parade with Low Pressure Surf Co Taree. The Fashion Parade will be featured at ‘The Battle of the Bands’ on Saturday afternoon at the Old Bar Sports Field and then again on Sunday at 11am for the Old Bar Beach Festival.
Different Light Talent Agency in Old Bar is providing local models and will be showing the new ‘Grand Flavour’ range as well as the hottest surf wear that Taree has to offer. A Grand Flavour stall will also be available with the marketeers at the Old Bar Beach Festival.
Learn to Bodyboard Coaching Clinic
A FREE coaching clinic is available for everyone wanting to learn how to bodyboard. Nicole Fleming is currently leading the Oz Pro Women’s Bodyboarding Tour and will be delivering the class and sharing her bodyboarding tips. Nicole has been on the Pro Tour for 4 years and won the Nationals in 2006. The course will cover the basics for anyone wanting to learn to bodyboard and will include: how to choose the right board and accessories, reading the waves, paddling, duck diving, riding waves and basic manoeuvres.
Flipper Race
Everyone is welcome to bring their flippers and enter the Flipper Race at the Comp at 10am. Entry is free and prizes will be available for the winners and stand-outs.
Heaps of events for the NSW long weekend
Although the WBA event for the following weekend has been canceled their are plenty of event for the long weekend for anyone that wants a comp to go in…..
Maroubra Bodyboarders: Saturday 3 October 09 Maroubra Beach
Old Bar Beach festival: Sunday 4th -Old Bar Beach (Entry’s from http://www.bodyboardingnsw.com.au/)
Girls Surf Classic -Surfing and Bodyboarding: 4th and 5th October at North Cronulla Beach Girls Classic Entry form link under image
Womens MBB Results from Aug 1
The day great MBB is a solid 4ft south swell with plenty of close outs along the strech of the Bra. Competitors were both excited by the swell and anxious by the paddle out through the break. Cool but clear skies saw people return to Maroubra which signals the warmer weather is approaching.
Women’s Results
1st Eveline Mussi
2nd Natalie Fernandez
3rd Kathryn Osborne
Next Events
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Saturday 5 September 09 Maroubra Beach
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Saturday 3 October 09 Maroubra Beach
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Saturday 7 November 09 Maroubra Beach
Contests are held each month from February to November for all divisions. Competitors should meet at venue by 7.00am on the day to register.
Upcoming Events
Final WBA girls bodyboard club for 2009: October 10-11 at Sundowner Breakwall, Port Macquarie.
We have a massive weekend planned, with BBQ’s, a coaching session on the Saturday, contest Sunday, including flipper race and DK challenge, and our final presentation! Loads of awesome prizes to give away from sponsors Milkshakes girls boards, Hive Swimwear, Riptide magazine, and Hooda. Plus a cheap accommodation deal lined up with Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park.
Contact Lilly 0404 489 024 or lillypollard81@yahoo.com.au
Other Coming Events
WA State Round 3 4-6th September, Margret River, go to the Surfing WA site here to download the entry form
Old Bar Beach Festival Bodyboarding Contest, Sunday 4th October. The contest cost $45 to enter and includes a contest shirt. Entry forms are available at www.bodyboardingnsw.com.au. Entries must be received by 18th September. For more information contact Melynne Rosamond obbfbodyboardingcontest@live.com.au
National+QLD Pro Tour Event 9-15 Nov
Old Bar Beach Festival Bodyboarding Contest
Old Bar Beach Festival Bodyboarding Contest – Media Release
Bodyboarders from Manning Great Lakes Bodyboarding Assoc. (MGBA) invite all bodyboarders to The Old Bar Beach Festival Bodyboaridng Contest on Sunday 4th October. The event has been organised by the Beach Festival Committee and the recently formed MGBA, which was previously known as The Forster/Tuncurry Bodyboarding Assoc. and the Old Bar Beach Bodyboard Club.
Terry McKenna, the General Manager of International Bodyboarding Assoc. (IBA) will be commentating the contest. Terry has been commentating for over 15 years and is the main commentator for the prestigious SURFEST in Newcastle . Judges include Maurice Wakeling of Bodyboarding NSW and Garth McGregor a pioneer in bodyboarding from Newcastle.
Already the contest organisers have received interest from entrants from Sydney, Port Macquarie and Newcastle. The event can take up to 64 competitors and divisions include junior, cadet, opens, women’s and drop knee.
Professional Bodyboarders, Ben Player (2005 and 2007 World Champion) and Chad Jackson from Grand Flavour will be at the event to meet the bodyboarders. Grand Flavour and Low Pressure Surf Co will host a surf fashion parade at 11:00am as part of the beach festival and bodyboarding contest. A free bodyboarding coaching clinic will be on offer for anyone who is interested in learning how to bodyboard. A Flipper competition will be on at 10am and prizes will be given.
Science bodyboards will be available for testing which means that anyone looking at buying a new bodyboard can test the board to ensure it rides well before they buy it. Contest organiser Melynne Rosamond says ‘This is a great idea because buying a bodyboard is a large investment for any young person and parents and there is nothing worse than buying a board you don’t like and then being stuck with it’.
The contest cost $45 to enter and includes a contest shirt. Entry forms are available at www.bodyboardingnsw.com.au. Entries must be received by 18th September. For more information contact Melynne Rosamond obbfbodyboardingcontest@live.com.au