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Old Bar Beach Comp this Sunday
September 29th, 2010 | 
Author: The 2010 Old Bar Beach Festival – Bodyboarding Contest is on the October long Weekend, Sunday 3rd Oct. This will be the second year for the event and already is looking to be another great year.
As per usual the festival rides will be in town. Last yearthe contest was held on Old Bar Main Beach which was set-up right next door tothe rides and amusements.
Depending on contest surf conditions the location is plannedto be in the same location, right out front of the Surf Club amongst thefestivities.
Market stalls will be available offering everythingimaginable. A selection of fine food is available as well as hot dog stands,ice-cream vans and the much needed coffee stops. Live entertainment isavailable all day consisting of live bands, dancers, singers, fashion paradesand other entertainers.
The annual Kombi world record attempt is on in the afternoonand is always a good show. Last year the record set was 210. Dion Myers and LaurenKnowles entered last year and won first place in the ‘People Choice’ division.There is also a classic car display and many other activities and attractions.
Back on the water new DUNES have come on board with GrandFlavour, Riptide and other local businesses to support the event.
Contest Organiser Melynne Rosamond says ‘the event is agreat chance for the younger and amateur bodyboarders to trial competitionsurfing before entering state level or higher. However all levels of bodyboardersare welcome’. Last year, Jimmy Leayr of Newcastle took out the open and DKdivisions with Sam Bennett not far behind him’.
All divisions are available including junior, cadets, opens,women’s and drop knee. Limited positions are available so be sure to get inquick to avoid disappointment. The contest is $50 to enter and each competitor receivescontest memorabilia. Entry forms can be found at www.oldbarbeachfestival.com.auor www.bodyboardingnsw.com.au.Entries must be received before 30 September. For more information contactMelynne Rosamond mgba@live.com.au or0265533282.
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Pt Mac Pro and State results
The Pt mac event saw a great turn out of girls and waves, the final placings were…
PRO
1. Lauren Fletcher
2. Nicole Fleming
3. Jane Keel
4. Lauren Knowles
State Open
1. Lilly Pollard
2. Nicole Fleming
3. Kaitlin Murphy
4. Jade Charnock
NSW State Titles Rd 1 Results
1. Nicole Fleming
2. Jane Keel
3. Emily Ryan
Unfortunately Kaitlyn Murphy couldn’t get out of work to surf the final.
Outlook for Soldiers Beach Pro & NSW State R1
The outlook for the Soldiers Beach Pro and NSW State R1 is looking good. Surf forecaster for Swellnet and Fluidzone Craig Brokensha has filled the following forecast…
The current outlook for the start of the competition is promising. We should see a mix of small E/NE swell and larger levels of short-range S’ly swell building to at least 2-3ft during the afternoon on Monday and holding in the 3ft range all day Tuesday. Conditions look to be OK on Monday with moderate W/SW winds, but dicey on Tuesday with SW winds tending SE during the day. A stronger pulse of S’ly groundswell is likely to fill in on Wednesday morning maintaining 3ft to possibly 4ft waves across Soldiers beach. Winds may improve and tend back to the W/NW ahead of NE sea breezes on Wednesday. Beyond this an easing trend is likely into Thursday with a possible new pulse of S’ly swell for Friday, but i’ll update the outlook tomorrow.
Goose this Weekend
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
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”.
Enter the Soldiers Beach Pro
While the event isn’t a world tour for the women there will be Pro Women’s division with points going towards the Australasian Professional Tour, plus Open Womens and Junior Womens in the NSW state titles.
http://ibaworldtour.com/downloads/file/64-soldiersbeachpro
The 2010 Soldiers Beach Pro presented by Beachin’ Surf will be the 2nd event on the 2010 IBA World Men’s Tour and will also be dual sanctioned as an IBA Australian Rebel Sport Pro Tour 5 Star event.
The entry form for the event can be found here
The event will also be coupled with round 1 of the NSW State titles so the week will see some 300 competitors taking to the waters off Soldiers Beach.
Amaury Lavernhe of Reunion Island will be one of the stars that will attend the event and is coming off a win at the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii in the first Grand Slam of the season.
“I am so stoked, I still can’t believe it” said Lavernhe of his win at Pipe.
“I really am looking forward to competing at Soldiers Beach”.
Laverhne finished 2nd in the 2008 World Tour ratings behind Ben Player so a world title is in his sights for 2010.
Other big names making the trip for the Soldiers Beach Pro will be Pierre Louis Costes from France, as well as Jacob Romero from Hawaii.
Australia’s best riders including Ryan Hardy (WA) Mitch Rawlins (Qld) Dave Winchester (NSW) and former World Champions Damian King (Port Macquarie) & Ben Player (Avalon)
General Manager of the IBA Terry McKenna is excited about the IBA World Tour making its way down under again in 2010.
“It’s been almost three years since we had an IBA World Tour rated event in Australia so it’s a big moment for Australian bodyboarding”
“The week long celebration will see the best amateur’s in NSW and the worlds finest professionals sharing the venue as well as a host of promotions like film nights and concerts etc” said McKenna.
ABOUT THE EVENT
The International Bodyboarding Association World Bodyboarding Tour, is the worlds official tour and each year crowns the World Bodyboarding Champion.
The NSW State titles will take place from Monday 12th April till Wednesday 14th April and will feature around 150 riders from Byron Bay to Eden.
Then the IBA World Tour Men’s event will begin Thursday 15th April and conclude Sunday 18th April with a presentation at the Beachcomber Hotel.
The Soldiers Beach Pro event is carrying 1000 ratings points and a cool USD$20,000 prize purse as well as 5 Star points on the IBAA Rebel Sport Pro Tour.
The Soldiers Beach Pro is presented by Beachin’ Surf and powered by Fluidzone
Supported by Rebel Sport, RAW Bodyboards, www.ibodyboard.com Sunzapper suncream
More info can be found at www.ibaworldtour.com or by calling event director Terry Mckenna on 0401023661
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.