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Surf and weather report Well, all I can say is winter did hit our little club gathering with
a vengeance for our August event at Magenta. Overcast and
decidedly cool (!#^*@?%) cold according to one overheard
comment), no doubt brought about by a nippy little westerly
breeze that hung about for most of the morning and a reported
water temperature that must have been (again overheard) about
15 (!#^*@?%) degrees!
But hey, behind every cloud there always is a silver lining, and
that cool westerly at least kept a fluky, but occasionally interesting
one metre plus swell pretty clean for most of the event.
Set-upAfter a short’ish walk, we were on on the sand-hill overlooking
the beach right in the path of that nippy little westerly but with
a great view of proceedings. With the sun struggling to make an
appearance, and the cold water, there was much agonising over
whether to stay in wetties or get into something warm between
heats. The wettie option was a bit of a worry due to the risk of
hypothermia setting in leading to an even greater risk of rigor-
mortis!! (I’m sure we don’t have insurance for that!)
Comp
The few hardy competitors had two banks to choose from with
reasonably consistent lefts and rights. The rights were quick
and holding up for longer rides and the lefts a bit more chilled
out (literally) on the take-off and filling up quicker into a
fairly deep gutter across the front, ending in an exciting little
shore-break waiting to catch the unwary. “Hey, Ronnie how’s
that shory coming in!” Wayno, overheard, still trying to get
the sand out of his teeth and wettie!
Nonetheless there was, as usual, some excellent
demonstrations of the ancient art of surfcraft riding from
some almost equally ancient surfcraft riders. Just as an
afterthought of course the younger brigade also managed
to acquit themselves tolerably well.
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Happenings
Good to see Clive back after being AWOL for a time (don’t worry
Clive we don’t have court-martials here!) And Dave also back
having pretty much recovered from his foot appendage issues.
My apologies must go to Greg as I missed him in the last
newsletter with sick list roll call. Greg’s right shoulder has been
giving him a great deal of grief for some time now and he
finally bit the bullet and had a reconstruction done to rectify
the situation. We all hope the recovery is swift and positive.
Marsh and Greg, both obviously being smarter than your
average surfer (J.O. not included in this group of course) both
managed novel ideas to escape the Arctic like conditions.
Greg, with his (slinged) arm spent a good deal of the day with
a judging sheet and pen happily ensconced below the sand
dunes and out of the bitter wind that bit through all and
sundry on top of the hill. Marsh on the other hand is now
the official club mascot after deciding that his board bag was
the sun struggling to makean appearance, and thecold water, there wasmuch agonising overwhether to stay in wettiesor get into somethingwarm between heats
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the ideal thermal recovery unit. Not sure what he really looked
like except that someone suggested he bore a slight
resemblance to a certain piece of equipment used regularly
as a birth control device!!
It was also a pleasant surprise to see Wak (Wayne Dafter for our
recent member’s info) our old club stalwart from a few year’s
back make a brief appearance to say g’day to a few old
mates, accompanied by another well-known local in
the guise of Wardy.
A small, but decidedly dedicated, crew of around thirteen plus
the ever reliable and hardworking Leanne and J.O’s Grandson
Lachie made up the “sandhill mob” and managed to stick it
out for three heats and finals plus an eight foot and old mal
event that managed to get us back to the car park in, I think,
record time.
What a welcome sight the BBQ was once underway as most of
the crew did take some time to thaw out. Once the fingers were
back in working order all and sundry made short work of
“Phil’s Outstanding Smorgasbord” with, I think, the BBQ plate
emptied again in record time.
And Lachie? He was stoked in his first CCMB club day,
although a bit cool to surf without a wettie (left at home!)
Very pleased with his raffle prize and went home and really
rubbed it into his two younger brothers. And I’m sure he
managed three burgers and two drinks, where does it go?
All for now, see you in September.
J.O. (Snr.)
Extra stuff...
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation or
formal training is thought necessary. (We really do need to think
about that one!!)
And these two pearls of wisdom.
Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the
statue!
Never put both feet in your mouth at one time, because then you
won’t have a leg to stand on.
Due to the lack of banks at the lakes, thesmall but dedicated crew decided to headsouth in search of something morepromising, and we didn’t need to go toofar finding a nice little spot at Magenta.
There was a slight offshore wind calming the face of the three
to four foot of swell with the only negative being it was coming
straight off the snowfields.
After losing some of the crew around the fourth tee, it didn't
take long to get set up. With the first heat in the water the
waves were a bit slow, so after some quick discussion the heats
were extended to 30 minutes. No big deal I hear you mutter,
but this meant having to open the box of broken dreams, yep
that’s right, who was going to tackle the Wiley timer. You could
see the blood drain from everyone’s faces as all eyes went to the
sand, this was a shoot out of OK Corral standards and we all
know the history of the timer. Armed with only a screwdriver
from Clive’s armory, Geoff stalked the beast, pounced from the
side and reset the timer, now all we needed to do was wait, and
yes 30 minutes later the siren went. Today we tamed the savage
beast, and didn’t need to make the 500m trek to get the flags.
The standard of surfing on the day was great to see, with the
odd tube ride and close out re entry, this made the judging
quite hard at times, due to the close performances. With master
chef Phil back on board and his trusty apprentice Stuart,
a magnificent BBQ feast was cooked, warming our frozen
limbs. Raffle drawn, Gumby passed on to a very appreciative
Dave Ryan and home in time for the Sunday footy, another
great club day!
By the way the CCMB crescent head-trip has been booked,
so bring your money to the next comp, first eight people get
a cabin, the rest are cool to camp next to us! (Date 17/18 October)
$70pp for the cabin, less for a tent.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those
involved with the Magoo this year; we topped the $34,000
mark – excellent work! Club shirts are under way and should be
here in time for our next comp at Avoca! There are a couple
of outstanding memberships due so please pay now.
See you there at the sharktower, 7.00am sharp.
Cheers
The Prez
PresoREPORTAUGUST2014
NAME GRADE QYT TOTAL RND 1 RND 1 RND 2 RND 2 CCMB CONTESTS SCORE RESULTS POINTS RESULTS POINTS POINTSDavid Witt A 5 209 1 42 1 6 48
Ron Galea A 5 193 3 28 2 5 33
Dave Fibbins A 4 172 1 42 0 42
Geoff Balken A 5 165 3 28 2 5 33
Phil Roxburgh A 4 161 1 42 3 4 46
Mitchell Conwell A 3 135 0 0 0
Jacob Boyd Skinner A 3 121 0 0 0
Marshall Duncan A 3 105 2 35 2 5 40
Darren Boyd Skinner A 2 82 0 0 0
Dave Hayes A 2 80 0 0 0
John Sojoski A 2 78 0 0 0
Dave Fraser A 2 59 0 0 0
Terry Byrne A 1 35 0 0 0
Paul Johnson A 1 21 0 0 0
Don Blades B 5 168 2 35 1 6 41
Dave Ryan B 4 149 3 28 3 4 32
Wayne Craven B 5 128 4 21 1 6 27
Greg Byrne B 4 121 0 0 0
Clive Thomas B 3 86 4 21 3 4 25
David Jones B 3 86 0 0 0
Stuart Fraser B 3 81 4 21 4 3 24
Dave Shearim B 3 80 0 0 0
Lachlan Jonquieas B 2 69 0 0 0
Dave Roberts B 2 58 0 0 0
Brian Findlay B 1 30 0 0 0
Darryl Saunders B 1 21 0 0 0
Matt Hippisley B 1 19 0 0 0
Mick Crowley B 1 18 0 0 0
Dan Daugaard B 1 15 0 0 0
Phil Morgan C 1 38 2 35 4 3 38
Mitchell Hayes C 1 30 0 0 0
Tony Bayliss C 1 18 0 0 0
Madi Daugaard C 1 17 0 0 0
Mick Jonquieas C 1 10 0 0 0
Qty Total Result CCMB Contests Score Points
David Fibbins 4 191 1 48
Dave Ryan 4 190 2 47
Greg Byrne 3 140 0
Ron Galea 2 94 0
Clive Thomas 2 91 0
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Qty Total Result CCMB Contests Score Points
Dave Witt 5 240 1 48
Ron Galea 5 235 2 47
Jacob Boyd Skinner 3 138 0
Clive Thomas 2 86 0
Marshall Duncan 1 46 0
Anthony Hippisley 1 45 0
Hatt Hippisley 1 44 0
Mick Crowley 1 43 0
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