LENNOX LONGBOARDERS July,August 2016 Newsletter Lennox Longboarders Club Po Box 152 Lennox Head NSW 2478 www.lennoxlongboarders.org Emailclub@lennoxlongboarders.org Committee 2016 PRESIDENT James Foster SECRETARY Wayne Booth Ph- 02 66 877921 Mob- 0423139559 TREASURER Greg Gover CLUB CAPTAIN Matt Durkin Comp Directors Grant Ryan George Leslie GEAR STEWARD Terry Kay What s inside SECRETARY S REPORT Love Lennox Festival & Board Swap Event Club round Reports 2016 Classifieds, Classic 2016 wrapup CLUB Thanks to all New & Old Sponsors coming on board for the 19 th Lennox longboard Classic 2016 Major Sponsor r 19 th Lennox Longboard Classic 2016 1
. www.triple-x.com.au Secretary s Report What a complexing picture the last 3 months have been here in Lennox. June s 1 st weekend was a total wipeout as we had huge seas with a east coast low, brewing it up. Secretary s Report, Con t A Club Movie Night @ Club Lennox, Saturday Sept 17th. From 730 onwards. Eat at the Club 6pm onwards Main Feature. 2 nd weekend Skullcandy Gromfest dominated Lennox & the last weekends of June were wipeouts so no June Round. July 2 nd weekend, we got together & a good round was had. Report to follow. Return of Benny O dwyer & still surfing with a great style as he did as a junior with the club. Crew pic July Club Round.. Plus a surprise Bonus Feature Your all Welcome, Numbers to club email. club@lennoxlongboarders.org Organized by Chris Ashdown & Rob Rye. Rob Rye July Round Enjoying the rays July Round. Next Club Round, Sept 2 nd Sunday 11 th, Start of those spring days, Meet at Lennox Main @ 730am. Coming up on the long weekend of October Friday 30 th Sept Monday 3 rd Oct. The 26 th Annual Evans Head Malibu Classic 2016. Entry forms out. And The 19 th Lennox Longboard Classic 2016, was held 1 st weekend of August. New co-coordinators Grant Ryan & George Leslie, congrats to them & all the Lennox crew, (No Sharks) & a huge success with good but challenging waves. Thanks goes to all the sponsors that came on board for this year s event, Especially Mark Presto & Mobile Plumbing coming on as the major support for 2016. Monies Raised go toward out Benefactors, The NSW Cancer Council, Disabled Surfing Association & Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Special thanks go to the Lennox Surf club, Keeping us safe over the weekend with their water safety surveillance. That s all crew, So see you in the deep blue. Cheers In Surfing. Boothy. Ripcurl Ballina, onboard supporting The Classic in 2016. 2
The 2nd Board Swap associated with the Love Lennox Festival., Held finally on Saturday the 16th of July. A continued bringing together of boards from our surfing culture past & present. From old pre 67 old Mals,retros from the 70's & 80's, Modern longboards to shortboards from all eras. Surfing art designs & Classic Timber standup replicas. They were there to Show, Swap & Sell. It again proved a huge success, despite the winter feel of the day, meaning rugging up was the name of the day. It drew a constant crowd to the site on the foreshore of Lennox Main beach, Wandering along Lennox main street enjoying the highlights of the 2016 Love Lennox Festival. Prizes awarded for the best of - Pre 60's, 60's,70's single fin, 70's twin fin, 80's Truster, Knee board, Collectable & most Unique. We thank the Local surfboard Clubs, Lennox Longboarders, Ballina Malibu Club, LeBa Boardriders & The Allgirls Surfriders. Their members organising the site, Registering & maintaining a brilliant display of Surfing Culture. Special Mention goes to Jason Shreivers (Love Lennox Committee) George Leslie, Grant Ryan Terry Kay (Lennox Longboarders Club) Bruce Wilson, Frank Mcwilliams (Ballina Malibu Club) Daffy Chisholm & Wayne Crouch McCleary, two Lennox Old boys who did the Board registering all day & with Phil Myers (local Shaper) Judged the award divisions for boards. The main benefactor for the day was the Disabled Surfing Association. 2nd year running this Board display of Surfing culture has become a integral part of the Annual Love Lennox Festival, Bring on 2017... Longboards, Shortboards & Surfing Art George, Steve, Croucher, Daffy, Bruce & Frank Lennox Crew 3
Club Round Reports & Results After a June Month of cancellations due to poor conditions on Sundays for club rounds, The first Sunday of July the 3rd, the club held a much needed club round on a near perfect pristine Winters day with a light off-shore wind most of the morning,& a out going High tide early morning with a smallish metre size swell, 25 crew members surfed these conditions at Lennox Main Beach. Club Round was 1 week earlier due to the Skullcandy Grom Surf Fest the following weekend. Stand out Longboarding was to Chris Cain again logging his moves to winning the day First in the 1sts, with again young Tim Leete a close 2nd in the 1sts with some Stylish nose riding. In the 2nds young Ben O'Dwyer only on his second return to the club after a few years away, Showing he's back in the Longboarding scene with some stylish maneuvers. Winners of the Vouchers from Lennox Surf Were Eleanor Robertson & Wayne Booth. Thanks To Lennox Surf for their continued Support of the club. Results : 1sts. 1. Chris Cain. 2. Tim Leete. 3. James Foster. 4. Darin Nobbs. 5. Will Petrie. 2nds. 1. Ben O'Dwyer. 2. Greg Gover. 3. Terry Kay. 4. Peter Regan. 5. Dennis Baker. 3rds. 1. Callum Gover. 2. Steve Fosterling. 3. Robert Rye. 4. Andrew Thomas. 5. Tracy Nobbs. 4ths. 1. Craig Leete. 2. Veronica Silver. 3. Tom Silver. 4. Steve O'Neill. 5ths. 1. Wayne Booth. 2. Jim Baker. 3. Eleanor Robertson. 4. Adelle Purbrick. Results Thanks to comp director of the day. George Leslie. CLASSIFIEDS- 4 sale Surfboard Storage Solutions. Jason Shrieves. Mob: 0478718565 Email- jasshrie@gmail.com www.boatchannelboardracks.com.au Great Coffee Classic 2015 Divisional Sponsor Tying the Knot Longboards 4 sale Terry K Veronica Silver 9 6 23 wide 3 &1/8 Kooza Longboard, Great Condtion, With Ocean & Earth Cover & Fins $450.00 9 2 Astro 23 wide, with cover & Fins $400 ono Contact- (Boothy) Wayne Booth, Mobile- 0423139559 4
LOCALS RULE WAVES, Lennox Longboarders dominate Lennox Classic. Local Surfers dominated the 19th annual Lennox Longboard Classic last weekend, Several Lennox Longboard club members won their divisions at the 2 day classic at Lennox Head. There was nine divisions, this year with female & junior surfers part of the family-friendly competition. Ben O'Dwyer, who grew up in Lennox Head & now lives on the Gold Coast, won the Open 9 foot division for the first time. Eleanor Robertson won the Open Women's division while other local winners included Chris Cain (Old Mal/Loggers), Greg Gover (Over 50's) Nathan Mckenzie (Juniors) & Tim Leete (Mystery Final). There was a strong local contingent & they all performed extremely well, "event organizer Grant Ryan said. "We had great waves & I don't think we had one complaint or any problems all weekend. "The surfing was top shelf & it's great to see everyone enjoy themselves." Former Australian champion Mike Pimm won the Over - 60's, while Kingscliff surfer Dean Bevan won the Over - 40's after finishing second in the Open division. Despite numbers being down this year, Ryan was thrilled with how the the competition turned out. " We were down to 79 competitors this year & there was a couple of reasons for that, "he said. There was obviously the clash with the Aussie surf titles & that took some of the top seeds out. "We also didn't run the event last year because of shark activity & there was some concern still over that. " But after talking to everyonewe have no doubt that the numbers will be up again next year " The Classic's 20th year " A host of Local Sponsors put money into the event, while three Longboards were given away as prizes. Thanks go to all the sponsors on board in 2016. 19 th Team MP Mobile Plumbing Lennox Longboard Classic 2016 Final Results The weekend delivered some fantastic Long Board surfing with contestable 3-4ft consistent waves on both Saturday & Sunday.9 divisions were contested across a combination of Junior, Ladies and age divisions. All competitors enjoyed some great social activity coupled with competitive surfing. Lennox Beach Resort/Lennox Hotel Open 9`Final - 1 st Ben O`Dwyer. 2 nd Dean Bevan. 3 rd Dan Croskery. 4 th Peter Wickham Team MP Mobile Plumbing Over 60`s- 1 st Mike Pimm. 2 nd David Stork. 3 rd Ben Hutchings. 4 th Steve Watts. 5 th Wayne McCleary. 6 th Terry Kay Smaht Investments Over 50`s-. 1 st Greg Gover. 2 nd Mick Jackson. 3 rd Craig Jones. 4 th Mick Getts. 5 th Darin Nobbs. 6 th Steve Fosterling Tony Barnett/Herron Todd White Over 40`s- 1 st Dean Bevan. 2 nd David Sullivan. 3 rd Dan Croskery. 4 th David Stork Rip Curl Ballina Over 30`s- 1 st Peter Wickham. 2 nd Richard Stephens. 3 rd Matt Durkin. 4 th James Foster Lennox Gelato & Coffee Co. Old Mal/ Loggers- 1 st Chris Cain. 2 nd Allan Croke. 3 rd Matt Durkin. 4 th Daffy Chisolm Inner Beauty Open Ladies-. 1 st Eleanor Robertson. 2 nd Ros Brown. 3 rd Mel Mott. 4 th Una Fahey. 5 th Marg Bryant. 6 th Veronica Silver Lennox Surf/Stomp Surf wax Peter Edmonds Junior under 18yrs -. 1 st Nathan McKenzie. 2 nd Reed Smith. 3 rd Annabel Gover Triple X Wetsuits Mystery Final-. 1 st Tim Leete. 2 nd Jim Baker. 3 rd Colin Small. 4 th Tracey Nobbs.. 5 th Mark Preston Cheers In surfing Wayne Booth, Secretary, Lennox Longboarders Club & Grant Ryan Event coordinator 5