Welcome back to Season 2018. It’s been a cold winter with plenty of swell, and a handful of highlight days on the beach breaks in between. Hopefully you’ve been getting wet.
We are about to launch into a very busy second half of the year. The Victorian Teams Titles recently completed at Bells Beach. PSC will be taking a strong team and encourage any members who want to support to come across and join in the fun on the beach.
Three aggregate comps, the Australian Boardriders Battle Qualifier (at Phillip Island), three Supergrom events and two Presentation events will see out the remainder of the club’s season. Bring it on.
A massive thanks to our sponsors and supporters. Please reciprocate their generosity by using their businesses and services where possible. The contributions they make keep our local surf community ticking and ensure a successful season each year.
Look forward to seeing everyone down the beach, Lachy.
Contest Dates
3rd comp: 6 Oct / backup 20th Oct
4th Comp: 27 Oct/ backup 10th Nov
5th Comp: 17 Nov / backup 1st Dec
Aus Boardriders Battle: 24 Nov
Presentation Arvo : 8 Dec 3-7pm
PSC SUPERGROM DATES
Comp 2: Sun, Oct 14 / backup Oct 21
Comp 3: Sun Oct 28 / backup Nov 11
Comp 4: Sun Nov 25 / backup Dec 2
Teams Titles 2018
We jumped on the early ferry with a couple of teams last Sunday. 2-3ft Rincon had everyone pretty stoked and our surfers lay down some great performances with highlights:
- Charlie Lucas, Will Watson and Macoy Noseda progressing through their Junior team semi-final despite being a junior female surfer short of a full team.
- Mikey Barber smashing a super long one to the sand.
- Hayden Forrest’s strong double whammy effort.
- Hannah Trigger with a strong effort to get over the line and keep us in the hunt.
- Macoy’s never say die attitude on his last wave in the final to smash the closeout section.
- Hydey and Adam keeping us laughing and stoked, and surfing well along the way.
Ultimately our result was below par, an unfortunate outcome given strong performances but a reality with our tough seed (we haven’t attended this event since 2015 so were up against it). The promising form from our juniors was exciting to see and we look forward to watching them excel in the team environment in the future.
ABB is at Phillip Island on November 24th – the club will be taking a bus down and fielding a very strong team.
Merchandise
All remaining club merchandise will be listed online for purchase in the coming weeks (Facebook / Instagram). Keep an eye out for some great deals on T-Shirts, Fleece and Caps.
Clubhouse Update
If you’ve called in over the last few weeks you would have seen the work going on at the existing caretaker’s end of the building. A massive shout-out to Ron Gorringe for project managing and working tirelessly on the renovations, with assistance from Ads, Morgan and a bunch more.
The budget for the project is $20,000, and the much needed work will see new floors throughout, refurbished kitchen and caretaker’s residence.
When complete, Adam Morris will be moving in as caretaker. We are excited to again have the property in great condition and being maintained by a key member of our club.
Junior Development Program
As communicated by Max and Macoy to a bunch of our young members, we are running a junior development weekend at Torquay with assistance from Surfing Vic coaches in November. Costs are just being finalised.
If you are interested in attending please contact the junior reps for more information.
The Buzz
• If the off-season is Winter, a few of the boys have been “ON” at the local establishments. Best on Ground seems to be the eternal Peter Pan, a man who won’t be named but loves “goodtimes.”
• Western Port groms have been ruling some of the old haunts this winter with Will and Archy battling in tube shoot-outs at SRS and the creek-mouth. Not sure if Calum Nicolson and Craig Watson gave approval but good on them.
• The old boys haven’t been missing out either – Gav Duffy and Bear have fled the state, joining ex-pats in Northern NSW/QLD and surfing in spring suits through August.
• Finally, with AFL finals bearing down on us… will Ben Hallam’s annual CFC201X claim finally come true? If it does he might have to pay-out the slabs from seasons gone by!
