Pittwater Online News

December 4 - 10, 2016: Issue 292

Warriewood SLSC Hosts Round 3 Of 2016-17 SLS SNB Surf Boat Premiership

Warriewood hosted their annual surf boat carnival on Saturday December 3rd, the last one for the year. The three Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches branch carnivals, hosted by Bilgola, Newport and Warriewood, have all seen an increase of 20% from last year with another 21 crews waiting to complete their Bronze Medallions and join in.

A great turn out with crews from most clubs on the Northern Beaches and one from Coogee meant plenty of great action. Unlike last year, the bank close to shore was filling in by late morning on the rising tide, meaning no dumpers such as those that produced some spectacular spills in 2015. The water was fast and some caught waves half way back from the cans to inner shore breaks.

Both Long Reef and South Narrabeen came back to the sand, without a spill, over and over.

Warriewood President Matt Sheridan, Boat Captain Shaun Taylor and Sweep and SLS SNB and ASRL gentleman Russell Lamb were stepping it up and bringing their crews back to the sand smoothly - home-beach advantage???

Matty Giblin and Stephen Cox are back Sweeping for Palm Beach SLSC, and loving it. The Palmy club has new rowers and Aussies 2016 Sweep Nick Wiadrowski among their crews, while Peter Spence, after a recent undefeated x 9 race wins at Ocean Thunder with his ladies crew of Elly Reynolds, Alex Tyrrell, Lucy Day (former Polkinghorne) and Verity Boulton, is making every row count at every carnival.

Warriewood was the first carnival Sweeping for Whale Beach Boat Captain Brett Babicci and Beverlie Farrelly was on the sand to cheer on the crews. David Maguire, who has been supporting the boat section at Whaley, was also on the sand and on the boat.

Mona Vale was strong, the Avalon Beach Antiques are still going in the Women's 23's!, Newport's President Rob Emerson caught wave after wave back to the beach very very smoothly - those that didn't get on a wave had to row back but they were on fast water coming on on a high tide.

As a final run for 2016 - all clubs and crews now look strong and ready for the carnivals to come in January - although there was a fair amount of relaxed joking between crews and clubs on the sand yesterday - everyone always seems pretty relaxed when they're at Warriewood.

Album for participants here to help themselves to - a few samples run below.

OPEN WOMEN

DEE WHY Milkmaids

MONA VALE Mavericks

PALM BCH Pumas

QUEENSCLIFF All Butt One

STH NARRABEEN Sassatrons

WARRIEWOOD Wahines

OPEN MEN

AVALON BEACH Pinkies

BILGOLA Gold

DEE WHY Milktrucks