July 29 - August 4, 2018: Issue 369

2018 NSW State Junior Titles And 2018 School Surfing Titles

Narrabeen Sports High school, Barrenjoey High School, Freshwater and the NSBC Balgowlah surfers have all done well at the Surfing NSW 2018 Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth this week with firsts, seconds and other top spot places won across the age groups and divisions and in the MR (Mark Richards) Shield.

School Surfing NSW (SSNSW) exists to support government and non-government schools in the provision of opportunities for students to undertake surfing within their school’s curriculum. 

Being part of an extensive coastal community with so many great surfers, it should come as no surprise that most of our local schools have surfing and surfing competitions among their options for students.  Before the Winter school break the 2018 Peninsula Community of Schools Surfing Titles were held at North Avalon Beach on July 1st with Narrabeen Sports High, Pittwater High and Barrenjoey High Schools athletes. Surfers whose names regularly pop up among placegetters in professional competitions were in the water and on the beach to represent their schools.

You can read up on their efforts in the NSW State Junior Titles, which ran July 19th to July 24th. 2018 is the eighth year Surfing NSW combined the two day NSW School Surfing Titles into the event.

UNDER-16 SCHOOL CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT THE 2018 WOOLWORTHS NSW JUNIOR TITLES PRES. BY OCEAN AND EARTH.  

MACALEYS BEACH, COFFS HARBOUR 
Wednesday, 25 July 2018 
The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth, saw another day of champions crowned today across the Under-16 Schools division following a day of exciting heats in the punchy two-foot surf.
 
Grayson Hinrichs (Bondi) sealed himself a spot into the upcoming Surf Dive N Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles, taking out the Under-16 Boys All-Stars division. The lightning fast goofy-footer put on an impressive display of surfing over the course of the heat, nailing a 14.23 two-wave heat total to claim the win ahead of 2018 Under-16 NSW Champion Mike Clayton-Brown (Port Stephens).
 
Lily Macdonald (Freshwater) put an end to Nyxie Ryan’s (Lennox Head) current hot streak of victories, taking out the Under-16 All-Stars division. Macdonald posted a 13.26 two-wave heat total for a variety of exciting turns to gain the edge over Ryan who posted 11.82. As a result, Macdonald has claimed a position into the upcoming 2018 Surf Dive N Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles, which will take place in South Australia at the end of the year.
 
Joel Vaughan (Bateau Bay) claimed the AirAsia Air Of The Day for an impressive aerial maneuver in the All-Stars division.
 
The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will wrap up tomorrow with the remaining Schools divisions.  
 
Competitors in the Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth were battling for an NSW Junior Title and in turn, earn their position into the upcoming 2018 Surf Dive N Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles, which will take place in South Australia at the end of the year.
 
All qualifiers for the Woolworths NSW State Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth were determined by eight individual regional titles, which took place up and down the NSW coastline earlier in 2018. The last two days of the event comprised the NSW School Surfing Titles.
 
2018 was the eighth year Surfing NSW combined the NSW School Surfing Titles into the event.
 
Former competitors in the Ocean and Earth NSW Junior State Titles include current World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) surfers Owen and Tyler Wright, Sally Fitzgibbons, Matt Wilkinson, Wade Carmichael and Connor O'Leary.
 
The event was fully mobile in the Coffs Harbour area with Macauleys, Park Beach, Diggers, Gallows and Sawtell all venue options.
 
The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth is proudly supported by Woolworths, Ocean and Earth, AirAsia, Havaianas, Vissla, Australian Skin Cancer Clinics, Mothernest, Toyota, H2Coco and Surfing NSW.
 
RESULTS:
Under-16 Boys All-Stars
1 – Grayson Hinrichs (Bondi)
2 – Mike Clayton-Brown (Port Stephens)
3 – Joel Vaughan (Bateau Bay)
4 – Kayle Enfield


Grayson Hinrichs (Bondi) - photo by Ethan Smith/ Surfing NSW

Under-16 Girls All-Stars
1 – Lily MacDonald (Freshwater)
2 – Nyxie Ryan (Lennox Head)
3 – Charli Hurst (Port Kembla)
4 – Oceanna Rogers (Shellharbour)

Under-16 Boys MR Shield
1 – Jordan Liackman / Isaac Foran (Swansea High)
2 – Saxon Reber / Axel Rose-Curotta (NSBC Balgowlah)
3 – Kalani Van de Polder / Dane De Coque (Cronulla High)
4 – Kai Nudd /Ryley Smidt (Woolgoolga High)

Under-16 Girls MR Shield
1 – Gabi Spake / Kyla Whitfield (Narrabeen Sports)
2 – Indi Klaus / Rosie Smart (Coffs Harbour Community School)
3 – Amelie Bourke / Chile Hemara (St Pius X)
4 – Josie Fish / Cleo Fish (Tuggerah Lakes Secondary)

Report by Surfing NSW - photos by Ethan Smith/ Surfing NSW 
Lily MacDonald (Freshwater) - photos by Ethan Smith

LOCAL SURFERS DOMINATE THE FINAL DAY OF THE 2018 WOOLWORTHS NSW JUNIOR TITLES PRES. BY OCEAN AND EARTH. 
MACAULEYS BEACH, COFFS HARBOUR 

Thursday, 26 July 2018 
The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth wrapped up today, finishing with the Under-19 Boys and Girls Schools divisions.
 
The local Coffs Harbour surfing contingent finished with a bang in the Schools component, with Sawtell siblings Heilala and Boston Phillips taking top honours in the All-Stars Boys and Girls divisions. Both surfers posted two-wave heat totals in the 11-point range (out of a possible 20 points) to take the victories ahead of respective runner-up finishers Jay Brown (Cronulla) and Elle Clayton-Brown (Port Stephens).


ABOVE: The local Coffs Harbour surfing contingent finished with a bang in the Schools component, with Sawtell siblings Heilala and Boston Phillips taking top honours in the All-Stars Boys and Girls divisions.  Photo by Issac Micallef / Surfing NSW.

The dynamic team of Ethan Stocks and Taj Watson (Coffs Harbour High School) proved to be a deadly duo in the Under-19 Boys MR Shield, taking out the division. Stocks and Watson fought a tightly contested battle in the final with less than two-points separating second, third and fourth, however when the 20-minute exchange wrapped up, the local surfers were able to claim the win ahead of Arch Whiteman and Sam Partington from Barrenjoey High.
 
Jackson Roberts (Bateau Bay) took out the AirAsia Air of The Day for a technical aerial in the All-Stars division. Roberts previously took out the Wave of the Day for a dominant performance in the Under-18 Boys.
 
RESULTS:
Under-19 Boys All-Stars
1 – Boston Phillips (Sawtell)
2 – Jay Brown (Cronulla)
3 – Jackson Roberts (Bateau Bay)
4 – Jack Bannister (Narrabeen)

Under-19 Girls All-Stars
1 – Heilala Phillips (Sawtell)
2 – Elle Clayton-Brown (Port Stephens)
3 – Darci Air (Thirroul)
4 – Nyxie Ryan (Lennox Head)

Under-19 Boys MR Shield
1 – Taj Watson/Ethan Stocks (Coffs Harbour High)
2 – Arch Whiteman / Sam Partington (Barranjoey High)
3 – Jack Bannister / Jamie Thomson (Narrabeen Sports)
4 – Tane Pritchard / Archy Bemrose (Kingscliff High)

Under-19 Girls MR Shield
1 – Chelsea Green / Lucy Green (St Clares Taree)
2 – Darci Air / Kasey Hargreaves (Bulli)
3 – Cleo Fish / Jasmine Mccorquodale (Tuggerah Lakes Secondary)
4 – Hunter Kelleher / Sophie McFadden (Queenswood Girls)

ABOUT WOOLWORTHS
Future Australian surfing champions will receive further help to ride the wave to success, with Woolworths expanding its commitment to the sport to include Surfing Australia’s six affiliated State branches Woolworths State Junior Surfing Titles, with 18 events to be run nationally across six States in 2017/18.

ABOUT SCHOOL SURFING
High School Surfing in NSW
School Surfing NSW (SSNSW) exists to support government and non-government schools in the provision of opportunities for students to undertake surfing within their school’s curriculum.

School Surfing NSW services the coastal fringe of NSW from Bega High School in the south to Tweed Heads High in the north.
School Surfing in NSW is broken into 7 regions in NSW. These 6 regions run a regional titles for both a schools team event as well as an individual event. 

The elite pathway of surfing in schools is detailed  below: 
  • 7x regional school surfing titles run by school conveners in partnership with Surfing NSW 
  • 1x NSW School State Titles
  • 1x Australian School State Titles
Your school will be notified by your Schools Regional Director (details on Surfing NSW webpage here) in regards to the entry process for students. If you are a school that has not competed in the past and is keen to get involved please get in contact with your Schools regional director.
 
Primary School Surfing in NSW
Surfing NSW is committed to all levels of Surfing through schools. At present there is no pathway for school surfing at a regional, state or Australian level for primary schools. Surfing NSW see a need to explore the same structure in the future for Primary schools similar to High Schools. 

For all other information please contact Surfing NSW 

Report by Surfing NSW - photo by Issac Micallef / Surfing NSW
Photo by Issac Micallef / Surfing NSW

2018 NSW Junior Surfing Titles

COMPETITORS FACE TRICKY CONDITIONS ON OPENING DAY OF THE WOOLWORTHS NSW JUNIOR TITLES

MACAULEYS BEACH, COFFS HARBOUR 
Friday, 20 July 2018

The opening day of the Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth saw a day full of small and challenging conditions as the Under-18 and Under-16 boys got their first rounds underway. 

Arch Whiteman (Avalon) got his state title campaign off to a flying start, posting a decent 15.5 two-wave heat total (out of a possible 20 points) in the Under-18 Boys. Whiteman found multiple pockets of energy in the opening exchange, which allowed him to perform a handful of impressive backside snaps and post the aforementioned score. 


Arch Whiteman - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Local surfer Ethan Stocks (Coffs Harbour) also put on a valiant performance in the elder division, notching up a 14.77 heat total. As a result, Stocks has earned his position straight into the third round. 

Mike Clayton-Brown (Nelson Bay), Rino Lindsay (Lennox Head), Jai Glinderman (Lennox Head), Jordan Liackman (Caves Beach) and Jarvis Earle (Cronulla) all made their presence felt in the Under-16 Boys division with all surfers posting wave scores in the seven-point range. All five surfers put on impressive displays of speed, power and flow to post the wave scores and seal their position into the third rounds.

As a result of his impressive performance, Liackman was awarded the AirAsia Air Of The Day. 

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will reconvene tomorrow with a variety of women’s divisions and the boys requalification heats. 


Van Whiteman - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Competitors in the Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will be vying for an NSW Junior Title and in turn, earn their position into the upcoming 2018 Surf Dive N Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles, which will take place in South Australia at the end of the year. 

All qualifiers for the Woolworths NSW State Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth were determined by eight individual regional titles, which took place up and down the NSW coastline earlier in 2018. 

The last two days of the event will comprise of the NSW School Surfing Titles.

2018 will be the eighth year Surfing NSW will combine the NSW School Surfing Titles into the event. 

Former competitors in the Ocean and Earth NSW Junior State Titles include current World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) surfers Owen and Tyler Wright, Sally Fitzgibbons, Matt Wilkinson, Wade Carmichael and Connor O'Leary. 

The event will be fully mobile in the Coffs Harbour area with Macauleys, Park Beach, Diggers, Gallows and Sawtell all venue options.

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will be proudly supported by Woolworths, Ocean and Earth, AirAsia, Havaianas, Vissla, Australian Skin Cancer Clinics, Mothernest, Toyota, H2Coco and Surfing NSW.

ABOUT WOOLWORTHS

Future Australian surfing champions will receive further help to ride the wave to success, with Woolworths expanding its commitment to the sport to include Surfing Australia’s six affiliated State branches Woolworths State Junior Surfing Titles, with 18 events to be run nationally across six States in 2017/18.

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GIRLS DIVISIONS GET UNDERWAY AT THE WOOLWORTHS NSW JUNIOR TITLES.

Saturday, 21 July 2018

The opening round of the Girls division in the Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth faced a day of small surf today at Diggers Beach. 

Fresh off a recent win in the Pro Junior division at the Skullcandy Oz Grom Open pres. by Vissla, Nyxie Ryan (Lennox Head, NSW) proceeded to dominate her opening Under-16 Girls exchange, posting a near-perfect 9.83 scoring wave. Ryan executed a barrage of impressive turns to gain the upper-hand in the heat and as a result, cemented herself a spot straight into the third round.


Nyxie Ryan - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Not to be outdone, local Coffs Harbour Boardriders member Carly Shanahan (Wooli, NSW) nailed an excellent 9.17 wave score in her first Under-16 Girls heat. Shanahan linked together a chain of decent snaps and carves to post the aforementioned score and earn a spot straight into the third round. 

Charli Hurst (Port Kembla), Amelia Bourke (Merewether) and Charlize Everitt (Boomerang Beach) also all claimed respective wins in the first round of the Under-16 Girls and will make their next appearance in the third round. 

Molly Picklum (Shelly Beach) was the standout performer in the Under-18 Girls division, posting a respectable 12.1 two-wave heat total. Picklum remained busy over the course of the 20-minute heat, catching multiple waves with longer walls. Picklum will make her next appearance in the first heat of the third round. 

Joining Picklum in the Under-18 Girls round one winner's circle was Elle Clayton-Brown (Nelson Bay), Tru and Jesse Starling (Narrabeen) and Kelly O’Callaghan (Kingscliff). 

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will reconvene tomorrow. 


Tru  Starling - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW


Tiya Collins - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW


Mackenzie Davidson - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW


Gabi Spake - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW


Logan Steinwede - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

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SWELL JUMPS FOR DAY THREE OF THE WOOLWORTHS NSW JUNIOR TITLES PRES. BY OCEAN AND EARTH

MACAULEYS BEACH, COFFS HARBOUR 
Sunday, 22 July 2018: from Surfing NSW

A welcome jump in swell greeted competitors in the Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth as the event edged closer to the pointy end of the competition. 

Jackson Roberts (Bateau Bay) made his intentions clear in the fourth round of the Under-18 Boys posting a near-perfect 9.47 scoring wave. Roberts seamlessly linked together a chain of powerful and flowy backside carves and snaps in the heat to post the score. Roberts also notched up a 7.00 point ride to take his heat total to 16.47 and seal himself a position into the quarterfinals. As a result of the performance, Roberts claimed the AirAsia Wave Of The Day. 


Jackson Roberts - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Axel Rose-Curotta (Manly) earned his position back into main round of competition, dominating his Under-16 Boys requalification heat. The northern beaches natural-footer nailed an array of impressive carves and snaps in the heat to amass himself a 15.44 two-wave heat total. Curotta will face Aidan Chamberlain (Bulli), Sunny Whitby-Otto (Newcastle) and Taj Simon (Port Kembla) in the upcoming rounds.


Axel Rose-Curotta - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Carly Shanahan (Wooli) continued to fly the flag for the Coffs Harbour surfing contingent, posting a near-perfect 9.27 wave score in the quarterfinals of the Under-16 Girls. Shanahan nailed a handful of exciting turns to notch up the score and earn herself a spot in the semi-finals. 

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will reconvene tomorrow.


Cedar Leigh-Jones - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

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SEMI-FINALISTS DECIDED ON DAY FOUR OF THE WOOLWORTHS NSW JUNIOR TITLES PRES. BY OCEAN AND EARTH

MACAULEYS BEACH, COFFS HARBOUR 
Monday, 23 July 2018

The fourth day of the Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth saw a day of tight battles, big scores and exciting heats as the event ran in picturesque and playful two-foot waves. 

Micah Margieson (Cabarita) sent a warning shot over the head of his fellow Under-18 Boys competitors, notching up an impressive 16.47 two-wave heat total (out of a possible 20 points). Micah – son of former professional surfer Brendan Margieson – tore apart a handful of punchy lefthanders in the quarterfinal to earn himself a position into the semi-finals alongside local dynamo Taj Watson (Coffs Harbour). 

Other Under-18 Boys quarterfinal champions included Jackson Roberts (Bateau Bay), Harry Phillips (Broulee) and Fin McLaren (Austinmer). 


Jackson Roberts - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

After finals appearances at the recent Occy Grom Comp and Skullcandy Oz Grom Open pres. by Vissla, Molly Picklum (Shelly Beach) made it clear she was out to end up back on the dais, posting a giant 16.17 two-wave heat total in the Under-18 Girls quarterfinals. Picklum’s score line consisted of a near-perfect nine-point ride for a combination of giant forehand snaps on a punchy righthander. 

Not to be outdone, Bohdi Leigh-Jones (Avalon) posted an impressive 15.17 two-wave total in the Under-18 Girls to also nail herself a spot into the semi-finals. 

Jai Glinderman (Lennox Head) kept his Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth campaign rolling posting a decent 16.1 two-wave total in his second Under-16 Boys heat. Glinderman unleashed a repertoire of innovative and technical snaps and turns to post the score. Glinderman also progressed through his quarterfinal battle and will make his next appearance in the semi-finals. 


Jai Glinderman - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

Taj Simon (Port Kembla) claimed the AirAsia Wave Of The Day for an impressive 9.00 wave in the Under-16 Boys in what was the final heat of the day. 

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will reconvene Tuesday.


Byron Stapleton - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

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CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT THE 2018 WOOLWORTHS NSW JUNIOR TITLES PRES. BY OCEAN AND EARTH.

MACAULEYS BEACH, COFFS HARBOUR 
Tuesday, 24 July 2018

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth saw four new NSW junior champions crowned today following a day of heats in tricky one-foot waves. 

Zack McMahon’s (Evans Head) ability to perform big aerials proved to be his advantage in the Under-18 Boys final. The North Coast natural-footer came off the blocks early in the exchange nailing two innovative rides in the opening five minutes of the heat. McMahon was duly rewarded for the risky maneuvers, nailing an excellent 8.67 wave score, as well as a seven-point ride to amass a 15.67 two-wave heat total and claim the victory.   


Zack McMahon - Photo by Ethan Smith / Surfing NSW

Molly Picklum (Shelly Beach) claimed her second NSW title in as many years, taking out the Under-18 Girls. Picklum remained busy in the 25-minute exchange catching a whopping 11 waves. Picklum was able to get the better of the heat thanks to a 12.8 two-wave heat total which allowed her to claim the win ahead of Bodhi Leigh-Jones (Avalon) by a 1.60 margin. 


Bodhi Leigh-Jones - Photo by Ethan Smith / Surfing NSW

Mike Clayton-Brown (Port Stephens) engaged in a tight battle with 2017 Under-16 Boys State Title winner Lennox Chell (Avoca) in the tricky conditions. Clayton-Brown found a handful of punchy right-handers to post a near excellent 7.83 wave score which gave him the upper hand in the exchange and claim the win by 0.53. 

Following her exciting hometown victory at the recent Skullcandy Oz Grom Open pres. by Vissla, Nyxie Ryan (Lennox Head) added another accomplishment to her mantelpiece, taking out the Under-16 Girls. Ryan executed a handful of critical turns to notch up a 14.67 two-wave heat total and claim the victory ahead of Cedar Leigh-Jones (Avalon) by less than two points. 

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will reconvene tomorrow with the NSW School Surfing Titles. 

Competitors in the Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth were battling for an NSW Junior Title and in turn, earn their position into the upcoming 2018 Surf Dive N Ski Australian Junior Surfing Titles, which will take place in South Australia at the end of the year. 

All qualifiers for the Woolworths NSW State Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth were determined by eight individual regional titles, which took place up and down the NSW coastline earlier in 2018. 

The last two days of the event will comprise of the NSW School Surfing Titles. 

2018 will be the eighth year Surfing NSW will combine the NSW School Surfing Titles into the event. 

Former competitors in the Ocean and Earth NSW Junior State Titles include current World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) surfers Owen and Tyler Wright, Sally Fitzgibbons, Matt Wilkinson, Wade Carmichael and Connor O'Leary.

The Woolworths NSW Junior Titles pres. by Ocean and Earth will be proudly supported by Woolworths, Ocean and Earth, AirAsia, Havaianas, Vissla, Australian Skin Cancer Clinics, Mothernest, Toyota, H2Coco and Surfing NSW.

 
RESULTS:
Under-18 Boys
1 – Zack McMahon (Evans Head)
2 – Harry Phillips (Broulee)
3 – Micah Margieson (Cabarita)
4 – Taj Watson (Coffs Harbour)

Under-18 Girls
1 – Molly Picklum (Shelly Beach)
2 – Bohdi Leigh-Jones (Avalon)
3 – Madison Poole (Lambton)
4 – Tru Starling (Narrabeen)


Under-18 Girls - Photo by Ethan Smith / Surfing NSW

Under-16 Boys
1 – Mike Clayton-Brown (Port Stephens)
2 – Lennox Chell (Avoca)
3 – Jordan Liackman (Caves Beach)
4 – Jarvis Earle (Cronulla)

Under-16 Girls
1 – Nyxie Ryan (Lennox Head)
2 – Cedar Leigh-Jones (Avalon)
3 – Carly Shanahan (Wooli)
4 – Charli Hurst (Port Kembla)

 

Under-16 Girls - Photo by Ethan Smith / Surfing NSW

ABOUT WOOLWORTHS

Future Australian surfing champions will receive further help to ride the wave to success, with Woolworths expanding its commitment to the sport to include Surfing Australia’s six affiliated State branches Woolworths State Junior Surfing Titles, with 18 events to be run nationally across six States in 2017/18.

Reports by Surfing NSW - Photos by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW.

Dolphins; Day 1 - Photo by Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW