HEADLANDERS  ROUND  2  -  01.03.09
This month’s comp was held at North Wall, Ballina with average waves to begin with, and deteriorating
as usual, as the day progressed.
RESULTS WERE  :
JUNIORS OPENS DK
1.  Daniel Vernon 1.  Daniel Vernon 1.Ben McDonald
2.  Casey Robinson 2.  Ben McDonald 2.  Meercat
3.  Tom Halvorsen 3.  Dave Gallagher 3.  Luke Ashton
4.  Brodie Carr 4.  Luke Ashton
HIGHLIGHTS  :
1.  The Juniors final was not held in the best of conditions, but Daniel, Casey and Tom strangely all
tied for 1st position after the initial tabulation.  After the countback Tom was eliminated to 3rd
while Daniel and Casey had to go to a second countback – with Daniel just knocking Casey. Sorry
Fellas, it seems unfair but that’s how it works !
2.  Ben McDonald smashed Meercat in DK with 3 really good waves, whilst Meercat struggled to
remain upright supposedly after his all day stint in the judging tent.  He asked for a protest on the
timing of the event – mumbling something about ” F…….. Judge all day, yello flag goes straight up,
and you can carry your own F……. tents !”  He obviously takes his DK very seriously.
LOWLIGHTS  :
Even though I was very impressed with Meery’s dedication in judging the whole day, he did annoy
me by writing down scores for the stand-up surfers and missing what our guys were doing.  His
defence was ” I was just praticing my judging technique and it was a good move by that stand-up
guy !”
Thanx heaps again to Wally for the BBQing and to Meercat and Marley for judging.
Don’t forget QAB Round 1 and the first Pro Event for the year on the Australian circuit is at Duranbah
on March 19, 20 and 21.  All forms can be got from Inverted so if you’re interested in competing,
come see us !!!
Next Headlanders is on March 29th at Ballina – meet at 7am as usual.   Cheers,  Frank .