March 2010 Comp
A nice bright sunny day greeted us at Ballina and we decided to set up shop at North Wall. The slight SE wind and thick 1 – 1.5m waves were going to make scoring points difficult again – but what else would we expect on comp day ??
Results
Groms/Cadets3. Daniel Pearson 2. Nat Russel 1. Liam Gibney 4. Zak Marsdon |
Juniors1. Elliot Butler 2. B.J. 3. Anthony Gilbert 4. Amos |
Opens1. Amos 2. Elliot Butler 3. Daniel Vernon 4. Sam Boulton |
Drop Knee1. Meercat 2. Ben McDonald 3. Nyall Gibney |
Photos from Headlanders Contest 28/03/2010 by Russmen
Best Scores
* Daniel Pearson scored the highest in the groms and then in the final narrowly beat Nat Russel on a countback for 1st place. * Sam Boulton, fresh back from Hawaii made some impressive moves during the day.
* Amos ( we need your last name Amos !) and Elliot Butler traded blow for blow with Elliot coming out 1st in Juniors and then Amos turning that around to win the Opens.
Worst Scores
As per usual, most of the Opens ! The Groms are always eager, the Juniors are usually serious, but the Opens at “We love headies!” just have brain freezes. Except for Elliot, all the Opens that were in the Semis / Final last time had been knocked in the first round. Please Guys, try and bring your brains with your bodyboard next time – or should that be bring your bodyboard with your brain strapped to it !
Ultimate Mentions
* Connor Gibney, although only 8 years old, is really starting to complete his mpves. We all noticed his obvious improvement and look forward to watching his progress.
* Daniel Vernon and Sam Boulton – where do I start ?? This was one of those aforementioned brain freezes ! Daniel was sitting next to Meercat who constantly kept chanting ( and I don’t know why ! ) “It’s DK next Frank, it’s DK next !”. Daniel just sat there thinking DK was next and his final happenned out in the water without him ! Then Sam on the other hand was puzzled that there were only 3 in his Final and whilst he was surfing quite well, was actually wearing Daniel’s colour – which means he was disqualified. Remember Sam, first is for winners and wearing the wrong rashie is obviously for losers !!
Updated Totals After March 28th Comp
Thanx again to our resident judges Tori and Andrew and also to Pam for attending to the BBQ. See you all next time – Sunday May 2nd – meet @ Ballina @ 7am.
Thanx – Frank ( The Mayan ) “We Love Headies”
