Peninsula will hold State surf championships

Umina and Ocean Beach Surf Clubs have won the right to host next year's State Surf Life Saving Championships.

The result was announced at the State Championships held at Shellharbour on Sunday, March 7.

The event is to be staged over two weekends in February or March next year with millions of dollars expected to be injected into the Central Coast tourism industry as result.

The Championships are made up of three sections - Junior, Masters and Open.

The Junior section is held over the first weekend, the Masters the following Thursday and the Open athletes compete over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The event is expected to bring 5000 junior, 2000 Masters and up to 4000 open athletes, plus a similar amount of spectators.

Alison Branley, March 19