Surfers make finals at Manly classic

Six surfers from the Ocean Beach Malibu Club competed in the 2012 Magoo Charity Classic held at Manly, over the weekend of May 5 and 6.

Due to large swell, the competition, which was held at Soldiers Beach on the Saturday, was moved to Cabbage Tree Bay on the Sunday.

All members progressed to the finals, except for Mark Williams, who was disqualified for wearing the wrong coloured rash vest after winning his over-50s semi-final.

Club president Mr Craig Coulton said Kai Ellice-Flint was a stand out surfer, winning both the Open Nine Foot, and Under-18s titles.

Bryce Williams was runner up to Kai in the final of the 18s with 14-year-old Tom Payne securing fourth.

Along with being awarded the "best tube ride of the contest", Richie McClelland came third in the Over-50s and Hayden Emery, despite snapping yet another board, managed to place fifth in the Open Nine Foot.

Sunday was also competition day for the Ocean Beach club and, with six of the best surfers competing in the Magoo, Coulton said it gave a few of the others the opportunity to score maximum points.

"The waves at Umina, and a slightly different format for this contest, saw Ben Scully-Hawkins and Shane Muldowney winning both of their heats while Chris Irwin, Daniel Ambler and Peter Wellington each scored one first and one second place."

Big surf kept many on the beach with only 22 surfers competing.

The full results were:

Round 1, Heat 1: Peter Wellington, Garry Halliday, Darrell Young, Mick Day, Brian Cook and Hayden Wellington.

Heat 2: Daniel Ambler, Craig Coulton, Cyndi Zoranovic, Dave Wirth, Craig Palmer and Daryl Anderson.

Heat 3: Ben Scully-Hawkins, Chris Irwin, Rob McCaughan, Ty Wilson and Tony Irwin.

Heat 4: Shane Muldowney, Dave Moulton, Liz Ambler, Matt Kirby, Grant Cassidy.

Round 2,Heat 1: Ben Scully-Hawkins, Garry Halliday, Dave Wirth, Liz Ambler and Craig Palmer.

Heat 2: Shane Muldowney, Daniel Ambler, Mick Day and Tony Irwin.

Heat 3: Brian Cook, Cyndi Zoranovic, Dave Moulton and Ty Wilson.

Heat 4: Darrell Young, Matt Kirby, Daryl Anderson and Hayden Wellington.

Heat 5: Chris Irwin, Peter Wellington, Craig Coulton and Grant Cassidy.

Email, 16 May 2012

Craig Coulton, Ocean Beach Malibu Club

Photo: Tony Kilbert