Surfing contest was 'one of the best'
Ocean Beach Malibu Club held its most recent surfing contest on Sunday, May 25.
According to president Craig Coulton, it "would go down in history as one of the best contests the club has ever held".
"Umina Beach provided shapely, consistent head high waves all day, along with beautiful late autumn sunshine," said Mr Coulton.
John Gill, Garry Halliday, Chris Taylor, Ben Scully-Hawkins and Chris Irwin all won their first round heats to meet in the round two battle of the firsts.
As has been the case so far this year, John Gill again outpointed the rest to score maximum points for the day with Garry Halliday claiming second place from Ben Scully-Hawkins, Chris Taylor and Chris Irwin.
Craig Coulton won the seconds from Shane Muldowney, Peter Wellington John Wilson and Angela Goodwin.
Wayne Priestly beat his son Jordan into first place in the thirds with Ron Stockings, Wylie Gill and Tony Irwin filling the minor places.
In what turned out to be a three-man heat for the fourths, Brian Cook won from Hayden Wellington and Huxley Walker.
In the fifths it was Daniel Ambler winning from Mick Day, Jonas Rowell and Daryl Anderson.
Craig Palmer was successful in the sixths with Callum Baker placing second, Darrell Young third and Graeme Carroll, surfing his first contest, in fourth.
The next Ocean Beach Malibu Club contest will be held on June 30 followed by the April makeup competition on July 7.
Email, 19 Jun 2013
Craig Coulton, Ocean Beach Malibu Club
Photo: Tony Gilbert