Surfing Report

On Saturday, the annual ‘Battle of the Boards’ tag-team surfing competition against Knox Grammar School was held at Long Reef.  The surf conditions were good, with clean hollow waves offering good scoring opportunities. Both schools had three teams of five surfers. Each team had 60 minutes for each surfer to catch two waves – with the second wave for each surfer doubled (power wave).

The Shore ‘A’ team of Will Hoy, Duncan Cowan, Sam Davis, Lachie Warner and Morgan Elvy surfed well and were the first team to finish securing four bonus points. But they were no match for the Knox ‘A’ team, who put together a polished display of team surfing.

The Shore B and C teams gained valuable experience in surfing under time pressure. For many of these boys, this was their first experience in a tag-team format.

The final scores for the day were:

	Team	Surfers	Total Points
1st	Knox A	Will Reid, Jasper Derwent, Tyler Nunan, Finn Walker, Harry Gordon	76.3
2nd	Shore A	Will Hoy, Duncan Cowan, Sam Davis, Lachie Warner, Morgan Elvy	60.3
3rd	Knox C	Jesse Wilson, Lachlan Terry, Luke Swemmer, Oscar Fairfax Cedar Robinson	46.8
4th	Knox B	Byron Wilson, James Moore, Tom Batchelor, Ewan Stevenson, Lochlan Stevenson	46.1
5th	Shore B	John Rajaratnam, Nathan Stanmore, Ben Jones, Noah Kordek, Ollie Roxburgh	35.7
6th	Shore C	Hamish Warden, Jai Van Hamburg, Harry Murdoch-Tilmouth, Hamish Cleland, Isaac Edwards	25

Final point score:

Knox 169.2 defeated Shore 121.

Mr J McClelland
MIC Surfing