Sunday, February 7, 2010

Surfing Fiercely

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Due to massive numbers and the huge success at last seasons’ NSW Jim Beam Surftag Series, NSW will now be split into two regions, NSW North and NSW South.


The new event - NSW North, will involve Boardriding Clubs from the Central Coast, Newcastle and the Mid North Coast and scheduled to be held in January at Newcastle.

The NSW North qualifier will be fought out by 2005 Jim Beam Surftag National Champions Umina, Macmasters, Avoca, Nth Shelley, Wamberall, Norah Head, Catherine Hill Bay, Merewether, Boomerang and Saltwater as well as attracting new clubs Port MacQuarie, Blacksmiths and Tea Tree.

Umina Boardriding Club Stalwart Drew Courtney, currently in Europe competing on ASP World Tour events is looking forward to the new seasons Jim Beam Surftag saying “We all love getting back to our local Boardriders club to team up and put back into the club – it’s where all Australian competitive surfers begin their careers and it always feels good to give back to the club in these team events that are full of passion, I can’t wait!”

The Jim Beam Surftag National Series is a tag team surfing competition contested by boardriding clubs from all over Australia. The series in 2009 expanded to 7 events with the introduction of the Jim Beam Women's Surftag that was won by North Narrabeen (NSW). The North Narrabeen girls continued the clubs Surftag dominance with the mens team winning the 2008 Jim Beam Surftag National title and the junior mens team claiming the 2008 O'Neill Gromtag title.

2009 Jim Beam Surftag National Champions - Werri Beach

North Narrabeen went into the 2009 Final as the team to beat and narrowly missed out on a hat trick of National Titles when south coast club Werri Beach Boardriders (NSW) surprised all and held off a strong finishing NN. Dee Why (NSW) in their first year at the finals finished in third position with powerhouse club Snapper Rocks (QLD) fourth. WCT stars Joel Parkinson and Josh Kerr surfed for Snapper with Kerr scoring a perfect 10 point ride in the final.

The Werri Beach team of Todd Prestage, Ryan Bailey, Tully Robinson, Matt Jones, Rhys Bombaci and Dave Hunt (Manager) won $12,000 cash and a vmoto scooter for the south coast club with Bombaci also winning the O'Neill Surfer of the Series ($500) and the vmoto highest score in the final ($3,000 vmoto scooter).

The Jim Beam Surftag National Series provides a national competition for boardriding clubs to compete against each other and to determine Australia's No.1 Club. The Jim Beam Surftag is Australia's largest team surfing competition and offers a prize pool of over $100,000 in cash and prizes.


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