Donnachie wins Cronulla’s Shark Island Bodyboarding Challenge
As Limited Edition reports (http://www.limited-edition.net.au/) Ewan Donnachie from Sydney’s Northern Beaches has won The 2009 Nomad Shark Island Challenge in clean 1 – 1.5m conditions to claim first prize of $10,000 over an accumulated two round points system.
Since the completion of Round 1 back on the 12th of July, riders and officials have been on stand-by waiting in anticipation for the second round to commence. The weeks that followed saw small to flat condition as Sydney basked in a stable weather pattern. Towards the end of the 21 day waiting period riders voted unanimously to extend the period to accommodate a strong fetch of ground swell that was predicted to reel up the N.S.W coastal – and it has paid off.
Riders were greeted to a freshly groomed Southerly ground swell, a direct result of a powerful lower pressure system situated in the Tasman Sea. As dawn broke, long clean lines peeled around the infamous reef giving everyone an early viewing on what laid ahead.
Due to the southerly direction Contest Director Mark Fordham wasted no time on calling the event ‘ON’, taking full advantage of the perfect low to mid tide conditions.
The heats were reversed (4, 3, 2, and 1) to ensure that all riders had their fair share of tidal conditions. Riders had 45 minutes to top up their round 1 scores.
Overall each heat had their fair share of waves. Competitors basically lined up to enjoy the fun barrelling conditions. Standouts from Round 2 were Alex Leon, Ben Sawyer, Dave Ballard, Chris James, Nick Omerod, Ewan Donnachie, Christian Riguccini and Shaun Peterson.
Upon the completion all headed down to Bar 2230 for the presentation. The “Best Off” awards were presented and then the top eight place getters where called up for the final countdown. Riguccini and Donnachie were the last two standing. Both had shown great tube riding skills and wave knowledge throughout the event. In the end, Riguccini, the 1999 SIC Champion was pipped by a mere 5.3 point leaving Donnachie to take to SIC 2009 title.
The winners list:
First Prize – Ewan Donnachie :$10,000 winner takes all
Best Barrel – Dave Ballard : 2 weeks stay at The Secret Sumatra – Surf Camp
Best Move – Shaun Peterson : 2 week boat trip courtesy of The Surf Travel Company
Best Wipe Out – Glen Thurston : $500 – courtesy of Bar 2230, Cronulla
Longest tube time – Dave Ballard : Buzzing over Sydney in the world renowned Red Bull Stunt Plane
For more on this story and photos of the event go to: http://www.limited-edition.net.au/?p=639#more-639
All Sutherland soccer teams get points against Sydney Olympic in PYL
Sutherland Sharks’ Premier Youth League teams all picked up points in the last home game of the season last weekend. The first three games played, however, were draws and it was left to the 16s and 18s to record wins.
The Sharks ninth placed under 13s opened the day to shock the ladder leading Olympic by holding them to a nil all draw. However, the reverse occurred in the 14s with second placed Sharks being held to a 1 all draw by the 9th placed Olympic. Similarly the 5th placed Sharks 15s were held to a surprising draw by the 9th placed Olympic. To complete the upsets the Sharks 16s in 8th spot defeated 5th placed Olympic.
Only the 18s game appeared to go to form with 5th placed Sharks defeating Sydney Olympic who are running 11th.
After the round the Sharks have three teams in the top five (14, 15 and 18s) with the 13s and 16s out of play-off contention.
Results for the round 21 played last weekend against Sydney Olympic were:
Under 13: Sutherland drew nil all
Under 14: Sutherland drew 1 all
Under 15: Sutherland drew 1 all
Under 16: Sutherland won 2 - 1
Under 18: Sutherland won 2 nil
The last round of the Premier Youth League is to be played from Saturday 8th August. The Sutherland Sharks teams will be taking on Penrith Nepean United at Cook Park (St Mary’s) beginning with the under 13s at 9am.
Other Sutherland Sharks Premier Youth League Reports can be found at: http://theshire.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=3476
More details on the Premier Youth and Senior League results can be found at http://www.soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=78
Watch state basketball finals at Sutherland on August 8 - 9
Basketball NSW has announced that the Sutherland Basketball Association has been selected as this year's host of the 2009 Waratah ACC and NSW State League finals on the weekend of 8th - 9th of August.
Sutherland Basketball Association hosted the Premier Event on the Basketball NSW's calendar two years ago with great success and is looking forward to once again showcasing a professionally managed and memorable event for players, coaches, officials and supporters.
The weekend sees the conclusion of the season, with semi-finals on the Saturday and the grand finals on Sunday. The grades include men and women grades of Waratah ABL, State League and Youth League.
For more on Waratah ABL basketball and the semi-finals and finals go to: http://www.waratah.basketball.net.au/fs_home.asp
For more Sutherland Shire Basketball stories go to: http://sutherlandshire.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=2131.
World Masters Games – missed the registration deadline?
Some sports are accepting late registrations for the World Games. To find out which sports are doing so, go to http://www.2009worldmasters.com/.
Sutherland Basketball Stadium is one of six venues to host basketball games and basketball is one of the sports accepting late registrations.
What's on around NSW with Sport and Recreation
NSW Sport and Recreation runs programs that will help you get active, improve your fitness or try a new sport. For more details of what’s on in the region go to: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/active/whatson.asp
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