Connor O’Leary Shines at Quiksilver Pro
Photo Caption: Beyond vertical:Surfing World Tour Rookie Conner O’Leary advanced to Round Four of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast after winning Heat 9 of Round Three on Saturday. Picture WSL / Sloane
Greg Noll in Crounlla
“I remember this building”. These were the first words legendary Californian Hall of fame big wave rider Greg Noll uttered as he was reintroduced to the Cronulla Surf Club 60 years after his first and only visit.
The Mob Charity Tag Team
Surf Retrospect Event #3 – The Mob Store Charity Tag Team
Shire Businesses combined to raise $5K for local charity, Headspace Miranda on the weekend, during the third event of Surf Retrospect 2016.
Teams of 5 surfers entered from Regallo, L J Hooker Commercial Sutherland, Highland Property Agents, Momentum Build, Cronulla Real Estate, Cronulla Health Club, Carve and the Defence Force enjoying some friendly rivalry at North Cronulla Beach. Surfing and the 2016 Charity were the real winners, however, the team from Carve got their hands on the trophy this year.
Surf Retrospect 2016 continues over the next three weeks with the Wahu Surfer Groms, Heritage Surfing Dinner and Surfboard Display, King of the Beach and Sydney International Beach Festival.
Historic Photographic and Surfboard Display
On the weekend of October 29 and 30, Surfing Sutherland Shire is hosting Greg Noll to celebrate 60 years since the first “Malibu” style surfboards were ridden in Australia.
Greg was a member of the American Lifeguard team that stayed at Cronulla Surf Life Club in 1956 and introduced modern surfing to Australia, at Cronulla Point.
To commemorate this very significant event , Greg will participate in several activities, including a photographic and surfboard display in the Bill Marshall OAM Ballroom of Cronulla SLSC.
This event will be held over 2 days Saturday 29th October & Sunday 30th October 2016. The exhibition will open at 9am and finish at 4pm both days and will also include a board riding display, unveiling of a history sign, meet and greet with Greg Noll and launch of the Surfrider Foundation Cronulla.
Saturday:
9am to 4pm – Photographic and Surfboard Display
10am to 11am – Historic sign at Cronulla Point
12 noon – Toothpick surfboard display
Sunday:
9am to 4pm – Photographic and Surfboard Display
12 noon – Meet and greet with Greg Noll
1pm – Launch of Surfrider Foundation
Tradies Surfmasters
Event #2 of Surf Retrospect 2016 , The 2016 Tradies Surfmasters presented by HIF, finished in an exciting fashion today with a range of different age champions crowned across a variety of different surfing disciplines.
Perennial local standout and multiple Australian Title holder Glenn Pringle (Cronulla) stamped his authority all over the Over-40 Mens shortboard division posting a 16.67 heat total (out of a possible 20 points) to claim the hotly contested final. Pringle dominated the star-studded affair claiming the win ahead of regular Australian Title surfers Ricky Marshall (Cronulla), John Shimooka (Cronulla) and Mark Tickle (Newport) who claimed second, third and fourth respectively.
Glenn Pringle Over 40 Men’s Winner
Local surfer Paul Detmold (Miranda) claimed the Over-45 Mens Longboard division, taking a runner-up finish and a win across his dual heats. The local longboarder went neck-and-neck for the overall title with fellow local Scott Young (Cronulla) who accomplished the same track record, however Detmold was able to claim the title thanks to holding on to a 12.66 heat total which gave him the nod and pushed Young into the runner-up position.
Blaire Moore (Woonoona) ensured a title would be heading south to the Illawarra region, taking out the Over-40 Mens SUP division. Moore put on a blistering performance over the duration of the event, continually posting excellent scores for a variety of mammoth turns, which enabled him to claim the title from Andrew Cassidy (Mona Vale) who claimed the runner-up spot.
A list of all results can be seen below.
The 2016 Tradies Surfmasters presented by HIF is proudly supported by Tradies, Sutherland Shire Council, Australian Skin Cancer Clinics, Toyota, HIF, Ohana Ocean Athletics and Surfing NSW.
RESULTS:
Over-40 Mens Shortboard
1 – Glenn Pringle (Cronulla)
2 – Ricky Marshall (Cronulla)
3 – John Shimooka (Cronulla)
4 – Mark Tickle (Newport)
Over-45 Mens Shortboard
1 – John Shimooka (Cronulla)
2 – Ian Spencer (Cronulla)
3 – Mark Tickle (Newport)
4 –Mick Beaton (Woonoona)
Over-50 Mens Shortboard
1 – Maris Luidmanis (North Balgowlah)
2 – Brett Daintry (Cronulla)
3 – Alan Purtle (Port Macquarie)
4 – David Gall (Cronulla)
Over-55 Mens Shortboard
1 – Alex Bosansky (Double Bay)
2 – Mark Gobbe (Mona Vale)
3 – John Skinner (Warilla)
4 – Wayne Tyte
Over-60 Mens Shortboard
1 – Jonathon Lavers (Cronulla)
2 – Lloyd Suttor (Erskineville)
3 – Greg Hourigan
4 – Col Barry (Forestville)
Over-45 Mens Longboard
1 – Paul Detmold (Miranda)
2 – Scott Young (Cronulla)
3 – Mark Watson (Corlette)
4 –Tim Hutton (Newport)
Over-50 Mens Longboard
1 – Rob Smith (Caringbah)
2 – Glenn Moore (Engadine)
3 – George Haskas (Eastgardens)
4 – Sean Brown (Gymea)
Over-55 Mens Longboard
1 – John Skinner (Warilla)
2 – Alex Bosansky (Double Bay)
3 – Peter Toby (Lilli Pilli)
4 – Mark Watson (Corlette)
Over-60 Mens Longboard
1 – Michael Cottier (Gymea)
2 – Jeff Livermore (Lake Heights)
3 – Wayne McAree (Woolooware)
4 – John Mingramm (Caringbah)
5 – Col Barry (Forestville)
Over-40 Mens SUP
1 – Blaire Moore (Woonoona)
2 – Andrew Cassidy (Mona Vale)
3 – Steve Rainford (Helensburgh)
4 – Gareth Grant (Collaroy)
Over-40 Mens Single Fin
1 – Jamie Doran (Anna Bay)
2 – Michael Crisp (Ballina)
3 – David Campbell (Cronulla)
About Tradies
For over 50 years, Tradies has been an important pillar in the local Sutherland Shire community, not only providing monetary support for community organisations and sporting groups but also as a venue for members and guests to come together, relax and enjoy themselves.
Tradies is a values-based organisation that strives to achieve best practice in community service, customer service, hospitality and employment across both our venues at Gymea and Caringbah.