Lakesea Classic 09

Stalwarts win Lakesea Classic

Two of the sports stalwarts in Mark 'Spaz' Spencer and Brett 'Piggy' Titterton have taken out the 2009 Lakesea Classic . Mark overcame the likes of Dave Dinning, Dale Randahl and a host of others such as Terry Ohem, Paul Norman and a resurgent Gerry Buckley to take out his first open win in the A grade event having been knocking on the door for a long time. A very happy man was' Spaz' as he took out the win in front of the wife Anna, the kids and his mum and dad.

Another "legend" of the sport Brett Titterton in a display of surfing that could only be described as dominating took out the B grade. Taking care of riders such as Ben Buckley, Brandon Small, Albert Golledge, and other unfortunates. In one heat Brett took the punt and moved off the bank everyone else was surfing and took on the right hander coming off the carpark bank at Durras. He surfed undoubtly the two best waves of the whole event and ripped all the way to the final. The whole crew was roaring at the display and the carpark spot is now know as "the Piggy Bank".

Congratulations to both Mark and Brett on a pair of great results. Durras turned it on for the whole weekend with possibly the best weather in the events 22 year history. Even the surf was alright at about 3 ft for most of the event and with high tide in the middle of the day the bank behaved itself for the competions duration. The new elevated cabins overlooking the dune and the sea were a big hit with the competitors. The Lakesea Park is on a winner with this setup.

As usual the spit roast was a big success and Buckie ordered extra so we could all have a big lunch on the Sunday at the presentation. We also held the inaugural South Pacific Tag Team Championship first thing on the Saturday morning with teams entered from the Gold Coast, Northern Beaches and the South Coast. It was a well received event and put every one in a great frame of mind for the rest of the Lakesea Classic 09. Unfortunately all the teams were disqualified for rule rorting or down right cheating so we will have to hold over the trophy until next year. Contest directors note is a great way to get contestants onto the beach early with everyone in the first heat !!

So to everyone who came the Lakesea Park and The Bay Club says thanks, to those that did not make it this year make sure you get down next time as its still the best comp on the calendar.

We would like to thank Paul from Aero Ski Sydney for his continued support of the event his prizes of two Kevlar paddles went to first timer novice and bay local Lindsay Ragg who with Alan Syne came out to try his first comp and has the Tabourie comp in May pencilled in already. The second is off to Bali with the veteran Baz Repa who could not shut up about how good his new kevlar paddle would go over in Indo! Don't be surprised Paul if you start getting orders for paddles mid year from strange places like Lomdok and Flores, it will all be down to Baz!

Also welcome to first timer and another junior Ben Hunt who along with his camera had a great first comp, running a close second to Ben Buckley in the juniors , also second place in the B grade to 'Piggy' and he cannot wait for the next one.

This is the first event of the East Coast Ciruit and all placings will receive points towards an overall point score winner for 2009.