19th Lennox Longboard Classic 2016. Report & Results

LOCALS RULE WAVES, Lennox Longboarders dominate Lennox Classic. Local Surfers dominated the 19th annual Lennox Longboard Classic last weekend, Several Lennox Longboard club members won their divisions at the 2 day classic at Lennox Head.       There was nine divisions, this year with female & junior surfers part of the family-friendly competition.

Ben O’Dwyer, who grew up in Lennox Head & now lives on the Gold Coast, won the Open 9 foot division for the first time. Eleanor Robertson won the Open Women’s division while other local winners included Chris Cain (Old Mal/Loggers), Greg Gover (Over 50’s) Nathan Mckenzie (Juniors) & Tim Leete (Mystery Final).

There was a strong local contingent & they all performed extremely well, “event organizer Grant Ryan said. “We had great waves & I don’t think we had one complaint or any problems all weekend. “The surfing was top shelf & it’s great to see everyone enjoy themselves.”

Former Australian champion Mike Pimm won the Over – 60’s, while Kingscliff surfer Dean Bevan won the  Over – 40’s after finishing second in the Open division.

Despite numbers being down this year, Ryan was thrilled with how the the competition turned out. ” We were down to 79 competitors this year & there was a couple of reasons for that, “he said. There was obviously the clash with the Aussie surf titles & that took some of the top seeds out. “We also didn’t run the event last year because of shark activity & there was some concern still over that. ” But after talking to everyonewe have no doubt that the numbers will be up again next year ” The Classic’s 20th year ”

A host of Local Sponsors put money into the event, while three Longboards were given away as prizes. Thanks go to all the sponsor on board in 2016.

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19^th Team MP Mobile Plumbing Lennox Longboard Classic 2016

Final Results

The weekend delivered some fantastic Long Board surfing with contestable 3-4ft consistent waves on both Saturday & Sunday.9 divisions were contested across a combination of Junior, Ladies and age divisions. All competitors enjoyed some great social activity coupled with competitive surfing.

Lennox Beach Resort/Lennox Hotel Open 9`Final   

1^st Ben O`Dwyer  2^nd Dean Bevan 3^rd Dan Croskery 4^th Peter Wickham

Team MP Mobile Plumbing Over 60`s

1^st Mike Pimm 2^nd David Stork 3^rd Ben Hutchings 4^th Steve Watts 5^th Wayne McCleary 6^thTerry Kay

Smaht Investments Over 50`s

1^st Greg Gover 2^nd Mick Jackson 3^rd Craig Jones 4^th Mick Getts  5^th Darin Nobbs                   6^th Steve Fosterling

Tony Barnett/Herron Todd White Over 40`s

1^st Dean Bevan 2^nd David Sullivan 3^rd Dan Croskery 4^th David Stork

Rip Curl Ballina Over 30`s

1^st Peter Wickham 2^nd Richard Stephens 3^rd Matt Durkin 4^th James Foster

Lennox Gelato & Coffee Co. Old Mal/ Loggers

1^st Chris Cain 2^nd Allan Croke 3^rd Matt Durkin 4^th Daffy Chisolm

Inner Beauty Open Ladies

1^st Eleanor Robertson 2^nd Ros Brown 3^rd Mel Mott 4^th Una Fahey

Lennox Surf/Stomp Surf wax Peter Edmonds Junior under 18yrs

1^st Nathan McKenzie 2^nd Reed Smith 3^rd Annabel Gover

Triple X Wetsuits Mystery Final

1^st Tim Leete 2^nd Jim Baker 3^rd Colin Small 4^th Tracey Nobbs. 5^th Mark Preston

Cheers In surfing Wayne Booth, Secretary, Lennox Longboarders Club

& Grant Ryan Event coordinator 2016