2010 Nationals

Wow! How good were the Vic riders this year! Not only did we end up with a bunch of podium place getters, but we also took out the State Team Challenge Cup! On top of that one of our Junior Mens riders, Jordan Uren, was given the Mark Kenny Award. This is a perpetual award given each year to a wakeboarder who displays not only talent, but great sportsmanship so its fantastic that one of our own has been given this honour. Congratulations to Jordan from everyone at WBV!

Two of our riders were also named in the Australian team who will compete in Jakarta in the Asia Australian Oceanic Games in October of this year - congratulations to Lauren Bell & Jacob Hore.

Once again SA turned on a fantastic week of wakeboard weather for everyone. With temperatures of 30 deg plus each day, no wind & lots of calm, flat water, Renmark was a boarders paradise! Competition was fierce in all categories but the Vics were out in force this week with lots of our riders competing. Many parents and supporters made the trek over too so the support for the riders was fantastic. If you've all been following the Wakeboard Vic page on Facebook you'll already know that "we owned" the 10-14 girls section this year winning all podium spots (Chloe Mills 1st, Cyndall Petty 2nd, Jordan Mills 3rd). We also took the winning honours in the Junior Womens (Lauren Bell), Junior Mens (Jacob Hore) & Masters (Travis Osborne) sections as well as taking out 2nd and 3rd places in various categories. One of the best things was that we had 4 Victorian riders out of the 6 riders in the final of the Junior Mens - this is an outstanding effort, especially when two of them ended up on the podium! Victoria actually finished with 4 out of the top five riders in this category which is amazing! The full results can be seen on the events page.

We had a great night on the Friday night watching the "barefoot dads" have a crack - congratulations to Nigel & Paul for putting a show on for all of us. Special thanks to "Rubber" John Henson for all of his help & training with the Vic riders - they had a great time with you out on the water....and off it too!!

However, its not just winning that counts so congratulations to EVERYONE who competed during the competition. Whether you finished 1st, 10th or last, you all did Victoria proud with both your riding and your sportsmanship, so thank you all for a great effort.

Thanks to everyone who helped out over there too, whether it was on the docks, in the pick up boat, in the office, driving the boat, judging or rope doping - its great to see the Vics are always there to put their hands up to help make things run smoothly. Finally, thanks to our Pres, Nigel. He always puts in a huge effort to make sure everything runs well & I know how much all the riders love & appreciate what he does for them. Thanks to Aaron Bell for putting it into words after we won the State Team Cup & telling everyone what a great President we have.

Lastly, I want to thank Matt Newman from OnebyOne for all of his excellent help with the website updates over the season.

Well guys, thats the season over for another year. All we can do now is ride out the winter & look forward to next summer's wakeboarding. Keep an eye on the website for any updates and for those of you who are on Facebook, become a fan of Wakeboard Vic to stay on top of any developments too.

Stay safe everyone.

Sue



State Titles

The State Titles were held at Twin Lakes Mulwala this year & we had a great turn out once again. We had a warm sunny day for the event which began a bit later than normal due to a mix up with the bookings but despite this we managed to get through the day fairly quickly & still finished at around 5.30pm. Presentation was held at La Porchetta at the Ski Club with all riders being presented with their trophies during the evening. Congratulations to everyone who competed & to those who won their events.

For full results, go to the Events page.

Thanks once again to everyone who helped out on the day - we couldn't do it without you all. Special thanks to all of our sponsors for this season too - we couldn't operate without your continuing support and hope to have you all back on board for next season.

Round 5 was held at the National Water Sports Centre in Carrum on a day that was mostly overcast with a few showers here & there but with only a steady breeze it meant that the riders weren't struggling with choppy water for their rides. We had a fantastic turnout on the day with quite a few people turning up just to watch the proceedings plus we also had a few new faces joining our regular riders. Riding behind the massive Malibu Wakesetter VLX, Shae Courtney, Dane Mason & Dean Mitchell all rode for the first time in the Novice section with Shae taking out first place & Dane coming in second. Dean finished a very creditable fourth. Hopefully we'll see them back for our final round in a few weeks time!

We also had a couple of familiar faces back for the day with Travis "Ozzy" Osbourne & Troy Roker coming along & showing us their incredible bag of tricks. It was great to have them back again. We also saw some great riding from the other riders in all our divisions (full results are on the events page) including a great display from our very own Jacob Hore - title holder of the Junior Mens Pro Am held in NSW the other week. Congratulations to Jacob on a remarkable achievement.

Moomba is coming up in early March (5th to the 8th) & we'll update the website soon to let you know who's going to be riding there. Times for the wakeboarding are; Friday the 5th - 6.30pm-7.30pm, Sunday the 7th - 8.30am-9.45am & Monday the 8th - 10.15am-11.15am, but there's also plenty of good skiing & jumps action happening too. Click HERE for the full program of events.

Don't forget the State Titles are fast approaching. At this stage it looks like we'll run this on Saturday the 20th of March in conjunction with Round 6. Please get this form emailed to me asap. The Nationals will be held the following week in Renmark SA so don't forget to get your form filled in & sent off to register with Wakeboard Australia if you're planning to make the trek over. It will be great to have a big turnout of Victorian riders & supporters so if you have any questions email Nigel or Sue. The rego forms for both of these events are on the Forms page.

Thanks once again to everyone who helped out on comp day...you all know who you are!

See you all soon for the States.

Go Vics!!!


ROUND 5

Round 5 enrty forms are now up, we hope everyone has been having a fun and safe summer and hope to see you all at round 5 of the wakeboard Victoria Season. With all the practise riders have been getting throughout the season we hope this stop will be the most sucessful yet.


ROUND 4

Round 4 proved to be a bit of an extreme weather day for us. It started out sunny & hot but as can happen in Melbourne, it changed very quickly! Our smallest competitor, Charli Young, started her ride in the Under 9 girls section in near perfect conditions but by the end of her first pass, a howling wind came up & made the course very difficult for not only poor Charli, but all the riders who followed her! However in spite of this everyone made the most of their turn behind the massive Malibu Wakesetter VLX & managed to put in some solid riding.

We had some new riders on the day which was fantastic to see. We've already mentioned little Charli Young in the Under 9 Girls, but we also had Andrew Johnstone in the Novice section & Sean Haysom who competed in the Open Mens - great to have some new blood in the comps! We had quite a few of our regular riders still away on holidays but those who did come along put on a great show. All the results from the comp will be on the Events page.

As usual many thanks to everyone who helped out on the day - drivers, judges, rope dopes, guys on the dock, commentators on the mike, general helpers & of course our bbq cooks - fantastic work everyone! Your help is very much appreciated!

Round 5 is on February the 13th at Carrum. Please make sure you get your forms in early. I wont be there for this round so if you can send them through to Kylie Mills at millzi@bigpond.com.au that would be great.

See you all soon


Our next comp will be on the 16th of January at Carrum & the rego form is now available for download. We'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. Be safe on the roads everyone & we'll look forward to seeing you all in 2010 at our next comp.


ROUND 3 December 6th - Cancelled

Sadly we have had to cancel this weeks competition. It's very unfortunate & we've never had this happen in all the years I've been involved, but about 3/4's of our members are involved in a training camp or are off at schoolies leaving us with very little option but to cancel.

Our next comp is in mid January - forms will be available for download shortly.

Apologies once again.


ROUND 2

What a fantastic day we had at Carrum for this round! Sunny, warm weather made for a perfect day for both spectators & riders. Our thanks to Wakecraft Australia for providing us with the magnificent boat used in both the 1st and 2nd rounds this season. We had most of our regular riders competing as well as a new rider in the Veterans, Michael Kennett, who had a great run for his first pass, but managed to hurt his knee towards the end so unfortunately couldn't compete in the final. We also had a few of the "old" faces turn up to ride; Julian Mayor, Matt Galvin, Sam Aiken & Alannah Aiken. Great to see them back! It was also good to see some people there who simply came to watch the event, so we welcome them too.

As always, we had some fantastic riding performances on the day from all age groups. Congratulations to not only the winners, but also to everyone who rode, giving us spectators some great entertainment. Beginning the day with our youngest rider, Grace Sim, in the Under 9 Girls then onto the 10-14 Girls which was won for the second comp in a row by Jordan Mills, we moved through the various sections watching some great riding from the likes of Lachlan Sim, Matthew Johnson, Alannah Aiken & Sophie Hore. The Junior Mens section then put on a great show in a hotly contested competition which was ultimately won by Jordan Uren over Thorry Heaney in 2nd place with Julian Mayor taking 3rd spot. From there it was into the Open Mens where Jacob Hore once again showed off his talent to take out 1st place, with Sam Singleton in 2nd & our adopted Tasmanian, Marcus Bush, finishing in 3rd place.

Our bbq chefs were kept busy for most of the day turning out some amazing burgers - the McWake proved highly successful so well done to the Petty's for all of their efforts. Thanks also to all of our other helpers on the day – judges, boat drivers, dock marshal’s and anyone else who gave up their time to ensure the day ran so well, including Lisa Sim & Kylie Mills who took over the computer scoring when I had to leave early. Special thanks to Aaron Bell for his fantastic commentary on the day.


Finally, if anyone has some pics from the first two comps, please send them to me so we can load some of them up onto the website.

Don't forget, the next comp is on Sunday the 6th of December so remember to get the forms into me asap.

See you there.


ROUND 1

The first round has been run on a cloudy, windy day at Carrum. Surprisingly, in spite of the cool conditions, we had a good turn out with 24 riders coming along to the event & a few riders rocking up for the first time which was fantastic to see. We welcome them all to Wakeboard Victoria. Our novice section had 5 new riders in it this week – Mathew Johnson, Locky Burke, Murray Smith, Mitchell McDonough & Anna Bielen – while new rider, Michael Russo, rode in the Junior Mens section. Michael Stephens was another new face who competed in the Open Mens section. Hopefully, they enjoyed themselves & will be back for the next round on the 14th November, which is being held at Carrum once again.

It was good to see some of our regular riders from last season back again this year. Several of our Junior Men have made the leap into the Open Mens section while a few former Novice riders have moved up into the Junior Mens section. We’re still a little light on for the girls divisions so if you know of any young girls who love wakeboarding, try to encourage them to come along to the next comp!

Many thanks to all the helpers on the day – judges, boat drivers, dock marshal’s, bbq chefs and anyone else who gave up their time to ensure the day ran as smoothly as possible. Any help offered is always appreciated. Last but not least, thanks to all of the parents who drove from all over the state to bring their kids to the comp.

Finally, if we can all please make sure that the rego forms for round 2 are emailed to me before the comp it will make things run more smoothly.

All the results can be found on the results page of the website.

See you all next time



2009/2010 WAKEBOARD VICTORIA SEASON.

Well here we are, back again for another big season of wakeboarding. Hope you all enjoyed the off season and managed to get through those cold winter months ok. Our first round kicks off at Carrum on the 17th of October this year so its a nice early start to the season. Please note that the starting times at Carrum are a bit later for most of the comps so check the rego forms for the correct times on the day.

Make sure you keep checking the website for event updates throughout the season, photos & results from the all of the comps. All the updated forms for the new season will be here as well.

Don't forget to pre register for each comp. The forms are in Microsoft WORD so you can actually fill in the forms on your computer, save it as a document & then email it to Sue as an attachment. If you need any help with registrations contact her & she should be able to help you out. All registrations must be made by the Thursday prior to the round, & payments can be made via Visa, Master Card, or Bank Card. Details of this are on the Rego Forms. Registrations are still available on the day but will incur a $15 penalty.

We look forward to seeing everyone back again for the new season.

 




 


 

 


 

 


 


 

 


 


 




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