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.
