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.
