TONIC Autumn 2014 Issue - 50th Anniversary Autumn 2014 | Seite 26

TONIC | news “The QCC series will now be made up of the best three of three results from the remaining three events” 2014 Chiko Queensland Championship Circuit With the second stop out of the four-event series looming, the 2014 Chiko Queensland Championship Circuit has been anticipated to be the most thrilling series yet. This year, the first stop of the series, the Chiko MP Classic, was upgraded to an ASP 1* Star, however a late change was made to the series to provide an unhindered pathway to Queensland athletes competing for a Queensland Title. The MP Classic was then separated from the series, heating up the race for QCC points. The QCC series will now be made up of the best three of three results from the remaining three events - the Chiko Alley Classic, Chiko Sunshine Coast Pro and Chiko Burleigh Classic. The race for the State’s open men’s title recommences on April 26th-27th at the infamous prestigious point break, Currumbin Alley for the 18th anniversary of the Chiko Alley Classic. Throughout the remainder of the series, competitors ‘best three of three results’ see’s the top two athletes will once again get the chance to compete against the world’s best surfers at the 2015 Quiksilver Pro Trials, Snapper Rocks. Last year we saw Coolangatta’s Mitch Crews, who has now qualified and will be competing in the 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP World Tour, take home 1st place of the Alley Classic, leaving big boots to fill for competitors in 2014. The series will then head north to the Sunshine Coast and culminated shortly after at the natural amphitheatre that is Burleigh Heads for the Chiko Burleigh Classic. Photos: Ben Whitmore 26 – autumn IssuE surfingqueensland.com.au