Tonic - Autumn 2015 | Page 17

TONIC | NEWS HIF AGNES WATER SURFING FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY BRADNAM’S WINDOWS & DOORS IN 2015 THE ANNUAL AGNES WATER SURF WAS BOLSTERED TO A THREE DAY SURFING FESTIVAL THAT SAW SOME OF THE BEST SURFING EVER ENCOUNTERED ON THE DISCOVERY COAST. First out in the water on finals day was the micro Under 10 boys and girls divisions who all displayed ability above their years. In the end it was Kodi Dellit (Coolum, QLD) and Georgie Stephenson (Bundaberg, QLD) finishing first in their respective division. With the favourable low tide continuing to drop through the morning, conditions improved in time for the Under 18 Boys final where Gold Coast’s Max Kearney (Tugun, QLD) continued on from yesterdays stellar performance and finished first over Riley Struckett (Buddina, QLD), Alex Blake (Perrearra, QLD) and Joshua Close (Yeppoon, QLD) respectively. Kearney than went on to compete in the Open Men’s final however was defeated by the in form Kirra Green (Point Cartwright, QLD) who beat not only Max Kearney, Matthew Benson (Yeppoon, QLD) and Wayne Garland (Bargara, QLD) respectively but also Kearney’s highest single wave score and heat total for the event posted yesterday by Kearney. Green scored a near perfect heat posting a 9.63 and a 9.40 for a total of 19.03 (Out of a possible 20). All the action didn’t stop there for the Green family with Kirra’s dad also finishing first place in the Over 40 Men’s shortboard division and Kirra’s younger brother Jacki finishing third in the Under 12 Boys division. In the Over 35 men’s Longboard division, Agnes Water local Paul ‘Whitey’ White emerged victorious over fellow finalists Paul Stumer (Innes Oark, QLD), Ian Groszmann (Bundaberg, QLD) and Peter Farlow (Innes Park, QLD) respectively proving that local knowledge plays a favourable factor in competition. For a full list of resuts from the 2015 HIF Agnes Water Surfing Festiv