ASRL SA Season 2008-09

State Titles 2008/9 Results
 The 2008/9 Senior State Titles were run at Moana, in what started as ideal conditions.   Unfortunately winds picked up during the day, resulting in extremely choppy surf for the finals.   It didn't stop some keen and close racing  however.

The medallists in each division were as follows:

	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Open Mens	South Port "Snappers"	South Port "Boomerangs"	Somerton
Open Womens	South Port	Henley "Pirates"	Moana "Sweet Treats"
Reserve Mens	South Port	Pt Elliot	Aldinga
U23 Mens	Grange	Glenelg	South Port
U23 Womens	Glenelg "GBs"	Glenelg "New GBs"	Moana
U19s	Henley "Killers"	Henley "Colts"	Grange "Bock"

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Masters States were run at Pt Elliot, and like Seniors, the day started off with great conditions before a strong southerly change came in and made conditions very challenging for the finals.   Congratulations to the following medal winning crews:

		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mens
120s		Pt Elliot	Somerton	Grange
140s		Semaphore	Somerton	Glenelg
160s		Somerton	Pt Elliot	Aldinga
180		Grange	Brighton	Henley
200s		Semaphore	Pt Elliot	Brighton
220s		South Port	Glenelg	Aldinga
Womens
120s		Henley	Glenelg
140s		Brighton	Grange	Aldinga
160s		Henley	Moana	South Port
180s		Somerton	Seacliff

Brighton Short Course
There was just one word to describe the Coopers Brighton Short Course - HOT !     Run in conjunction with the Brighton Jetty Classic, the extreme heat didn't stop crews putting in their all, with some close racing and some great performances on the day.    Results were:

Open Men's: Grange Gropers, North Haven, Grange Poseidons
Open Women's: Grange Geckos, Glenelg Honey Bunnys, Moana Sweet Treats
U23 Men's: Glenelg, Somerton, North Haven
U23 Women's: Glenelg Honey Bunnys, Moana
U19’s: Grange A, Grange B, Seacliff Skull-Duggery
Master Men’s: Brighton, Semaphore, South Port Phantoms
Master Women’s: Seacliff Oaring 40s, Glenelg, Seacliff Screamers

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2009 Navy/ASRL National Surfboat Premiership
The inaugural Navy series was a great success, with 35 crews competing over four rounds across 6 divisions – Open Men, Reserve Men, Open Women, U23 Men, U23 Women & U19s in South Australia. On results of the four round series, the crews to represent the state at the NAVY Australian Surf Boat Open Interstate Challenge are:

Open Men's: South Port Snappers
Open Women's: South Port Shooters
Reserves: South Port Boomerangs
Under 23 Men's: Grange
Under 23 Women's: Glenelg
Under 19's: Henley

	Round One	7th December 08	South Port	results	photos
	Round Two	10th January 09	South Port
	Round Three	11th January 09	Moana
	Round Four	18th January 09	Moana or Middleton		photos

More details about the series...

Port Augusta Grand Prix Series
In 2008/2009 five rounds of Surf Boat racing will decide the City of Port Augusta Grand Prix Series.As usual the season kicks off with the first round in Pt Augusta, followed by rounds on Adelaide's south coast.

Please note: with the cancellation of the Navy Series event on the 14th December, the remainderof the series has been rescheduled as follows:

	Round One	8th November 08	Port Augusta	results	photos
	Round Two	16th November 09	Pt Noarlunga	results
	Round Three	30th November 09	Aldinga	results	photos
	Round Four	15th February 09	South Port
	Round Five	1st March 09	Moana

Pt Augusta 2008 - GP Series Round 1

Another great weekend was had by 37 crews and their supporters who made the trek to Port Augusta for the launch of the 14th year of the CITY OF PORT AUGUSTA Grand Prix Series.  There was some great and more than close racing, particularly in both of the Open Men's and Women's finals.  Results were:

Open Men's: South Port Snappers, North Haven, Glenelg.
Open Women's: South Port Shooters, Moana Sweet Treats, Henley.
Reserves: Grange, Aldinga, Brighton.
U23 Men's: Grange, Glenelg, Semaphore.
U23 Women's: Glenelg.
U19's: Grange.
Master's 180 Men's: Moana, Brighton, Semaphore.
Master's 160 Women's: South Port Seychelles, Seacliff, Aldinga.
Master's 140 Women's: Henley.

Check out George's Photos of all the action

 

Grange Blitzes in Biarritz
South Aussie boatie crews are up there with the worlds best!  Three Grange crews competed in Biarritz in September 2008, in the European Surf Rowers Federation Open and Ocean Thunder Europe. With a nasty shore break and big powerful dumpers, a number of crew were out of action early, with boats nose diving on the sand as they came in.

Grange's Open Women's crew, the Geckos, won their way through to the final, battling their way through not only the 3 foot choppy waves, but the 6 foot tall (and 4 foot across the shoulders) girls from Wellington NZ, a crew of expat Aussies living OS and 4 Olympic rowers just back from Beijing.  The Grange girls did a fantastic job, winning the gold medal by about 8 boat lengths!     To add to the glory, Grange's masters crew also made the final and got the silver medal.

A big storm on the Saturday forced the second days racing to be cancelled but we they participated in a demo event for the 15 TV cameras that were there covering the event, which will be screened in November.

Check out the Geckos Photo Gallery

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