Blatchford claims Australian Title

The Australian Open Waveski Surfing Championships is the biggest contest for Waveski Surfing Australia. Held at Turners Beach, Yamba, New South Wales over an exciting week of competition between Australia’s best waveski surfers.

The event saw 80 entrants contest 10 divisions covering multiple Age and Qualifications categories. Waveski Surfing Australia receives great support from the Clarence Valley Council in order to hold the event over 6 days window.

Cronulla’s Stephen Blatchford strung together some impressive heat totals to move into the Grand Masters final where he eclipsed the field to bring home a National Title.

The Australian Open is recognised by the World Waveski Surfing Association as one of only 5 sanctioned international events each year. Professional judges, priority surfing, with man-on-man rounds ultimately determining the Open Men and Open Women winners.

Results in both Open divisions contribute towards rankings for the next World Waveski Championships in Peru, South America.

Full Results:

Open
1st – Brett Cronin
2nd – Michael Feenan
3rd – Tony Cherry
4th – Darren McIntrye
5th – Darren Bason
6th – Darren Kearns
7th – Tim Keirle
8th – Cisco Nascimento

Open Women’s
1st – Jackie Dillon
2nd – Milly Heycott
3rd – Heather Seaton

Champions
1st – Graham Roberts
2nd – Garry Ross
3rd – Andrew Daff
4th – Bill Gray

Grand Legends
1st – Jeff Gray
2nd – Chris Cook
3rd – Jackie Dillon

Legends
1st – Cisco Nascimento
2nd – Steve Sargent
3rd – Brian Spicer
4th – Russell Hudson
5th – Milly Heycott

Grand Masters
1st – Steve Blatchford
2nd – Brett Cronin
3rd – Tony Cherry
4th – Darren Bason

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