Merewether Mesmerises On Day 1 of Surfest Newcastle Pro pres. by Burton Automotive
MEREWETHER BEACH, Newcastle NSW /AUS (Monday, March 2, 2020) – Merewether Beach has come to life for the opening day of the 35th annual Newcastle Surfest Pro World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 5000 event. With some of the best waves seen in the events recent history, competitors in Men’s Round 1 gorged on […]
Champs crowned at Wandiyali ATSI Indigenous Classic at Surfest
THE NATION’S richest surfing competition for Indigenous surfers saw four new champs crowned at Merewether beach today as part of the 35th Surfest Newcastle Australia. Under a bright blue sky signalling the first day or autumn, the men’s open division was won by 17-year-old Finn Hill in right-handers up to 1.5 metres fanned by a […]
North Narrabeen Sports High scoop prize pool at Go Kindy High Schools Team Challenge
Merewether 28 February 2020 NORTH Narrabeen Sports High blitzed 20 other NSW schools to take home the boys and girls trophies for both the boys and girls divisions at the Go Kindy High Schools Team Challenge as part of the 35th Surfest at Merewether beach. The boys from North Narrabeen successfully defended the title they […]
Hugh Vaughan, Milli Allport and Chez Bos crowned champs at Sanbah Cadet Cup
(23 Feb, 2020: South Bar Beach: Newcastle, AUSTRALIA) AFTER a weekend of incredible performance surfing from the nation’s best and brightest young talent at Newcastle’s South Bar Beach, a trio of youngsters – two from New South Wales and one from Queensland – have added Sanbah Cadet Cups to their already burgeoning trophy cabinets. With […]
Hot Groms hit Newcastle for Sanbah Cadet Cup at Surfest
ALMOST 80 aspiring young male and female surfers will arrive in Newcastle on Friday night and very early Saturday morning for the Sanbah Cadet Cup set down for South Bar Beach this weekend as part of the 2020 Surfest Newcastle Australia. Fifty-five competitors are travelling to Newcastle from outside of Hunter local government areas. Those […]
Stage set for 2020 Lake Mac City Pro Junior as part of Newcastle Surfest
CAPTION: Xavier Huxtable AUS – Pic by Paul Danovaro COOLANGATTA, QLD/AUS (Monday, February 7, 2020) – Nearly 100 of Australia and Asia’s best junior surfers are set to hit Redhead Beach to contest the Lake Mac City Junior Pro at the 2020 Surfest this coming weekend. The two-day event will be the second of the […]
35th Surfest Newcastle Australia top seeds are Julian Wilson and Johanna Defay
6 February 2020 A WHOPPING field of 225 international surfers from 30 countries are seeking a start at the Surfest Newcastle Pro presented by Burton Automotive and the Doyle Partners Women’s Pro at Merewether beach as part of the 35th Surfest Newcastle Australia. Surfest organiser Warren Smith says the increased interest from international competitors in […]
North Avalon win the ORICA Teams Challenge at North Stockton beach
NORTH Avalon’s A team won “the battle of the norths” today and ended a seven-year drought at the ORICA Teams Challenge when it edged out North Steyne, North Shelley and North Narrabeen in today’s final held in challenging conditions at North Stockton beach. And in doing so, the North Avalon Surfing Association managed to go […]
Huge field of internationals for the 35th Surfest Newcastle Australia
30 January 2020 AN IMPRESSIVE 30 countries will be represented by a contingent of 182 international surfers at this year’s Surfest Newcastle Pro presented by Burton Automotive and at the Doyle Partners Women’s Pro at Merewether beach as part of the 2020 Surfest Newcastle Australia. And those numbers are likely to rise, as competitors in […]
Surfest’s Port Stephens Toyota Wildcard Trials won by Joel Vaughan and Tru Starling
Birubi Point, NSW – January 25th, 2020 PIC: Tru Starling (AUS) by Dave Turner Joel Vaughan from North Shelly on the Central Coast North and Narrabeen’s Tru Starling have both won wildcard spots into Surfest’s main events following today’s Port Stephens Toyota Wildcard Trials held at Birubi beach. Around 50 surfers contested 24 heats in […]
