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PICTURE: Julian Wilson (AUS) Pic by Paul Danovaro Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Competition continued today at the 35th annual Surfest Newcastle Pro and Doyle Partners…

Women Shine on Opening Day of Doyle Partners Women’s Pro at Surfest Newcastle
PIC: Current No.2 on WSLQS leaderboard Sarah BAUM (ZAF) – Credit: Paul Danovaro MEREWETHER BEACH, Newcastle NSW /AUS (Tuesday, March 3, 2020) – Competition has…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Teenager Dom Thomas wins wild card into Lake Mac City Pro Junior
14 December 2019 THE LAKE MAC CITY Pro Junior trials saw a coveted wild card up for grabs at Redhead beach today, with the winners…

Host-A-Surfer women pro surfer home-stay program to launch at Surfest 2020
Surfer and Host-A-Surfer Ambassador Philippa Anderson and surfer Pacha Light, founder Kirsten Ansell, daughter Zara and Pip Donnelly. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers November 19, 2019 By…

Doyle Partners win Surfest Women’s Pro naming rights
Doyle Partners Chartered Accountants has been named the naming rights sponsor of the 2020 Surfest Women’s Pro. The local accounting firm was drawn by four-time…

Hunter community unites for 5th time
2020 Surfest Women’s Pro naming right partner to be announced Four-time world surfing champion and the inaugural Surfest Women’s Pro winner, Wendy Botha will be…

Surfest Women’s crowdfunding opportunities
FINAL CALL FOR SURFEST WOMENS CROWD FUNDERS The final 17 positions are available to local businesses and individuals to be part of the 2020 Surfest…

Jack McCoy and guests take to the stage at Wests for Talk Story
Jack McCoy will perform his Talk Story on Friday 28th June, 2019 in the Starlight Room at Wests, New Lambton with guest Mark Occhilupo. Tickets…

Sally Fitzgibbons and Alex Ribeiro Win 34th Annual Newcastle Surfest QS 6000
Merewether, NSW / AUS (Sunday, March 17, 2019) – Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) and Alex Ribiero (BRA) have claimed victory at the 34th annual Newcastle Surfest,…

Wild Conditions Batter Newcastle Surfest On Day 6 of Competition
Picture: Isabella Nichols (AUS) Credit: © WSL / Tom Bennett Merewether, NSW /AUS (Saturday, March 16, 2019) – Surfers have battled rain and wind at…

Evolution Charity Cup hits $100k fundraising target at 2019 Surfest
IMAGE: Lake Mac City Council winning team with Tom Carroll PIC: Gary Luke Photography EVOLUTION Advisers Charity Cup has raised a whopping $100k for the…