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 guaranteed a start in the World Surf League’s Junior Qualifying 1000 boys and girls events at the same beach next February. Sixteen boys from Leggy Point, Redhead, Dudley, Frenchman’s and […]
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 Phoebe Molony – Newcastle Herald Friendships Kirsten Ansell’s 11-year-old daughter has struck up with women pro surfers during Newcastle’s Surfest have given the New Lambton resident an idea she is […]
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 world surfing champion and the inaugural winner of the Surfest Women’s Pro in 1985, Wendy Botha at a special function for crowdfunders at Newcastle City Hall on Wednesday 13 November […]
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 the guest speaker at an event this week that celebrates five years of crowdfunding and 35 years of a world-class sporting event in our region. About 200 people representing 97 […]
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 Women’s Pro. Surfest 2020 marks 35 years of the iconic Newcastle sporting event and the 5th year that the region’s business community has crowd funded to enable the women’s event […]
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 available here … Jack McCoy Talk Story
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, World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 event in excellent waves at Merewether Beach. The two had to battle through a huge field of surfers from all over the […]
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 Merewether for Day 6 of the 2019 Newcastle Surfest to set up the Final Day of competition at the Burton Automotive Pro and Holmes Civil Developments Pro. There were some […]
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 Mark Hughes Foundation at Dixon Park beach as part of 2019 Surfest. The corporate tag-team style surfing event saw 16 local businesses consisting of four surfers per team ride the […]
Stage Set For Huge Weekend of Surf Action at Newcastle Surfest
Pictured: Reigning Surfest Winner Coco Ho (HAW) Credit: © WSL / Tom Bennett Merewether, NSW /AUS (Friday, March 15, 2019) – The stage has been set for an epic weekend of action at the 2019 Newcastle Surfest with another huge day of competition being run for the Holmes Civil Projects Pro and Burton Automotive Pro. […]
