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 […]
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. […]
Big Names Stumble At Burton Automotive Pro
IMAGE: Merewether’s Jackson Baker’s best WSL QS result to move into round of 24 in Burton Automotive Pro. PIC: Paul Danovaro Merewether, NSW /AUS (Thursday, March 14, 2019) – Day 4 of competition at Newcastle Surfest’s Burton Automotive Pro QS6,000 has seen some of surfing’s biggest names dip out of contention as a pack of […]
Julian Wilson Leads The Pack On Day 3 Of Newcastle Surfest
IMAGE: Current World No.2 Julian Wilson was a standout on Day 3 of the Burton Automotive WSL QS6,000 as part of Newcastle Surfest. PIC: Gary Luke Photographics Merewether, NSW /AUS (Wednesday, March 13, 2019) – After a few testing days of small waves at Dixon Park, 2019 Newcastle Surfest has moved back to its primary […]
Local businesses support 2019 Surfest Women’s Pro
IMAGE: Surfer Philippa Anderson by Martin Sully Design For the fourth year in a row the Surfest Women’s Pro has remained a special priority for Newcastle businesses. On Monday, Surfest held a cocktail function at Merewether Surfhouse which saw more than 200 guests celebrate the 84 local businesses that took part in this year’s crowdfunding […]
Holmes Civil Developments Pro Celebrates New Surfest Women’s Trophy
Pictured: Philippa Anderson with artist Julie Squires and four-time World Surfing Champion Mark Richards. Credit: © WSL / Tom Bennett The Women’s QS6,000 as part of Newcastle Surfest is one of the most unique in the world with the entire event being crowdfunded by local Newcastle businesses. Each year, every business that donates goes into […]
