Bundaberg QLD arriving at Lennox Head to surf & compete in over 9 age divisions both male, female & mixed. The

contest site was Lennox Main Beach in front of the Lennox Point Hotel, the venue for the last 10 years.

conducted in the afternoon. Saturday’s surfing was in a metre swell with predominate SW offshore winds, cloudy

skies with patches of sun, but no rain.

On Saturday night the events festivities started at the Lennox Point Hotel at 7pm with the Coopers Ale promotion &

‘competitors draw’ with a great range of giveaways/products from some of the various event sponsors. Two

longboards were given away to competitors, one a Catapult Surf Tools longboard which went to Craig Jones from Old Bar NSW and the Astro Surfboards(Gary Burden) longboard won by Kym Presgrave from the Sunshine Coast QLD. The night was greatly enjoyed by all with the surf music provided by Mal & the Longboarders.

midday. Magic longboarding metre plus waves. Sunday was semi-finals & finals day bringing on & delivering great

to mark down as a milestone, & special one, in the Classic’s history.

The stand out surfing was in the Old MAL semi-final, surfing from Jackson Close (Burleigh, QLD) & Justin Healey

(Caloundra, QLD) with fluent style nose rides, really showing how to handle these pre 67 boards. Also a very high

standard of longboarding was set in the Junior final with Bryce Young, the eventual winner of the this division, showing the power, soul & flow of a seasoned surfer. Jackson Close winning the highly competitive & talented Open 9 foot division also showed amazing control.

In the Over 50’s division local Lennox and Byron long time surfer John Giles won over a very talented field. Glen

Cunningham from Bundaberg, QLD won the double with the Over 30’s & Over 40’s showing a powerful flowing style. In the Ladies, Kirsty Webster (Tweed, NSW) was the standout winning the Ladies Open & Over 35’s Ladies trophies. At the Presentation, the fantastic holiday to Samoa for 7 days was won by Kym Presgrave (Sunshine Coast, QLD) making it a triple with also winning a competitors board on Saturday night & the Over 55’s division.

A huge thanks to the event sponsors both old & new who contributed to the success of this event. For this year’s

Classic 2007 we welcomed new sponsors such as Rip Curl Australia, Virgin Blue Airlines, Coopers Pale Ale, Northern Star Media group, Lizzard Surf Australia, Catapult Surf Tools, 4 Wayfinsystems, and Atomic Surf Wax.

Previous supporters that again came on board this year included Sa’Moana Resort Samoa, Lennox Point Hotel,

Surfaids Byron, Hogs Breath Café Byron, Australian Longboarding Magazine, Island Style Designs, Dirty Dog

Eyewear, Triple X Aquatic Wear, Maddog Surf Ballina, Fluid Foils/Ed Sinnott Surfboards, Headland Beach Resort

Lennox Head, Tursa Employment & Training, J & J Southon Sound & Electronics, Spiderweb Surf Wax, Okanui as

well as many other local businesses that come together to enable the success of a event like this.

We also thank the Lennox Head Rural Fire Services, for catering for the event, who have been with us now for 8

years, the Lennox Surf Lifesaving Club for the safety aspect of the event & finally to the Lennox Longboarders Inc club members for running the event. Thanks to you all

Regards

Wayne Booth,

President Lennox Longboarders & Classic 2007 Co-ordinator.

1. Jake Ryan (Lennox).

2. Callum Gover (Lennox)

3. Ben Harper (Byron)

Mystery Event Final- Fluid Foils, Ed Sinnott Surfboards.

1. Peter Regan (Lennox).

2. Craig Jones (Saltwater)

3. Tracy Nobbs (Lennox)

4. Scott Beaumont (Lennox)

5. Neil Edmonds (Lennox)

6. Liz Peterson (Lennox).

Juniors U/18- Hogs Breath Café Byron, Lizzard Surf Australia.

1. Bryce Young (Angourie).

2. Mitch Surman (Buderim)

3. Joshua Cooper (Alexandra Headland)

4. Dean Krestenson (Woolgoolga)

5. Nick Jorgenson (Alexander Headland)

6. Tim Compton (Byron)

Open 9’- Ripcurl Australia

1. Jackson Close (Burleigh).

2. Justin Healey (Caloundra)

3. Josh Cooper (Alexandra Headland)

4. Joshua Munro (Byron)

Over 30’s- Sa’Moana Resort, Samoa.

1. Glen Cunningham (Bundaberg).

2. Scott Seymour (Lennox)

3. Anthony Wheatland (Burleigh)

4. Tim Hussey (Lennox)

Over 40’s- Virgin Blue, Dirty Dog Eyewear.

1. Glen Cunningham (Bundaberg).

2. Gary Burden (Suffolk Park)

3. Harry Hatful (Alexandra Headland)

4. Scott Seymour (Lennox)

5. Greg Gover (Lennox)

6. Darren Nobbs (Lennox)

Over 50’s- Lennox Point Hotel, Coopers Ale

1. John Giles (Byron).

2. Eric Walker (Ballina)

3. Peter Hall (Byron)

4. Steve Crisp (Byron)

5. Phil Roxburgh (Evans)

6. Storm Carter (Gold Coast)

Over 55’s- ALB Magazine, Triple X Aquatic Wear.

1. Kym Presgrave (Alexandra Headland).

2. Stephen Serio (Byron)

3. Dennis Lowe (Burleigh)

4. Harry Hann (Evans)

5. Jim Baker (Lennox)

6. Jim Devlin (Second Wind, Federal)

Old Mal- Surfaids Byron, Chair in the Air.

1. Mark Sharp (Gold Coast).

2. Jackson Close (Burleigh)

3. Justin Healey (Caloundra)

4. Mike Pimm (Burleigh)

Ladies- Catapult Surf, Maddog Surf Ballina.

1. Kirsty Webster (Tweed).

2. Annie Watts (Lennox)

3. Jenny Steen (Tweed)

4. Kara Nobbs (Lennox)

5. Carol Stevenson (Lennox)

6. Eleanor McCready (Lennox)

Highest Placed Ladies Over 35’s- Headland Beach Resort, Lennox Head.

Kirsty Webster (Tweed)

Highest Placed Ladies Junior Award-Tiger Wax Combs

Kara Nobbs (Lennox)

Highest Placed Over 6O’s Award- Astro Surfboards,

Dennis Lowe (Burleigh)

Nose Rider Award 2007- Fluid Foils/Ed Sinnott Surfboards.