Matariki Contest

Yep
its Getting close
This year its on sat june the 25
or if too bad conditions the 26th
Meet OV rocks !

This is our big annual Get together Winter Comp!

Competition #2 (Canceled)

Ok apparently this has been called off for now, due to swell forecast. We will get something up soon about when this is going to be run.

Competition #2 (Updated)

To be run Saturday 19th March 2011

Meet at the top carpark at Brighton at 8am

Comp will be mobile however we aim to have first heats in the water at 8:30am

Beach Cleanup for SEAWEEK

BRIGHTON BEACH CLEANUP

Sunday March 6th 10am - All welcome to come along and help out.
A group from Big Rock Boardriders will work their way along the coast towards Taieri Mouth to pick up rubbish in the car lay-bys where the freedom campers frequent.
Please meet at 10am by the Skip

A DCC contractor will deliver two really big wheelie bins to the Brighton Beach carpark at about 9am on Sunday March 6. Collected rubbish can go in the bins, or if there is a lot, it can be stacked within a 2 meter radius of the bins. This will all be taken away by the contractor at or after 1pm the same day. While we still have a central collection point at Hancock Park, St Kilda, rubbish will be going straight into a skip without sorting and weighing as the dirty rubbish cannot be recycled.

Competition #2

To be run Saturday 12th March 2011

Meet at the top carpark at Brighton at 8am

Comp will be mobile however we aim to have first heats in the water at 8:30am

2011 Season - Surf Comp #1

Jimi got it together for another relaxed comp for the Brighton Surf Club, Big Rock Boardriders, held it on the second day of the Brighton Gala day where their main event was held on the Brighton Domain. So to keep out of the way of the hundreds of carparking visitors and foot traffic we held the event at the horse carpark at Ocean View.
Below: from the comp spot looking down the coast to the Brighton Domain adorned with ferris Wheel and Gala Day presence.

Above, the Gala Day and Domain from near the top of Big Rock. Below Sam Taylor, below that Matt with one of his his trademark floaters.

Above Jimi and Andy, below, Judges lineup and spectators on the dunes, and Hayley

Above Jay tucks in, below Hayley modeling one of our XXL HOTLINE rashies

RESULTS
1st - Jimi Crooks
2nd - Andy Sutherland
3rd - Hayley Coakes
4th - Matt Aberdein

Tom Bodysurfing in between (also perhaps during) heats.
Sorry I didn't put up photos of everyone surfing, I missed on getting a few of you, I was just into relaxing for the arvo, even managed to get sunburnt again.

Competition #2

Our first comp of the year was successfully run 'out front of bens place' in nice 1-2 foot waves, with Jimi Crooks making a speedy recovery from a dislocated shoulder two weeks ago, to take out the honors, with some solid turns on some slightly less solid waves, followed by Andy Sutherland in second, Hayley Coakes in third and Matt Aberdein in forth.

We are going to carry on the roll and let you all know about our second comp well in advance:

We are planning to hold it 5th of March 2011, but keep an eye on the blog for full details, as always will depend on swell forecast for the weekend.
There is likely to be a BBQ following the comp.

Competition

To be run Saturday 29th January 2011
Meet at the top carpark at Brighton at 8am
Comp will be mobile however we aim to have first heats in the water at 8:30am

Meeting Saturday 7pm Brighton Flat

Sorry for late notice, there will be a meeting this Saturday the 28/8/10 at 7pm at the blue flat 848 Brighton Rd

Matariki Comp

Saturday 26th June 2010

Meet at OV at 9am
Don't park anywhere you shouldn't!

Divisions dependent on who turns up and conditions.
Possibility of Open, Mal, Grom & Ugly

Contest mobile in Brighton area.

Taieri Herald - 8th June 2010

Big Rock Boardriders - ladder 4

22nd May 2010, Big Rock Boardriders held their last ladder comp of the year. After a bit of wave scouting we settled on surfing the 2nd peak down at Blackhead. Thanks to HOTLINE wetsuits who came through with two sets of rashies. heaps of fun for the morning till it all wound up at half past twelve.

• Above: are the four placed competitors:

1. Jimi Crooks
2. Jono Pascoe
3. Andy Sutherland
4. Ben Bennett

Below Hayley drops in on Kim in the first heat.

Above Ben tucks into the green room and pops back out for a 7 point ride. Below: Jimi finding his own room to slip into.

Above: Andy, all style. Didn't have any more time to sort some more pics out from yesterday.

Ladder Comp #4

It's looking good for this weekend soooo...

Meet Top Carpark Brighton Domain, 8:30am,

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Ladder Beach Venue will be decided on the day depending on surf and weather conditions.

AGM Minutes 15/5/10

In Attendance:
Glen, Robb, Chris, Jimi, Matt, Nath, Andy, Hails, Nic, Jono

Matters:

Voting in of new committee
Pres Andy Sutherland
Comp Organiser Jimi Crooks
Treasurer Chris Lamb
Secretary Jono Pascoe
Environmental Officer Nic Reeves
Fun Captain Nath Lungley

Competitions
On completion of this seasons competitions, we will aim to reduce the number of competitions and focus on doing maybe 3 or 4 really well, Jimi to set dates, with the following tentatively booked in:
Matariki Comp 26 June 2010
Spring Bling 4 September 2010
Winner Takes All (second weekend in January) $10 entry fee per category with winner taking the prize pot.

Also noted was next weeks pre Kaikoura comp which is to be held Saturday 22/5/2010 at 8:30am. But confirmation will be posted on the blog/ facebook on Weds/ Thurs.

Fees
Are now well overdue, a request is made that these be paid by this weekend.
Grommets $5
Adults $10
Family $20

Clothing Order
It was requested that a new clothing order be made.
Approx. numbers for Hoodies and T-shirts were 5 of each, if you would like to order one, please let us know by comment below or order to bigrockboardriders@gmail.com

Big Rock Correspondence
It was agreed the method of correspondence needed to be improved, as most members have facebook, it was agreed Nic would set up a facebook page for the club, whereby members could join and be informed of club competitions, meeting etc.

Club Fund raising
The idea of club fund raising was mooted, after much discussion the following was agreed:

The aim of the fund raising would be to cover the cost of buying/ restoring surfboards to supply young surfers and possibly some gear to get them into surfing.
Any fund raising would also go towards covering the costs of team members entry to SISA competitions, this would probably be dependent on those members participating in the fund raising efforts.

The two options for fund raising agreed on were:
Sausage Sizzles to be organised by Andy
An art raffle to be organised by Nic and Andy, tickets to be sold by all members.

Big Rock Mission Statement
It was agreed the club needed a mission statement, in order to provide some direction for the club. Possible ideas were agreed as follows:
To promote surfing in the Brighton area
To provide a safe environment for young surfers
To promote environmental sensitivity and encourage respect of our surfing environment

This is to be refined and further ideas are encourage, please either post as a comment, email to us bigrockboardriders@gmail.com or bring it along to the next meeting.

Big Rock Slogan
We will be running a competition to come up with a slogan for the club, whoever comes up with the best slogan wins free membership for a year. Something short and effective. Entries close at the next meeting.

Judging Training
At some stage in the future there will be judging training, whereby we will watch some footage on TV, while everyone scores the waves surfed. With everyone being shown what some turns should be scored, hopefully to encourage an even playing field of judges.

Meeting Closed 8:30pm

It was agreed the next meeting will be held on 12 June 2010 at the blue flat

AGM Meeting Saturday

Extraordinary AGM Meeting
At The OV Pad
848 Brighton Rd
7Pm