Good luck to the three teams going to Sydney this weekend to compete against the Sydney club.

The Three teams are: Head Case, Hammer Time and Fat Cat.

The weather conditions look very testing this weekend as 20knot winds are forecast with a 2.5m swell. There will be a surf X on the Saturday and Long Haul on the Sunday at Cronulla Beach.

Results will be posted after the weekend.

Placings for round 4 of the QLD Champs:-

1st FAT CAT

2nd DUCKS NUTS

3RD HAMMER TIME

3RD {equil] RAMPAGE

5th H2GO RACING

6TH HEAD CASE

B GRADE

1ST ORANGE CEASAR {ROCK STAR}

2ND RED ROCKET

3RD CATAPULT

4TH ORANGE THUNDERCAT

What a great sunny hot day on the beach. Racing was fast with the conditions almost being perfect. The waves began to double up alot when the tide ran out which tested driver ability to the max. There was a few flips and some damage done due to throttle happy drivers. The last round of the QLD Champs is at Redcliffe, this is a long haul with the offshore power boats. Presintations will be done on the day. Good luck to all crews. The last round can all the difference in points. To check the points out click on the Racing results button.

Big thanks goes to Sonic for being RD and BBQ, to the score girls Hanna and Kirra, Tony Fanning for toweing the gear trailer up and down the beach,  helper on the beach Tyson and Ryan. Thanks......

Round 4 Qld Titles:-

This Sunday the 2nd Aug.

Racing starts at 9:30 at Philip Park opposite Seaworld on the surf side.

Event:- Surf X

Some of the B graders last day at being B grade and are move up to the A grade class. Good to see new racers are being hooked into a fantastic adrenalin sport.

Low Tide at mid day and little swell around so this event will be happening.

Bring the sun cream because it looks to be a hot one on the beach this weekend.

See you on the beach. If you want more info on or racing email Chris ...

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The winners of this years QLD Titles will be awarded these

trophies.   Who wants it the most...............Good Luck.............

Only 2 more rounds to go.

Meeting concluded at 7.30pm

Next Meeting:  TBC.

NEXT RACE QLD CHAMPS

WHEN:- 12TH JULY 2009

TIME:- FIRST RACE STARTS AT 9:-30AM

WHERE:- PHILIP PARK AT THE SPIT, FOLLOW THE SIGNS...

EVENT:- ROUND 4 QLD SURF X EVENT

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN SHIFTED FORM THE 5TH OF JULY BECAUSE OF A MARATHON EVENT AT SOUTHPORT.

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Trans Tasman Challenge News 2009

WOW.... What a great event on the 6th 7th 8th of June. The Trans Tasman Challenge was a complete success with 24 competitive boats competing for their nation. The weather turned for the better the day before the event started,with 5 knots of off shore wind and blue skys. We had some really low tides to work to our favour as there was bad beach errosion. Running starts and beach finishes were eliminated because of the beach condition. On the Saturday the waves were rolling through a 3ft face wave which was dumping on top of the shallow bank which made boats hesitate when heading out through the break. The 'M' can was in place and made it possible to win or lose a race with these extra turns. The commintator was having a field day as the racing was really close and boats were overtaking each other on just about on every corner. Black Pepper boat from NZ won the flipper award on the Saturday for flipping 3 times in one day. 

The Sunday surf X was even faster racing with the swell dropping with the tide but tricky conditions around 'A' and 'D' can where the rips were, it was really choppy and hard to judge. Boats still managed to roll over with the flipper award going to Head Case from the Aussie team flipping around 'E' can by himself, then hoping on top of his boat claiming his flip. There was lots of cheers from both teams on the beach when there side were victorious in each race. Great atmosphere on the beach. The presintations were held back at the Southport SLSC and also Fishermans Wharf Tavern throughout the weekend.

The Monday was the long haul with 24 boat lined up ready to race at once. This was a thrilling event with no prop guards on and the conditions were almost perfect. The flag droped and 24 boats headed for the first turn can. This was alot of fun. We had a helicopter flying around the boats taking video footage and photos of the boats in full flight. The Aussies came in first and second place in the long haul.

This was the biggest event that Thundercats has seen for some time in Australia and will now be a annuall event. Both teams are really happy with the rules and regulations and the sport will continue to grow. This has been some of the best racing i have ever seen and been involved and is great to see the Aussie team do so well.  

To view and purchase some photos of the weekend click here. More photos will be added shortly in the gallery.

A big THANKYOU goes to:-

Aussie team Captain:- Chris Thirkettle

NZ Trans Tasman organiser:- Steve Frogley

NZ team captain:- Tony Vercauteren

RD :- Gary Morrisson, Rob Thomas, Wal Dobrow, John Kerrisk

Score Girls from NZ team

Scruitneer Boats: - NZ Dave, Aus Mick

Shirts jackets and polos for Aus team: Renee Tesoriero

4WD ute for all the gear and boats up and down the beach:- Ryan Jermolenko

Safety boats:- Brissy team- joey, chris, tony,dazza,thomas and fat boy

Welder:- Marty Brettell

Beach officials:- Matt fallon, Aaron robinson, Tim Grinter, Tim Underwood, douglas, Fanning brothers

Sponsors:- Fishermans Wharf Tavern     Southport SLSC    Miami Shade and Sails

Thanks everyone for making this event happen...........................

Qld Titles Round 2-3 Ballina

What a great weekend with a 5knot off shore breese and some sets max at 3-3.5ft. This was perfect racing conditions for the surf X on Saturday. We had a total of 12 boats racing with 7 A grade and 5 B grade boats. We kicked off at 10am and got into some fast action racing and it didnt back off the throttle as that small breeze held the nose down when punching through the waves. B Grade kick off with 2 flips in the first race- Canapult and rocket man showing us there roll over proceedure on there outboards. Canapult won the flipper award for cork screwing on D can. WELL DONE. The B Graders Showed some good driving and some speed is starting to show.

I took till race 5 for Hammer Time {the only A grader} to flip punching out through a set wave. Then the next wave fliped it back over. Lucky Lucky.

Fat Cat was in full throttle mode as there was no backing off over any of the waves. TTTC and Duck Nuts were all over his tail and never let a bad move go by. Congratulations goes to FAT CAT for winning the day, Ducks Nuts second, and TTTC Third. Head Case Snaped there steering and was out in the first race and for the rest of the day. Unlucky.  Congratulation goes to H2Go Racing for staying upright for a whole race day.

On the Sunday we raced the 90km long haul event. The condtitions were average with a 2m swell rolling and a 15knot SE breeze. There were some testing conditions and prop choice was hard as some areas were smooth and some were rough. Congratulations to FAT CAT won the Long Haul event, Duck Nuts second and H2GO Third.

Big thanks:-

Goes to the score girls for helping out {Mel,Jen and Kirra} officials who help with the event. Aaron the RD got 6 stiches when he kicked a prop guard. Be careful mate. RJ towing all the boats and club trailer up and down the beach. Ballina Coast Guard for help with safety on the 3 jet skis and the jets boat for the 2 days. Cheers

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