SOCIAL CALENDAR

A small group of members and partners met at the Ballina RSL Club on Friday September 19th for a tasty meal and a chat. Topics of conversation varied from the poor surfing conditions to planned tripS abroad. Brian and Susanne Fry are traveling to South America for two months. Now that sounds like the trip of a lifetime! Perhaps we might here more about their trip in a future newsletter?

Our next social outing is the Mai Thai restaurant in Lennox Head on Friday November 14th at 6:30PM. This night is always a great night with alfresco dining on the sidewalk a little unique and quite comfortable on a warm evening. For booking purposes we will need to know attendance numbers prior to the evening and Wazza has asked for numbers at the November comp round. Please email the secretary if you plan to attend. Hope to see you all there!

See the Club Calendar page for full details of all our planned social activities.

COMPETITON UPDATE

COMPETITION RESULTS - OCTOBER

JIM DEVLIN MEMORIAL INTER-CLUB CHALLENGE

Our club is entering a full team in this event held at Wategoes on 19th October. Starts 8:00AM.

1. Team - It's fantastic to see such a high level of interest from our members wishing to participate in this event. We now have the required 15 names. Thanks to all members who have raised their hands.

2. Food - Each club is taking it's own tents, food, and drinks. Given the logistical nightmare of our club providing food when members will most likely not stay for the entire day we decided to ask members to bring their own food and drinks.

3. Car Pooling - Due to the restricted parking at Wategoes it makes sense to car pool where convenient. Bruce Wilson has kindly volunteered to pickup in Ballina around 7:15AM, interested members can contact Bruce on Ph: (02) 6628 0333 Mob: 0427 789 331.

4. Draw - To avoid members sitting around all day waiting to surf we have organised our own club draw as follows:

Chris Bull 08:00
Bruce Wilson 08:20
Rob House 08:40
Mick Wilson 09:00
Mick Calnan 09:20
Phil Calnan 09:40
Mel Mott 10:00
Marg Bryant 10:20
Paul Bioletti 10:40
Alan Rich 11:00
Kirk Hickey 11:20
Brian Delaney 11:40
Warren Wyatt (maybe) 12:00
Gary Burden 12:20
Eric Walker 12:40
Lunch 01:00
Tag Team Event (Alan, Kirk, Brian, Warren, Gary, Eric) 01:30
Presentation 02:15

These times can be reorganised to suit car-pooling arrangements etc. Please contact me if you would like to change your draw time. Please arrive minimum 30 minutes prior to your draw time.

See you there. Go team!

WOOLGOOLGA LONGBOARD CLUB - 2008 INDIVIDUAL TITLES & TEAMS CHALLENGE

We received an invitation for this event from the Woolgoolga Longbaord Club. While I don't think we have time to organsie a team, members may like to enter individually. See the calendar page for the entry form.

Our next club round is on Sunday 2nd November.

MEMBER PROFILE

In this section we get to learn a little more about fellow members.

NAME: Brian Delaney

ADDRESS: 37 Smith Lane, Wollongbar, 2477

PHONE: 6628 5317, 0421 057 540

AGE: 62

ORIGINS: Bog tyke Irish- 5th generation Aust from Irish descent on Fathers side and 4th gen Irish descent on mother's side.

FAMILY: wife Robin and two sons Patrick, 33 and Colin, 29.

CURRENT JOB: self-employed driving instructor

TIME ON NORTH COAST: 22 years, since 1986

SURFING STYLE: probably old mal style, weight on back foot; goofyfoot.

QUIVER: (Ed- now this is a quiver!!!)

• 9'1" Gary Burden Astro modern longboard, rounded pintail, trifin or single fin.
• 9'8" Gary Burden "1967 Farrelly stringerless" model with Greenough phase V 12" flex single fin.
• 9'4" Tom Wegener wooden pintail, "Anna" model, wooden striped single fin with beading. The wood is Paulownia, 20 % heavier than balsa but hydrophobic. The extra weight is offset by a 2" hollow chamber through the length of the board, the top and bottom planks are approx 5" wide and 1/2" thick. Beautifully handcrafted, he even makes the fin. Coated with 4oz fibreglass with gloss finish. A small wave (up to 5') design philosophy of "sucky" rails with weight momentum for fast ride on small waves.
• 10'0" Barry Regan plywood pintail, single fin. Deck and bottom are blond knot free Tasmanian Huon Pine veneer marine ply. Rails are solid Aust Red Cedar and inset trim along inside of rails is solid Canadian Western Red Cedar. No nails or screws, all glued. 4 coats of marine spar varnish. Wooden striped fin with beading, made by Phil at Fluid Foils. Superb craftsmanship. A high flotation glider to ride.
• 9'2"Brian Delaney hybrid modern/old mal, rounded pintail. I shaped it as an exercise in bringing together some aspects of an old mal with manoeuvrability of a modern longboard. Trifin and single fin. It has hand painted silk artwork running full length as an underlay. Gloss finish.

STARTED SURFING (AGE & LOCATION): 15 years old in front of North Bondi surf club, in the winter, wearing tight fitting woollen jumpers for wetsuits.

FAVOURITE SURF SPOT: Of all time: Green Island near Lake Conjola and Milton on NSW south coast. Presently: Out in front of Ross Park at Lennox Head on an incoming tide. It's a wave that is there all the time and it has length of ride, just ask Chris Lorraway.

FAVOURITE FOOD: bbq steak, baked vegetables and a good bottle cab sauv.

FAVOURITE ACTIVITY (BESIDES SURFING): traveling and photography.

REASON FOR JOINING THE CLUB: To join others who are in denial of losing their surfing ability and still have a love of being in the surf on a longer board.

TRAVEL REPORT

None this month - please email the secretary if you have an interesting story.

CLUB SHIRTS

The club is considering ordering new team shirts for members to wear at inter-club competition rounds. The intention is to raise our profile and perhaps even attract new members. The cost per shirt is estimated to be $30. Most members think it's a good idea and are willing to purchase a shirt each.

Problem: We cannot decide on the style ie. Polo or T-shirt and some members don't like the current logo. From a branding point of view It makes sense to be consistent with our club logo. I know of 4 or 5 different designs used over the years. We should choose one logo and stick with it. We have a sign now with the logo to the right, we need to agree if this logo will appear on our shirts and if we want polo or t-shirt style. Please provide your feedback to the secretary.

NEWSLETTER & NEW WEB SITE

The club has a new web site – www.ballinamalibuclub.org. All the club newsletters can now be accessed via the web site and either viewed online or downloaded in a format suitable for printing. Members who have provided their email addresses to the secretary will receive an email each month containing a link to the newsletter. The Committee urges all members to take advantage of the new web site and register their email address. Members without an email address will still receive a printed copy via surface mail.

Members will find many benefits with the new web site including:

Members interested in submitting stories for inclusion in our monthly newsletter should Email submissions to secretary@ballinamalibuclub.org

MEMBERS CLASSIFIEDS

Items for sale (eg. used surfboards, surfing-related items etc) may be listed free of charge by members. Members are invited to lodge advertisements by Email to the Secretary. Please include a description, asking price, contact details, and preferably a color photograph of the item(s) for sale.

9'3" x 23 1/8" x 3" Harro Malibu Thruster - Reduced by $50 for a quick sale! Listed By Chris Bull PH: 6683-4602 PRICE $400 O.N.O. Good condition, has a few stress fractures under the nose but no damage to the underlying foam. No other dings. A very affordable secondhand mal.