DEAN Hall (Miami, Qld) today (26/6/2011) claimed the prestigious O/35 Men’s Queensland Masters Surfing Championship, outclassing a star-studded final to take home this year’s state title and a spot in the Queensland Masters Surfing Team to compete in the Australian Open Surfmasters Titles in Port Macquarie, New South Wales this August.

Held in 0.5m – 1m waves on the beach breaks of Duranbah on the New South Wales / Queensland border, Hall posted a combined two-wave heat total of 15.27 points (out of a possible 20), leaving fellow finalists, Paul Buratowski, (Currumbin, Qld – 13.37), Mark Richardson (Currumbin, Qld – 11.33) and Paul Ward (Coolangatta, Qld – 11.17) in his wake at the conclusion of the 20 minute decider.

Being a decade older the finalists of the O/45’s division didn’t leave all the action up to the ‘young guns’ in the O/35’s. Paul Barrett (Currumbin, Qld) was victorious in the O/45’s impressing the judges with his radical display of surfing in a ding-dong battle with James Ellen (Currumbin, Qld).

Meanwhile, Denis Carberry (Burleigh Heads, Qld) took top honours in the O/55’s division, posting an 8 point ride early in the heat, Carberry did not look back and left David Cousins (Sunshine Beach, Qld – 11.27), Peter Buckley (Palm Beach, Qld – 11.10) and John Jenkins (Coolum, Qld – 8.23) playing catch up, finishing with a heat total of 14.00 points (out of a possible 20).

And to cap off an already stellar weekend Peter Buckley (Palm Beach, Qld) claimed the coveted XXXX Summer Bright Lager ‘Wave of the Weekend’ prize, taking home four cartons of Summer Bright Lager after yesterday’s amazing 9.33 ride (out of a possible 10).

–Queensland Masters Surfing Championship – Event Results

O/35:1^stDean Hall (Miami, Qld), 2^ndPaul Buratowski (Currumbin, Qld), 3^rdMark Richardson (Currumbin, Qld), 4^thPaul Ward (Coolangatta, Qld)

O/40:1^stChris Brooks (Currumbin, Qld), 2^ndJamie Young (Palm Beach, Qld), 3^rdMichael Betts (Miami, Qld), 4^thScott Ker (Kirra, Qld)

O/45:1^stPaul Barrett (Currumbin, Qld), 2^ndJames Ellen (Currumbin, Qld), 3^rdCraig Sieberhagen (Palm Beach, Qld), 4^thDave Smith (North Stradbroke Island, Qld)

O/50:1^stChris Brooks (Currumbin, Qld), 2^ndJamie Young (Currumbin, Qld), 3^rdMichael Betts (, Qld), 4^thScott Ker (location, Qld)

O/55:1^stDenis Carberry (Burleigh Heads, Qld), 2^ndDavid Cousins (Sunshine Beach, Qld), 3^rdPeter Buckley (Palm Beach, Qld), 4^thJohn Jenkins (Coolum, Qld)

The Queensland Masters Surfing Championship is proudly supported by XXXX Summer Bright Lager, Surfing Life and Surfing Queensland.