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/35:1stDean Hall (Miami, Qld), 2ndPaul Buratowski (Currumbin, Qld), 3rdMark Richardson (Currumbin, Qld), 4thPaul Ward (Coolangatta, Qld)
O/40:1stChris Brooks (Currumbin, Qld), 2ndJamie Young (Palm Beach, Qld), 3rdMichael Betts (Miami, Qld), 4thScott Ker (Kirra, Qld)
O/45:1stPaul Barrett (Currumbin, Qld), 2ndJames Ellen (Currumbin, Qld), 3rdCraig Sieberhagen (Palm Beach, Qld), 4thDave Smith (North Stradbroke Island, Qld)
O/50:1stChris Brooks (Currumbin, Qld), 2ndJamie Young (Currumbin, Qld), 3rdMichael Betts (, Qld), 4thScott Ker (location, Qld)
O/55:1stDenis Carberry (Burleigh Heads, Qld), 2ndDavid Cousins (Sunshine Beach, Qld), 3rdPeter Buckley (Palm Beach, Qld), 4thJohn Jenkins (Coolum, Qld)
The Queensland Masters Surfing Championship is proudly supported by XXXX Summer Bright Lager, Surfing Life and Surfing Queensland.