Longboard Competition 2024
Held at Portinfer on Saturday 13th April in some quality long board waves. Congratulations to everyone who took part in and a big thanks to everyone who gave up their day to help. Thanks to Skywave Photography for the video.
Mens
1st Matt Le Maitre
2nd Greg Le Tissier
3rd Dominic Mathews
4th Danny Ohara
Womens
1st Ruth Hurst
2nd Florrie Cooper
Congratulations to Naomi Mather and Matt Le Maitre for winning the 2022 Longboard Surfing Contest 🙂
The Longboard Surfing contest was held at Vazon on Saturday 21st May 2022 with a small swell in the alcove and on the reef. A big thanks to Cooper Brouard for sponsoring the contest and all the judges who helped run the comp.
First in the water was the women’s with Ruth Hurst, Florrie Cooper, Bea Smith, and Naomi Mather competing with Naomi opting for the lefts on the Vazon reef while the others surfed the alcove. With some very close surfing in waist to chest high waves Naomi Mather took the win followed closely by Ruth Hurts in second place, Florrie Cooper third and Bea Smith in fourth place.
Next in the water for the men’s semi-finals heat, were Jeffery Babasa, Ben Ralph, James Cooper, and Matt Le Maitre with Matt Le Maitre and Ben Ralph progressing through to the finals. In the second heat of the semi-finals were Harry Hider, Greg Le Tissier, and Ed Cooper in a very close heat with Harry Hider and Greg Le Tissier making it through to the finals.
The finals was a closely fought match with any of the surfers looking like they could take the lead, Matt Le Maitre took a long right on the reef that gave him the edge to take the victory winning the competition closely followed by Ben Ralph in second place, Harry Hider in third place and Greg Le Tissier in fourth place.
Women’s
1st – Naomi Mather
2nd – Ruth Hurst
3rd – Florrie Cooper
4th – Bea Smith
Men’s
1st – Matt Le Maitre
2nd – Ben Ralph
3rd – Harry Hider
4th – Greg Le Tissier
Congratulations to Ruth Hurst and Tom Hook for winning the 2022 Cold Water Classic 🙂
The Cold Water Classic was held at T-Other’s with blue skies and solid swell throughout the day with great surfing from all the competitors. A big thanks to Cooper Brouard for sponsoring the GSC for 2022 and thanks to all the judges and everyone that helped run the comp. Thanks to all surfers that stayed out the water until the comp was over this is much appreciated 🙂 We had a great turnout for the event and it was great to see some new surfers taking part in the comp.
First in the water was the women’s with Lottie Smith, Ruth Hurst, Florrie Cooper, and Bea Smith. There was great surfing from all the women in challenging conditions with some big clean-up sets to deal with during the 30-minute heat with Ruth Hurst taking the win.
Next in the water for the men’s heat, was Tom Hook, Jeffery Babasa, Martin Baxter, and Joey Abbott with Tom Hook and Joey progressing through to the semi-finals. In Heat two Matt Le Maitre, John Smith, Owen Hunt, and James Le Tissier with Matt Le Maitre and Owen Hunt made it through to the semi-finals. The third heat of the mens was Matt Gill, Ed Cooper, Tim Le Compte, and Sam Falla with Sam Falla and Tim Le Compte progressing through to the semi-finals.
In the first semi-finals, Tom Hook took the lead and moved on to the finals with some impressive surfing on the long right-handers on offer, linking solid turns and powering through the slower sections of the waves. In the second semi-finals, Matt Le Maitre put on a great display linking big turns with speed power and flow on the long rights to take the lead and progress through the finals.
The man-on-man final showdown between Tom Hook and Matt Le Maitre was a very closely fought match, with both surfers putting on an excellent display of surfing with Tom Hook taking the victory.
Women’s
1st – Ruth Hurst
2nd – Bea Smith
3rd – Florrie Cooper
4th – Lottie Smith
Men’s
1st Tom Hook
2nd Matt Le Maitre
Semi-Final 1
Tom Hook
Owen Hunt
Sam Falla
Semi-Final 2
Joey Abbott
Matt Le Maitre
Tim Le Compte
Heat 1
Jeffrey Babasa
Tom Hook
Martin Baxter
Joey Abbott
Heat 2
Matt Le Maitre
John Smith
Owen Hunt
James Le Tissier
Heat 3
Matt Gill
Ed Cooper
Tim Le Compte
Sam Falla
The results for both competition will be announced at the GSC Christmas meal Sunday Lunchtime 20th December 12.30. @ Cobo Bay Hotel with evening drinks afterwards for anyone that wants to stay out at the Rocky’s Sports Bar.
Reserve your table today so you don’t miss out by emailing [email protected] menus and more details can be found here https://www.guernseysurfclub.com/christmas-meal-and-awards-ceremony-2020/
Check out the photos from the comp below..
If you could please let us know as soon as possible who wants a table we will reserve them on a first come first served basis.
This year the price for the 2 course menu is £20.95 and for 3 courses its £25.95 – this includes £1 extra per person to cover the cost of booking the Cobo Bay Hotel.
Children Under 12 can order from the children’s menu.
For menus see below.
To reserve a table email [email protected].
The Guernsey Surf Club held the second 2020 Junior Series on Sunday 6th September at Vazon followed by BBQ. In gentler conditions that the first event we ran all ages except for the U18 boys. See below for results and rankings so far.
1st Olly O
2nd Thomas Le C
3rd Gilo R
4th Max R
5th Felix C
6th Joe G
1st Harry S
2nd Emile Le C
3rd Ed C
4th Chay
1st Joseph Gaudion
2nd Emile Le Compte
3rd Harry Sherbourne
4th Ed Cooper
5th Cadeyn Far
1st Claudia B
2nd Indi W
3rd Willow W
4th Belle O
5th Erin C
6th Sophia B
1st Florrie C
2nd Katie S
3rd Tara L
1st Lottie Smith
1st Gilo R
2nd Thomas Le C
3rd Olly O
4th= Joe G
4th= Max R
6th Felix C
7th= Remi Le C
7th= Leo H
1st= Emile Le C
1st= Ed C
1st= Harry S
4th Byron W
5th George S
6th= Jack W
6th= Chay
After 1 event
1st Joseph Gaudion
2nd Emile Le Compte
3rd Harry Sherbourne
4th Ed Cooper
5th Cadeyn Far
1st Claudia B
2nd Indi W
3rd Willow W
4th Sophia B
5th= Erin C
5th= Belle O
1st Florrie C
2nd Katie S
3rd Tara L
1st Lottie Smith
The Guernsey Surf Club held the first 2020 Junior Series on Saturday 22nd August at Center’s. We had some great surfing from the juniors and would like to say thanks to everyone that helped out on the day. It was great to see some many juniors taking part 🙂
1st Gilo Robilliard
2nd Joe Grindal
3rd Thomas Le Cheminant
4th Max Rochester
5th Leo Hill
5th Remi Le Compte
5th Ethan Cullwick
5th Felix Cooper
1st Byron Wakefield
2nd Ed Cooper
3rd Emile Le Compte
4th George Sherbourne
4th Harry Sherbourne
6th Jack Wakefield
1st Joseph Gaudion
2nd Emile Le Compte
3rd Harry Sherbourne
4th Ed Cooper
5th Cadeyn Far
1st Claudia Bailey
2nd Indi Warren
3rd Sophia Bailey
4th Willow Warren
5th Erin Cullwick
1st Katie Smith
2nd Tara Linton
3rd Florrie Cooper
1st Lottie Smith
Photos below by GSC / Tim G – More photos from photographer Jason Friend will be online soon keep watch on Facebook for these 🙂
GSC awards presentation at LGM Christmas Party 2019
Tom Hook winner of the 2019 GSC Open | Sophie Hook winner of the 2019 Ladies Island Championship
This included and series of fun surfs, beach BBQ and scored heats finishing with a Junior Island Championships. These Junior Sessions had 25 juniors taking part including 11 girls and it was really positive to watch them all progress their surfing 🙂
10 and under boys – Byron Wakefield
10 and under girls – Katie Smith
Under 14 boys – Emile Le Compte
Under 18 boys – Joseph Gaudion
Under 18 girls – Rochelle Girard
While this was going on Tom Hook was travelling off island to take part in national competitions, achieving amazing results in the Rip Curl Grom Searches in Jersey 3rd U16 and 1st U14 and in UK Search event 2nd U14.
For the first time in a number of years we were able to run a Ladies Islands Championship.
1st Sophie Hook
2nd Bea Smith
3rd Charlotte Scherders
The GSC Open comp was held at Portinfer and the results are:
1st Tom Hook
2nd Jake Warr
3rd Johnny Walbridge
4th Martin Baxter
The GSC Open comp that was held on Saturday 19th October at Portifer and we got lucky with some fantastic waves and great surfing by all competitors.
Results will remain secret until the Grande Mare Christmas meal on the 15th December. A big thanks to Yakwax for very kindly supporting this comp and Trophy and prizes will be presented at the LGM on the 15th so make sure you get your tables booked ASAP 🙂
If you could please let us know as soon as possible who wants a table we will reserve them on a first come first served basis.
We have a spread sheet template together with the menus, if you are organising a table please fill in details and menu choices into the ‘table organiser template (click to download)‘ it helps us enormously (and reduces the chance of errors).
To reserve a table email [email protected].
If you have any further questions or queries please email [email protected].
Menu is 3 courses £20.00 and Childrens Menu is £9.50
Menu choices and cheques (made out to La Grande Mare Hotel) can be sent to:
Tim Gaudion, Lilydale, Roncefer Rd, St Sampsons, GY2 4FP.
