Results were as follows:

> OPEN SKI (24 KM)
1ST, SCOTT THOMSON & 2ND, BRUCE HOPKINS.

> MASTERS SKI ( 8KM)
1ST , GREG CLIFFORD.

> OPEN SWIM (2KM)
4TH, STEPHEN FORD.

> U.19 SKI. (8KM)
6TH, JOHN McCARTHY.

> U.17 SWIM. (2KM)
4TH, JOHN Mc CARTHY.

> U.17 IRON MAN.
3RD, JOHN McCARTHY.

> U.17 BOARD (5KM)
3RD, JOHN McCARTHY & 5TH, TROY QUINLAN.

> U.17 BCH RUN (2KM)
5TH, TROY QUINLAN.

TROY QUINLAN'S RESULTS ARE MORE A GUESS THAN ANYTHING.

From an idea by Bob Conlon and Ross Miles in the latter part of last summer it was decided to field a team in "Subbies" to give the young blokes something to do in winter. The team was eventually made up of Bronte members with some extras coming in through other Clubs including North Bondi, Bondi, Clovelly and even some ex Randwick players.

The team would have been pleased to finish in the top 5 in its first season, anticipating a 5 team semi play-off. However expectations were slightly set back when it was discovered that the semis only included the top 4 teams. In what can only be described as a piece of good fortune, the minor premiers, Claymore, were thrown out of the competition for belting a linesman. Their misfortune set the scene for what turned into a fairytale finish for Bronte.

Bronte "Savers" defeated Canterbury in the elimination semi 22-3, accounted for Killara-West Pymble 32-17 in the final and gave an outstanding display of solid rugby coupled with some outstanding attack to account for Manly who were premiers in 2003 and 2004.

The Grand Final was played in good spirit with no major blues in front of an estimated crowd of 600 parochial supporters from both sides. Bronte has received nothing but praise and good wishes from the various opposition sides and the rugby administration of Subbies.

Thanks must go to not only the players but also Peter Hoggett as coach and most importantly the teams sponsor Bob Tate of the Clovelly Hotel. Without the support of Bob the team would not have got off the ground. Bob and the Cloey paid for the jumpers, insurance, ground hire, equipment and even the laundering of the jumpers each week. In addition he put on food and drinks for the boys several times during the season.

Anyone wishing to view the Meldrum Cup should visit the saloon bar of the Cloey where it is on display in the fish tank.

Thank you to all the members of Bronte Surf Club for making last season so exciting.

We are now getting ready for the new season and look forward to meeting lots of new faces.

All active members will shortly receive their patrol roster for the new season. If you have any queries contact our Club Captain David Stone on 0409 397 046.

If you have any queries about the new season, contact Bronte Surf Club.

Our Masters results were extraordinary with Gold Medal results for Scott Thomson (Ironman and Surf Race), Gale Dundas (Board & Ironwomen) and our Ski Relay Team - Bruce Hopkins, Ted Clifford and Tom Woodriff and Bruce & Tom on the Double Ski.

We had three R&R Teams competing and our U17 and open ladies teams were unlucky to miss the finals (after 2 protests were dismissed) and our U15 girls did well in their first Aussies. In the Boats, our 'A' Crew and Reserves were competitive, but missed out on the finals, being brought undone by Kurrawa's heavy conditions. It was a question of 'Lucks a Fortune' for the crews, and our State Champion 'A' Crew were without it.

Our Surf Team performed well with Brett Hooper making the surf final and Bruce and Tom making it through to the Aussie final in the Double Ski, which was an outstanding result on top of their great Masters gold medals.

Our Junior Competitors - Julia, Troy, John and David had a great carnival, competing well over 4 days in team and individual events.

On the beach, Rebecca Irwin made it through to the Sprint final (4th) and Scott Thomson won a bronze with Troy Quinlan a sliver in the 2km beach run which was an excellent outcome especially Troy who had been dogged by injury during the season.

In Surf Board Riding, Bronte competed strongly and special mention is made to Amy and Lisa who were at their first Aussies in the U15 Womens surfboard.

Our March Past Team narrowly missed the final for the first time in 8 years, but the team members were more concerned about who would report in to our march past team mentor, Patron Frank.

Our joint competitors of the carnival were Bruce Hopkins and Top Woodriff, which was announced at our Aussie dinner at North Cliff Surf Club, which everyone enjoyed and it was good to catch up with our QLD connections (Gus Reeves, Bob Rodgers and others).

Next season will be the last Aussies at Kurrawa (after 10 years) and we all look forward to the trip to Western Australia in 2007.

In a very competitive Final Bob had the crew firing and although turning their can in 4th place, the Bronte boy's put in an amazing effort to outrow the opposition and take out the event. For Bronte it was the first A Crew State victory for 50 years and the celebrations back at Bronte went on late into the evening. Congratulations to Bob and the crew of Campbell, Connor, Nigel & Matt who worked so hard this season and really deserved their Gold Medal The Club performed very well at the Championships with the Open Womens & U17 Womens R&R Teams winning 2nd places in the Finals.

Congratulations particularly go to the young ladies and the R&R Coaches, Bob Lynne, Simone & Meagan on their outstanding season. The surf conditions did not suit our surf team who made lots of finals without success, but our Surfboard riders went well and were amongst the medals, particularly Anthony Carroll who had a great weekend.

Highlights Include:

OPEN RESULTS:

- BRONTE 'A' CREW - 1ST PLACE OPEN MENS BOAT RACE
BOB CONLON (SWEEP) CAMPBELL CANNON, CONNOR SHEPHARD, NIGEL JOHNSTON MATT WOODHAM

- BRONTE OPEN WOMENS R&R - 2ND PLACE OPEN WOMENS R&R
BOB WOODGER (COACH) SIMONE McDERMID, PETA O'CONNOR, DANIELLE CARTER, JACQUELINE AINSWORTH, ALANA WILSON

- BRONTE U17 WOMENS R&R - 2ND PLACE U17 WOMENS R&R
SIMEONE SMITH (COACH) VIRGINIA ABEL, ELIZA O'GRADY, JULIA TYRRELL, STEPHANIE TEAGLE, ANNABELE CARTER

- BRONTE U19 WOMENS TAPLIN- 6TH PLACE U19 WOMENS TAPLIN
GERRI FORD, JULIA TYRRELL & VENESSA BOWDEN

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:

- ANTHONY CARROLL - 2ND OPEN MENS SURFBOARD & 6TH OPEN MENS MALIBU

- LISA BRODIE - 3RD U15 WOMENS SURF BOARD

- TODD MCDERID - 4TH OPEN MENS SURF BOARD

- SEAN CARROLL - 5TH OPEN MENS SURF BOARD

Zipper's Crew of Campbell, Conor, Nigel and Matt worked hard at the finish when they hit dead water. Zipper and the boys along with Patto's crew who made the Reserve's Semi Final enjoyed a few quite one's at their sponsor's Hotel, the Palace and celebrated the first Branch Championship for an A Crew at Bronte in 22 years.

The Open Men's Taplin Final was an exciting finish, with the boys taking 3rd place after a great last swim leg by Scott Thomson who also won 4 individual Gold Medals on the day. The Open Ski Relay was equally exciting after great paddles by Tom & Bruce, with Stephen outrunning Maroubra for the 3rd place.

Our Juniors had a fantastic day and took home a swag of medals and our R&R girls went well despite the open team not competing, taking home 2 silvers and a bronze. We must congratulate our youngest R&R Team the under 15 ladies who in their second senior carnival won a silver medal.

Our surfboard riders made their first appearance for the season and the Bronte boys dominated the open final with the twins Anthony, winning and Sean taking a third.

The GF's competitor of the carnival went to Tom Woodriff our elite ski paddler, who had blinders in the Taplin Ski leg, Ski Relay, Lifesaver Relay and led the Open Ski Final until a wave from behind brought the rest of the field up to him at the finishing line.

Highlights Include:

Lifesaver Relay: Bronte 3rd Place:
Bronte A Boat Crew: Tom Woodriff (Ski) Troy Quinlan (Board) Brett Hooper (Swim) Christie Bennett

Boats -

- 1st Final A Crew Zipper (sweep) Campbell, Connor, Nigel & Matt
- Semi Final Crew (sweep) Simon Patterson, Conrad, Tim, Jason, Chris

- 3rd Open Taplin Troy Quinlan, Brett Hooper, Tom Woodriff, Bruce Hopkins, Stephen Ford, Scott Thomson
- 3rd Open Men's Ski Relay Tom Woodriff, Bruce Hopkins, Stephen Ford
- 2nd Open Women's Board Rescue Ashleigh Bond & Julia Tyrrell
- 2nd U17 R&R Annabelle (belt) Julia, Stephanie, E'Liza and Virginia
- 3rd U19 R&R Annabelle (belt) Amy, Stephanie, E'Liza and Virginia
- 2nd U15 R&R Nicole Soo, Casey Webster, Joanne Hare, Jessica Horesham & Taylor Barry
- 2nd U19 Taplin Troy Quinlan, John McCarthy, Brett Hooper
- 3rd U19 Board Relay Brett Hooper, Troy Quinlan, John McCarthy
- 2nd U17 Board Relay Troy Quinlan, David Tyrrell, John McCarthy
- 2nd U17 Women's Board Relay Julia Tyrrell, Amy Teagle, Venessa Bowden
- 4th U17 Cameron Relay Scott Walsh, Troy Quinlan, John McCarthy, David Tyrell
- 2nd U17 Women's Cameron Relay Julia Tyrrell, Siobhan McCarthy, Venessa Bowden & Lisa Brody
- 4th U19 Ski Relay Brett Hooper, Troy Quinlan & John McCarthy
- 2nd U17 Women's Board Rescue Julia Tyrrell, Venessa Bowden
- 2nd U17 Men's Board Rescue David Tyrrell & John McCarthy
- 4th U19 Men's Double Ski John McCarthy & Brett Hooper
- 5th Open Men's Ski Race Tom Woodriff
- 1st Open Men's Surf Board Anthony Carroll, 3rd Sean Carroll
- 2nd U19 Ironman Brett Hooper, 3rd U19 Swim & 4th U19 Board
- 3rd U19 Beach Sprint Christie Bennett
- 5th Open Women's Board Race Julia Tyrrell
- 2nd U17 Men's Board Race David Tyrrell
- 3rd U17 Men's Board Race John McCarth
- 2nd U15 Men's Surf Board Riding Tom Dwyer
- 1st U15 Women's Surf Board Riding Lisa Brody
- U15 Men's Surf Board Riding Tom Dwyer
- 1st U15 Women's Surf Board Riding Lisa Brody

Masters Highlights ( apologies to any results missed )
- Scott Thomson, 4 Gold 40-45yrs: Ironman, Swim, Board, Beach Sprint.
- Greg Clifford: Gold 45-49: Board
- Danni Roche: Gold 30-34: Sprint 1st

Our Open Men's Taplin Team made their presence felt with a solid 4th, when you consider that we had 3 Junior competitors in the event. The Open men's ski relay got amongst the placings, with an excellent third and our boys and girls U17 board relay teams won.

Our R&R girls continued their march towards the major carnivals with a win and a couple of placings and we had come excellent individual results. Our U15 Ladies R&R made their first appearance at a senior carnival under the watchful eye of their coach Megan Cleary.

The GF's competitor of the carnival went to John McCarthy who had a great swim in the Open Taplin and his U17 Ironman as well as the relay teams.

Highlights Include:

Boats
- 1st Final A Crew Zipper (sweep) Campbell, Connor, Nigel & Matt
- 5th Final A Crew (sweep) Simon Patterson, Conrad, Tim, Jason & Chris

- 1st U17 R&R Annabelle (belt) Julia, Stephanie, E'Liza & Virginia
- 3rd U19 R&R Annabelle (belt) Amy, Stephanie, E'Liza & Virginia
- 4th Open Taplin Troy Quinlan, Brett Hooper, Tim Woodriff, Bruce Hopkins, Andrew Bowden & John McCarthy
- 6th Open Womens Taplin Ashleigh Bond, Gerri Ford & Venessa Bowden
- 2nd U19 Tapin Troy Quinlan, John McCarthy & Brett Hooper
- 3rd U19 Womens Taplin Julia Tyrrell, Gerri Ford & Venessa Bowden
- 3rd Open Mens Ski Relay Tom Woodriff, Bruce Hopkins & Stephen Ford
- 5th Open Mens Board Relay Brett Walsh, Brett Hooper & Troy Quinlan
- 2nd U19 Board Relay Brett Hooper, Troy Quinlan & John McCarthy
- 1st U17 Board Relay Tropy Quinlan, David Tyrrell & John McCarthy
- 1st U17 Womens Board Relay Julia Tyrrell, Amy Teagle & Venessa Bowden
- 2nd U17 Cameron Relay Scott Walsh, Troy Quinland, John McCarthy & David Tyrrell
- 1st U17 Womens Board Rescue Julia Tyrrell & Venessa Bowden

- 1st U19 Beach Flags, 3rd Open Beach Sprint, 3rd U19 Beach Sprint Christie Bennett
- 2nd U17 Ironman John McCarthy
- 6th Open Womens Surf Swim Ashleigh Bond
- 4th Open Mens Belt Race Andrew Bowden
- 2nd U17 Womens Board, 7th Open Womens Board Julia Tyrrell
- 3rd U17 Mens Board Race, 3rd U17 Ironman Troy Quinlan
- 4th U15 Ironman James Laycock

Our R&R girls continued their success with a win and a couple of placings and at long last our March Past Team under the watchful eye of the Patron made their first appearance on the sand, and our ladies beach relay team made their first race since their medal at last years Aussies.

The GF's competitor of the carnival went to Stephanie Teagle who competed in 3 R&R Teams, 2 Belt Teams and the beach relay team, when Rebecca Irwin pulled out with an injury, a tremendous performance by this Junior Lady.

Highlights Include:
- 1st U17 R&R Annabelle (belt) Julia, Stephanie, E'Liza and Virginia
- 3rd U19 R&R Annabelle (belt) Amy, Stephanie, E'Liza and Virginia
- 4th Open Womens R&R Danielle Carter (belt) Stephanie, Jacki, Peta and Simone McDermid
- 3rd U19 Taplin David Tyrrell, John McCarthy and Brett Hooper
- 7th U17 Board Relay James Laycock, David Tyrrell and John McCarthy
- 4th U19 Board Relay Brett Hooper, David Tyrrell and John McCarthy
- 7th U19 Ski Relay John McCarthy, David Tyrrell and Brett Hooper
- 5th U17 Cameron Relay Scott Walsh, James Laycock, John McCarthy and David Tyrell
- 2nd U19 Beach Flags Christie Bennett
- 5th Open Womens Sprint Raz Gill
- 1st U19 Surf Swim Brett Hooper, 4th U19 Belt, 7th U19 Ironman
- 6th Open Womens Surf Swim Ashleigh Bond
- 10th Open Surf Swim Andrew Bowden
- 8th U17 Board Julia Tyrrell

Boats
- 2nd Final A Crew Zipper (sweep) Campbell, Connor, Nigel and Matt 1st round
- 6th Final Reserve Crew (sweep) Simon Patterson, Conrad, Tim, Jason and Chris

It was a solid hit out for the upcoming majors, as most finals were made up of Australian Finalist competitors.

The GF's competitor of the carnival went to Chrie Bennett , who besides making the U19 Flags and Beach Sprint Finals came 3rd in the open women's beach flags, which was an excellent performance.

Our R&R girls continued their outstanding season with an excellent 1st place in the U17, 4th in the U19's and 3rd in the Open Women's R&R.

Thanks goes to Head R&R Coach Bob Woodger and his lovely wife Pam (who is also an R&R official) for hosting the Ocean Grove (Victoria) open women's team, who were for the carnival, to a BBQ at their place after the Carnival, where everyone had a great time.

Our Bronte "A" Crew with Bob (Zipper) Conlon sweeping missed the second round and Simon Patterson's Reserves had a good day making the Semi Final.

Our surf team battled hard to get to Finals, with Ashleigh Bond making the open women's board final, Venessa and Julia making the U17 swim and board final and James Laycock making the swim final.

Highlights Include:
- 1st U17 R&R Annabelle (belt) Amy, Stephanie, E'Liza and Virginia
- 4th U19R&R Annabelle (belt) Amy, Stephanie, E'Liza and Virginia
- 3rd Open women's R&R Danielle Carter (belt) Stephanie, Jacki, Peta and Simone McDermid
- 3rd Open women's Flags Christie Bennett Finalist U19 Flags & Sprint
- Finalist Julia Tyrrell U17 women's Board
- Finalist Venessa Bowden U17 swim
- Finalist U15 swim James Laycock
- Finalist Ashleigh Bond Open Women's Board
- Semi finalist U17 Board & Ironman John McCarthy

Boats
- A Crew Zipper (sweep) Campbell, Connor, Nigel & Matt 1st round
- Reserve Crew (sweep) Simon Patterson, Conrad, Tim, Jason, Chris

Photos attached of the Bronte A Crew

Buoyed by their recent success in the team events our Juniors really stamped their presence at Wanda. The GF's competitor of the carnival went to David Tyrrell who caught the best waves of the day to get our junior relay teams onto the podium. Brett Hooper continued his good form in the U19 swim, board and Ironman with a couple of seconds and a fourth in classy fields: Christie Bennett got amongst the place getters on the sand and Bruce Hopkins made the open ski final. Mention also goes to young James Laycock who won the U14 board and placed highly in the U14 & U15 surf swim.

Our Bronte 'A' Crew with Bob ( Zipper ) Conlon sweeping narrowly missed the semi final and are now becoming very competitive.

Highlights Include:
- 3rd U19 Ski Relay Brett Hooper, David Tyrrell & John McCarthy
- 3rd U17 Ski Relay David, Troy Quinlan & John
- 2nd U17 Board Relay David, Troy & John
- 3rd U19 Taplin Relay Brett, Troy & John
- 4th U19 Cameron Relay James Laycock, Troy, John & David
- 9th Open Ski Relay Brett, Bruce Hopkins & John
- 5th Open Board Relay Brett Hooper, John & David
- 1st U14 Board James Laycock, 2nd U14 swim, 5th U15 swim
- 2nd U19 Swim Brett Hooper, 2nd U19 Ironman, 4th U19 Board
- 5th U17 Women's Swim Julia Tyrrell 8th Open womenÕs Board
- 4th U17 Ironman John McCarthy
- 4th U17 Board David Tyrrell
- 5th U17 Board Troy Quinlan, 6th U17 Ironman, 7th U17 Beach Sprint
- 3rd U19 Women's Flags Christie Bennett 4th Open Women's Flags, 4th U19 Beach Sprint

Our World Champions Gayle Dundas & Ginnie Hedderman won their swim, Tube & Ironwoman races and Ginnie took out the Board Race. But the stand out performer was Greg "Teddy" Clifford who absolutely blitzed big fields in his Board, Ski and Ironman races in an awesome display given the big guns competing in all of his races.

Other solid performances came from Mary Jane & Max on the Sand and Alex on the Board and Board Relay. It was also a welcome return to the surf for Geoff Scott who went well in the Ski, Board, Ironman and Taplin Relay. The GF also made a cameo appearance in the Swim & Taplin Relay but was glad we missed the final by 1 place.

Once again it was our R&R Teams and Junior members of the Surf Team who got amongst the placings. The GF's competitor of the carnival way young Annabelle Carter who swam the belt in the Open and U19 Women's R&R Teams.

Our Open Women's, U19 & U17 R&R Teams have made an impressive start to the competition season, which all goes well for the major carnivals in Feb/March. It was good to see Bruce Hopkins (Hoppy) competing in his first carnival. Bruce and Tom have been competing in the Men's Health endurance Ski Race Series, and now are training for the shorter distance races and Bruce went well making the Ski Semi-Final.

Brett Hooper is also returning to form and just missed the winning wave in the Surf Race. Troy and David have just returned from training camp in QLD with Greenmount Surf Club and showed good form on their boards. Julia came a credible 9th in her first Ironwoman and teamed up well with World's Team competitor Venessa Bowden in the Board Rescue. Simon Patterson's Boat Crew had a good Carnival after narrowly missing out on the Semifinal after their three rows in the round robin.

Finals highlights were:
- 3rd Open Women's R&R:
Annabelle (Belt), Simone, Stephanie, Jaqui & Peta
- 2nd U19 Women's R&R:
Annabelle (Belt), Virginia, Eliza, Amy & Stephanie
- 2nd U17 Women's R&R:
Julia (Belt), Virginia, Eliza, Amy & Stephanie
- 5th U17 Cameron Relay: John, Venessa, David & Troy
- 2nd U17 Men's Board Relay: John, Davd & Troy
- 3rd U17 Men's Board Rescue: John & David
- 3rd U17 Women's Board Rescue: Venessa & Julia
- 4th U19 Men's Surf Race: Brett Hooper; 9th U19 Board Race
- 7th U17 Ironman: John; 9th U17 Ironwomen Julia
- 6th U17 Women's Surf Race: Venessa
- 6th U17 Men's Board: Troy; 10th U17 Women's Board: Julia

John Maguire and his cadet offsiders, David, John, Troy and Julia had been raiding the $2 shops for the best quality prizes.

John set a tough swim course, but only the die hard tragics actually swam around the whole course. It didn't really matter as everyone participated for the fun.

Raffle tickets were distributed to those who went in the water and to anyone else standing around. There were some great major prizes and we thank Richard from the Bogie Hole Cafe who kindly donated a number of $50 breakfast vouchers.

A big thank you to John and his crew for organising the event.....the tradition continues.

Our Open R&R ladies with Simone, Danielle, Jacqueline, Alana & new member Peta Scored an impressive 6 points to win the event.

Not to be outdone our U17 girls comprising, Virginia, Stephanie, Liza, Julia and new member Amy, won the U19's and came 2nd in the U17's and had coach Simone smiling.

Our surf team competed well under the watchful eye of Coach Scott Thomson, with the board relay and Cameron relays in the placings.

The highlights were:
1st U17 ladies board relay: Amy, Liza and Julia
2nd U17 boys board relay: Troy, David and John
3rd U19 boys board relay: Brett, David and John
4th U17 boys Cameron relay: James, David, Troy and John
1st U17 girls Cameron relay: Venessa, Julia, Virginia and Liza
U17 Ironman: 5th Troy Quinlan, 7th John McCarthy
U15 Ironman: 6th James Laycock
U15 mens Board: 3rd James
U15 mens swim: 3rd James
U17 mens board: 5th Troy, 7th John
U19 girls beach sprint: 3rd Christie Bennett
U19 mens board: 2nd Brett Hooper
U19 mens surf swim: 1st Brett Hooper

Grant Cleland, who won the Dubai 5km Swim last week, backed up to win the 2km Oceanswim in 23min 18seconds and later the $500 Leisure Boat Dash For Cash on Sunday.

North Bondi's Kristie-Lee Ogilvie was the first woman at 25min 50seconds and also took out the woman's $500 Leisure Boat Dash For Cash.

A big thanks to our Major Sponsor Banana Boat and our 5 other great sponsors: Eyeline, Radox, Fitness First and Leisure Boat.

A particular big thank you to all the helpers, water safety, sister clubs and waverley lifeguards for all their assistance.

All the results can be found at www.oceanswims.com

Bronte's top ski paddlers achieved outstanding results at the NSW Endurance Championships at Terrigal Beach on the 25th/26th September 2004.

Our ski champion Tom Woodriff won the 16km open ski paddle with Bruce Hopkins taking 4th.

In the masters division Teddy Clifford won the 45-49 age group. These results are fantastic given the tough competition and congratulations goes to Tom, Bruce and Teddy from everyone at Bronte.

Contact Bronte Surf Club for more details.

Bronte's point score for the championship result was 52nd out of 196 teams.

Most of the team members (and parents) had not been to Europe and we combined competition with visiting some of Italy's fabulous tourist spots. We arrived in Rome and our tour organiser Trish Ford took the team on a guide of Rome's sites, the Vatican, St Peters Colosseo, Forum, Capitine, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps.

After two days the team travelled to Venice by train and visited its unique and fabulous sites including a trip to Murano Island.

The team then headed by train to Florence and visited the Accademia Ponte Vechio, Uffici Gallery, Boboli Gardens and Duomo. We avoided tourist cafe's and went to traditional restaurants like La Casalinga where we had dinner with the locals.

We then travelled to Viareggio and camped at a small village in Camaiore, Villa a Bianca, in the hills overlooking the Coast. Before competition the team travelled to La Spezia and the coastal villages of the Cinque Terre.

The first three days of competition were in the pool at Livorno about an hour's drive from Viareggio. A lot of the pool events would be foreign to many of us at Bronte such as Maniquin Tows, Rescue Medleys, Obstacle Races, Super Lifesaver, SERC and line throwing. But now that surf life saving Australia have made these championship events on our surf calendar, we have taken them seriously with the benefit of our comprehensive pool training program under the guidance of our pool event expert Tony Stanley, Bronte were very competitive. Not surprising, the European teams were highly skilled in pool events, but Bronte made a number of top 10 placings in relay events particularly, which was a superb result given they had between 150 - 200 competitors in each event.

After three days of pool events, we were glad to see the ocean, but were where the waves? The conditions were reminiscent of Bronte beach in winter with the westerlies blowing ... near to flat - ideal for the European teams.

By finals day, where most events had 6-8 rounds, we made it through to finals in the Womens Taplin (Venessa, Gerri and Kim), Mens Board Rescue (Brett Walsh and Stephen), Womens Board Rescue (Venessa and Gerri) and individually, Christie made the Beach Sprint final, Venessa the Womens Surf Swim final and Andrew and Brett Hooper, the Surf Race final. Our ladies Beach Sprint Team of Kim, Christie, Gerri and Venessa also made the finals.

Our team were great ambassadors for Bronte and it was a pleasure to be involved with them.

Special mention goes to Gayle Dundas and Ginnie Hedderman, who between them won ? medals in the masters competition, with Gayle also competing with the Bronte Team in open competition.

A big thanks goes to our team management headed up by tour organiser, Trish Ford and assisted by Jo Walsh and the team members parents. We also thank all of the people at Bronte who supported and sponsored the team to the world championships, and helped mak the trip a huge success and rewarding experience for all involved.

Graham Ford
Team Manager - 2004 World Championships

We know that everyone who attended had a great time and enjoyed meeting some of Australia's top sports men and woman. Special thanks to our guest speaker Alan Whelpton the President of Surf Life Saving International, M.C Bob Miller and Sportsman's Host Jon Donohoe.

It was a great success and this fund raiser, greatly helped in sending our talented team to Italy.

Thank you to all the members of Bronte Surf Club for making last season so exciting.

We are now getting ready for the new season and look forward to meeting lots of new faces.

All active members will shortly receive their patrol roster for the new season. If you have any queries contact our Club Captain David Stone on 0409 397 046.

If you have any queries about the new season, contact Bronte Surf Club.