The Avoca Beach Scum Dog surf boat team has taken out the U19 Men’s event at the 2015 Navy Australian Open held in Shellharbour over the weekend of February 20 to 22.
Conditions were tough and testing in up to 1.5m waves. The 2015 Navy Australian Open is the culmination of 30 events around Australia held from October 2014 to February this year and is the biggest surf boat racing event in Australia. Divisions of surf boat racing contested included Open Men, Open Women, Reserve Men, U23 Men, U23 Women, U19 Men and Masters. Ten surf boat teams from Avoca Beach and two from MacMasters beach competed. Competitors are volunteer surf lifesavers who patrol beaches and race surf boats. The Navy Australian Open has a race distance of 400 metres, wet starts and finishes, and intense racing with extremely tight finishes. Over 300 crews made up the approximate 1,500 competitors from 100 Surf Life Saving Clubs across Australia.
Media release,
22 Feb 2015
Darren Saffin,
Progressive PR