Lennox, Ballina surfers in strong showing at Byron Easter Classic
Surfers from Lennox Head and Ballina performed well at the Ben King Memorial Byron Bay Easter Classic, highlighted by Jame Wood’s third placing in the open men’s final.
The final was won by former WCT surfer and Byron Bay local Kieren Perrow, who claimed his third Easter Classic crown at Broken Head on Sunday.
After a slow start the natural footer staked his claim to the title with eight minutes remaining, scoring a 9.17 from the judges for a right-hander which he unleashed a devastating array of vertical re-entries, to claim his second win in the space of two weeks after winning the Margaret River Masters in Western Australia. Perrow’s last wins at the Easter Classic were when he won two years running in 1998 and 1999, and he is now the only surfer to win the event three times.
Perrow won from another Byron local, Jarrad Sullivan, Lennox Head’s Wood, and with another Byron local Luke Stickley.
The event held in the memory of Byron Bay Boardriders president Ben King is one of the most sought after titles in Australian surfing, and the list of winners reading like a who’s who of Australian surfing.
RESULTS
Open Men
1st Kieren Perrow 15.07 (Byron Bay)
2nd Jarrad Sullivan 14.50 (Byron Bay)
3rd James Wood 13.10 (Lennox Head)
4th Luke Stickley 11.40 (Byron Bay)
Junior Men
1st Stuart Kennedy 13.83 (Lennox)
2nd Tom Salverson 12.50 (Werri Beach)
3rd Nic Colby 9.80 (Byron Bay)
4th James Woods 7.14 (Coolangatta)
Cadets
1st Thomas Woods 14.33 (Coolangatta)
2nd Alex Swaddling 11.60 (Coffs Harbour)
3rd Jack Freestone 8.66 (Coolangatta)
4th Felix Ettleson 7.60 (Cresent Heads)
Fleas (Under 13)
1st Sol Bailey (Byron Bay)
2nd Will Morrison (Tweed Heads)
3rd Tom Boucout (Ocean Shores)
4th Tom Gordon (Lennox)
Senior Mens
1st Luke Hitchings (Sydney)
2nd Paul Ward (Tweed Heads)
3rd Mark Richardson (Palm Beach)
4th Matt Hurworth (Cabarita)
Masters
1st Dave Sparrenberg (Ballina)
2nd Max Perrot (Lennox Heads)
3rd Noel Graham (Lennox Heads)
4th Scott Whitby (Ballina)
Legends (Over 50 years)
1st Paul O’Donnell (Cresent Head)
2nd Neil Cameron (Byron Bay)
3rd Glen Sharrock (Caves Beach)
4th Gordon Barnes (Currumbin)
Open Women
1st Carly Smith (Byron Bay)
2nd Natalie Briggs (Byron Bay)
3rd Rachel Bonhote-Mead (Lennox)
4th Emma Allen (Cabarita)
Junior Women
1st Maddie King (Byron Bay)
2nd Ellie-Jean Coffey (Cresent Head)
3rd Kelly Delang (Emerald Beach)
4th Dana McNeven (Tugun)
