End of summer ball bus pickup times and locations

Hey guys, just a quick note to give you the details of the free bus that is running from Barnstaple to Cook Island on Saturday.

The first stop is the back of Green Lanes in Barnstaple departing at approximately 6:50pm. From there the stops will be Chivenor at 7pm ish, Wrafton, Braunton Somerfield, Knowle at roughly 7:15pm and then on to Cook Island. The driver will pickup from each stop along the way and will only wait a couple of minutes. So please make sure you get to the stop in plenty of time.

The return journey will depart just before midnight.

See you there!

End of summer ball

The end of summer ball is happening on the 24th of October, so please grab your tickets asap! You can pick them up at the Saunton Beach cafe.

Full details below (click the poster to make it bigger).

Ash and Greg are organising an open shortboard/fish/any equipment event on the same day starting at 8am at Saunton beach for anyone interested. There will be trophys up for grabs for the winners.

24th October 2009

League #4 Results and Report

4TH SECOND SKIN/ERRANT SURF TRAVEL LEAGUE CONTEST.
SAUNTON SUN 11TH OCT.

A totally different day from Saturday, cloudy with fine rain and the surf was 3ft and choppy.

Twenty four Hotdoggers turned out on a cold morning and cracked on with the last league event for 2009 which is sponsored by SECOND SKIN and ERRANT SURF TRAVEL a big thanks to Andy Schollick and Chris Thomson.

I would also like to thank CHRISTIES ESTATES and Paul and Lucy from Saunton beach car park for allowing us to use the beach.

Mike Stevens cooked up fifty hotdogs in the back of his van which went down really well with everyone and it has been decided to do it at all of the contests next year..... Looking forward to that! Yummmmmmmm!

Juniors Zak and Oscar must have been on a mission this weekend as they finished in exactly the same apots as the day before, meanwhile in the open... Greg Robinson blew out in the semi final. Probably the beers eh mate! Too much makes for sore head.....

Well done Greg Norman and Chris Brunt for making the open finals and big congratulations also to two masters who made their first final, Andre Green and Chris Dyer. Also making a grand appearance in his first final was Will Martin, about time! It’s been a long time coming boys and it goes to prove that EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY.

Well done to everyone.

Norm.

RESULTS

JUNIORS.
1ST, ZAK LAWTON
2ND, OSCAR MADDOCKS
3RD, MAX WELLAND
4TH, WILL MARTIN

MASTERS.
1ST, ERIC DAVIES
2ND, NORMAN WRIGHT
3RD, CHRIS DYER
4TH, ANDRE GREEN

OPEN.
1ST, ASHLEY BRAUNTON
2ND, GREG NORMAN
3RD, CHRIS BRUNT
4TH, TIM AYLET

FINAL PLACINGS WILL BE UNVEILED ON SAT 24TH OCT AT COOK ISLAND AT THE END OF SUMMER BALL

League #3 Results and Report

3RD SECOND SKIN/ERRANT SURF TRAVEL LEAGUE CONTEST.
SAUNTON SAT 10TH OCT.

Well, finally we got a day of sunshine and waves and not a drop of rain in sight. Thirty Hotdoggers gathered to do battle and try to amass some much needed points towards their final league total.

The surf was around two foot and cleanish but fairly weak. Everyone surfed well as expected as this was a double pointer so bonus points were up for grabs. There was also an inter-forces canoe/wave ski contest taking place which meant the beach was packed but everything was cool. The day went smoothly as judges kept appearing which kept the contest flowing, keep it up guys it helps immensely.

A big welcome to Vikkie on her first contest. It was good to see Zak Lawton back competing after a long time away travelling. The Maddocks brothers were neck and neck all the way through in the juniors while in the open Greg Robinson made history by beating Ashley Braunton for the first time to take first place. Martin Scrace and Ben Keay just missed out on the masters final and Greg Norman has stepped up a gear and got into a open final again.

We finished the day off with a curry in the white lion and a few beers.

Thank you and well done to everyone who competed and helped out.

Norm.

RESULTS
LADIES
1ST, HAZEL ILET
2ND, REBECCA PEPPERELL
3RD, VIKKIE LEWIS

JUNIORS
1ST, ZAK LAWTON
2ND, OSCAR MADDOCKS
3RD, ALEX MADDOCKS
4TH, MAX WELLAND

MASTERS
1ST, ERIC DAVIES
2ND, RICH UNSWORTH
3RD, KEENO
4TH, NORMAN WRIGHT

OPEN
1ST, GREG ROBINSON
2ND, ASHLEY BRAUNTON
3RD, GREG NORMAN
4TH, CHRIS BRUNT

Elliot Duldley Marathon Run

Club member Elliot Dudley will be runnning the Cardiff Half Marathon next month to raise money for Banardos.

If you would like to sponsor Elliot you can do so here: http://www.fundraiseforbarnardos.org.uk/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=283263

Good luck Elliot!

BLCC Full Results and Presidents Report

A massive thank you to everyone who competed and well done, great job. Big thanks to everyone who helped out over the weekend. I must say well done to Woolacombe , Scarborough, Shore Surf and Bristol surf clubs for competing. Nigel and Quay Events for the marquees, Saunton beach shop, Saunton café, Christies Estates, RNLI beach safety officers, Phil Hill and Matt Whitely, Gulf Stream surf boards, Xcel, Salomon, Red Bull and everyone who came to the event.

Not forgetting the main sponsors Barnstaple Volkswagen for sponsoring the tee-shirts and for use of the support vehicles.

The weekend was a great success we look forward to next years event at Saunton.
I hope to make the 10th anniversary a big one with a bit of help…… Hopefully Merlin will be around to help out next year as well, cheers mate.

El presidenti
Norm

Results :

1st. Hotdoggers lsc , a-team = 57 points
2nd. Shore surf club , a-team = 47 points
3rd. Scarborough malibu sc = 46 points
4th .hotdoggers lsc , b –team = 45 points
5th. Hotdoggers lsc , juniors = 40 points
6th. Hotdoggers lsc , fizzers = 32 points
7th. Bristol surf club = 27 points
8th. Hotdoggers lsc., masters = 25 points
9th. Woolacombe longboard club = 24 points
10th. Shore surf club, b-team = 22 points

Hotdoggers teams.
A-team.
Alan Reed = 1st + 1st. Greg Robinson = 1st + 1st.
Greg Norman = 2nd + 1st. Chris Brunt = 1st + 3rd.
Eric davies = 1st + 1st . Paul Keenan = 1st + 1st.

B-team.
Rich Unsworth = 2nd + 2nd. Gabe Steptoe = 1st + 2nd.
Matt Whitely = 2nd + 2nd. John Lynch = 3rd + 2nd.
Oscar Maddocks = 2nd + 1st. Andre Green = 3rd + 2nd.

Juniors.
Alex Maddocks = 1st + 1st. Max Welland = 2nd + 1st.
Callum Macauly = 5th + 2nd. Will Martin = 2nd + 2nd.
Alex Baddick = 4th + 5th. Ashley Wright = 3rd + 4th.

Fizzers.
Jon Horton = 2nd + 3rd. Andy Clee = 4th + 3rd.
Simon Mitchel = 3rd + 5th. Russell White = 5th + 4th.
Steve White = 3rd + 4th. Steve Carter = 4th + 2nd.

Masters.
Guy Maddocks = 5th + 4th. Tony Allsopp = 2nd + 3rd.
Ben Keay = 4th + 3rd. Martin Scrace = 4th + 3rd.
Steve Dunn = 5th + 5th. Tony Whelan = 5th + 5th.

Isa judges = Bob Freshwater, Norman Wright, Graham Taplin, Paul Kennan, Andre Green.

British Longboard Club Champions 2009!

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who competed this weekend in the 9th annual British Longboard Club Championships.

Hotdoggers 'A' Team took the 2009 title from Shore Surf Club with Scarborough Malibu Club in third place. I will update this post with full results and placings as soon as I have them.

The event was a great success, the weather stayed dry and the sun came out and the surf provided small but contestable conditions for us to run the event.

We would like to thank everyone involved in helping us to run the event. It would not have been possible without help from Christies Estates, VW Barnstaple, Saunton Beach car park, Surfed Out, Tiki, Gulfstream, Oneill, the White Lion and Indian Kitchen, Quay Events, Salomon, Second Skin, James Hindle, Gary Dingle and Vicki (tee shirt design and poster).

A huge thank you to all competitors, teams and their supporters, some of which made some long journeys.

Photos from the event are here or scroll down for a slide show.