… it took him until the last few minutes of the final to find the wave that would allow him to frogleap American Taylor Jensen, but is was a great wave, and very worthy of the winning score. Josh Constable was third, then Jackson Close.

In the Surftech Ladies Pro there was a similar scenario, with Chelsea Williams needing a winning last wave to win her third consecutive title, but this time it wasn’t to be, with Tessa Davidson holding on to win.

Results of the finals of the SurfTech LQS Men’s:
1st Dane Pioli (17.67), 2nd Taylor Jensen (16.43), 3rd Josh Constable (12.93), 4th Jackson Close (12.57)

Results of the finals of the SurfTech LQS Women’s:
1st Tessa Davidson (13.23), 2nd Chelsea Williams (12.37), 3rd Nava Young (10.84), 4th Crystal Dzigas (7.33)

Results of the finals of the Scales Seafood 9ft Amateur:
1st Beau Nixon, 2nd Damien Farago, 3rd Jackson Winter, 4th Justin Healey, 5th Shane Morton, 6th Craig Munro

Results of the finals of the Twin Towns Panel Repairs over 40's:
1st Hayden Swan, 2nd Nigel Beckham, 3rd Steve Jackson, 4th John Fraser, 5th Brett Keast, 6th David Kottle

Results of the finals of the Code Surf Women Amateur:
1st Monique Keane, 2nd Jess Roberts, 3rd Jade Foster, 4th Sally Paxton, 5th Lisa Nicholson, 6th Shonet Kelly

Results of the finals of the Dukes Longboards over 50's:
1st Ray Gleave, 2nd Mike Pimm, 3rd Ric Chalmers, 4th Storm Carter, 5th Peter Becker, 6th Greg Moir

Results of the finals of the Robert August over 60's:
1st Ben Hutchings, 2nd Neville Smith, 3rd Jeff Arnold, 4th Ron Silcock

Results of the finals of the Pacific Concrete Pumping over 65’s:
1st Barry McGuigan, 2nd Pat Morgan, 3rd Kerry Purdon, 4th OJ

Results of the finals of the Aboods Crane Trucks U/18 boys:
1st Jackson Winter, 2nd Clinton Guest, 3rd Beau Nixon, 4th Jack Milgate, 5th Damian Farago, 6th Scott Moir

Results of the finals of the Retro’s:
1st Harley Ingleby, 2nd Ian Bell, 3rd Mitchell James, 4th Jye Byrnes

Results of the finals of the Old Mal:
1st Ray Gleave, 2nd Justin Healey, 3rd Jack Milgate, 4th Beau Nixon

Results of the finals of the Lets Live Australia u/18 Girls
1st Kathryn Hughes, 2nd Jess Roberts, 3rd Beth Palmer, 4th Catherine Watson Brown

Results of the finals of the Ron House Stand Up Paddle Boards (SUP):
1st James “Billy” Watson, 2nd Woody Jack, 3rd Woogie Marsh, 4th Ray Gleave, 5th Nathan Myers, 6th Noel Graham

This photo is Harrison Roach, eliminated in the extremely hot semis, held on Saturday. Photo: Surfinfo.com.au

Photo below is from the first of the Pro Mens heats, held on Thursday morning, with world number two, Frenchman Antoine Delpero. Antoine scored a 9.6 and an 8.8 to win that heat. Photo: Surfinfo.com.au