The second of three surfing competitions in the 'Autumn Surf Series 2011' was held in 'The Corner' at Lyall Bay on Saturday. It was a fun-filled day with sun, surf and good times.

The Wellington Boardriders Club (Inc) committee definitely had solid autumn groundswells on their mind while planning this series, so it was a great thing to have it all come off for event two.

Around 40 competitors and loads more spectators took to the day's action with great energy. First up was the Open Mens division. The waves were solid, a little lumpy first thing, but generally very contestable. Having waves in town was a real bonus and meant we could all avoid the petrol station for that little while longer.

Competitors made the most of the somewhat crowded conditions (understandable given the lack of waves recently) to lock in their heat scores. Judges were hooting throughout the day as a host of progressive surfing, especially in the open division, took place. As the numerous divisions rolled through, the weather improved, the swell cleaned up (although dropping in size) and everyone enjoyed watching the finals unfold.

Results were as follows:

Open Mens:
1st - Pete Maloney
2nd - Alex Long
3rd - Jeremy Buckley
4th - Ilan Fisher

Open Womens
1st - Zoe Adams
2nd - Hayley Rogers
3rd - Leah Allen
4th - Gemma Pearson

Junior Mens
1st - Jack McDonald
2nd - Kaya Whyte
3rd - Struan Griffiths
4th - Angus Hermansson

Over 30 Mens
1st - Kristin Savage
2nd - Jeremy Buckley
3rd - Rico Lane
4th - Sloan McPhee

Over 40 Mens
1st - Rico Lane
2nd - Te Ao Hau Luke
3rd - Russell Millar
4th - Scott Brenton

Longboard Mens
1st - Scott Brenton
2nd - Mark Tume
3rd - Rico Lane
4th - Robert Schoss

Congratulations to all place-getters. All of whom walked away with generous prize packs.

Points for the series (and 2010/2011 club season) will be updated on our website's Point's Tally Page real soon. Again, a big congratulations to Open Men's winner Pete Maloney who went home with a brand new full wetsuit (Gordon's 4'3 Steamer).

Our generous sponsors and supporters cannot be thanked enough:
Gordons Wetsuits
Manky Chops*
RealSurf
Manky Chops
Wildstyle
Life Water
DVS shows
STOKE Beer
Rob for the PA System
Rico Lane for the Judging Caravan
Mark Gee photography

The final event in the series is in 4 weeks time, on Saturday 7th May 2011. You can register for this final event here.