HOBART/TASMANIA(August 25th/2024): At ‘Manky Sally’s’ Brewery in the heart of Hobart’s Salamanca Place last night, Tasamania’s 2024 State Champions were celebrated at the annual Surfing Tasmania Presentation Night.
Thirteen Champions, ranging in age from Under 12’s through to Over 60’s were awarded State Honours with the East Coast’s Dustin Hollick and Clifton Beach’s Sienna Lawrence taking out the blue-ribbon Open Men’s and Open Women’s titles.
The evening included a touching tribute to Mick Lawrence, created by good friend and fellow Film Director Talon Clemow. Lawrence, Surfing Tasmania’s former President and a Surfrider Foundation legend, passed away suddenly earlier this year.
Surfing Tasmania Board Member Richie Hassett made an emotional speech on good friend Lawrence, saying “For Mick, contest surfing was less about victories and more about another kind of celebration in the gathering of a tribe. The opportunity for him to play a guiding and mentoring role to the younger generation was what drove him.”
2024 TASMANIAN STATE CHAMPIONS
OPEN WOMEN – Sienna Lawrence
OPEN MEN – Dustin Hollick
OVER 60 MEN – John Gregory
OVER 50 MEN – Jake Woodberry
OVER 4O MEN – Dustin Hollick
OVER 30 MEN – Benn Richardson
UNDER 18 GIRLS – Sienna Lawrence
UNDER 18 BOYS – Cowan Duncan
UNDER 16 GIRLS – Jessica Gardner
UNDER 16 BOYS – Duke Armstrong
UNDER 14 GIRLS – Lola Reid
UNDER 14 BOYS – Alby Clemow
UNDER 12 BOYS & GIRLS COMBINED – Sunny Clemow and Alby Clemow
Tasmania’s Dustin Hollick officially became Australia’s best Over 45 Male surfer after putting on a clinical display of modern power surfing at the Hyundai High Performance Centre Australian Surf Championships in Port Macquarie earlier this month.
The man from Four Mile Beach on the East Coast was the surfer to beat in both the Over 40 and 45 Men’s divisions the entire event, winning every one of his heats, making both Finals as the favourite.
Sandford’s Jo Goldfinch had a strong campaign, making the Over 50 Women’s Final and finishing 4th in the country, a huge achievement in itself. Fellow Tasmanians John Gregory and Hamish Renwick also represented the state and put in good performances in the Over 55 Men and Open Men’s divisions.
