Australian Surf Rowers League Series Finals – Navy Australian Open Titles
Starts Friday February 5 2010
Over 350 surf boat crews from across Australia will come together this weekend for Navy Australian Open Surf
Rowers League National Titles.
With the 2010 season of the competition drawing to a close, teams from across Australia will meet at City Beach
in Wollongong on the weekend of February 5-7 to battle it out for the Navy Australian Open Surf Boat Titles.
Bert Hunt, President, The Australian Surf Rowers Association or a Navy Spokesperson are currently available for
interview by contacting Darren Saffin on 0411 089 209.
The weekends schedule includes:
Friday February 5th 2010 (Northern Arena)
Navy Australian Masters – start 11am – finals around 4pm.
Navy Interstate Teams Challenge (all states) 5pm start; 7pm presentations on beach.
Saturday February 6th 2010 (Northern & Southern Arena)
Heats & eliminations start 8.00am finish 4pm.
Navy Australia Open (Block Racing – morning session) – Reserve Grade/U23 men/women.
Navy Australia Open (Block Racing – afternoon session) – Open Men/Open Women/ Reserve Grade/Under 19
Men.
Sunday February 7th 2010 (Northern Arena)
Quarter finals/semi finals/finals start 8.00AM; finish 1.00PM followed by Navy Medal presentations
Navy Australian Open Surf Boat Championships – (Reserve Grade/U23 men/women /U19 Men/Open
Women/Men.
Navy is proud to be naming rights sponsor of this iconic Australian sport.
The Australian Surf Rowers League was born in New South Wales in 1992 as the International League of
Australian Surfboat Rowers Inc. (ILOR) and currently has over 3,000 members from over 260 clubs making up over
450 crews.
The 2009-10 Australian Surf Rowers League Series consists of 28 races across every state and Territory of Australia
from October 2009 to February 2010 and are held on some of the country’s premier beaches.
As in surf rowing, teamwork is very important to how the Navy operates, along with fitness. This alliance aims to
increase public understanding of Navy and the importance of its values to each member – ‘the team works.
For information about a job in the Navy, log on to defencejobs.gov.au or call 13 19 01.
Media Contacts:
Darren Saffin or Jodie Artis
Darren.saffin@gpyr.com.au or 0411 089 209 Jodie.artis@gpyr.com.au or 0414 699 186
Malcolm Grieve, DFR 0409 603 684
Defence Public Affairs (02) 6265 3343 or 0408 498 664
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