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The Wallarah Long board Club (Rusty’s) is situated in the surf club car park at Catherine Hill Bay on the mid central coast of New South Wales, it was borne out of necessity back in late 2007. Because we are central to Newcastle (up north) and Gosford (down south) we had a lot of malibu or long board surfers who where surfing at Catherine Hill Bay and the surrounding breaks. A lot of the guys and girls after talking did not necessarily want to compete all the time but wanted to form a long board social club. So the WLBC was borne The club has a good base with professionals, self employed persons, nurses, healthcare workers, musicians, students, factory workers, pilots, teachers, mums and dads as its members or sponsors. The WLBC bulk membership is from the local surrounding areas, but we do have a few die hards that travel a distance to get there (1 to 2 hours). The bulk of members are in the second semester of life, but we also have a few that are at the trimester stage, and of course we have our youngun’s (oh to be there again). Man v Man, Women v Women, Women v Man and juniors make up our club competition days. All competing for that personal reward, and a small but much sort after trophy at the end of the year.Our club is more a social family style club than a hard-core competition club, we do cater for the competitive nature within but its done with an "aloha essence" not a "win at all cost attitide". We have club rounds every month and a series of interclub and invitational events scheduled throughout the year. These planned events are typically a fundraising event for worthy charities. In the short time that our club has existed we have helped raise over $10,000 and donated all this money to Beyond Blue, Movember, Melanoma Research and the Catherine Hill Bay Surf Club. As well as regular club competitions we organise club trips up and down the NSW coast. A minimum of 3 santioned club trips are organised to Bonny Hills, Treachery & Crescent Head. Within our club there a few very good and competitive surfers who do very well in other events that they attend while representing the WLBC but this club is very conscious of its club credo “Fun Family Respect and Surf” and implements it in all its decision making policy’s, with family days and family weekends planed throughout the calendar year. Being the best competitive surfer is not the most important criteria in our club. Having a love for the sport and being able to respect culture, our environment and our fellow man and woman while having as much fun as you can is what is valued the highest in our club. NO inflated EGO"S PLEASE! The club itself while still only in its infancy has gained a lot of support from the local community, as well as business, with an ever increasing membership base, (every club day we sign up new members) as well as an ever increasing sponsorship base, the WLBC is going in the right direction. If you surfed with you were young but had to give it up to start off a career or family or both and are thinking of getting back into the sport then this is the right club for you. If you have always wanted to learn to surf but think that you are too old or out of shape. Well you're never too old and surfing will get you back into shape while having fun too. This is the club for you. If you are a grommet (youngster) who has that desire to ride different surf craft and expand on your surfing reptiore while learning not to take yourself too seriously. Then this is the club for you.. If you're female and want a club that welcomes all members and is respectful then this is the club for you. If you have surfed (any surfcraft) none stop for most of your life and are looking for a club that is competitive but does not take itself too seriously then this is the club for you. If anyone would like to contact us in regard to joining we meet in the car park at the Catherine Hill Bay Surf Club The Last Sunday of each month; from 7am We'd love to see ya in the water :-) |
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