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All Girls Surfriders Club

History

The All Girls Surfriders Club was formed in 1992 after a hugely successful Have a Go Day that attracted 80 interested female surfers. The Club founders Keryn Noach, Max Perrot and Kellie O'Brien conducted the club as a regional organization from Evans Head to New Brighton with monthly rounds at different locations. The original divisions were aimed at beginner, intermediate and advanced skill levels and have grown to include a longboard section and senior beginners.

The Club had few experienced surfers in the early years and concentrated on developing surfing skills through coaching days and club competition. The older role models in Bev Simmons and Evelyn Van der Aa were instrumental in offering a level of surfing that the large numbers of beginners could aim toward. Max Perrot convinced local surf shop owners Wayne and Maree Lazarus and swimwear company owner Grant 'Fandango' Dwyer that sponsoring the All Girls Surf Showdown would be a history making marketing opportunity in the world of womens' surfing. The event cost them $1500 dollars and despite opposition from the cynics in surfing it became the biggest event on the girls surfing calendar with 100 entrants in the first year. There were so few events for girls the Club executive determined to create a serious sporting event that embodied the fun of surfing and increased levels of participation - there was division for all possible girl surfers from Under 16, Open B grade and Seniors with the Open Pro and Under 21 the premier sectors: Hayley Tasker took home $500 and Trudy Todd the winner of the U/21 division in the inaugural year.. The event organisers canvassed all the available surfing wholesalers - at a time when boardshorts and wetsuits were purely male- for prizes and booty for the winners of the ACC rated event. The Showdown was planned to promote women's surfing to the general media and to create awareness of the rising trend of girls entering the water to the people in the sport seemingly blind to the popularity amongst women and to show the girls on the North Coast the best women surfers in Australia. The event has grown enormously and numbers have doubled.

The executive had created the 'model master plan' of the structure of the Club and won a Prime Ministerial Women in Sport Award in 1994 for the successful implementation of the plan attending dinner at the Brisbane Hilton with Paul Keating. The Model determined that the Club would foster successful individuals and the original success story was Jenny Boggis who was the Advanced Club Champion in the early years winning the World Grommet Title in 1995 set for a career in Pro Surfing. Boggis continued her good form to win the inaugural Billabong Pro Junior series. The string of talented girls to follow the success of Jenny Boggis was phenomenal. Julie Morris and Crystal Vail began in the Club's intermediate divisions moving quickly into the world of coaching and training with Max Perrot and managed to collect all amateur titles and Pro Junior titles available in the late 1990's both attending the World Grommet Titles twice with Morris the winner in 1997 and Vail creating history winning the most number of Pro Juniors ever by a male or female. Laurina McGrath was the new young gun also winning the world grommet title and created Club history in 1998 by taking out the Open Pro division of the Showdown defeating Professional surfers in the final. In 2004 Laurina qualified for the elite professional WCT circuit for the first time and the All Girls couldn't have a better ambassador. The original concept of the Showdown in the Club's plan was to create a contest that mixed the levels of competitors so that the new hot rats could take a few experienced scalps in their quest for success. The Club also developed the interclub shield now an annual event between the Sunshine and Gold Coast Girls Clubs which celebrates past Australian women's surfing legends Ma Bendall and Phylis O'Donnell.

All Girls Surf Showdown Winners History

Open Pro Division			Under 21			Under 16
1993	Hayley Tasker		1993	Trudy Todd		1993	Julie Morris
1994	Kylie Webb		1994	Serena Brooke		1994	Julie Morris
1995	Sandie Ryan		1995	Serena Brooke		1994	SamanthaCornish
1996	Pauline Menczer		1996	Jenny Boggis		1996	LaurinaMcGrath
1997	Belinda Godfrey		1997	Julie Morris		1997	LaurinaMcGrath
1998	Pauline Menczer		1998	Laurina McGrath		1998	JennaHunter
1999	Laurina McGrath		1999	Samantha Cornish		1999	JennaHunter
2000	Pauline Menczer		2000	Laurina McGrath		2000	Jessi Miley-Dyer
2001	Jenny Boggis		2001	Emma Butler		2001	Amanda Clegg
2002	Rebecca Woods		2002	Rebecca Woods		2002	Stephanie Gilmour
2003	Yvonne Byron (nee Rogencamp)		2003	Sheridan Sheilds		2003	Stephanie Gilmour
2004	Stephanie Gilmore		2004	Stephanie Gilmore		2004	Ashleigh Smith
2005	Nicola Atherton		2005	Nicola Atherton		2005	Laura Enever
2006	Sally Fitzgibbons		2006	Ebony Laird		2006	Sally Fitzgibbons
2007	Laurina McGrath		2007	Stephanie Sallis		2007	Laura Enever

14 and Under			Senior Women (over 28's)			Longboard			Open B Grade
1993	no event		1993	Sunny Richards		1993	Bev Simmons		1993	Debbie Turner
1994	no event		1994	Kathy Anderson		1994	Bev Simmons		1994	Kellie Loasby
1995	April Murphy		1995	Kathy Anderson		1995	Trish Giltinan		1995	Karen Greene
1996	Melissa Cook		1996	Kathy Anderson		1996	Robyn Burgess		1996	Samantha Waugh
1997	Lauren McGregor		1997	Jenny Steen		1997	Kim Moran		1997	Dara Penfold
1998	Sheridan Sheilds		1998	Sandra English		1998	Erin Webber		1998	TerreneBlack
1999	Jessi Miley-Dyer		1999	Pauline Menczer		1999	Jenny Steen		1999	Angela Scheibel
2000	Renee Hyman		2000	Pauline Menczer		2000	Rochelle Scammell		2000	Jenna Hunter
2001	Karina Petroni		2001	Teressa Herber		2001	Rochelle Scammell		2001	Amanda Clegg
2002	Stephanie Gilmour		2002	Kylie Webb		2002	Chelsea Williams		2002	Heidi McGee
2003	Sally Fitzgibbon		2003	Kath Anderson		2003	Amy Clark		2003	Ayla Whitney
2004	Laura Enever		2004	Sandra English		2004	Karlie Black		2004	Sophie Shelton
2005	Laura Enever		2005	Kathy Newman		2005	Tessa Davidson		2005	Bianca Linton
2006	Phillipa Anderson		2006	Jenny Boggis		2006	Isabelle Brady		2006	Kayla Anderson
2007	Georgia Fish		2007	Kathy Newman		2007	Amy Clarke		2007	Lyla Wright