Surfing Tasmania

Bruny Island Classic

Bruny Island Classic enters it 12th year

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

The Bruny Island surf classic enters it twelfth year in 2010, a true cornerstone of the Surfing Tasmania circuit which hosts rounds on each tassies’ coasts for competitors to qualify for the Australian Surfing Festival in August.. The event is mobile over the island but with predicted 2 to 3.5  metre seas and northerly winds competition is expected to be held at Cloudy Bay.

Bruny Island recently was the venue for the Red Herring Surf Junior, this weekend has the best open surfers and divisions through to Over 50s' hitting the water. Competition is expected to get underway around 8am on both Saturday and Sunday.

Open surfers will not only competing for the coveted title but for wildcards spots in the $145,000 O’Neill Coldwater Classic, World Qualifying event in late March held in the Marrawah region.

The Bruny Island Classic is made possible with the support of the Fosters Group Trading- Cascade, Mungermen Design and Printing, Cloudy Bay Cabin., Cape Bruny Lighthouse Accommodation, Get Shucked Oysters, Bruny Island Premium Wines.-Wayaree Estate, Red Herring Surf, Mures, John Clennett’s Mitre 10 Kingston, Bruny Island Painting and Decorating, Pure Bruny, Adventure Bay General Store, MaWee Jewellery.-Art from Glass, Lunawanna Link-Café and Store,  Rob Pennicott’s Bruny Island Cruises, HIBA The Original Tasmanian Fudge Company, Bruny Island Smoke House.  

Many thanks to National Parks for granting permission to run the event within a National Park.