THE Woolworths Surfer Groms Comps event at Kiama saw seven champions crowned on Sunday, following an action-packed day of surfing in picture-perfect three-foot waves at Bombo Beach.
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Fletcher Kelleher (Freshwater) bagged his first groms victory of 2019, taking out the under- 14 boys division.
After taking out all four NSW events in the under 12 boys in 2018, Kelleher appeared to be destined to repeat the same results this year and so far has appeared in the final in the last two events, but only taking a win in Kiama.
Kelleher notched up a respectable two-wave 13.34 heat total to get the win over a stacked field.
Shyla Short (Austinmer) ensured a title stayed south of Sydney, taking out the under 14 girls division.
Short put on a decent performance over the course of the final to get the win with a respectable 10.6 heat total.
Shyla is the second Short sister to take out the under 14 girls division at a Woolworths Surfer Groms Comp event in 2019 after her older sister Zahlia Short took out event one in Cronulla in a fortnight ago.
Ocean Lancaster (Merewether) surfed well beyond his years in the under 12 boys division, taking top honours with a massive 15.24 two-wave heat total.
Lancaster's fluent backhand attack was flawless over the course of the final as he posted the aforementioned total and left his fellow competitors needing two-wave combinations to take away his lead.
Ruby Trew (Curl Curl) added another Woolworths Surfer Groms Comp title to her overflowing portfolio of results, notching up a solid 12.16 heat total to take a convincing win over her opposition.
In the under 10 boys, Maroubra's Jaggar Phillips won from Thirroul's Cruz Air, Engadine's Jax Goode and Noraville's Finn Sternbeck, while Kiama Downs' Lani Cairncross took out the under 10 girls, ahead of Werri Beach's Lucy Darragh, Suffolk Park's Henley Smith and Werri Beach's Coco Seddon.
The final champion crowned was Coledale's Ashton Forbes, who claimed the under eight mixed title, from Mone Vale's Henry Smith, Maroubra's Jay Whitfield and Sippy Downs' Tully Adams.
In other news, Mannix Greentree-Squiers (under 14 boys) and Lucy Darragh (under 10 girls) won the Woolworths Fresh Waves section, as Tully Adams (under eight mixed) and Annalise Wong (under 12 girls) were named as Pic Peanut Butter Star Performers.
