Palm Beach Old Mal Rally 2008

Saturday November 8
Southern end of Palm Beach (aka Summer Bay) was the location for the 2008 "Fire Guard Installations" Old Mal Rally
This year's event saw 42 competitors turn up to do battle in 4 Divisions, in a 2-3 foot swell pushed along initially by a nor-easter, then swinging around to a sou-wester
Cloud cover remained the whole day, helping to keep the temperature down to a comfortable level
Some of the elder-statemen in the field were saying that the conditions made it difficult to see the waves coming. Of course age has nothing to do with, eh!!!!
At one stage there were even a few spots of rain, but the vast majority of it was Virga rain (Rain that evaporates before it hits the ground)
One casualty for the day was Bryce Caine in the MYSTERY FINAL. He copped the rail of board in the mouth. he was taken to hospital and at last report was waiting for a Plastic Surgeon to sew him up (Ouch!!!!). Trust you get better soon mate.
Money raised on the day went to the Disabled Surfers Association, as well as a couple of locl charities

FINALS RESULTS

OPEN
- 1. Matt Chojnacki
- 2. Beau Nixon
- 3. Chad Andrew
- 4. Dom Breen

OVER-55
- 1. Lyndon Riley
- 2. Peter Christie
- 3. Bruce Channon
- 4. Ken Gray

OVER-45
- 1. Duncan Herbert
- 2. Martin Bunch
- 3. Glen Kelly
- 4. Grant Salmon

MYSTERY
- 1. Blake Hackett
- 2. Fraser Dovell
- 3. Jason HArris
- 4. James Nicol
- 5. Adrian Van Druten
- 6. Bryce Caine