Dates: February 19th - 26th, 2011. Note that competitors in the Pro division will not have official competition until the 20th. Other divisions may compete Saturday depending on the conditions. Saturday night will be opening night BBQ.
Location: Gerroa, Shoalhaven Heads and/or Windang. A competitors' house is being organised for those travelling interstate and require accommodation - more details to follow.
Entry fee: Adults (male) $100. Ladies, Juniors and Groms are $60. This is the early bird registration fee available up until the 5th of February. Please make a direct debit into the following account.
NSW Wave Sailing Association
BSB 032 155
Account number 000118990
Please email Tim Williams williamst@abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au with your details - name, division, sail number, sponsors etc once your payment has been made.
Warren Holder will accept cheques
Divisions: age as at 18th of February
1. Open Pro
2. Ladies
3. Amateurs - there will be a specific criteria to compete in this division however, the emphasis is on amateur level sailors and those new to wavesailing
4. Masters > 35 yrs
5. Grand Masters > 45 yrs
6. Legends > 55 yrs
7. Youth under 21 yrs
8. Juniors under 17 yrs
9. Groms under 15 yrs
Prizes:
Winner of Open Pro will receive $1000.
More information will follow in the next few weeks so please be patient. I will post information regarding accommodation next.
Cheers everyone
Tim Williams NSW WA President and for
Warren Holder National Wavesailing Titles Contest Director
Tim, can you confirm for me that the nationals will definately be finishing on Monday the 28th. I was originally informed it was to finish Sat the 26th?
Thanks for the info tim.
I too was under the asumption the 26th was the last day and took leave only till then. If i'm in the ams will i need to get monday 28th off also?
Quick correction -
Finishing on the Saturday 26th. (key stroke error)
This means there is a extra travel day on the 27th for people who need to get home interstate.
Cheers
Tim
As for Accommodation side of things we have booked a house for the week which has a couple of bedrooms and floorspace. We may book another house if there is the demand.
What is available is;
1 X Master bedroom with private bathroom/shower $325 for the week starting 19/2/11 and vacating on the 27/02/11
2 X bedrooms with 2 beds in each $30 per bed, per night.
Floor space at $20 per night but BYO mattress - there is space for about 8 people (4 upstairs and there is a downstairs room as well)
This house is where we will probably hold the opening night BBQ.
Workout what you want and email me direct using my address in a previous post. First come, first serve. Payments to the NSW Wavesailing club once I confirm back directly with you.
I will be off the air for a week until the 17th so don't panic if you feel like you are being ignored.
Cheers all
Tim Williams
NSW WA President
Tim/Waz
Thanks for all your time on focus on this comp.
What is the early bird price available?
cheers
Jason
Thanks for all feedback,
Had a quick meeting with Contest Director Warren Holder and everthing looks to be in place. Note that the dates are the 19th of February until the Saturday the 26th. The presentation dinner will be Saturday night the 26th at a local resturant in Gerringong and opening night BBQ will be at the event house on the 19th.
All competitors need to be able to show that they are currently insured with their state club. If you are not currently insured then insurance is available through NSW Wavesailing for about $20-$25. This will need paid in addition to the entry fee. There will be some paperwork to sign as well.
The event format will be Man-on-man heats with 2 heats running at the same time (4 sailors on the water). Expert judges will be on hand as well as Warren who is running the event.
Any questions PM me please but I will post more details up in shortly. Only floor space is available at the house now.
BTW Gerroa was firing today with 6' sets and enough wind to plane off the beach at times. SE swell arrived about 1pm and there were sailors from as far north as the Central Coast and south from Ulladulla such is the reputation of the beach. From what I saw of Brett Goodwin today his level of sailing is excellent and would give most Pros a real run for their money.
I will see a lot of guys at the next NSW WA event which is the weekend before.
Cheers
Tim
Surfers measure waves as half the height of the face
Mast high with a 5.0 rigged is approximately a 12 foot face = 6 foot wave
And I agree with both of you regarding today's sail - as good as it gets at Gerroa today
If you do not already have a sail number how do you go about getting one, is there a register of numbers already in use? is No.1 taken?
Also what is the criteria for amateur, no sponsors?
cheers duncan.
as far as wave sizing goes its easy... you just have to halve what windsurfer tells you it is. generally i've found they love talking it up 
Simple rule. If your telling someone who wasn't there double it. If your telling someone that was half it.
Sail numbers - I will double check this one but we will be using coloured rash vests to identify you on the water.
As for criteria into Ams, Pros good question. Generally most of the clubs know who their Pro and Amateur sailors are and seeding will be done on day one of the comp. The Amateurs division will be restricted to those whose ability level is a tier below the Pros and also you can't be a sponsored sailor. We are looking to encourage those new to wave comp who wish to develop their sailing in the waves.
There will be a few sailors out there who have a low/no contest profile who could give the regular Pros a decent contest and they are generally known. If it becomes obvious that someone is foxing then they may find themselves reseeded into the Pros.
Speaking for NSW WA all current Amateur division sailors qualify for the Amateur division. Dunko - you will be an AM but will get a higher seeding
Hope this helps
Tim
We are thinking of booking another house for accommodation - can you give us an idea if you are interested
cheers
Hey Tim, there is a crew of us venturing down from QLD and have been talking about getting a house for the week. Should we just organise this ourselves or if there is some sweet places you know of then maybe that is an easy option.
Looking forward to it!
Hi everyone,
There seems to be a lot of interest in this year's Nationals and many of the more experienced crew are hopefully going to make it. We have enough interest to run GRAND MASTERS
LEGENDS
as well as the other divisions.
Hopefully we can run a Junior Ladies (under 21) and Open Ladies divisions too.
Note the early bird discount of entry of only $100 is ending soon - 5th of February. Use the NSW WA account to make your deposit please. Ladies and Juniors/Youth and Groms are only $60. We have quite a bit to pay to put the event on so please get your entry in.
Cheers all
No sail numbers required!
We will use coloured rash vests to identify you. You can always display your numbers if you go to the www.windsurfing.org and checking the AWA members list. This is the list of all sailors currently insured as well.
Cheers
Im not a Gerroa local but it seems like the season is getting better on the eastcoast at the moment so do it.
February and March are better for waves and the seabreeze is still good owing to local effects. Had a top day 10 days ago with headhigh sets. The cross off wind means the wave face stays smooth and really rippable. The seabreezes also produce good jumping waves (cross-on) further down the beach where it bends around.
Hope you guys make it - a long event window and the possibility of moving the comp up and down the coast will maximise the chance of contestable conditions.
Cheers
Tim
Tim
Can you confirm the price for entry after the early bird cut off? Sorry if its written in this thread somewhere, I cannot find it for the life of me.
Plus are we allowed to enter multiple divisions with one entry fee eg Ams and masters (as we were at last NSW based nationals?)
Count Jake and I in for a BYO bed each in the house please. I am still trying to coax Jess along :-)
cheers
Jason
Why on earth would you do that qwert??? That would be like entering the masters, grand masters, and legends?!? Just pick a division and have a crack.
I've always looked at it as sponsored/ not sponsored or serious/ social. I think the idea was to keep more people enjoying the competition. The idea was stolen from WA anyway so blame them
it has worked well in the nswwa. Makes it more enjoyable for more people.
