At the recent Shaw and Partners World Ocean Series, Murphy Builders Maroochy Classic, Noosa Surf Club proudly fielded teams in every open team event on the program and recorded strong results across the beach and water events.
The finals package began with Darcy Lewis taking third place in the Men’s Run-Swim -Run, followed by Finelly Gibbs Beal, finishing 10th in the Opens Women’s event. Lewis also backed up representing Noosa in the Open Men’s Belt Race selection event highlighting his versatility across disciplines. As the belt race is one of the great traditional events of Australian surf competition, it is good to see it back on the programs after many years of it being neglected.
In the junior ranks Olver Price impressed by making the final of the U/15 men’s Surf Race. Strong water results continued with Jessica Porter and Caitlin Brouckhart finishing fourth in the Open Women’s Double Ski, while Kaiha Gibertson and Lachie Caple matched that result in the Open Double Ski after a Spectacular sprint finish.
Noosa Open Men’s also reached the Open Men’s Ski Relay final finishing eight- the club’s first ski relay final in quite some time. Adding to the excitement, Kaiha Gilbertson, one of Noosa’s’ newest competitors, qualified for the Open Mens Single Ski Final. Despite a challenging deep water start he charged through the field to claim ninth place.
The beachies were equal electric with dominant performances in the flags and sprint events. In the U/15 Flags Noosa claimed a clean sweep with Mila Jones taking first, Elize Canton second and Aaliyah Bourke third. Darcy Dewberry finished fourth bin u/15 Men’s Flags. In the U/17 flags Amelie Green won gold, Bella Jackson placed third and Malia Jones finished fifth. Open results saw Amelie green secure third place and Hayden Dewberry finished fifth.
Day two featured the beach sprints where Noosa again excelled. Mila Jones won the U/15 Beach Sprints, Darcy Dewberry finished second in the U/15 Men’s and Aaliyah Bourke claimed silver in the U/15 Women’s. Amelie Green continued her dominant form in a win in the U/17 Women’s while Kai Smith finished second in the U/17 Men’s. Josie Holmes reinforced her status as a beach sprint standout taking first place in the Open Women Sprint.
Relay events capped off a remarkable weekend with Noosa’s U/17 Mixed Relay finishing second, the Open Mixed Relay winning gold and the One -Club Relay claiming first and second place finishers.
In a significant two teams milestone for the club, Noosa Surf Club fielded two teams in the Open Mixed Taplin Relay for the first time. With 12athletes competing against the nations best the achievement highlighted the clubs growing depth and strength while heading into the latter stages of the 2025/2026 season.m Noosa is really building a great team for both the State and Aussie titles.
