AFTER three days of exciting racing on the South Coast, 19 different champions were crowned at the 2021 Australian Surf Rowers League.
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At the Team Navy event, which was staged at Mollymook on Friday and Saturday before shifting to Long Beach on Sunday, Batemans Bay and Currumbin took out the respective open men's and women's titles.
The former downed Bulli Team A, Caves Beach Meat Trays, North Cronulla Funky As, Lorne Chops and South Curl Curl Death Riders for the men's crown, while the Currumbin Cockatoos edged out the Batemans Bay Baguettes, Lorne Edge, North Cronulla Funkys, Noosa Heads Chums and Coogee Recoverie for the women's title.
In the reserve female division, Currumbin Concords took line honours from clubmates Currumbin Scram, with Batemans Bay Phoenix, Noosa Heads Bandits, Brighton (SA) Broncos and Noosa Heads Bowerbirds rounding out the top six.
It was a Currumbin double in the A reserve, with the Krakens winning the male category from Elouera Wilko, North Cronulla Patsys, Kempsey Cresent Head Mega Men, Queenscliff Mollycoddlers and North Curl Curl No Name No Idea.
The under 23s division was dominated by Palm Beach, with the Panthers and Plumbers winning the female and male sections respectively.
The former beat out the Noosa Scrub Turkeys, North Narrabeen King Prawns, Somerton Stormers, Wanda Wedgies and Dicky Beach Tooshies, as the latter defeated the Wanda Weapons, South Curl Curl Lamp, North Cronulla Young Guns, Maroochydore Meat Trays and Somerton Sticky Wickets.
In the under 19s, the Dicky Beach Dandelions reigned supreme in the female - pipping South Port (SA) Stormies, North Cronulla Bofs Girls, Noosa Heads Kookaburras, Maroochydore Mung Beans and Avalon Alpacas.
In the males, South Curl Curl Underdogs shone, ahead of Maroochydore Force, Bulli Team A, Redhead Chili Coconuts, Currumbin Wulfings and Avalon Beach Hueys.
NSW (113 points) just won the interstate title over Queensland (110), with South Australia (98) third and Victoria (85).
In the masters' section, Wambi Wasabi Warriors outlasted the Broulee Griffin Braves in the 160 females final, while the Batemans Bay Phoenix topped the 180 females division - with Wanda Kessels, Nobbys Together and Elouera Elouera rounding out the top four.
The final two female masters winners were Coogee Cogs (200) and Farhaven Hot Catch (220) - with the former edging out the Avoca Beach Zuluz for the crown.
In the males, the 160 category was won by Corrimal Black, ahead of Elouera Great Men, North Cronulla Purds, Cronulla Team A and Wanda Thumpers.
Bronte Beserkers claimed the 180 male title, from Broulee Mixed Grill, Avalon Beach Red, Jan Juc Team A, Umina The Lepers and Somerton Melons, with the Kempsey-Cres Head The Tips taking out the 200 male race - from Bilgola Team A, Mermaid Mayhem, Mordialloc Ecoli, South Maroubra Snagglepuss and Gerringong Vbs.
The final male section (220) was won by the St Kilda Angry Dogs, just ahead of the Warriewood Crustys, North Cronulla Koros and Noosa Heads Condors.
Finally, the two mixed masters champions were South Curl Curl White Bread (240) and Nobbys Dixon Park (260).
The former won ahead of Bulli Team A and Fairhaven Furphys, while Burnie Gold, Coolangatta Magpies, Gerringong Weeri Men and Mollymook Venerable Veterans rounded out the top five in the 260s.
ASRL president Michael Brooks said that the event was a success, and they were extremely proud of bringing the event to Mollymook throughout this unprecedented time.
"Unfortunately, we couldn't see several crews attend the event at Mollymook due to the ongoing uncertainty of COVID, although we were pleased to have the club's support for this event for a second straight year", Brooks said.
"Despite these uncertain times, we are more than amazed by the turn out to The ASRL Open.
"The changing conditions across both location of Mollymook and Long Beach challenged crews across all divisions, making for tough racing along with brilliant spectating across the weekend."