{"id":8020,"date":"2018-03-21T03:59:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T03:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=8020"},"modified":"2018-03-23T12:42:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T12:42:54","slug":"torquay-boardriders-wins-surftag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/sport\/torquay-boardriders-wins-surftag\/","title":{"rendered":"Torquay Boardriders wins Surftag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Torquay Boardriders has taken out the Victorian and South Australian Sailor Jerry Surftag Qualifier in epic conditions at rye Back Beach.<\/p>\n

Torquay (94.34) finished six points clear of Peninsula Surfriders (88.34) with 13th Beach Boardriders (48.47) finishing third and Peninsula \u201cB\u201d fourth.<\/p>\n

Torquay team captain Cahill Bell-Warren was the standout in the one-hour final posting 21.7 that included a 7.10 Powerwave. The Torquay team of Todd Rosewell (21.04), Cody Robinson (19.90), Harry Mann (18.06) and John Robertson (9.64) revelled in the large offshore conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally proud to defend our Surftag Title we won four years ago in South Australia,\u201d Bell-Warren said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an epic effort from our squad with everyone playing their roles to a tee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been training for these team events really hard this year so it\u2019s great to take home another Victorian Title. Can\u2019t wait for next year\u2019s event.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s event, Peninsula Surfriders pushed Torquay all the way to the last wave with club president and fifth surfer Lachy McDonald scoring 18.17 in the final stages of the decider.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are stoked to be going to the Sailor Jerry Surftag Australian Championships next month,\u201d McDonald said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great effort from our club so we will have a big squad heading to the Gold Coast\u201d.<\/p>\n

For full results head to sailorjerry.com\/en.<\/p>\n