Mark Tickle takes the NSW O55 Title

Long time Gumby and competitive master Mark Tickle has taken the big WIN at the NSW Masters State Titles. Ticks is a past Australian o50’s Champion, but this is his first title win at the very competitive NSW SurfMasters State Titles event, held at the always beaut Boomerang Beach. With small clean conditions and tricky […]

Forever A Gumby – QBC Memorial

Formerly known as the Adam Baker Memorial… The June Memorial Contest holds a sacred place in our QBC history as we honor those who have made a lasting impact on our club and community. This is a special point-scoring club contest where QBC pays tribute to some of our unforgettable lost Gumbys. In the QBC […]

Alysse stomps the trials to qualify for Sydney Surf Pro.

NO WAYS! Our own Alysse Cooper has absolutely stomped the trials for the Sydney Surf Pro Challenger Series event, easily winning the final and qualifying herself to surf in the main event. Alysse put together a huge combo of waves over 3 heats, taking out the final  by an unassailable margin. Samson Coulter also competed […]

New QBC Club Trailer

MEET YOUR NEW QBC CLUB TRAILER After months of work we are so proud to show off our brand new club trailer! Massive shout out to the legends who have all helped along the way from getting government grants, designing the new trailer, quotes, printing the new sticker logos, unpacking and repacking, picking the new […]

The Benches : Lily Mac!

Give us your name, age & current QBC division? I’m Lily Macdonald, 19 years old and I compete in the B grade division How many years have you been in QBC? I’ve been in QBC since I was about 10 years old, starting in the u14s then the junior women’s and now B grade What’s […]

The Benches : Aaron Amavisca!

Gumby interviewed froth-dad and QBC Committee member, Aaron ‘Azza’ Amavisca for the Benches just before he headed off to the Ments for 2 weeks of barrels. Here’s what he had to say.   Name, Age & current QBC division? Hi, my name is Aaron Amavisca and I’m 41.  I surf in the Over 40’s Aging […]

Groms take UrbnSurf

A big crew of QBC groms have taken on UrbnSurf this post-Easter Wednesday. From all reports, there was chaos at the airport followed by total domination of both sides of the tub as 32 of QBCs biggest frothers showed Melbourne how it’s done. Thanks Haydn Masters for organising a well-run trip, QBC coach Gezza for […]

Massive Gumby results from regionals

Team Gumby Groms on a tear this weekend at the @surfing_nsw Regional Titles. A massive congratulations to Hunter Sutcliffe @hunter_sutcliffe and Jessie Silver @jess_surf123 for taking the win in their divisions!!! U14 1st – Jessie Silver –  @jess_surf123 🥇 U14 1st – Hunter Sutcliffe @hunter_sutcliffe 🥇 U14 3rd – Jordi Bray @jordi_bray 🥉 U18 4th – Jack Mac @__jackmac__ U14 […]

QBC groms DOMINATE the Sanbah Cadet Cup

The QBC grommets have absolutely dominated the 2023 Surfest Sanbah Cadet Cup supported by Ocean & Earth. Representing QBC in the Under 14 division were Hunter Sutcliffe, Jordi Bray and Saxon Goodwin – who all smashed through their rounds to make the final on Sunday at pumping and overhead Bar Beach in Newcastle. The final […]

QBC massive SurFebruary and HACK comp fundraiser

SurFebruary was a massive success in 2023, with the QBC team raising over $8300. That money goes straight to cancer research through the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. We finished off the month with a fundraiser comp which I think will need to be an annual event. The format was simple – 1 hour, 1 massive hack, […]