To surfing, and Lennox Head's Stu Kennedy has been knocked out of the Rottnest Search in Western Australia. Kennedy's best score in difficult conditions was a 5-point-6-7. He was outclassed by world number five, Jordy Smith, who cruised through to the round of 16. (AUDIO IN PARTS) by Georgia Schefe | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather
In surfing, Lennox Head’s Stu Kennedy has finished third in his seeding round heat at Rottnest Island.
Kennedy’s board snapped in the first 10 minutes and eventually fell short of world number 5 Jordy Smith and the Central Coast’s Wade Carmichael.
Riding the most waves of the heat – Kennedy’s best was only 4.43.
He’ll have one last chance in tomorrow’s Elimination Round.
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Nick Carroll
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So just like that the year’s half done.
Margies was number four on the CT calendar. It was a great event with an ending that was both tragic and anti-climactic. Tragic for the Macaulay family, and by extension for most of the attendees, whose spirits were clearly fractured by the family’s sudden loss. Anti-climactic, because of injury and competitive errors by some of the great male surfers in the draw, who were thus absent, or in Jack Robinson’s case, 400 metres away surfing Box for other cameras entirely.