Ron Perrott photo of Sydney Bells surf contest 1965-66 courtesy of Ron and Kath Saggers
Petroleum giant Ampol was a keen supporter of Sydney’s lifesaving and fledgling surf contest scene from the early 1960s, getting behind the first ‘Invitational’ championships at Bondi in 1963 and the so called ‘world’ contest at Manly the next year. Someone should be able to identify the beach above, where some kind of a contest is underway, around 64 and 65 going by the boards, proudly brought to you by…
Craig Baird from Surfworld Torquay thankfully sets the record straight…Sorry folks but that is a contest at Bells. Ampol had a long association with contests at Bells and sponsored the Vic Open titles for a number of years. They also sponsored the Aussie titles there in 1967.
Central coast I think, Blue Bay
pete bowes
31 May 11 at 9:51 pm
Could be Mollymook, even though you said Ampol was keen supporter of the Sydney surfing scene.
Di
2 Jun 11 at 12:21 am
We used to go to a lot of surfing contests around that time that were held up at Avoca – would it have been there?
Fiona
16 Jun 11 at 10:03 am
Is it Avoca on the Central Coast?
Fiona
16 Jun 11 at 10:08 am
Sorry folks but that is a contest at Bells. Ampol had a long association with contests at Bells and sponsored the Vic Open titles for a number of years. They also sponsored the Aussie titles there in 1967.
Craig Baird
20 Jun 11 at 2:44 am
thanks for straightening this up Craig – good on yer
Gary Crockett
20 Jun 11 at 12:23 pm