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It’s the 40th Year anniversary of the Yorkes Surfing Classic!

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All past competitors, winners, organisers, sponsors and supporters are invited to the 40th celebration event to be held on Saturday the 19th August in the Stenhouse Bay Hall from 6pm. Food will be available, surf movies (featuring the Yorkes Classic), music and the 2023 comp winners presentation. Come and help us enjoy reflecting on a great part of South Australia’s surf history.

The Yorkes Classic is South Australia’s most prestigious and iconic surfing event. Originally started way back in 1983 by local surfers the event delivers great surf in the spectacular surf region of lower Yorke Peninsula.

Once again local surf clubs Yorkes Junior Surf Club and Bootleg Boardriders have come together to build on the history of the event and take it into its 40th year. With the generous support of The Ding King, Extreme Boardriders, Neptunes Surf Coaching, the Yorke Peninsula Council and more than a dozen Yorke Peninsular businesses we are once again running Open Men’s, Open Women’s and Open Junior divisions with a generous prize pool.

The event will be held over the weekend of the 19th and 20th of August. Please note this is the event window and its likely the competition will be run on a single day dictated by the conditions. The Ding King Open Men’s and Extreme Boardriders Open Women’s winners will also be crowned South Australian State Title Winners. Entries are limited and will fill fast so get in quick.

Open Juniors must be under 18 years of age on 31st of December 2023. This is a mobile event and will be held in the best waves Yorkes has to offer the Open divisions. Junior competitors please note you must be comfortable paddling out in solid conditions at Yorke Peninsula’s premier breaks.

All entrants will receive an event T-Shirt. A BBQ and drinks will be available on the day, with all proceeds going to back into the Classic.