Monday 22nd September 2025 – Manly, Sydney // Queenscliff Boardriders Club have won the GYG Junior Surftag in classic 3–4-foot waves at Sydney’s South Curl Curl Beach. With the Under 14 Division postponed on Saturday due to poor conditions, the Under 18’s enjoyed a fresh south swell that filled in overnight and competitors made the most of the clean overhead sets.

The fifty-minute final came down to the wire with Queenscliff holding off archrivals North Narrabeen to win by 3.74 points. Fifteen-year-old Hunter Sutcliffe was the star for Queenscliff posting a two-wave total of 18.83 that earned him the Creatures of Leisure Highest Score in the Final award. Sutcliffe’s older brother Barclay was Queenscliff’s next best scoring 14.74 with Jordi Bray posting 11.47, Connor McCoy 7.27 and Luke Silver 2.43.

Queenscliff  (L to R) Luke Silver, Connor McCoy, Hunter Sutcliffe, Jordi Bray, Barclay Sutcliffe, front holding trophy, Oscar Batey (Bernadette Johnson)

Sutcliffe was stoked he found a good wave to surf in the final, “Yeah, it was so good during the day and luckily the wave came through as it was pretty slow in the final but when they came it was really good," Sutcliffe said. “It was tricky with the waves changing but I got the job done which was good and so good to win with the boys and all the queeny guys coming down to support”. 

Queenscliff held the lead from the start but had some nervous moments in the back end of the final with North Narrabeen’s Jesse Daish 12.74, Jaggar Phillips 15.43, Archie McKerrell 10.69 and Macka Hazard 5.81 all scoring well to almost grab victory in the final minutes of the decider. 

Southbridge Shellharbour were the surprise packet of the event finishing third in the final, Kash Smith was the standout for the South Coast club who posted their best Surftag Series result in 25 years. Kash Brown and Xavier Stark locked in big scores in the earlier rounds for Cronulla but couldn’t find the right waves in the final with Cronulla finishing in fourth position. 

Results 2025 GYG JUNIOR SURFTAG – Under 18’s

• 1st Queenscliff 56.74
• 2nd North Narrabeen 53.00
• 3rd Southbridge Shellharbour 43.90
• 4th Cronulla 32.77
• 5th Freshwater
• 5th North Shelly
• 7th Scarborough
• 7th Long Reef

Queenscliff sit on top of the rankings after two events with North Steyne in second, Long Reef and North Narrabeen are tied for third with Scarborough in fifth position. The GYG Grommets Surftag will be rescheduled to October with the venue and date confirmed later this week.

The 2025 SURFTAG SERIES will see up to five hundred surfers represent their local Boardriding Club in five Divisions – Men’s, Grommets, Juniors, Women’s and Masters with $30,000 in prize money and prizes on offer. 

2025 SURFTAG SERIES RANKINGS after GYG JUNIOR SURFTAG

• 1st Queenscliff
• 2nd North Steyne
• 3rd Long Reef
• 3rd North Narrabeen
• 5th Scarborough
• 6th Cronulla
• 7th North Shelly
• 8th Dee Why
• 9th Bondi
• 10th Elouera

2025 SURFTAG SERIES Dates & Venues

• 30th August – RJ Thomas Solicitor MEN’S SURFTAG – Queenscliff Beach, Sydney 
• Rescheduled TBA – GYG JUNIOR SURFTAG – Grommets – Curl Curl Beach, Sydney
• 21st September – GYG JUNIOR SURFTAG – Juniors – Curl Curl Beach, Sydney
• 18th October – Titan Ford WOMEN’S SURFTAG – Queenscliff Beach, Sydney 
• 19th October – Titan Ford MASTERS SURFTAG – Queenscliff Beach, Sydney 

The 2025 SURFTAG SERIES is proudly supported by Guzman y Gomez, RJ Thomas Solicitor, Titan Ford Brookvale, Jaecoo Brookvale, Dripping Wet Surf Shop, Creatures of Leisure, Swellnet, Tawny Frogmouth, Sydney Surf Daily & Liveheats. 

For all SURFTAG SERIES information visit www.surftag.au 
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