Carnivals

Surf Sports has a long and proud history within Surf Life Saving. The Surf Sports aspect of Surf Life Saving plays a significant role in ensuring that our members have the ability and passion to meet the changing environment within which we deliver our essential lifesaving service.

With competition offered to all age levels up to Masters (over 30), our program is for every one of all ages and all fitness levels. We are an inclusive club and encourage everyone to ‘have a go’; participation can be social or competitive, depending on your level of interest.

There are opportunities to compete in numerous disciplines such as Beach, Water, Surf Boat, Life Saving and IRB events, which suit everyone with a reasonable level of fitness. Whether you love racing against your club mates or aspire to represent team ‘Palmy’ at local, state or national level, we encourage you to get out and enjoy this summer of surf sport.

COMPETITION CALENDAR – 2021/22

Carnival dates for the 2021/22 season. Please note, some dates may change slightly once SLSQ release their carnival calendar.

Carnival information and entry links will be added once carnival opens. For more information, please contact the Club Administrator during office hours. 

Entry fee for most carnivals are covered through SLSC membership, pending adherence to the Competitor Policy which can be found on our Policies and Guidelines webpage, and entries being submitted on time. Any late fees (subject to entries being accepted by the club) will be borne by the competitor. Our aim is not to incur any late fees.

Competitor Levy: To make life simpler for everyone competing and paying carnival fees, our Club has brought in an annual competitor levy for this carnival season rather than individual carnival payments (Championship events excluded). The fee is $30 per individual or $60 per family payable through your membership portal – see these instructions for how to pay your Competitor Levy. 

#  Carnival entry fee not covered by Palm Beach Surf Club.  Please refer to Competitor Policy for payment process.

PBQ Entry Nominations Closing dates: in order to give our Carnival Coordinators time to process and submit entries on behalf of our club, our entries deadlines are earlier than those listed in the event circulars. Members are to disregard all entry deadlines other than those listed in the table below. The ‘Additional Entries’ deadline provided in the circular does not apply. 

Final Carnival Communications: for entered competitors, final carnival info is sent to all participants on the Thursday prior to each event being held. Please keep an eye out for it in your email inboxes! 

Month	Date	Event – Event Circular	Age Group	Location	PBQ Entry Nominations Closing Date	Carnival Nominations
September	18	Qld Endurance Champs	U9-U17	Gold Coast	Event Ended	QLD ENDURANCE CHAMPS
October	16	# QLD Beach Series	U11-Open	Mooloolaba	Event Ended	Qld Beach Series Rnd 1
October	24	U8-U10 Teams Carnival	U8-U10	Pacific	Event Ended	U8-U10 TEAMS
October	31	PDB Masters	30+	Palm Beach	Event Ended	PDB MASTERS
November	6 & 7	GCCC Titles	U11-U15	North Kirra	Event Ended	GOLD COAST CITY TITLES
November	13 & 14	# Coolangatta Gold		Coolangatta	Event Ended	Enter Here
November	20	Oceans 38 Round 1	U15-Open	Tugun	Event Ended	OCEANS 38   #1
November	21	Little Dudes	U8-U10	Kirra	Event Ended	LITTLE DUDES
November	27 & 28	Interbranch	U13-U17	Sunshine Coast	Event Ended	Must be selected by PDB
December	4	Oceans 38 Round 2	U15-Open	Tallebudgera	Event Ended	OCEANS 38   #2
December	18	# QLD Beach Series	U11-Open	Kurrawa	Event Ended	Qld Beach Series Rnd 2
January	8	Oceans 38 Round 3	U15-Open	Tallebudgera	Event Ended	OCEANS 38 #3
January	8	# QLD Beach Series	U11-Open	Mooloolaba	Event Ended	Qld Beach Series Rnd 3
January	14 & 15	Surf Rescue Champs	U14-Masters	Bilinga	Event Ended
February	5 & 6	PDB Youth Champs	U11-U14	North Kirra	22 January	PDB YOUTH CHAMPS
February	12 & 13	SLSQ Surf Rescue Champs	U14 – Masters	TBC	Closed	Must qualify at PDB Champs
February	18 & 19	PDB Senior Champs	U15-Masters	TH&C	3 Feb 2022	PDB SENIOR BRANCH
February	20	PDB U8-U10 Champs	U8-U10	TH&C	5 February 2022	PDB U8-U10 CHAMPS
February	25 – 27	Qld State Youth Champs	U11-U15	Alex Headlands	9 February 2022	STATE YOUTH CHAMPS
March	4 – 6	Qld State Champs	U17-Masters	Alex Headlands	Not yet open
April	2 – 3	Aussies Youth Champs Event changes – circular	U14 & U15	Perth WA	Not yet open
April	4 – 5	Aussie Masters Champs Event changes – circular	Masters	Perth WA	Not yet open
April	6 – 10	Aussie Senior Champs	U17 – Open	Perth WA	Not yet open