Prizes and Placing

Women's QS 6,000 Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Taggart Women's Pro

Feb 22 - 28, 2016

Status Completed Congratulations Sally Fitzgibbons

Current Local Time: Mar 14, 2025 8:50 AM AEDT

- WSL / Will H-S

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Wilkinson and Fitzgibbons Reign Supreme at Surfest

CT Duo take top honours at theTaggart Women's Pro and Maitland and Pro Stephens Pro in pumping waves at Merewether Beach.

- WSL / Sproule

Friday, February 26, 2016

Crunch Time at Surfest: Quarterfinalists Decided

Pressure is mounting in Newcastle as The Taggart Women's Pro and the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro head into the home stretch.

- WSL / Bennett

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Wild Conditions at Merewether Beach

Competitors faced with intense cold front on Day 5 of Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and Taggart Women's Pro.

- WSL / Bennett

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Top Seeds Hit the water at Newcastle Surfest

CT stars lead charge on Day 4 of the Taggart Women's Pro and Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro Newcastle.

- WSL / Bennett

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Swell Builds Along with Anticipation at Newcastle Surfest

Competitors are greeted with a new swell on Day 3 at Merewether Beach.

- WSL / Grant Sproule

Monday, February 22, 2016

Huge Day of Action at Surfest

The Taggart Women's Pro and the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro move deep into the draw on Day 2.

- WSL / Bennett

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Competition Underway at 2016 Surfest Newcastle

Competitors take to the water in tough conditions at Merewether Beach for Day 1 of competition.

- WSL

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Championship Tour Competitors return to Surfest Newcastle in 2016

Stephanie Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons head an all star cast at this years Surfest Newcastle.

- WSL / WSL/Dunbar

Friday, February 19, 2016

World's Best Descend on Newcastle Surfest

Big names arrive in Newcastle for first QS6,000 of the year.

Status Completed Congratulations Sally Fitzgibbons

Current Local Time: Mar 14, 2025 8:50 AM AEDT

Heat 1 6.63 Avg Wave Score −

Sally Fitzgibbons

1

Wave 1 7.83 Wave 2 6.90 Total14.73 Won by 2.96

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Stephanie Gilmore

2

Wave 1 6.17 Wave 2 5.60 Total11.77 Needed 8.56

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

© 2025 World Surf League Privacy Terms

WSL is best experienced with Javascript! Make sure to enable it in your browser. .share-links-bar .share-link--comments{display:none}.spinner{display:none}.type.not-inited .global-bd{filter:none;opacity:1}.type.not-inited .global-hd{filter:none;opacity:1}.scroll-nav.initial .scroll-nav-wrap{left:0;filter:none;opacity:1}.no-js-banner{position:fixed;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;background:black;z-index:20000;color:#fff;text-align:center}#y-u-header{pointer-events:auto}.carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .previous, .carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .next{pointer-events:auto;display:inline-block}.carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .previous:before{content:" \2039 ";display:inline-block;padding-right:8px}.carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .next:after{content:"\203A";display:inline-block;padding-left:8px}.global-main .popup-wrap{display:block}[id^="nsi"]{opacity:1}.post-body .social-embed{visibility:hidden}.post-body .video-item{visibility:hidden}.proxy-img{opacity:1}.slideshow .slideshow-item--portrait .slideshow-item-img{padding-top:0}.slideshow .slideshow-item--portrait .slideshow-item-img img{position:relative}#nsi-1{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/c9a4f1d26ee6c3be98f656365c8cb03d.jpg?&x=960&y=540&icq=74&sig=63b375801eaff59accd22ad81ab4f93a");} #nsi-2{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/c9a4f1d26ee6c3be98f656365c8cb03d.jpg?&x=640&y=640&cx=0&cy=0&cw=2856&ch=2862&icq=74&sig=ee11698a5705dc7b6b6e5374852816ee");} #nsi-3{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/ffd03db9ccc1ce842c7e32dc9323d2b1.jpg?&x=640&y=360&icq=74&sig=09ffcde8bf3324bfdbcf652e3093ba95");} #nsi-4{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/ac67e919e80a482877a149a077e46f91.jpg?&x=640&y=360&icq=74&sig=d0ff01abaf0c2ca3771d8683ea02a142");} #nsi-5{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/473230b64ad38774bfb151015b4ee2b2.jpg?&x=640&y=360&cx=0&cy=176&cw=3000&ch=1688&icq=74&sig=fc392ac80491d948f00963e16c850b09");} #nsi-6{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/1315f0983b51ed85e6f3d0a22b646e9c.jpg?&x=640&y=360&icq=74&sig=43f3c8a6e05497741708ac5e8c3ca01e");} #nsi-7{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/0b44c68f129152fbcc2930fb776d9857.jpg?&x=640&y=360&cx=0&cy=0&cw=5184&ch=2916&icq=74&sig=566b009814e251b876cf7295202f8818");} #nsi-8{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/95afb9fd82eb783c5e86a5cd764e9425.jpg?&x=640&y=360&icq=74&sig=72c2e36d5487f3f4bb3dfca9d51e0312");} #nsi-9{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/29bff34d593f440cbe23626aff60d995.jpg?&x=640&y=360&icq=74&sig=6296aa98a59980a9e78e1192cb94e4ee");} #nsi-10{background-image:url("https://staging.worldsurfleague.com/image/50f86c58d31b31361850ba348d5b11c1.jpg?&x=640&y=360&icq=74&sig=7c622d25471781ea4ec1d25341a133f6");}

World Surf League

Download it for free on the App store. Download it for free on Google Play.