WELCOME TO THE CLUB
Kurrawa Surf Club is bigger and better for the first time in 60 years
IT’S bigger and better and for the first time in almost 60 years it can fit hundreds of boards and skis downstairs.
But if there is one thing that hasn’t changed at the new and improved Kurrawa Surf Club, which officially opened yesterday, it’s the good ol’ parmy.
Club president Michael McSweeney said the new surf club was 15 years in the making and well thought out, right down to the carpet.
“We are stoked with the space and the size. It is going to give the club the room to grow even bigger,” Mr McSweeney said.
“We are the only surf club on the Gold Coast with a basement this large and it is a huge difference from what we were working with in the past.
“We used to have boards spilling out of a little shed but now everything and everyone fits.”
The club is designed to attract more families and children with a new Nipper coach recruited.
“We’ve got Rhett Collie coming on as the full-time Nipper coach which is really exciting,” Mr McSweeney said.
A super gym will house equipment for rowers including a isometric trainer and a sled track for running. The new gym will cost about $60,000 and is yet to be finished.
“It’s the last thing to do on the list,” Mr McSweeney said.