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Usher Cup World Club Challenge 2025 – Presidents Dinner

WORDS: Usher Cup PHOTOGRAPHY Brian Usher - www.usherusher.com 0412 910 857
A New Venue, more international Boardriders clubs, the best of Australia’s surfing fraternity and for the very first time an Australian First Nations team, the annual Usher Cup World Club Challenge Presidents dinner had it all. The World Club Challenge draw has quickly become a feature of the annual Usher Cup World Club Challenge Presidents dinner and last night was no different as more than 280 competitors, club representatives and celebrities gathered to celebrate the launch of the 2024 contest see who they would face when the World Club Challenge gets underway.
US Commissioner Darren Brillhart was invited on stage by contest director and co-founder Wayne Rabbit Bartholomew to draw the teams out and he quickly set the tone for an epic day of international action.
- Gail O’Neill, Lisa Ketjen & Melissa Usher
- Naomi Middlebrook & Wayne Street
- Billy Webb & Ronnie Blakey
- Mat Wrodel & Mark Seller
- Theo Vairaktaris & Dunja Vairaktaris
- Bella Pidcock & Bianca Nuss
- Jan-Marie Nicolai & Jade Gray
- Linda Sutton & Chris Gadd
- ASCC Portugal Team
- Georgia Lane & Renata Cascacs
- Danny McCall, Kira McCall & Ailey Obarzanshi
- Laura Gerber & Tamika Smith
- Pip Wood & Alex Wood
- Pip Wood, Alex Wood & Melissa Usher