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NSW Surf Life Saving Championships - 2008/02/22 23:11
NSW’s leading surf lifesavers will descend on Blacksmiths Beach in the State’s Hunter Region over two massive weekends this February and March for the NSW Surf Life Saving Championships.
Over 4000 individual competitors from more than 100 clubs across the State are expected to take part in the championships which will be hosted by Swansea Belmont SLSC.
The junior surf life savers will kick-start a bumper two weeks of competition with the Westpac NSW Age Surf Life Saving Championships starting on the February 29 and continuing through to March 2 and featuring a host of the State’s finest young lifesavers.
The following Thursday the NSW Allphones Masters & Open Surf Life Saving Championships will commence with the Masters hitting Blacksmiths Beach on March 6 and their younger counterparts taking centre stage from Friday March 7 through to Sunday March 9.
The State’s leading surf lifesavers will test their skills at the annual competition which attracts crowds of up to 10,000 spectators over the two-week period wanting to see competitors fight it out for glory in everything from the gruelling ironperson and surf boat races to the highly anticipated Taplin relay and beach events.
The Open championship has been given a massive boost this year with the naming of a new major event sponsor Allphones; the mobile phone specialists have signed a significant three-year naming rights sponsorship deal in support of the NSW Surf Life Saving Championships ensuring it will continue to be one of the State’s premier sports events and attract NSW’s best lifesavers.
"Receiving this generous and significant sponsorship from Allphones means that Surf Life Saving NSW can continue to host one of the largest surf carnivals in the world and that we can sustain and build the high standards of competition we've enjoyed to date," said Phil Vanny, CEO of Surf Life Saving NSW.
Last year’s overall point score winners, Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club, will be front runners to secure another victory this year and the title of NSW’s premier Surf Life Saving Club once again; Cronulla SLSC is home to some of NSW leading surf stars who will be looking to conquer not only the individual events but the team events as well.
Cronulla’s defending Ironman champion Chris Allum will be looking to secure back-to-back title wins while fellow club member and Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Series competitors Nathan Smith and Avoca’s Daniel Shade will lead a strong pack of competitors seeking glory for themselves.
While Manly’s Naomi Flood will strive for a fourth successive title win in the Ironwoman event in what is sure to be a tough field of competitors including North Bondi’s Candice Falzon and Terrigal’s Amanda White.
The Championships will come to a dramatic close on March 9 in what will be a massive day of finals with the prestigious Iron person tagged as the event to watch.
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Re:NSW Surf Life Saving Championships - 2008/03/04 13:09
FLOORED FLOOD OFF THE CANVAS FOR A RECORD FOURTH TITLE SHOT
BLACKSMITHS: Nothing could keep Manly’s Naomi Flood out of contention for a record fourth consecutive State Ironwoman crown at this weekend’s NSW Allphones NSW State Surf lifesaving Championships at Blacksmith’s Beach, Swansea Belmont – not even a knock-out blow from a stray board.
The courageous 21-year old suffered concussion when her Northern NSW Hammers team mate Courtney Hancock, lost control of her board which slammed into Flood’s head during the first leg of round two of the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Iron Man Series final at Coogee Beach on Saturday.
Finishing the race in seventh position, Flood was unlucky to miss out on a spot in the six-woman final, passed on the run to the finish by Kristy Munroe, but she thanked her lucky stars she could walk away with no major injuries.
Her performance to even finish the gruelling course made her a winner on the day in front over 5000 fans who packed the Coogee amphitheatre.
“I think my skull is bruised; I had an instant headache as soon as it hit me, I had a massive pain in the back of my head and behind my eyes and it hasn’t gone away,” she said yesterday.
“It was a good concussion and now I’m just trying to get through another day, I’m still feeling a bit disorientated, a bit blurry and a bit dizzy.”
Flood said she could see her young team mate’s board coming for her but was unable to protect herself from being hit, as she hung on to her own board.
“I saw Courtney nose dive, then I saw it (the board) in the wave and it turned my way, and I though this is going to hit me but I couldn’t do anything, so I just let it hit me and it smashed me right in the head,” Flood recalled.
“When I got to the shore I got up but I didn’t know what I was doing, my brother (Simon) is my handler and he was just yelling for me to go.
“I think I was sitting in about third at that stage and I just went on autopilot and did what he told me, I don’t think I really knew what I was doing, the body took over and the mind had no control.”
Flood staggered around the transition from the board to the ski, where her father and second handler Kevin was waiting for her and after almost falling over in the tricky Coogee shorebreak she jumped on her craft and set sail for the leaders.
Looking back on Saturday’s race Flood said it was probably not the smartest idea for her to continue and admitted she may have been down for the count but nothing was going to stop her.
“Looking back I probably shouldn’t have continued, but that’s the athlete in me you know, I’m there to race, so I said, let’s race,” she said.
“I think if I had made it through to the final I would have withdrawn.”
Flood was examined by the doctor on-hand at the beach and says she has no real worries for her health leading into this weekend’s NSW Allphones State Championships.
“The doctor just said to take it easy, and to have someone with me all the time,” she said.
“He said the way I looked coming in from the hit I definitely had a concussion, and to have someone with me so if I got really sleepy or started talking rubbish they could take me to the hospital. I felt like I was in a time-warp.”
She was back in the pool at Warringah Aquatic Centre yesterday training under the watchful eye of Ben Davies, preparing for another big weekend in the countdown to “The Aussies” at Scarborough Beach, WA next month.
Even though she missed the KNG final, Flood’s good form throughout the $200,000 Series meant she still managed to place third in the overall point score, an excellent result leading into the money end of the season.
“I was stoked, really happy with it; it’s my best overall result ever,” she said.
But despite the minor setback on Saturday, Flood is still hungry for success at the NSW Allphones State Championships and will be contesting an armful of events this weekend
“It has been a setback, but I’m trying not to stress, I think I’ll be right by Friday, hopefully I’ll be good tomorrow,” she said.
“I’m looking forward to a good hit out his weekend at the State titles; no doubt it will be hard, fast and furious like it always is.”
A three-time winner of the State open ironwoman title, in 2005, 2006 and 2007, Flood has experienced a wealth of success at the NSW State Championships winning at least one ironwoman gold medal at every State Titles since 2002 (under 16) and she is hoping this year will be no different.
“There will definitely be a few girls vying for it, there’s Candice Falzon (the last person to beat Flood at a NSW Championship in 2001), Emma Parsons and Amanda Hey , but I’ll looking for that fourth consecutive title; it will be unreal if I can do that,” she said.
“I’ll be looking for as many gold medals around my neck as possible for Manly as well.”
And let’s hope the girl affectionately known on the beach as “Floody” can wash away the pain and bounce back and do just that as she chases a place in the record books.
All the action at the Allphones NSW State Surf Lifesaving Championships gets underway at Blacksmith’s Beach on Thursday with the NSW Masters Championships, followed by the three-day open championships, beginning on Friday and climaxing with the traditional finals day on Sunday.
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2008 NSW Allphones State Surf Lifesaving Championships
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Re:NSW Surf Life Saving Championships - 2008/03/05 21:48
The stage is set for the 2008 Allphones NSW Surf Lifesaving Championships as the cream of the State’s competitors converge on Blacksmith’s Beach, Swansea Belmont this weekend.
It is the first major step towards “The Aussies” – the 2008 UBD Australian Surf Life Saving Championships in Scarborough, WA, next month.
The NSW Championships have always been the stepping stone to “The Aussies” with so many of the great Australian surf lifesavers nurtured through the State Age Championships before graduating to the Open ranks.
Some continue on to the Masters and many return as their own off-spring follow in their grand-fathers, their father’s and now their mother’s footsteps.
Host club Swansea Belmont has always been to the forefront of the competitive ranks in the Hunter Branch, NSW and Australian Surf Lifesaving and this weekend will be another massive effort from their workforce and their competitors.
Last weekend we saw Cronulla – the powerhouse from the Sydney Branch continue their dominance at the Westpac NSW Age Championships – winning the overall pointscore for the 17th consecutive year from fellow Bate Bay club Wanda with another great club, Manly in third.
Expect Cronulla and Manly – sporting rivals from opposite sides of Sydney Harbour to continue their battle royals across all spectrums of competition – from the Masters through to the Opens – from the water area, onto the beach and in the boat area.
Last year it was Cronulla who again stole the team honours from the sky blue Manly caps with the ever present Terrigal, Wanda, Freshwater, Elouera and Avoca Beach in hot pursuit.
In the Masters, look out for some of the greatest names in the annals of the sport to again re-live past glories; names like Ken Murray (the legendary surf-boat sweep who will don the cap of Dixon Park); Swansea Belmont names like Mark Scully, Matt Rees, Phil Cosgrove, Tim Allen, Melissa Thurlow and the grand old man of ski paddling Arch Salaris.
Warriewood will have former Australian boat-rowing champions in Chris Branson, Ken Bucknall, Col Scully and Bob Fulton; while North Cronulla will again trot out two of the best board paddlers ever seen in Steve Warren and Steve Lenton.
When the Masters have wrapped up their aching bones for another year it will be time for the stars of today to meet the starters gun, with teams competitions, before the individual events get underway in earnest on Saturday, a curtain-raiser to Sunday’s big finals day.
Cronulla’s four-time NSW ironman champion and former Australian ironman champion Nathan Smith will spearhead the defending champions Cronulla, who will also boast the likes of his fellow Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Iron Man competitor and defending iron man champion Chris Allum, the Simpson brothers Mark and Dean, Champion Life Saver winner Ben Orford, rising star Daniel Neilson and ski paddler Nathan Steiner.
Redhead will again be represented at one end of the spectrum by ever green ski paddler, Olympian Peter Scott and board master Tim Foran and at the other end by a host of emerging youngsters, some having their first dip into the under 16 ranks – names like Isaac Morgan, Jessica Collins, Mat Fairbairn, Jay Sullivan and Sam Corrigan who dominated last weekend’s State Age Championships.
But maybe names to remember in years to come as the iconic traditions of our lifesavers continue.
Ian Hanson
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2008 NSW Allphones State Surf Lifesaving Championships
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Re:NSW Surf Life Saving Championships - 2008/03/09 09:13
March 8, 2008
BULLI’S HISTORY MAKING DAY IN THE SUN AT NSW SURF TITLES
BLACKSMITH’S BEACH, Saturday: It was Bulli’s day in the sun at the All Phones NSW State Surf Life Saving Championships with a history making win to Brittany Sharkey in the inaugural women’s surf belt race and an all-the-way win for the club in the prestigious Lifesaver Relay.
Sharkey, an outstanding former stillwater swimmer, was never headed in the millpond conditions to keep Lucy Mahoney from North Cronulla and Manly iron woman Naomi Flood at bay.
The experience of club stalwarts Noel Freeman and Keith Caldwell on Sharkey’s line ensured a smooth passage into the water in surf lifesaving’s traditional belt race which was first contested at a NSW Championship back in season 1949/50 when Queenscliff’s Allan Williams won the first of his first two State titles.
Since then belt swimming has remained a constant link to lifesaving’s iconic heritage and the NSW men’s title has seen some of the greats of the sport collect the coveted crown – including Olympians Terry Buck, Neil Rogers, Graeme Brewer, Ron McKeon, Simon Upton and Deane Pieters.
Now some 23 years after Kim Rutherford (South Maroubra) won the inaugural women’s open surf race title Sharkey has etched her name into the record books with an historic belt win.
“To win the first ever women’s belt race is very special, it was a tough swim but I’m so pleased and relieved,” said Sharkey.
And as she touched the buoy to the cheers of the Bulli supporters the club's all-round strength was being toasted at the northern end of the beach – with the club’s victory in the Lifesaver Relay which included the club’s A boat crew; Downie Langthorne (ski), Drew Cairncross (swim), Ben Griffiths (board) and Cara Langendam (sprint).
But the Bulli boys still had more to add to their medal collection with former Australian belt champion Matt Freeman regaining his NSW open belt crown he last won in 2005 and 2004 – becoming the first swimmer since Cronulla’s Daniel McLellan (who won six titles between 1993 and 1998) to win three titles in a row.
Earlier in the day Ben Griffiths started the ball rolling for Bulli with victory in the under 17 single ski, while Oscar Bradley took out the under 17 ironman, and Sean White chimed in with silver to Jordan Burden from Freshwater in the under 17 belt final.
Meanwhile, five-time NSW iron man champion Nathan Smith, has continued his golden haul, winning the over 24 years surf race from fellow iron man Drew Cairncross and Olympian Mal Allen.
Smith will be chasing a record sixth State iron man championship when he lines up tomorrow against his Cronulla team mate and defending champion Chris Allum, Cairncross and former champion Jonathan Crowe.
Cronulla also stole the open board rescue with the energetic Mark Simpson and partner Luke Cole wining a frantic race to the line after six teams caught the same wave, while Tom Fraser-Holmes joined with god friend Sam Speer to add gold to their mantelpiece in the under 17 male board rescue.
Meanwhile Jordan White continued to show why she is a mainstay for Warilla Barrack Point as the club swept to victories in the under 19 Taplin relay , board relay and under 17 surf teams and board rescue.
At the end of day the second day of open competition, it is Sydney Northern Beaches club, Manly who have opened up what looks to be an unassailable lead in the Championship pointscore.
The sky blues have amassed 240 points –leading by 96.5 points over defending champions Cronulla (143.5) with host club Swansea Belmont in third place on 113.
CANDICE ON SONG IN BOARD RESCUE
In the open women’s area, ironwoman Candice Falzon was on song winning gold in the open women’s board rescue final.
Falzon, who is staring with Anthony Callea in the Seven Network’s It takes Two, showed she’s very much in tune in the surf.
She teamed up with fellow North Bondi competitor Tatum Lawler in one of the major highlights of today’s finals action.
And the pair had to dig deep to get the judges decision over Freshwater youngsters Alisha Miller (who earlier won the under 19 board final) and Rachael Crerar who won silver and Alexandra and Madeline Fleming from Cronulla, who took the bronze.
Lawler swam and Falzon paddled the rescue board before they combined to chalk up their first gold medal in the event.
“We could see the other girls coming through on a wave and there was no way we were going to let them catch up,” said Falzon, who has contested this year’s Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Iron Man Series.
“That is our first competition together today and I have to hand it to Tatum, she is swimming so well.
“But getting a medal on Saturday takes the pressure off for Sunday.”
Falzon will line up against defending champion Naomi Flood and former champion Amanda White in tomorrow’s State ironwoman championship final.
Lawler will be chasing further success in the State open surf race championship.
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Re:NSW Surf Life Saving Championships - 2008/03/09 09:27
RESULTS:
2008 Allphones Nsw Surf Life Saving Championships: Blacksmiths Beach Swansea Belmont: Day 2 Finals: Men:
Open:2km Beach Run:
B Conrick (Redhead)
S Barrie (North Wollongong)
G Bishop (North Bondi)
Board Rescue:
Cronulla A
Manly Blue
Cronulla B
5 Person R&R:
Collaroy Black
Wanda Blue
Swansea Belmont A
Surf Belt Race:
Bulli A
Wanda sky
Freshwater A
U 19: 2km Beach Run:
M Brady (Dixon Park)
T Ham (Swansea Belmont)
M Fox (Wanda)
Beach Flags:
M Kember (North Curl Curl)
A Sparrow (Coogee)
N Oregan (Cronulla)
Taplin Relay:
Redhead A
Avoca Beach Green
Warilla-Barrack Point Black
Surf Teams:
Elouera A
Redhead A
Manly Blue
U 17: 2km Beach Run:
A Watson (Manly)
S Llewellyn (Swansea Belmont)
D Callaway (Bulli)
Board Relay:
Terrigal B
Bulli Gold
Terrigal A
Ironman:
O Bradley (Bulli)
J Killey (Manly)
M Booth (Redhead)
Board Rescue:
Manly Blue
Terrigal Schoey
Terrigal B
Single Ski:
B Griffiths (Bulli)
R Holland (North Bondi)
S Wilson (Wanda)
U 15: 2km Beach Run:
M Barter (Redhead)
B James (Warilla-Barrack Point)
N Federer (Bulli)
Beach Flags:
B Drysdale (Austinmer)
J Augusto (North Narrabeen)
C Nicholls (Elouera)
Board Relay:
Cronulla A
Manly Blue
Redhead A
Board Rescue:
Cronulla A
Redhead A
Manly White
Surf Teams:
Redhead A
Terrigal A
Lennox Head-Alstonville Blue
Women: Open 2km Beach Run:
J Parr (Terrigal)
B Chisholm (Clovelly)
R Sharman (Manly)
Board Rescue:
North Bondi Nb
Freshwater A
Cronulla C
5 Person R&R:
Bondi Blue
North Cronulla Gold
Ocean Beach Blue
Surf Belt Race:
Bulli A
North Cronulla BLUE
Manly BLUE
U 19: 2km Beach Run:
J Conder (Elouera)
K Conder (Elouera)
S Walker (Sawtell)
Beach Flags:
J Mckee (Cronulla)
A Deepena (Elouera)
A Mercer (Helensburgh-Stanwell Park)
Board:
A Miller (Freshwater)
A Fleming (Cronulla)
H Minogue (Bulli)
Taplin Relay:
Warilla-Barrack Point Black
Manly Blue
Elouera Red
Surf Race:
S Carey (The Lakes)
N Chapman (Swansea Belmont)
C Mura (North Wollongong)
Surf Teams:
Elouera A
Freshwater A
Terrigal A
Single Ski:
L Smith (Warilla-Barrack Point)
K Chappel (Byron Bay)
R Keelan (Manly)
U 17: 2km Beach Run:
A Mcgain (Bilgola)
T Brady (Dixon Park)
N Federer (Bulli)
Board Relay:
Byron Bay A
Sawtell Sawtell
Warilla-Barrack Point Black
Iron Woman:
L Hall (Macmasters Beach)
J White (Warilla-Barrack Point)
J Davis (Avoca Beach)
Board Rescue:
Warilla-Barrack Point Black
Cooks Hill A
Byron Bay B
Single Ski:
M Prior (Warilla-Barrack Point)
T Fleming (Cudgen Headland)
L Hall (Macmasters Beach)
U 15: 2km Beach Run:
B Jones (Wanda)
C Douglas (Wanda)
C Llewellyn (Swansea Belmont)
Beach Flags:
J Danckert (Copacabana)
M Robertson (Swansea Belmont)
J Mudd (Shelly Beach)
Board Relay:
Cronulla A
Redhead A
Swansea Belmont A
Board Rescue:
Copacabana Red
Cronulla B
Avoca Beach Green
Mixed: Open: Lifesaver Relay:
Bulli A
Avoca Beach A
Elouera A
5 Person R&R:
Wanda A
Collaroy Black
North Cronulla Gold
6 Person R&R:
Collaroy Black
Wanda Blue
Freshwater Maroon
U 19: Surf Belt Race:
B Mccrindle (Wanda)
M Hartcher (Cronulla)
J Nolan (Freshwater)
U 17: Surf Belt Race:
J Burden (Freshwater)
S White (Bulli)
J Earp (Swansea Belmont)
Over 24 Restricted Surf Race:
N Smith (Cronulla)
D Cairncross (Bulli)
M Allen (Bronte)
Club Pointscore:
Manly 240
Cronulla 143.5
Swansea Belmont 113
Terrigal 111
Wanda 105.5
Bulli 101
Freshwater 96
Warilla-Barrack Point 86
Elouera 81.5
Redhead 79
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Re:NSW Surf Life Saving Championships - 2008/03/09 18:13
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March 9, 2008
SMITH AND FLOOD STAR AS MANLY CROWNED NSW CHAMPION CLUB
BLACKSMITH'S BEACH: Cronulla's Nathan Smith and Manly's Naomi Flood charged
into the record books on the final day of the All Phones NSW Surf Life
Saving Championships at Blacksmith's Beach, Swansea Belmont today.
Smith, 27, had to work hard all the way before winning a record sixth NSW
iron man title - the first man in history to win six crowns since the first
NSW Championship was contested in 1967 and won by Olympian Denis Heussner.
And Smith admitted it would be his last State championship in the iron man
event, he has dominated since 2002, as he sets his sights on next month's
Australian Championships at Scarborough.
"That was special for me. I put pressure on myself to win that one and
believe you me it wasn't easy - in fact I spent four hours sitting under the
tent waiting for the race and it can get inside you head a bit," said Smith.
"I had missed the board final which was very disappointing as I was probably
one of the favourites and it also robbed me of a good hit out so sitting
around waiting wasn't much fun.
"Having the board last was good for me - I treated it like an individual
board race but if it came down to a sprint finish it would have been tough -
I had nothing left."
It capped a great weekend for Smith - who was also named Male Competitor of
the Carnival after chalking up wins in the open men's ski and board relays,
restricted surf race and surf teams.
Second to Smith was last year's winner, his Cronulla team mate Chris Allum,
who was also in the winning surf teams, ski and board relays, with Bulli's
ever-present Drew Cairncross not far away in third.
But despite the efforts of Smith, Allum and Mark Simpson the weekend
belonged to Manly - who were crowned the new Champion club for 2008 -
breaking a 21 year drought.
And it was Flood, knocked senseless by a stray board in the Kellogg's
Nutri-Grain final at Coogee last week, shook of her concussion, who led
Manly to a knock-out victory over their arch rivals.
She collected a record fourth State iron woman championship and with a
record margin as she streeted the field in the millpond conditions.
The further the race went through the swim, ski, board combination the
further Flood went in front and North Bondi's Candice Falzon (the winner of
the open board and board rescue) and Amanda White (Terrigal) had no answers.
And she was quick to issue a warning to her Queensland rivals leading up to
the UDL Australian Championships at Scarborough (April 1-6).
"That was a good hit out for the Aussies which is going to be a whole new
ball game - the Queensland girls are all so good and there are so many of
them - but I want to smash them," said Flood, who chalked up five gold
medals in a row to steer Manly to victory and take home the Female
Competitor of the carnival.
Cronulla have owned the Championship trophy for the last 11 years, and
although Manly went close last year, they nailed this year's title -charge,
totalling 381.5 to Cronulla's 280.5 with host club Swansea Belmont third
(188).
Manly's victory was built around Flood, rising swim-surf star Thomas
Fraser-Holmes and a host of enthusiastic teams.
In a power-packed day, Flood:
- Won the single ski title in a blanket finished with Lauren Smith
(Warilla-Barrack Point) and Kelly Jury (Cronulla);
- Combined with Blake Ballard to defend their mixed double ski title;
- Streeted the field to win the open women's surf race final Central
Coast rising stars Stef Carey (The Lakes) and Lauren Hall (MacMasters Beach)
and;
- Topped off her day with an opening swim leg in the Manly women's
Taplin Relay to set up Emma Parsons (ski) and Jo Way (board).
FRASER-HOLMES ON GOLDEN POND
In the men's events it was the name Fraser-Holmes, who swim trains in the
Hunter but competes for Manly, who was synonymous with the sky blue's
success.
Fraser -Holmes, who will contest the 400m individual medley and 1500m
freestyle at this month's Telstra Australian Championships - Swimming
Selection Trials for the Beijing 2008 Australian Olympic Team:
- Held off team mate Jared Killey to narrowly win the under 17 surf
race;
- Combined with Killey, Josh Holland and Mitchell Holz to win the
under 17 surf teams;
- Teamed up with Sam Speer to win the board rescue;
- Dead-heated with Benson Aryana (Elouera) in the under 17 rescue
tube.
- Teamed up with Speer and Adam Crerar to win the under 17 Taplin
Relay before:
- Swimming himself into exhaustion as the Manly team's (Joel Lewis,
Jonno Stock, Nick Dawe, Murray Stewart and Cam Coghlan) upset Cronulla to
win the coveted Taplin Relay.
Manly's sky blue caps figured across the board from lifesaving, to the beach
but predominantly in the swimming and craft area where under the direction
of club president Robbie Williams and Sean Kenny the club has again become a
dominant force.
"That's the first time we've won the Champion club pointscore since 1987
when the likes of Guy Leech, Craig Riddington, Scott Wood and Lee Horwood,"
Williams said.
"We have built up in every age group and in every section and it is a just
reward for a lot of hard work from a lot of people.
"It is very encouraging to see so much success - it's been a long time
coming.
WHALE OF A DAY FOR CHRISTIE'S CREWS
In the boat area it was Whale Beach's day to celebrate with Howard Christie
steering the small Sydney Northern Beaches club to wins in both the open men
and reserve grade divisions.
Christie, who only came back to Sydney late last year from the Sunshine
Coast, has been instrumental with Gerry Plim and "Midget" Farrelly in
resurrecting the club's competitive spirit.
"That is the club's first ever win in a pen surf boat championship and full
marks to the boys - two of them who have been in the cub for 15 years but
are only relatively new to rowing," said Christie.
There was also success for the Sydney Northern Beaches in the women's
division with Chris Fleming's crew taking out a well deserved gold medal.
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