Surf Life Saving NSW’s 2020 Age Championships are done and dusted for another year, with an army of Nippers from Central Coast based surf clubs returning with state medals.
The Championships were hosted by Swansea Belmont Surf Club at Blacksmith Beach from February 28 to March 1.
Fourteen of the Coast’s clubs took part, with the region’s north represented by Shelly Beach, The Lakes, North Entrance, Soldiers Beach and Toowoon Bay Surf Clubs, and the south by Wamberal, MacMasters, Avoca Beach, North Avoca, Copacabana, Terrigal, Ocean Beach, Umina and Killcare.
North Curl Curl Surf Club ultimately won the day, taking out first place in the overall point score, but the Coast still made an impact, with below a breakdown of how each club fared.
Shelly Beach ranked equal 33rd and medalists were Elizabeth Shearer, bronze in the Under 14 Female Board Race.
The Lakes ranked 41st and had no medalists.
North Entrance ranked equal 32nd with the following medalists: Sienna Kennedy-Wilkie, bronze Under 11’s Female Board Race; and, Bodi Bone, Sienna Kennedy-Wilkie, Charlee Speechley, Oscar Wallace, silver in the Under 11’s Mixed Relay.
Soldiers Beach and Toowoon Bay both ranked equal 42nd and had no medalists.
Wamberal ranked 15th with the following medalists: Hayden McGregor, gold Under 11 Male Surf Race, gold Under 11 Ironman; Noah Nakagawa, gold Under 14 Male Beach Sprint; Keenan White, silver Under 14 Male 2km Beach Run; Billy Brown, bronze Under 14 Male 2km Beach Run; Maia Abell, gold Under 12 Female 1km Beach Run; and, Harley Dimech, Matthew Humphries, Noah Nakagawa and Keenan White, gold Under 14 Male Beach Relay
MacMasters ranked 24th with the following medalists: Hamish Taylor-Martin, gold Under 13 Male Board Race; Airley Arnold and Skye Hackshall, bronze Under 13 Female Board Rescue; Marcus Aitchison, Patrick Sheppard and Calum Walters, bronze Under 13 Male Board Rescue.
Avoca Beach ranked 18th with the following medalists: William Josling and Will Tebb, silver Under 11 Male Board Rescue; Talia Tebb, bronze Under 9 Female Surf Race, gold Under 9 Female Board Race; Ava Knight and Talia Tebb, bronze Under 9 Female Board Relay; and, Tully Craik, Ava Knight Cameron Lewis, Talia Tebb; bronze Under 9 Female Beach Relay.
North Avoca ranked equal 35th with the following medalists: Emma Duggan, bronze Under 13 Ironwoman.
Copacabana ranked equal 39th and had no medalists.
Terrigal ranked 19th with the following medalists: Tahj Hamilton, gold Under 12 Male Beach Sprint, silver Under 12 Male Beach Flags; Cooper Armstrong, Christian Coff, Thomas Rice, Harvey Smith, silver Under 9 Male Beach Relay; Paige Casey, gold Under 9 Female Beach Sprint; and, Tyla Channells, silver Under 11 Female 1km Beach Run.
Ocean Beach ranked equal 27th with the following medalists: Jessica Majsak, gold Under 10 Female Beach Flags; Ebony Falconer and Ruby Morrison, silver Under 10/11 Two Person Rescue and Resuscitation; and, Breanna Kelly and Leilani McMorrow, bronze Under 10/11 Two Person Rescue and Resuscitation.
Umina ranked 20th with the following medalists: Sienna Scahill, gold Under 13 Female 1km Beach Run; and, Sienna Scahill, Sienna Sinclair, Hannah Stevenson, silver Under 13 Female Board Relay.
Killcare ranked equal 30th with the following medalists: Tahli Fulton, Victorino Houghton, Martin McDonald, Alex McCoombe-Lopez, silver Under 12 Male Beach Relay; and, Alex McCoombe-Lopez, bronze Under 12 Male Beach Flags.
Source:
Website, Mar 1
SLS NSW: 2020 SLS NSW Age Championships Final Results Portal
Reporter: Dilon Luke