2017 Aussies Report
Aussies got off to a great start on the first weekend with the Youth Championships taking place in beautiful Gold Coast weather. There were some stand out performances on the beach with a couple of gold medals won by Jacinta Davidson-Bunch and Isabellah Walker, and also some great results in the water with most athletes making finals.
The 2km Ocean Swim, as part of the Open Championships, took place on Sunday with a silver medal won by Harry Came in the U17 Mens event. Monday saw Alanna Street compete in the Open Champion Lifesaver, coming away with 8th place.
Masters took over on Monday and Tuesday with a silver to Tim Tardent in the 40-44yrs Mens Beach Flags followed by board riding events on Wednesday where Paul Larssen picked up a gold and silver in his 60-69yrs Mens Long Board and Short Board respectively.
Opens started at Kirra Beach on Wednesday with some events running through to finals but unfortunately due to adverse weather off the back of Cyclone Debbie, the water events never made it back to the start line. When competition resumed for the beach events we witnessed the Breen brothers taking out the U17 and Open Mens 2km Beach Run. This set the scene for Saturday and Sunday sprints, relays and flags which saw more medals won across a range of events including Chloe Mannix-Power in U17 Female Sprint, who then teamed up with Kate Hawkings, Phoebe La Coste and Bridget Cole to take out gold in the U17 Female Beach Relay.
The U19’s picked up a medal in both events for male and female with silver to the U19 Male Beach Relay, bronze to the U19 Female Beach Relay and individual bronze to both Daniel Karagiannis and Ngaire Hadfield in the U19 Beach Sprint. Ngaire backed up with gold in the U19 Female Beach Flags along with a number of other members making finals in tough competition.
Overall Cronulla place 10th in the point score based on limited events run.
Thanks to Team Manager – Paul Cavanagh for another outstanding job! Along with all assistant managers, captains, coaches, officials, water safety, supporters and of course the volunteer members who patrolled Cronulla Beach over the Aussies weekend!
Australian Youth Championships 2017 Results
1st U14 Female Beach Flags – Jacinta Davidson-Bunch
1st U15 Female Beach Sprint – Isabellah Walker
3rd U15 Female Beach Relay – Isabellah Walker, Tia La Coste, Genevieve Reiprich, Danielle Katzos
5th U15 Male Beach Flags – Samuel Stonestreet
8th U15 Female Beach Flags – Danielle Katzos
Australian Masters Championships 2017 Results
1st 60-69 Male Long Board – Paul Larssen
2nd 60-69 Male Short Board – Paul Larssen
2nd 40-44 Male Beach Flags – Tim Tardent
4th 30-39 Female Long Board – Emma Larssen
5th 55-59 Male Double Ski – John Pleasance, Mark Hopkins
6th 40-44 Male Beach Flags – Dave Haggart
Australian Open Championships 2017 Results*
1st U17 Beach Sprint – Chloe Mannix Power
1st U19 Female Beach – Flags Ngaire Hadfield
1st Open Male 2km Beach Run – Nathan Breen
1st U17 Male 2km Beach Run – Chris Breen
1st U17 Female Beach Relay – Phoebe Lacoste, Kate Hawkings, Bridget Cole, Chloe Mannix Power
2nd U19 Male Beach Relay – Daniel Karagiannis, Joshua Maile, Lachlan Rigg, Zak Brooks
2nd U19 Male 2km Ocean Swim – Harry Came
3rd U19 Beach Sprint – Ngaire Hadfield
3rd U19 Beach Sprint – Daniel Karagiannis
3rd U19 Female Beach Relay – Ngaire Hadfield, Tara Stortenbeker, Nicole Banning, Sunny Lucien
5th U19 Male 2km Beach Run – Keegan Street
5th U17 Female Beach Sprint – Phoebe Lacoste
5th U19 Female Beach Flags – Tara Stortenbeker
7th U19 Female Beach Sprint – Tara Stortenbeker
7th U19 Male Beach Sprint – Joshua Maile
8th U19 Female Beach Flags – Sunny Lucien
8th Open Female Champion Lifesaver – Alanna Street
*limited events run due to cancellation