Sunset Sweep Highlights bp Surf Rescue North Island Championships

Press Release

February 17, 2020

[Image: The Sunset Beach open women's crew heads back into the beach during the single rescue semifinals at the bp Surf Rescue North Island Championships in Gisborne over the weekend.  Photo by Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media]

Taylor Shrimpton and Abi Chapman showed their class by completing an open women’s clean sweep at Surf Life Saving NZ’s (SLSNZ) bp Surf Rescue North Island Championships in Gisborne at the weekend.

Inflatable rescue boats (IRBs) are used in 80% of rescues on New Zealand beaches and bp Surf Rescue events like this one are designed to emulate real-life lifesaving scenarios, with the ultimate aim of improving lifeguards’ skills and technique.

The gun Sunset Beach Surf Life Saving Club crew dominated proceedings at the two-day event, which attracted more than 60 crews from around New Zealand to Waikanae Beach. Choppy conditions on Saturday in particular made up for a lack of swell and provided a decent challenge.

Shrimpton and Chapman grabbed gold in each of the mass rescue, assembly rescue, single rescue, tube rescue and teams race finals. With teammates Shane and Mark Edwards adding the open men’s tube rescue and a handful of minor placings, Sunset completed a 19-point win in the top club competition, finishing on 112 points with hosts Waikanae SLSC second in 93 and Taranaki’s East End SLSC third on 77.

Otherwise, the open men’s division proved tight and even; seasoned performers Tyler Mills and Dwight Garton grabbed wins in the mass rescue and assembly rescue finals but otherwise honours were shared.

Waimarama SLSC’s Keegan Merwood and Luke Davis won the single rescue and East End SLSC’s Jerome McSweeney-Novak, Brodie Lilley, Reef Robinson, William Luff and Joshua Thorburn took out the team’s race.

Waikanae SLSC’s efforts were boosted by their under-23 men’s crew of Connor Mitchell and Oliver Shivnan, who won all four of their finals - the mass rescue, the assembly, the single rescue and tube rescue.

Sumner SLSC’s Jessica Larson and Lucy Van Berlo struck a blow for the South Island club by winning three of the four under-23 women’s finals, while Waikanae SLSC’s Harry Allan and Travis Mitchell matched that effort in the under-19 men’s ranks.

Holly Horo and Macy Sinclair (Opunake SLSC), Waipu Cove SLSC’s Alyssa Flannagan and Grace Kemp and the Mairangi Bay SLSC pairing of Terri Warner and Elise Troy shared the spoils in the under-19 women’s division.

The event was the ideal start to the inflatable rescue boat (IRB) racing season, which culminates with the bp Surf Rescue National Championships at Ruakaka Beach in Northland on April 10 and 11.

Results:

Mass rescue

Open Male. Paekakariki (Tyler Mills/Dwight Garton/Rewa Henderson/Jago Dellow) 1, Waimarama (Keegan Merwood/Luke Davis/Keira Laurie/Ella Sherratt) 2, Sunset Beach (Shane Edwards/Mark Edwards/Arun Dunn/Nathan Hill) 3.

Open Female. Sunset Beach (Taylor Shrimpton/Abigail Chapman/Caitlin Stuart/Robbie Shrimpton) 1, Waikanae (Britta Carroll/Ana Naden/Emily Horne/Oliver Shivnan) 2, East End (Mckenzie Moller/Kylie Bridger/Becky Moles/Joshua Thorburn) 3.

U23 Male. Waikanae (Connor Mitchell/Oliver Shivnan/Silke McNaught/Harry Allan) 1, Bethells Beach (Dylan Thorpe/Tyler Inglis/Hohaia Pouri Hone Whiu/Caleb Calkin) 2, Waimarama (Tom Charteris/George Charteris/Meg Russell/Beau Marshall) 3.

U23 Female. Kariaotahi (Samantha Larson/Briar Lowe/Beanie Rattrie/Nicole Kempthorne) 1, Mt Maunganui (Samantha Reeder/Eleanor Gilbert/Zoe Rive/Fergus Rieger) 2, Mt Maunganui (Erin Conway/Clara Lafont/Zac Smith/Fergus Rieger) 3.

U19 Male. Waikanae (Harry Allan/Travis Mitchell/Hamish Swann/Ana Naden) 1, Mairangi Bay (Jack Doyle/Daniel Benzie/Elise Troy/Henry Palmer) 2, Paekakariki (Ben Strombom/Rhys Ward/Jago Dellow/Rewa Henderson) 3.

U19 Female. Bethells Beach (Maraea Whiu/Chelsey Whiu/Luci Marra/Hohaia Pouri Hone Whiu) 1, Waipu Cove (Alyssa Flannagan/Grace Kemp/Toby Hudson/Bailey Hudson) 2, East End (Becky Moles/Molly Baker/Jerome McSweeney-Novak/Renae Pratt) 3.

Tube rescue

Open Male. Sunset Beach (Shane Edwards/Mark Edwards/Arun Dunn) 1, Sunset Beach (Anton Baptist/Hogan Shrimpton/Taylor Shrimpton) 2, Westshore (Taylor Dick/Taine Williams/Olivia Gray) 3.

Open Female. Sunset Beach (Taylor Shrimpton/Abigail Chapman/Hogan Shrimpton) 1, Mt Maunganui (Julia Conway/Joanne Parry/Zoe Rive) 2, Waikanae (Britta Carroll/Ana Naden/Emily Horne) 3.

U23 Male. Waikanae (Connor Mitchell/Oliver Shivnan/Silke McNaught) 1, East End (Jerome McSweeney-Novak/Brodie Lilley/Joshua Thorburn) 2, Waipu Cove (Bailey Hudson/Jacob Buckle/Toby Hudson) 3.

U23 Female. Sumner (Jessica Larson/Lucy Van Berlo/Kate Suter) 1, Mt Maunganui (Samantha Reeder/Eleanor Gilbert/Zoe Rive) 2, Kariaotahi (Samantha Larson/Briar Lowe/Beanie Rattrie) 3.

U19 Male. Mairangi Bay (Jack Doyle/Daniel Benzie/Brady Campbell) 1, Bethells Beach (Luci Marra/Kael Mead/James Donovan) 2, Opunake (Caleb Lawn/Samuel Drought/Lucy Midgley) 3.

U19 Female. Mairangi Bay (Elise Troy/Terri Warner/Brady Campbell) 1, Waipu Cove (Emily Stolwerk/Georgia McKay/Jacob Buckle) 2, Sunset Beach (Emily Tusa/Kimberley Cruickshank/Arun Dunn) 3.

Assembly rescue

Open Male. Paekakariki (Tyler Mills/Dwight Garton/Jago Dellow) 1, Sunset Beach (Shane Edwards/Mark Edwards/Arun Dunn) 2, Sunset Beach (Anton Baptist/Hogan Shrimpton/Noah Burrows) 3.

Open Female. Sunset Beach (Taylor Shrimpton/Abigail Chapman/Robbie Shrimpton) 1, Waikanae (Britta Carroll/Ana Naden/Emily Horne) 2, East End (Mckenzie Moller/Kylie Bridger/Becky Moles) 3.

U23 Male. Waikanae (Connor Mitchell/Oliver Shivnan/Silke McNaught) 1, East End (Reef Robinson/William Luff/Renae Pratt) 2, Sunset Beach (Judd Redmond/Jhett Hunt/Ellie Wilcox) 3.

U23 Female. Sumner (Jessica Larson/Lucy Van Berlo/Kate Suter) 1, Kariaotahi (Samantha Larson/Briar Lowe/Beanie Rattrie) 2, Mt Maunganui (Samantha Reeder/Eleanor Gilbert/Zoe Rive) 3.

U19 Male. Waikanae (Harry Allan/Travis Mitchell/Hamish Swann) 1, Mairangi Bay (Jack Doyle/Daniel Benzie/Henry Palmer) 2, Opunake (Caleb Lawn/Samuel Drought/Liam Drought) 3.

U19 Female. Bethells Beach (Maraea Whiu/Chelsey Whiu/Hohaia Pouri Hone Whiu) 1, Waipu Cove (Alyssa Flannagan/Grace Kemp/Toby Hudson) 2, Mairangi Bay (Terri Warner/Elise Troy/Karearea Shepherd) 3.

Single rescue

Open Male. Waimarama (Keegan Merwood/Luke Davis/Keira Laurie) 1, Paekakariki (Tyler Mills/Dwight Garton/Jago Dellow) 2, Sunset Beach (Shane Edwards/Mark Edwards/Arun Dunn) 3.

Open Female. Sunset Beach (Taylor Shrimpton/Abigail Chapman/Robbie Shrimpton) 1, Waikanae (Britta Carroll/Ana Naden/Emily Horne) 2, East End (Mckenzie Moller/Kylie Bridger/Becky Moles) 3.

U23 Male. Waikanae (Connor Mitchell/Oliver Shivnan/Silke McNaught) 1, East End (Reef Robinson/William Luff/Renae Pratt) 2, Sunset Beach (Judd Redmond/Jhett Hunt/Ellie Wilcox) 3.

U23 Female. Sumner (Jessica Larson/Lucy Van Berlo/Kate Suter) 1, Mt Maunganui (Erin Conway/Clara Lafont/Zac Smith) 2, Kariaotahi (Samantha Larson/Briar Lowe/Beanie Rattrie) 3.

U19 Male. Waikanae (Harry Allan/Travis Mitchell/Hamish Swann) 1, Paekakariki (Ben Strombom/Rhys Ward/Robert Strombom) 2, Opunake (Caleb Lawn/Samuel Drought/Liam Drought) 3.

U19 Female. Opunake (Holly Horo/Macy Sinclair/Caro Olliver) 1, Waipu Cove (Alyssa Flannagan/Grace Kemp/Toby Hudson) 2, Mairangi Bay (Terri Warner/Elise Troy/Karearea Shepherd) 3.

Teams race

Open Male. East End (Jerome McSweeney-Novak/Brodie Lilley/Reef Robinson/William Luff/Joshua Thorburn) 1, Waikanae (Connor Mitchell/Oliver Shivnan/Harry Allan/Travis Mitchell/Hamish Swann) 2, Sunset Beach (Shane Edwards/Mark Edwards/Anton Baptist/Hogan Shrimpton/Arun Dunn) 3.

Open Female. Sunset Beach (Taylor Shrimpton/Abigail Chapman/Emily Tusa/Kimberley Cruickshank/Nathan Hill) 1, Mt Maunganui (Julia Conway/Joanne Parry/Whitney Coers/Abi Troughton/Zac Smith) 2, East End (Mckenzie Moller/Kylie Bridger/Becky Moles/Molly Baker/Renae Pratt) 3.

Overall points           

• 1^st: Sunset Beach LS(112)
• 2^nd: Waikanae SLSC(93)
• 3^rd: East End SLSC(77)
• 4^th: Mt Maunganui LS(72)
• 5^th: Mairangi Bay SLSC (44)
• 6^th: Kariaotahi SLSC (43)
• 7^th: Waimarama SLSC (42)
• 8^th: Waipu Cove SLSC(41)
• 9^th: Paekakariki SL (34)
• 10^th: Bethells Beach SLSP(33)
• 11^th: Sumner SLSC (27)
• 12^th: Opunake SLSC(24)
• 13^th: Westshore SLSC (8)
• 14^th: Omanu SLSC (7)
• 14^th: Waihi Beach LS (7)
• 16^th: Pauanui SLSC (6)

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For more information please contact:

Mackenzie Koppel

Media and Communications Manager

Surf Life Saving NZ

021 757 433

mackenzie.koppel@surflifesaving.org.nz