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2022 bp Surf Rescue South Island Championships takes place with perfect conditions
Monday, 21 March 2022The 2022 bp Surf Rescue South Island Championships went ahead at Waikouaiti Beach with perfect conditions this Saturday.
Luke Smith, Surf Life Saving NZ Southern Region Sport Manager says, “We couldn’t have asked for a better day of racing! The conditions were excellent and there was some extremely competitive racing throughout the categories. It was awesome to see volunteer lifeguards from throughout the Southern Region be able to put their hours of training to the test and show off the skills they have been working on.”
He adds, “A special mention is needed for all of our volunteer officials and event water safety for putting on such an efficient event, and all the coaches and managers who were extremely adaptive to all the various Covid protection measures we had to work within to ensure we could get this event happening.”
St Kilda SLSC took out first place in the club rankings, followed by Sumner SLSC in second place and St Clair SLSC coming in third. A huge congratulations to the winners, a great day’s competition was had by all!
2022 bp Surf Rescue South Island Championship Results:
Club Points
Club |
Points |
St Kilda SLSC |
169 |
Sumner SLSC |
125 |
St Clair SLSC |
113 |
Pauanui SLSC |
38 |
Spencer Park SLSC |
30 |
Taylors Mistake SLSC |
27 |
North Beach SLSC |
26 |
Nelson SLSC |
22 |
Top Crews
U19 Female | |
St Clair SLSC | Lara Tyndall, Samantha McClellan, Aidan Blair |
U19 Male | |
Sumner SLSC | Per Tonascia, Lochie Ellison, Maggie Tyler |
U23 Female | |
St Kilda SLSC | Emily Peacock, Madeline Loudon, Jackson Boyd |
U23 Male | |
St Kilda SLSC | Danyon Noakes, Matt Lloyd, Molly McDowall |
Open Female | |
St Clair SLSC | Mikayla Garforth, Carla Murray, Lucas Macleod |
Open Male | |
Sumner SLSC | Nick Hornblow, Samuel Hand, Harriet Lord |
For details of the full results go to https://liveresults.co.nz/competition/428