Surf club was impressive

Umina Surf Club showed some impressive results at the recent State championships in Shellharbour over February 28 and 29 and March 4 to 7 despite low rankings in the overall points tally.

Umina's Kerry Armstrong was again named female champion lifesaver of the championships.

The working mother is also a maths teacher at Central Coast Grammar School.

Former two-time Australian champion Stephen Munnery took out the beach sprint adding to an already impressive list of achievements.

He will compete at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships to be held in Kurrawa, on the Gold Coast this week where he will attempt to gain his third championship.

Marissa Moore of Umina Surf Lifesaving Club received a bronze medal in the final of the Under-12 Female Board Race in the Junior Surf Lifesaving championships.

She was also finalist in the Under-12 Female Ironperson event at the championships.

Marissa managed to come out with a medal amongst fierce competition.

She is coached by Phil Moore and Katie Graham through Gosford Council's surf program.

Marissa said she is looking forward to next season with the State Championships being held at Ocean Beach and Umina Beach.

After 12 months of no surf, Freshwater saw some of the largest surf for the event.

Due to large and dangerous seas, Friday of the carnival was cancelled and many of the events were moved to other beaches on Saturday and Sunday.

This also meant events had to be held over two days instead of three resulting in some team events not going ahead.

In the open section, Killlcare Surf Club came 23rd with 22 points, Umina 46th on six points and Ocean Beach 57th on three points.

In the Masters section, Umina placed 28th on 41 points, Killcare came 56th on five points and Ocean Beach 68th on four points.

In the Juniors section, Ocean Beach placed 46th on 10 points and Umina 49th on nine points.

Email and website, March 19