Selected for State surf team
Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club member Ellyssia Gasparotto has been selected to represent the Under-15s NSW surf life saving team at the Interstate Championships in Sydney at the end of the month.
Ellyssia joins 35 other team members chosen out of clubs from across the state to compete at Collaroy Beach from January 24.
She is one of four Central Coast surf club members to be selected for the team.
State teams from around the country will vie for the Alan B Whelpton AO Perpetual Shield with NSW hoping to make it four consecutive wins.
Those who made the cut were assessed on their past competition performances, particularly at the Interbranch Championships along with state, Australian and East Coast Surf Series results from early last year.
Pool Competition results were also taken into consideration in this year's selection process.
The team is co-captained by champion Ironpersons Naomi Flood (Manly) and Chris Allum (Cronulla), both Australian team representatives.
A full range of events will be contested, including a new addition of Pool Rescue events for Under-15s to Opens.
Press release, 13 Dec 2009
Donna Wishart, Surf Life Saving NSW