Masters life saving results

In the NSW Masters Surf Life Saving Championships held at Umina and Ocean Beach earlier this month, the host clubs placed 12th and 16th respectively.

In the women's events Umina Surf Life Saving Club fared well with Kerry Armstrong-Smith, Christine Bishop and Vanessa Henderson placing second in the 100 years minimum taplin event.

Kerry and Christine also placed third in the 30-44 years double ski event with Christine placing sixth in the 35-39 ironwoman and the 35-39 single ski event.

Kerry and Christine joined Wendy Cook to place fourth in the 130 years minimum single ski event and Kerry and Vanessa placed third in the 40-44 board rescue event.

Kerry, Wendy and Annette Marsh placed fourth in the 150 years minimum surf team and Wendy placed sixth in the 50-54 ironwoman event before teaming up with Annette to place third in the 50-54 board rescue.

Kerry, Christine, Sue Bradley and Ingrid Lehmann came third in the 140 years minimum beach race and Wendy, Lucy Williams-Caller and Michelle Whyte placed fifth in the 150 years minimum taplin race.

Michelle and Lucy joined Pamela Edmonds to place third in the 150 years minimum board relay and Christine, Lucy and Jenni Darwin placed third in the 130 years minimum surf team.

Jenni placed fifth in the 40-44 2km beach run while Christine and Hollie Spender placed fourth in the 30-34 board rescue, Pamela placed sixth in the 55-59 board race and Vicki-Lynn Swain placed third in the 50-54 2km beach run.

Vanessa placed sixth in the 45-49 surf race and third in the 45-49 rescue tube race while Michelle and Lucy placed sixth in the 45-49 board rescue.

In the men's events, two Umina teams placed fourth and fifth in the 100 years minimum surf team event with the first team made up of Richard Braddish, Scott Henderson and Michael Magurren and the second team comprising David Bishop, Harold Marshall and Robert McLeod.

Magurren, Gary Matthews and Steven Murphy placed sixth in the 100 years minimum board relay and Peter Braddish, Simon Darwin, Matthews and McLeod placed fourth in the 170 years minimum beach relay.

William Cook, Gregory Glew and Gary Wilson placed sixth in the 170 years minimum mixed board relay and Magurren placed third in the 30-34 surf race and first in the rescue tube race.

Magurren joined Matthews to place fourth in the 30-34 board rescue and Harold Marshall placed sixth in the 30-34 beach flags while Henderson placed fourth in the 40-44 surf race.

Richard Braddish, Cook, Stephen Dixon and Murphy placed third in the 200 years minimum beach relay event, Henderson placed fifth in the 40-44 rescue tube race, Darwin placed second in the 40-44 beach flags and Matthews second in the 45-49 2km beach run.

Cook also placed sixth in the 65-69 rescue tube race, second in the 65-69 iron man, fifth in the 65-69 board race and second in the 65-69 beach flags.

In Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Katie Dixon, Vicki Ross, Shelley Smith and Karen Sturla placed fourth in the 140 years minimum beach race while Debra Braddish, Donna Hennell, Richelle Ingram and Allison Tucker placed third in the 170 years minimum beach relay event.

In the 30-34 surf race and 30-34 rescue tube race, Smith, Sturla and Dixon placed third, fourth and sixth respectively.

Smith also placed third in the 30-34 beach run and fifth in the 30-34 board race while Dixon placed fourth in the 30-34 2km beach run and sixth in the 30-34 board race.

Tucker placed fourth in the 35-39 2km beach run, Hennell and Pauline Priest placed fourth in the 50-54 board rescue and Debra Braddish placed fourth in the 50-54 beach sprint.

Priest also placed second in the 60-64 surf race, second in the rescue tube race and third in the beach flags.

In the men's, Shane Oakes, Darren Shaw, Jason Tucker and James White placed second in the 140 years minimum beach relay and Aaron Camp placed sixth in the 30-34 2km beach run.

White and Tucker placed third and fifth respectively in the 40-44 beach sprint while Shaw placed fifth in the 40-44 beach flags.

Jason placed third in the 40-44 2km beach run, Warren Peters placed third in the 50-54 beach sprint and Albert Falzon placed sixth in the 55-59 beach flags.

Website, 14 Mar 2013

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