Named female competitor of the carnival

Umina Surf Life Saving Club athlete Jemma Smith has been named the female competitor of the carnival by Surf Life Saving NSW at the 2016 Surf Life Saving Championships, Open Championship held on Queensland's Sunshine Coast from April 16-24 this year.

Smith and her team mates Jazmyn Rodwell, Mimi Henderson and Rachel Wood, were all in fine form for the Open Championship with Smith bringing home a gold, silver and bronze medal in individual events and four gold and one silver medals in the team events during the eight day competition.

Smith won gold in the categories of: Australian Open Champion Lifesaver; Under-17 Female Taplin (team event); Under-19 Female Rescue Tube Rescue (team event); Open Female Rescue Tube Rescue (team event); and the Under-17 Female Board Relay (team event).

Silver medals were picked up in the Under-17 Female Board and the Under-17 Female Surf Team (team event), and Smith's bronze medal was picked up in the Open Iron Women category.

The Australian Surf Life Saving Championships, known as The Aussies dates back to 1915 when it was first held on Bondi Beach.

In the years since, The Aussies has become a major event on the Australian sporting landscape, in the magnitude of the Commonwealth Games, and consists of a two week festival of surf lifesaving sport action.

Email, 12 May 2016

Interview, 12 May 2016

Christine Lavers, Umina SLSC

Reporter, Dilon Luke