Surf juniors place club fourth

Ocean Beach Surf Club juniors performed well at both the North Avoca and Toowoon Bay Carnivals.

Combined points from both carnivals placed the club in fourth position.

"Again, the under-13 age group led the way with a total of nine placing in seven events," said Ocean Beach juniors president Ms Robyn Carr.

"Notably the biggest win was in the under-13 male surf teams race where Matt Hurst, Keelan Bridge, Ryan Moate and Gregory Bennett took out the gold medal.

"This event has previously been dominated by Terrigal since the under-9s and was a top effort by the boys to take the gold.

"These same four boys teamed up to take the gold and silver in the under-13 board rescue.

"Keelan Bridge, teaming up with Kyle Inglis in the new-formatted two-man Cameron, collected a silver medal.

"There was also a bronze to the board relay team."

"The under-11 male beach relay team of Blake Arahill, Trent Butler, Eden Percival and Jacob Mandy continued with their domination of this event taking the gold medal again. "Two of the boys Blake and Jacob then teamed up with Wade Hannell and took bronze in the under-11 male board relay."

Ms Carr said the under-12 females were not to be outdone, taking home five medals from five events contested.

"Laura McGlone, going from strength to strength, picked up medals in the surf race, board race and iron woman events," Ms Carr said.

"Without two of the regular swim team, two girls from the under-11's, Nicola Stone and Mykayla Carr, stepped up an age and with Laura and Rebecca Cooper took out the Silver medal.

"Our only under-14 competitor, Natasha Swain, was busy both in the water and on the beach placing fourth in the board, second in the under-15 Flags and third in the under-14 Flags.

"In the first year of competition, the under-8s held their own, coming home with a gold to Sienna Inglis in the female wade and two bronze medals to the male beach relay and female wade relay.

"The female wade team consisted of Sienna Inglis, Tahlia Boyd, Michaela Beckitt and Caitlin Remy while the boy's beach relay team was Jack O'Keeffe, Dylan Smith, Owen Chaperon and Patrick Thompson.

"Jasmine Mandy continued her collection of medals with a third in the board race and with teammates, Jennifer and Caitlin took third in the board relay.

"In the under-10s, Joshua Thorndyke and Nicola McDermott both placed third in their respective sprint races and the under-10 girls beach relay team of Nicola McDermott, Kaitlyn Fredericks, Sarah Pollard and Paige Howarth also picked up a bronze."

Press release, November 23 Robyn Carr, Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club