SURF LIFESAVING: Junior state titles were held at Somerton last weekend with glorious weather on the Saturday and not so nice on the Sunday, but it did not stop Port Elliot from excelling all weekend.
The final medal tally was four gold, two silver and one bronze, the best overall haul for a number of years.
Under 9 - ‘The Young Ones’
Max Harry, two gold medals in wade and flags, 7th in sprints and 10th in boards.
Marcus Lippett, gold medal in the sprint, silver medal in wade, 11th in flags final, also competed in boards.
Matthew Read came 6th in both the wade and the sprints final, 10th in flags final.
Lachie Williams was a semi-finalist in wade and sprints, also competed in boards
These boys combined together in a dynamic beach relay team winning gold. They also would have won the silver medal in wade relay but were disqualifed for failing to tag correctly.
Special thanks Matt Harry, his extra baton changing training on Thursday night obviously paid off.
Under 10 - ‘The Rebels’
Under 10 had enough competitors to field two teams for beach relay, wade relay, board relay and cameron relay.
Rueben, Christoff, Malen and Sam excelled reaching the beach relay semi-final.
Jack Buchanan was an energetic team member competing well in boards.
Jonah Cooper was brave competing in the swim and strong in the boards.
Malen Brown narrowly missed out on the flags final and was strong in the sprints.
Rueben Moore did well in a number of events.
Christoff Moolman made the flags final and the semi-final for wade.
Brenton Skanes made the swim final but was unfortunately disqualified for jumping the gun and also competed in sprints.
Sam Van Ovelen did strongly in the boards and sprints while Georgia Warner was a gutsy competitor in boards.
Under 11 - ‘The Pixies’
Oscar Bloomfield came 5th in the sprint semi-final, one flag off the flags final and 10th in boards semi-final.
Alice Harry finished 6th in sprint final, 10th in the flags final and also competed in boards.
Natasha McMahon gave an amazing effort in the flags final, finishing 6th, semi-finalist in the sprints and also competed in the boards.
Ella Smith did an awesome effort making it into the swim final, 8th in boards semi-final and also competed in flags
Maddy Turley was a flags finalist, board and sprints semi-finalist
Ella, Oscar and Maddy came 11th in the board relay final while the four girls competed in the cameron relay and came 7th in the beach relay semi-final.
Under 12 - ‘The Dynamo’s’
Nathan Dennis finished 9th in the boards semi-final and an awesome effort in swim and flags.
Maddy Warner was impressive in the boards final, finishing 8th in a very tight pack and was semi-finalist in the flags.
Tori Kessegian was very busy competing well in swim, boards, flags and sprints.
These three came 10th in board relay then were joined by Oscar from under 11 to compete in cameron relay and beach relay.
Under 13 - ‘The Leopards’
Rachel Lippett won a silver medal in sprints for the second year in a row and was 11th in flags final.
Sheldon Skanes came 11th in the boards semi-final and competed in sprints.
Under 14 - ‘Golden Oldies’
Jamie Buchanan was awarded the annual Westpac junior lifesaver of the year award, won a bronze medal in boards for the second year in a row and competed in iron-person final and flags semi-final.
Gracie Gilbert gave an awesome effort in the boards, missing out on the final by one place and was a finalist in the flags.
Morgan Kennedy dashed like she was being ambushed in the sprints, also did an awesome effort in the boards in a tough heat and just missed making the semi-final.
They combined for a hotly contested board relay final, being the only all girls team against boys.
They were then joined by Rachel from under 13 for the beach and cameron relay, then they were joined by Sheldon from for the swim relay.
Thank you to everyone who helped out state titles.
The Flying Fish was well represented all weekend with help from coaches Jeff Collins and Matt Smith.
This weekend
The senior state titles kick off at Glenelg tomorrow night for the beach events.
It will then be two days of action at Southport with the water events for individuals, teams, and surfboats.
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