Our North Steyne lifesaving team proudly pulled on the black and gold caps over the last two weeks at the NSW State Championships held at Swansea Belmont and Caves Beach. Across the two weekends, our team of 17 took part in Champion Lifesaver, First Aid, and Patrol Competition events and delivered outstanding performances throughout with every single competitor earning club points!
This is the second year in a row we have claimed second overall in Lifesaving and we have a record number of members who have qualified for Aussies. To qualify for Aussies, a 1st, 2nd and in some events a 3rd place guarantee you a place. The official listing will be published shortly by SLSA for those who have been placed on reserve with the goal of starting at Bilinga at the end of March.Â
None of this is possible without the support crew and officials who volunteer their time to allow us to compete. Special thanks in particular to Emeric for all the amazing photos, Scarlett who also was number one babysitter for Ada allowing Claire and Shannon to both compete (and both win GOLD!), James for all the logistics support and stepping in to be team manager when we were either competing or officiating and Oli for coaching our Youth cohort while I was officiating!
Enjoy the photos below! How lucky we are as a club to such an amazing and talented group of members.
| Champion Lifesaver | |
| U14 Female | 4th Milli Crofton |
| U15 Male | 3rd Zach Gibbeson |
| U15 Female | 2nd Pearl Brown |
| 5th Penelope House | |
| 9th Cassandre Dequidt | |
| 10th Emma Greenhalgh | |
| U17 Male | 4th Leo Gibbeson |
| U19 Female | 2nd Capucine Dequidt |
| Open Female | 5th Kyra Jenkins |
| 30-39 Male | 1st Shannon Job |
| 40-49 Women | 2nd Sarah Lally |
| 50+ Women | 3rd Deb Foote |
| First Aid | |
| U15 Mermaids | 4th Cassandre & Emma |
| U19 Golden Girls | 1st Capucine & Emilie Morris |
| Open Penguins | 2nd Kyra & Lachie |
| Patrol Competition | |
| Pink Power Rangers | 3rd Beanon, Capucine, Emma, Leo, Sarah & Xavier |
| Officials | Christine Jones |
| Deb Foote | |
| Jo Cooper | |
| Jodie Frazer | |
| Joe Mastrangelo Jnr | |
| Kyra Jenkins | |
| Sarah Lally | |
| Patients & Support crew | |
| Carly Switzer | |
| Emeric Dequidt | |
| Liam Kwan | |
| Oli Crofton, Paul Winter | |
| Penelope House | |
| Scarlett Howard | |
| Susie Rutherford |
