Athlete Profiles

Each week St Clair SLSC features a profile on one of the athletes competing for the club. This page shows the current feature athlete, archived profiles are available from the Athlete Profile page.

Name: Jessie Schneiders

Club Nickname: Sid

Age Group: U16

Main Events in Surf: Surf Race, Board Race, Diamond, Beach Flags and Beach sprints.

Achievements in Surf: 2010/2011: Nationals - Surf Teams Race 2nd U19, Southern Ocean Athletes U16 - 1st swim, 2nd 1st Diamond, 1st Run Swim Run, Northern Regional Champs - 1st Beach Sprints, 3rd Surf Race Pool Champs 2nd Line Throw.

Favourite Race in Surf: Surf Race

Favourite Training Session: Paddling on the Otago Harbour on a flat sunny day.

Sports Outside Surf: Netball, Swimming and Waterpolo.

Tip for the Summer: Train hard, listen to coaching advice and wear sunscreen!!!.




Name:Joel Davies

Club Nickname: Greedy

Age Group: Open

Main Events in Surf: Board & Wading

Achievements in Surf: 4th U19 Board Final, Made Open Board Final Once, 4th in Open Taplin when U16 at Fitzroy SLSC.

Favourite Race in Surf: Open Taplin

Favourite Training Session: Wave Play on Board.

Sports Outside Surf: Dable in a little bit of Road Cycling & Mountain Biking.

Tip for the Summer: Train hard, if it was easy than everybody would do it!!


Name: Jordy Fogarty

Club Nickname: Nana

Age Group: Under 19

Events: Run Swim Run, Surf Race, Tube Rescue, Surf Teams, Board Rescue, Attempt Board Race sometimes..

Achievements in Surf: 1st in tube rescue and 2nd in surf teams race at Nationals 2011.

Favourite Event: Tube Rescue and Surf Race.

Favourite Training Session: Board training's on the Wednesday arvo in the afternoon sun!

Sports Outside Surf: Swimming and Netball

Tip for the Summer: Make the most of the sun! :)