St Clair Surf Life Saving Club News Feed

SLSNZ Nationals

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A team of 36 athletes from St Clair travelled to the 2012 SLSNZ Nationals at Midway Beach in Gisborne.

After significant improvements in recent years there was a level of expectation that St Clair would continue its upward trajectory on the medal tally.

Calm 1ft swell greeted the athletes on Friday with a number qualifying through to semis and finals in the Board, Ski and Swim events. One notiable result was Carina Doyle finishing second in the Under 19 Womens Run Swim Run, out of a field of 20 for the final four more of her team mates also qualified.

For the racing on Saturday, large heavy surf had swing through from the south presenting an interesting challenge to the competitors. The Open Womens Ski Relay team looked to be a good chance to medal before a large swell caused the third paddler to fail to finish. As the day went through the Open Mens Board Relay team battled their way to fourth before Hamish McCulloch used his big wave nous to bring the Under 19 Boys team home for the bronze. Moving into the Surf Teams events the Under 19 Girls team of Carina Doyle, Jordy Fogarty, Jessie and Lulu Schneiders captured our first gold which was swiftly followed by silver in the Under 16 girls event and bronze in the under 16 boys.

Otago Representative Teams

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26 athletes from St Clair have been named in the 4 Otago Representative teams to contest the National Surf League event in early February at Mount Maunganui.

Those selected are:

Open:
Michael Hastie
Heath Ratten
Joe Kemp
Adam Simpson
James Coombes
Ryan Shanks
Steph Laughton
Carla Laughton
Carina Doyle
Monique Francois
Antony Mason (Manager)

Under 19:
Angus Mackenzie
Jamie Mowat
Niam Chronican
Scott Fraser
Jessie Schneiders
Jordy Fogarty
Joel Davies (coach)

Under 16:
Jamie Mowat
Logan Garforth
Hamish Taylor
Michael Ryan
Ossian Woods
Jessie Scheiders
Lulu Schneiders
Eilis Doyle
Monique Francois (coach)

Under 14:
Hamish Burrow
Mikayla Garforth
Richard Murray (manager)

North Island IRB Champs

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The annual North Island IRB Champs were held recently at Whangamata.

Attending with the largest team for a number of years, St Clair fnished third overall at the event, a placing which was helped by the impressive form of Carla and Stephanie Laughton who won all four events in the women's division. (Tube, Mass, Assembly and Single Rescues').

The two other teams racing for St Clair also showed fine form picking up medals in the Mass Rescue as well, Niam Chronican and Scott Fraser with Silver in the Under 21 division and Isaac Davies and Michael Crombie with Bronze in the Senior division.

The two boys crew's also combined to finish fifth in the Team's Race.

White Island Race

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The 43rd Annual White Island Race was held on Saturday 22 October 2011.

Held in conditions with clear sky's, 1 meter surf with a tricky shorebreak made for interesting racing for the 50 competitors.

Overall the fastest time was acheived by the double ski combination from St Clair of Heath Ratten and Phil Pirie, they were followed by Dan Peacocke and Tom Stillwell from Mount Maunganui in their double ski and Ryan Shanks as the fastest single ski paddler on the day.

The overall winner of handicap was awarded to Carla Laughton who was also the first female ski paddler to finish ahead of Monique Francois.

The Darcy Christopher Trophy for First Canoe to finish was the St Clair Salty Dogs crew ahead of Brighton and the St Clair mono hull crew.

Hamish McCulloch from Brighton was the first board paddler to finish ahead of Sam McCutcheon of St Clair, the first female board paddler to finish was St Clair's Jessie Schneiders.

The overall highlight of the day came from Rhys Applegarth (St Clair) who recorded the fastest ever time for swimming the event beating the 1997 record held by Pierre Tapper.

Otago Prize Giving

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Some highlights from the recent Otago Prize Giving were:

Lifeguard of the Year was awarded to Carla Laughton and James Coombes took home Volunteer of the Year and Coach of the year title.

World champion winning athlete Andy McMillan was named Sportsperson of the year.

St Clair also overall were named the top competition and top patrolling club as well as winning all the sports trophies (outside of the IRB discipline).

Club Jackets

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New club jackets are now available to order at a cost of $110 per person.

We have ordered in twenty jackets in a range of sizes and have had one printed as a sample for all to see.

There are more available to us in orders of twenty so if we run out we will order more but need to be minimum of twenty.

The sizes are XXL, XL, L, M, S

Jamie is wearing size XL and it is the size he prefers. If you want one they are $110.00 printed as attached photos and whatever name or nick name you choose.

Please indicate your size and name spelt correctly for printing and we will get done.

Could all this be emailed back to Rachel Mowat by the 8th May if possible and we will get them printed and payment on delivery (approx 20th May).

St Clair SLSC Prize Giving

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Held during our recent Centenary celebrations the awarding of the seasons trophies to our outstanding club members provided the perfect chance for returning club members to assist in marking the seasons successes.

A full list of the trophy winners are available, however some of the significant awards were.

Cameron Cup: Best All Round Surfer, Carla Laughton
Owen Dolan Cup: Best Patrolling Member: Morgan Harris
Alistair Moffat Memorial: Most Promising Under 19: Jordyn Fogarty
Jubliee Cup: Most Industrious and Enthusiastic Member: James Coombes
Darryl Fairbairn Cup: Top Powercraft Crew: Carla and Stephanie Laughton

South Island IRB

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The 2011 South Island IRB Championships were held recently at Warrington Beach.

Overall St Clair won three titles with the Laughton sisters Carla and Stephanie winning the Assembly, Mass and Single Rescue's in the Women's Division.

An contested disqualification in the Tube Rescue prevented them from completing the sweep.

Donations for Sumner SLSC

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Hi All,

As you many of you may be aware Sumner SLSC in Christchurch has been damaged as a result of the earthquake last week.

The total extent of the damage to the club itself is unclear at this time, however there is significant damage to the community itself and many of their club members are unable to access their homes.

Sumner is our sister club and we have shared a long and close relationship with them, we have contested the Green Bottle since the 1930's and have often helped each other in times of need.

The St Clair Club Committee has been to suggested to lead an appeal for donations to Sumner to ensure that they are able to continue to operate as a club during this difficult time and in the future.

On behalf of the committee I would like to call for any suggestions on ways that we might be able to assist Sumner. Any suggestions at this stage are appreciated and the committee will work through any ideas that come through from the wider membership when they are received.

Already it has been agreed that we will be lending Sumner, IRB equipment this weekend so they are able to contest the South Island IRB Champs at Warrington.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

James Coombes
Skills Development Officer
St Clair SLSC
james.coombes@otago.ac.nz