BMD Northcliffe Takes the Double in Round 1

BMD Northcliffe athletes dominated the opening round of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series on the weekend at Currumbin taking victory in both the womens and the mens enduro format races.

In the womens race, it was a come from behind victory for Elizabeth Pluimers after a bad start in the opening ski leg. Elizabeth made her way back through the field and drew level with Alicia Marriot on a wave in the board leg. Both girls hit the sand together but Elizabeth had the legs in the final 800m run leg to take the win. BMD Northcliffe's Courtney Hancock  joined Elizabeth on the podium finishing in 3rd place with Harriet Brown in 7th, Kristyl Smith in 8th and Bonnie Hancock rounding out the top 10.

In the mens race, Shannon Eckstein proved he could go the distance in the gruelling 2 hour race format taking the lead early in the race and holding on for a comfortable victory ahead of his brother and clubmate Caine Eckstein. BMD Northcliffe's Pierce Leonard finished in 7th place which was a good result considering he had a back operation in the off season. 

For full results of Round 1 click here.

Round 2 will be held at Bondi Beach on Friday 3rd December with an eliminator format.

Round 2 will be televised from 5pm (AEDST) on One HD.

2010 Coolangatta Gold

BMD Northcliffe's, Caine Eckstein, displayed his dominance of the gruelling Coolangatta Gold yesterday, claiming his 4th victory in the event. Caine and club mate Cory Hill took the early lead in the ski leg but Caine opened up a 4 minute gap in the swim leg and gradually increased his lead over the race to win by over 15 minutes. 21 year old Cory Hill held on to 2nd place improving on his 4th placing in the event last year. After missing the deep water race start by almost 10 minutes, Dean Mercer put in a courageous effort making his way through the field to eventually finish in 4th place.

In the women's event BMD Northcliffe's Courtney Hancock placed 2nd with club mate Elizabeth Pluimers fighting off her demons from last years race to claim 3rd. Courtney's younger sister, Bonnie, placed 4th with Sheree Merryfull (7th) & Harriet Brown (9th) also finishing in the top 10.

Our U19 Men had some very impressive results with Riley McGregor, Tanyn Lyndon, Jarryd McDonnell & Max Beatie finishing 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th respectively.

In the Masters women's event, BMD Northcliffe's Tiarne Smith finished in 3rd place.

A big thank you must go to all the handlers, helpers and mums and dads that made the day such a success. Its a huge event to co-ordinate logistically and couldn't be done without you!

For all BMD Northcliffe's results from the Gold Click here.

To view all results from the Coolangatta Gold including times and splits Click here.

Left: Cory Hill & Caine lead out the opening Ski leg. Right: Courtney Hancock (2nd) & Elizabeth Pluimers (3rd) all smiles after the race on the presentation podium

South Coast Branch Interbranch Team

Congratulations to the following members who have been selected in the 2010 South Coast Branch Team.

Heidi Greenwood (U13)                  
Allabama Wyke (U13)  
Greta Peterson (U14)                      
Christie Short (U14)
Stephanie Rutherford (U14)
Jessica Unicomb (U14)                                
Zach Brown (U14)
Grayson Bell (U14)                            
Jessica Byrne (U15)                        
Joel Brown (U15)
Olivia Hall (U17)                              
Tamika Gillett (U17) 
Stefaan Demopoulos (U17)              
Lachlan Feather (U17)