2011 Coolangatta Gold

It's not often that a 30km race comes down to a sprint finish, but yesterday spectators witnessed one of the closest Coolangatta Gold finishes in history between BMD Northcliffe Clubmates, Courtney Hancock and Elizabeth Pluimers. The two girls went head to head in the final 7.5km sand run. In the end it was Courtney Hancock who had just that little bit more left in the tank to secure her first victory in the event. Elizabeth would have to settle for 2nd place as she collapsed after crossing the line. Other BMD Northcliffe athletes to finish in the top 10 in the womens race were Harriet Brown in 8th and Kristyl Smith in 10th.

In the Mens race, illness almost forced BMD Northcliffe's Cory Hill who was runner up in last years Coolangatta Gold to withdraw from the race before it had even begun. Cory pushed on to finish a credible 6th place. Other BMD Northcliffe Ironmen to finish  in the top 10 were Cameron Gordon 5th and Stuart Snell in 7th place.

In the 30-39 Female Masters event, Tiarne Smith claimed her first victory in the event and Richard Bedford finished 6th in the 50+ Male Masters event.

For all results including split times, click here.

2011 BMD Northcliffe Dolphin Classic Results

Despite the forecast of rain and howling Southerlies, the weather was reasonably kind for the 11th Annual BMD Northcliffe Dolphin Ocean Classic on the weekend.

Competitors did have some tough conditions heading in to the wind but that made for good runs for the journey home. In the blue ribbon open events it was BMD Northcliffe duo Cory Hill & Elizabeth Pluimers who took out the 20km Ski events. Cory's good form from the recent Kellogg's trials continued winning the race by a considerable margin in a class field. In the women's race, Elizabeth Pluimers proved too strong with clubmates Courtney Hancock and Kristyl Smith rounding out the places to make it a BMD Northcliffe trifecta.

In the Open Female Board, Bonnie Hancock claimed a victory ahead of Noosa's Jordan Mercer and BMD Northcliffe Harriet Brown. In the men's race, Kurrawa's Phil Clayton took out the event with North Burleigh's Mitch Miller on 2nd and Met Caloundra's Corey Jones in 3rd place.

The final events of the day were the Open Male & Female Swim Events. Courtney Hancock took out the women's event with Phil Clayton getting his second win for the day in the open Male event.

There were plenty of happy random draw winners on the day giving away skis, boards, paddles, board covers, running shoes, eskys and much more!

For results in all events, click here.

2011 BMD Northcliffe Dolphin Ocean Classic

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2011 Australian Pool Rescue Championships

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The Australian Pool Rescue Championships were held at the AIS in Canberra on the weekend. BMD Northcliffe sent only a small team of 8 members to the championships, but all returned home with a medal.

Stand outs were Stefaan Demopoulos with 4 gold medals, new member Christina Ruiz with 3 gold and Dev Lahey with 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.

Dev Lahey and Christina Ruiz were also selected in the Australian Team to represent their country at the German Cup in November. Well done Dev & Christina!

For BMD Northcliffes Results, Click Here.

For all Results including times, Click Here.

Tanyn on Tourism Australia Chanel

Check out Tanyn Lyndon, current U19 Ironman Champion, in this feature video created by the Tourism Australia Chanel - 30 Days in Oz.

SLSQ Awards of Excellence

Congratulations to the following members who were award recipients at the SLSQ Awards of Excellence on Saturday night. 

SLSQ Athlete of the Year - Shannon Eckstein

SLSQ Rookie Official of the Year - Greg Durie

SLSQ Coach of the Year - Barry Newman

BMD Northcliffe also won the Presidents Trophy for overall champion club in QLD.

Our Open Patrol Competition Team also recieved an SLSQ Life Saving Excellend Award for the rescue they performed during competition at the South Coast Branch Surf Rescue Championships earlier in the year.

Special mention also must be made of the following members who were finalists in their categories on the evening -

Tim Burgess - Volunteer of the Year & Trainer of the Year

Glen Russell - Lifesaver of the Year & Assessor of the Year
Terri Sullivan - Masters Athlete of the Year

Mitch Coombes - Junior Athlete of the Year

Abbey Short - Junior Lifesaver of the Year

BMD Northcliffe Cleans Up at SCB Dinner

BMD Northcliffe cleaned up at the South Coast Branch Annual Dinner held at Bond University on the weekend. The Club won a massive 14 AWARDS!

Congratulation to the following award winners -

THE "DON STONE" JUNIOR LIFESAVER OF THE YEAR - ABBEY SHORT

LIFESAVER OF THE YEAR - GLEN RUSSELL

ASSESSOR OF THE YEAR - GLEN RUSSELL

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - TIM BURGESS

TRAINER OF THE YEAR - TIM BURGESS

U15 FEMALE CHAMPION LIFESAVER - ABBEY SHORT

U15 MALE CHAMPION LIFESAVER - ZACH BROWN

U19 FEMALE CHAMPION LIFESAVER - INDIA HANCOCK

U19 MALE CHAMPION LIFESAVER - JAKE NICHOLSON

OPEN FEMALE CHAMPION LIFESAVER - KATHRYN MCKENZIE

OPEN PATROL CHAMPIONS -
ADAM JONES, DAMIEN MOFFREY, JAKE NICHOLSON, KATHRYN MCKENZIE, NICK PLUIMERS, TRENT ROWE

U11 - U14 OVERALL CHAMPION CLUB

THE "PETER LACEY TROPHY" OVERALL CHAMPION CLUB

THE "STEVE OWEN TROPHY" SCB SURF LIFESAVING CLUB OF THE YEAR