BMD NORTHCLIFFE CLAIMS SIXTH CONSECUTIVE TITLE

BMD Northcliffle Surf Club defended their Australian Champion Club Title on the weekend making it their sixth consecutive title. The Club won 25 gold medals, 18 silver and 12 bronze and finished 127.5 points ahead of closest rival Kurrawa. This is the clubs official biggest winning margin over the past six years, a very impressive effort given that the titles were held in Perth. The Championships will return to Kurrawa on the Gold Coast next year allowing BMD Northcliffe to have an even stronger team.

Some of BMD Northcliffe's stand out performers for the Championships were Shannon Eckstein who snagged 6 gold medals in the Board, Restricted Surf Race, Surf Teams, Board Relay, Board Rescue and Taplin Relay, as well as Pierce Leonard and Zane Holmes took home 5 golds each. Veteran Beachie Simon Harris took out his 7th Open Male Beach Flags Championship and Tate Smith and Nick Crilly took out their 3rd consecutive Double Ski Championship.

BMD Northcliffe concluded the carnival in fine form by claiming both the Male and Female Taplin Relays and the Open Ironman and Open Ironwoman events with Pierce Leonard and Kristyl Smith.

For BMD Northcliffe results down to sixth place click here.

BMD NORTHCLIFFE MASTERS CLAIM BACK THEIR TITLE

BMD Northcliffe Masters snatched back their Champion Masters Club title at the Australian Masters Surf Life Saving Championships in Perth this week after being defeated by local club Scarboro, at last year's titles. With only a small team of masters making the trip to Perth for the final year, it was going to be a tough ask to defeat the local Western Australian Clubs. BMD Northcliffe claimed 12 gold, 8 Silver and 9 bronze medals to win the overall pointscore by 54 points.

BMD Northcliffe's best performer at the Championships was Anna Ballara who picked up four gold medals in the Ironwoman, Ski, Board and Board Relay events. Gavin Hill and Barry Newman dominated their 40-44yrs age group claiming three golds each.

For a full list of BMD Northcliffe's Masters results click here.

SHANNON TAKES BACK THE CROWN

Shannon Eckstein took out the 2009 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series after claiming a convincing victory in the final round of the series at Coogee. Eckstein blew his rivals away with sheer power to bag the final round and collect $33,000 in prizemoney for his fourth KNG title.

Pierce Leonard finished 2nd in the final round boosting his overall series position up to 4th. Zane's 4th place in the final round was enough to secure runner up in the series behind Shannon.

In the womens race Defending Series Champion Elizabeth Pluimers did all that she could to defend her title by winning the final round but unfortunately the positions behind her decided the overall series winner with Manly's Naomi Flood taking out the crown. Elizabeth was happy with her best performance of the season after battling injury early in the season. In the overall standings Kristyl Smith claimed 2nd with Elizabeth in 3rd and Courtney Hancock in 4th.

Overall Series Results - Male
1st - Shannon Eckstein
2nd - Zane Holmes
4th - Pierce Leonard
6th - Nathan Smith
12th - Luke Nisbet

Overall Series Results - Female
2nd - Kristyl Smith
3rd - Elizabeth Pluimers
4th - Courtney Hancock
13th - Bonnie Hancock
16th - Flora Manciet
17th - Kirsten Ulmer

Well done to all of the above BMD Northcliffe athletes!

Australian Team Honours

Six BMD Northcliffe Members have been named in the Australian Team to compete in the 2009 International Challenge being held in South Africa in March.

Congratulations to -
Shannon Eckstein (Captain)
Kristyl Smith
Zane Holmes
Courtney Hancock
Nathan Smith
Elizabeth Pluimers

Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series

After 4 rounds completed of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman series, several BMD Northcliffe athletes are in contention to take out the overall series title. Shannon Eckstein on 69 leads the mens field 3 points clear of Zane Holmes on 66, with Nathan Smith in 4th on 52 points and Pierce Leonard in 5th with 51 points.

In the womens field, Courtney Hancock is sitting in 2nd place on 51, Kristyl Smith in 3rd on 49 and Elizabeth Pluimers 4th on 45 points.

The final round which will decide the overall series winners will be held at Coogee Beach on 22 February 2009 with double points on offer.

BMD NORTHCLIFFE CLAIMS OCEAN ASSAULT SERIES

BMD Northcliffe Surf Club took out the 2008 Ocean Assault Club point score series convincingly after 4 rounds of solid performances. The club was also awarded an IRB for their win.

Athletes that qualified for the finals series competed in the first two rounds of straight finals on the weekend. Northcliffe athletes continued to demonstrate some impressive performances in testing conditions at Southport. The Smith family had an impressive weekend with Nathan taking out the premier Ironman event on Saturday and his sister Kristyl taking out the Ironwoman on Sunday after placing 2nd the previous day.

The combined pointscore from the two days will see the top 10 competitors in the Ski, Board and Iron, top 12 in the swim and top 6 in the Flags, Sprint and Boat Race qualify through to the Grand Final to be held on the 4th January.

For more results for the Ocean Assault series go to http://www.oceanassault.com.au/.

BMD Northcliffe Dolphin Ocean Classic

The BMD Dolphin Ocean Classic was held on Saturday 4 October with a record 640 competitors. The major winners were Shannon Eckstein (BMD Northcliffe) in the Open Male Ski, Kirsty Holmes (Kawana Waters) in the Open Female Ski, Jacob Lollback (Burleigh Heads Mowbray Park) in the Open Board, Hayley Bateup (Kurrawa) in the Open Female Board, Nathan Smith (Cronulla) in the Open Male Swim and Courtney Hancock (BMD Northcliffe) in the Open Female Swim.

For a full list of results click the links below -

Swim Results

Run Results

Board/Ski Results