2012 Annual Dinner & Presentation Night

BMD Northcliffe's 65th Annual Dinner and Presentation of Trophies was held on Saturday night. 

Congratulations to all this year's award winners -

Patrol Captain Awards

Lisa Crouch                     Julian Fitch                       Ian Clifford

Andrew Moore                 Leigh Verner                     Sheldon Alcantara

Nick Rosato                     Scott Bradford                 James Dornan

Nick Pluimers                  Corey Bradford                 Dallas Hall

Stuart Snell                      Tim Burgess                     Sam Trueman

Trent Rowe                      Thor Harrison                    Nick Costley

Danika Harrison               Glen Russell                      Jackson Price

Mark De Cean                  Michael Barker                   Liam Bell

The BMD Group Junior Incentive Award for Junior Lifesaver of the Year

Jayden Burgess

The Graham Harrison Trophy for Most Outstanding

U15                        Alice Weir

U17                        Dorine Pantacchini

U19                        Katherine Jongebloed

Senior                   Jonathan King

The Deane Family Trophy for Best Club Member

Scott Davies

The Kolkka Family Trophy for Contribution to Life Saving

Chris Jones

The QSA Bruce Gadsden Memorial Trophy for Encouragement to Life Saving

Vinnie Smith

The Macpherson Family Trophy for Best Female Club Member

Sally Davies

The NSLSSA Patrol Incentive Trip

Michael Roberts, Scott Gray, Stephen Thompson, Nick Pluimers, Tony Beer, Julian Fitch, Sam Trueman, Scott Bradford, Tracey Gray, Danika Harrison, Emma Rynne, Christine Dennis

Youth Patrol Incentive

Abbey & Christie Short

Ken Irvine Memorial Trophy for Best Supporters Club Member

Graeme & Annette McIlwain

The Presidents Trophy

Tim & Di Burgess

Life Member Presentation

Karyn Wood

The BMD Group Trophy for Best Club Spirit

Jo Marrable & Nick Rosato

2012 Australian Champion Inductees

# 172     Daniel Booth

# 173     Daniel Hooker

# 174     Kevin Morrison

# 175     Sally Allan

# 176     Grace Rosato

# 177     Jessica Unicomb

# 178     Allabama Wyke

# 179     Remi Francis

# 180     Trent Grimsey  

Dolphin Surfcraft Craft Trophy for Competitor of the Year

Male                      Daniel Booth

Female                  Elizabeth Pluimers

Subaru Australia Yong Athlete of the Year Award

Jake Nicholson

Robbie Nay Memorial Trophy for Best Competitive Performance

Shannon Eckstein - Open Ironman

John Holmes Memorial Trophy for most Inspirational Performance

Dev Lahey - Open Belt Race & Swim leg of Taplin

Billy Eckstein Memorial for Athlete of the Year

Elizabeth Pluimers

2012 Hall of Fame Inductee

Kristyl Smith

2012 Australian Champion Club

Sadly, the 2012 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were marred by tragedy with the loss of one our movement's finest young competitors, Mathew Barclay. Fourteen-year-old Matthew Barclay from Maroochydore disappeared in the surf while taking part in a board race at Kurrawa beach on the first day of competition. In Matthew's honour and at his parent's request, competition resumed at North Kirra two days later. A touching memorial service was held at Kurrawa on the Sunday morning attended by thousands of lifesavers who paid their respects to Mathew. Following the service, competitors returned to North Kirra for the final day of competition. 

BMD Northcliffe dominated the competition, taking out the overall carnival point score by an amazing 154.5 points. Some of the highlights include Shannon Eckstein defending his Australian Open Ironman Championship, exciting narrow victories in both the Open Male Ski & Board Relays and BMD Northcliffe taking both gold and silver in the final event of the competition - The prestigious Open Male Taplin Relay.

Our Masters also claimed a last minute unexpected victory, only taking over the masters point score lead at the conclusion of the board riding events held on Wednesday. This was a great result for our under-strength team with several members unable to compete due to injury and work commitments. 

Click here for BMD Northcliffe's Open Results.

Click here for BMD Northcliffe's Masters Results.

2012 QLD State Champions

BMD Northcliffe Surf Club took out the overall champion club title convincingly at the Crazy Johns QLD State Championships on the weekend despite missing several key team members. The win was not expected with the championships clashing with the Kayak Sprint Nationals, Australian Swimming Trials and the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships which reduced the strength of the team. 

Leading the way was Elizabeth Pluimers who claimed 6 gold medals at the titles. Pluimers defended her QLD Open Ironwoman title as well as claiming victory in the single ski, taplin, board relay, ski relay and mixed double ski events. She also added 2 silver medals in the female double ski and the surf teams.

Tate Smith, straight off the plane from gaining an olympic birth at the Kayak Sprint Nationals, was at back at home in the surf, claiming 4 gold medals in the single ski, ski relay, taplin relay and mixed double ski. Also claiming 4 gold was Shannon Eckstein in the restricted surf race, taplin, ski relay and surf teams, and narrowly missing out on victory in the open ironman in an exciting sprint finish with Mooloolaba's Ali Day.

On Friday, our Masters also had a successful carnival claiming the overall QLD masters club title. Tiarne Smith lead the way with an amazing 8 gold and 1 silver medal.

All is looking good for the Australian Championships which begin on Monday 26 March through to Sunday 1 April.

For all the Senior QLD Championship results, click here.

For all the Masters QLD Championships results, click here.

Pluimers Dominates Final to Claim Series Crown

Elizabeth Pluimers dominated the final round of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series claiming the race victory along with the overall series title at Noosa Heads on the weekend. 

Liz went in to the final round trailing by 1 point from clubmate Kristyl Smith but dominated the eliminator format winning all 3 races in flat and hot conditions. In the final race, she broke the field with an extraordinary run leg between the swim and board legs. Kristyl Smith finished in 4th but claimed the series runner up title for the 6th time with Courtney Hancock rounding out the top 3 for a BMD Northcliffe Series Trifecta. Also in the top 10 with automatic qualification in to next series were BMD Northcliffe's Harriet Brown in 7th place and Bonnie Hancock in 10th place.

In the mens race, it was a changing of the guard with Shannon Eckstein's brother, Caine, dominating round 6 to also claim the overall series title. Shannon finished in 3rd place overall with Zane Holmes in 5th place.

For Round 6 Results Click Here

For Overall Series Results Click Here

Bonnie's Podium Performance

A big congratulations to Bonnie Hancock for her maiden podium result finishing 2nd  in round 5 of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series at Coolum. It was Bonnie's best performance of an otherwise dissapointing season so far but she used that dissapointment to triumph yesterday. The result also puts her back in to contention for automatic qualification for next season's series. A good result in the final at Noosa will see her back in the top 10. Kristyl Smith was once again on the podium with a 3rd placing after fighting off clubmates Courtney Hancock & Elizabeth Pluimers and Noosa's Jordie Mercer, in a 4 way sprint to the line. Courtney ended up in 5th with Elizabeth in 6th. Kristyl now reclaims the black togs leading the overall series by 1 point in to the final race at Noosa this weekend. 

In the men's race there were more sprint finishes with the top 6 placing being decided in 2 way sprints. Shannon Eckstein was just pipped on the line for 3rd place by his brother Caine and Zane Holmes out-sprinted overall series leader, Ali Day to claim 5th place. It will be a tough ask, but not impossible, for Shannon to defend his series title, currently sitting in 3rd place, 12 points behind Ali. If Shannon could break through for his first win of the series in the final race, Ali finishes outside the top 7 and Shannon's brother, Caine, finishes out of the top 3, Shannon will claim the series.

For full round 5 results click here.

For overall series results click here.

Pluimers Back in Black

It never seemed likely after her dissapointing race at Portsea in Round 2, but Pluimers is back in the black togs after claiming victory in Round 4 of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series in Perth on the weekend. After Courtney bombed out in Newcastle, Kristyl took over the leaders jersey but was unable to consolidate the lead in Round 4 being the marathon format with an 11th place. Courtney Hancock bounced back from her dissapointing result in Newcastle to be back on the podium with a 3rd placing. Kirsty Holmes continued with her recent form to claim another 5th placing, with the always consistent Harriet Brown in 7th. 

In the Men's race, Caine Eckstein was always the red hot favourite for the marathon format and claimed a convinsing 2nd victory of the series. Shannon Eckstein was very happy with his result placing 3rd in his least favourite format and Cory Hill had his first top 10 finish with an 8th place. Shannon now sits in 3rd place overall in the series still in contention.

For a full list of the women's results click here.

For a full list of the men's results click here.

Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series - Rnd 3

Kristyl Smith & Zane Holmes made it a BMD Northliffe double for Round 3 of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series in Newcastle. Big seas, strong winds and even marine life made for some exciting racing. Kristyl, who hadn't been off the podium so far in the series, climbed to the top for the first time ahead of Elizabeth Pluimers. Kristyl also claimed the overall series lead after Courtney Hancock lost her ski and finished 19th in the first race relegating her back to 3rd place on the leader board behind Kristyl and Elizabeth. Veteran, Kirsty Holmes, demonstrated her experience finishing in 5th, her best result so far for the series with Harriet Brown in 7th. 

In the men's race, Zane Holmes was the lone BMD Northcliffe representative in the final with Shannon Eckstein just missing out with a 9th place after being knocked of his ski several times. Zane went on to claim his first victory of the season and move further up the leader board in the overall series. 

Close examination of the television footage revealed a pilot whale rounding the cans in the final girls race. With a shark attack at nearby Redhead Beach just days before, people were quick to speculate that it was a shark.

Round 4 heads to Western Australia on the 29th January where they'll take on the Marathon format.

For the full women's results from Round 3 click here.

For the full men's results from Round 3 click here.