Australian Team Honours

Congratulations to the following members who have been selected in the Australian Team for the International Challenge being held in Sydney at the end of the month:

Open Team:
Shannon Eckstein, Zane Holmes, Nick Crilly, Kristy Harris

U23 Team:
Pierce Leonard, Elizabeth Pluimers, Brooke Fletcher

Other Northcliffe Members selected to represent their home country teams are - Dan Moodie (NZ), Kendall Loots (SA) and Eloise Van Gysen (SA)

Queensland Restaurant & Catering Awards

After taking out the 2007 Regional Restaurant and Catering Award for Best Casual Dining earlier in the year, The Northcliffe Supporters Club has gone on to take out the Queensland Restaurant and Catering Award for Best Casual Dining.

Congratulations to to all the team on a fantastic accolade.

2007 Coolangatta Gold

The 2007 Coolangatta Gold was held on Sunday 14th October. The gruelling event is a 46.6km course for the men and 30.5km course for the women. Northcliffe had 23 competitors in the event which was fantastic representation.

Congratulations to the following members who finished in the top ten.

Open Male

2nd Shannon Eckstein
5th Pierce Leonard
10th Zane Holmes

Open Female

2nd Elizabeth Pluimers
7th Sheree Merryfull
8th Tahlia Ferguson
10th Courtney Hancock

Masters 40+

1st Gavin Hill
7th Scott Unicomb

U19 Male

2nd Cameron Gordon

Northcliffe Supporters Club Claims Award Two Years in a Row!!!

The Northcliffe Supporters Club has been awarded "Best Casual Dining Restaurant" at the recent Gold Coast Restaurant & Catering Awards for the second time in a row.

The success is not new to the supporters club, after collecting a string of awards in the last two years including -

• Gold Coast Magazine 2006 - Best Surf Club Restaurant


• Restaurant & Caterers 2006 Gold Coast Wine List Awards (Clubs/Pubs/Taverns)


• Gold Coast Bulletin "The Best of the Gold Coast" 2006 Surf Club


• Clubs Qld Awards 2006 - Best Redevelopment over $1m Award

2007 Dolphin Ocean Classic

The 2007 Northcliffe Dolphin Ocean Classic will be held on Saturday 15th September. The event will once again incorporate marathon Ski, Board, Swim and Run events. Last years event attracted over 450 entries from all over Australia.

For more information please click here (PDF).

For an entry form please click here (PDF).

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION CLUB 4 YEARS IN A ROW!!!

Northcliffe took out the Australian Champion Club title for the 4th consecutive year at the 2007 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships.

Northcliffe claimed 23 gold, 13 silver and 6 bronze medals amassing 300 points, 123 points ahead of Cronulla Surf Club. One of the stand out performers at the championships was 17 year old Brooke Fletcher, who claimed 6 gold, 4 silver and a bronze which earnt her the Female Competitor of the Carnival award. Zane Holmes took out the Male Competitor of the Carnival with 5 gold, and a silver.

19 year old Pierce Leonard took out the coveted Open Ironman title in his first year as an open competitor with Kristy Harris taking out the Ironwoman ahead of clubmate Kristyl Smith. Kristy claimed 5 gold medals at the championships which now makes her the most successful female in the history of the Australian Championships with 18 Australian Titles to her name.

For a full list of results from the 2007 Australian Championships, click here.

MASTERS AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS AGAIN

The Northcliffe Masters took out the 2007 Australian Championship Club title at Scarborough Beach in Western Australia making it the team’s 12th win in the past 13 years. The team, although down on usual numbers due to the trip west, claimed 13 gold, 12 silver and 6 bronze medals amassing 194 points, 58 points ahead of local club, Trigg Island.

Leading the way for the men was Gavin Hill, Bruce Kolkka and Steve McBean with 3 gold medals each and for the woman Anna Ballara with an impressive hall of 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.

For a full list of the Masters results click here.

NORTHCLIFFE DOMINATES OCEAN ASSAULT

Northcliffe dominated Round 1 and 2 of the Ocean Assault Series held at Kurrawa on the weekend winning by 147 points in Round 1 and 144 points in Round 2. Big ocean swells made for an exciting weekend of racing.

Zane Holmes and Shannon Eckstein proved to be the Ironmen to beat with Zane taking out the event in Round 1 and Shannon 2nd with the places reversing in Round 2.

In the Ironwoman event Hayley Bateup showed consistency placing 2nd in both Round 1 and 2, with Kristyl Smith taking out Round 2.

For current standings in the Ocean Assualt series, visit http://www.oceanassault.com.au/.

"CANTEEN" HITS THE BEACH

98 young people from the "Can Teen" national camp hit the sand at Northcliffe on the 16th January. "CanTeen" is an initiative to help young people living with Cancer. As a part of their national tour, the teens hit the sand for a day to learn some surf safety and to just have some fun.

The group were treated to an Aussie BBQ on the beach organised by Sam & Renee from "The Kiosk" who arranged meat to be donated by Monaco Meats, Bread from Tip Top and Ice creams from Peter's.

The day was a huge success, and everyone had a great time. Thank you to all the volunteers who assisted with serving the BBQ and to Sam and Renee for organising the food.