2009 Coolangatta Gold

BMD Northcliffe men filled the top four placings in yesterdays Coolangatta Gold. Caine Eckstein claimed his 3rd Coolangatta Gold victory with a dominating performance in the grueling 46km race. Veteran Dean Mercer put in an impressive performance to finish 2nd place a month out from his 40th birthday, with Nathan Smith in 3rd and Cory Hill in 4th place.

In the women's race, Courtney Hancock finished 3rd with younger sister Bonnie in 5th place. Elizabeth Pluimers, who lead the race going in to the final run leg collapsed with exhaustion only 20 metres from the finish line and unfortunately was unable to finish.

In the Under 19 race, BMD Northcliffe's Michael Booth finished in 2nd place with Aaron Murphy putting in a courageous performance just to finish the race only 10 months after being hit by a car which left him in a coma for 3 weeks with severe head trauma.

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L to R - Caine Eckstein celebrates his victory, Aaron Murphy gives a thumbs up to completing the Gold, Dean Mercer celebrates his 2nd placing with his kids.

2009 BMD Northcliffe Dolphin Ocean Classic Results

The Annual BMD Northcliffe Dolphin Ocean Classic was held on the weekend with once again a record number entrants.

Conditions were testing for the 700 entrants that took part in marathon ski, board and swim events as the tempreture hit 35 degrees.

The premier events were hotly contested with some tight finishes. BMD Northcliffe's Dean Mercer took out the Open Male 20km Ski followed by clubmate Caine Eckstein in 2nd and Current Australian Single Ski Champion, Murray Stewart from Manly in 3rd place. In the Female Open 20km Ski Race BMD Northcliffe's Courtney Hancock blitzed the field finishing several minutes in front of Kurrawa's Jasmin Kelly with BMD Northcliffe's Elizabeth Pluimers in 3rd place.

The Open Male 10km Board Race was taken out by Met Caloundra's Corey Jones followed by BMD Northcliffe's Cory Hill and Tugun's Hugh Dougherty. In the Womens Race BMD Northcliffe's Bonnie Hancock was 1st followed by Aimee Berridge from Kawana Waters and Flora "Frenchy" Manciet from BMD Northcliffe in 3rd.

The Final events of the day were the Open Male and Female 1km Ocean Swims which were taken out by Maroochydore's Trent Grimsey and Kurrawa's Melissa Gorman.

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