The 2016 QLD Youth Surf Life Saving Championships were held on the weekend in testing conditions at North Burleigh. BMD Northcliffe sent a team of 84 nippers to compete against more than 1,750 other nippers from all over QLD in the event, which is the pinnacle sporting event each year for Queensland nippers aged 11 to 15 years old.
Not only were our nippers battling tricky conditions in the surf, they were also faced with blue bottles on the first day of competition which eventually led to the suspension of water events. Prior to water events being postponed, BMD Northcliffe won 2 golds in the U12 Male Cameron Relay and U11 Female Surf Teams. Eva Parish also went on to win gold in the U11 Female 1km Beach run.
Water events resumed on Saturday morning with the blue bottles disappearing overnight much to the relief of our nippers. The majority of races held on Saturday were heats and qualifying events for Sunday’s finals but we added another two gold to the haul in the U15 Female Cameron Relay and U14 Male Cameron Relay.
Sunday saw the under 11 and under 12 water events relocated to North Kirra in the interest of safety. Another 5 gold medals were won on the final day of competition with Caitlyn Miller taking gold in the U13 Ironwoman, Jordan Sergis in the U14 Ironman & Surf Race along with golds in the U14 R&R and U14 Male Board Relay.
Stand out competitors for the carnival were Jordan Sergis (4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), Eva Parish (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) and Emily Gauld (1 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze). BMD Northcliffe finished 3rd overall in the pointscore behind Sunshine Coast Club’s, Maroochydore and Alexandra Headlands.
For Results, Click here.
Thank you to all our age managers, assistants, officials, water safety, IRB and parents who enable our nippers to compete.
Good luck to our U14s and U15s who will go on to race at the Australian Youth Championships in April.
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