Competition Update - November 22

There has been some amazing results across all disciplines by our members since the beginning of the season:

Triple Crown Round 1 - Wanda
On Saturday 15 October 2022 3 members (Georgie Kiernan, Vectis Buckett and Charlie White) competed in round 1 of the Sydney Branch Triple Crown Series at Wanda. Each round consists of 3 surf races and 3 board races. (This round however only had 2 surf races due to conditions).

The carnival is split into 2 age groups, Youth (u15) and Open (u17, u19, Opens, Masters). Georgie & Vectis were fortunate that they are at the upper end if their age group, while Charlie was at the bottom end of his age group. When you see the results below, you'll realise that this did not phase Charlie. In tricky conditions there were some great performances from all three of our members. Their results are as follows:
Georgie (Youth female) Swim 1 – 4th | Swim 2 – 3rd | Board 1 – 2nd | Board 2 – 1st | Board 3 - 1st
Vectis (Youth male)        Swim 1 – 4th | Swim 2 – 3rd | Board 1 – 6th | Board 2 – 4th | Board 3 – 5th
Charlie (Open male)      Swim 1 – 6th | Swim 2 – 1st | Board 1 – 10th 

Sydney Water Round 2 (Interbranch Trials Opens)
Aidan Renford U14: 7th iron, 3rd swim but given 4th, 6th board
Georgie Kieran U15: Iron 6th, Swim 4th, Board 2nd.
Jasmin Alexiou  U15: Iron 2nd, Swim 1st, Board 7th
Charlie White U17: Iron 7th, Swim 6th, Ski 7th
Vectis Buckett U15: 8th surf race, 8th Iron man
Chris Kondilios U14: 1st Flags, 1st sprint
Jess Henville U15: 2nd flags, 3rd sprint
Josh Ballard U15: 1st flags
Luke Newrick U15: 1st sprint, 2nd flags
Ruby Gray U17: 1st sprint, 1st Flags

Qld State Open Water Swimming Championships - Coolum Beach, Sunshine Coast 
Jasmine Alexiou competed in the 14 years 5km open water swim at the Queensland State Open Water Swimming Championships on 15 October.  She completed the race in 4th position (just missing 3rd place by less than 9 seconds) in a personal best time of 1:02:35.80; Jasmine lowered her personal best time (1:10:40.73) set at the Australian Championships in January 2022 by more than 8 minutes.

Jazz is now ranked #1 in NSW for 5km open water swimming for her age (previously #7) & ranked #4 nationally (previously #13).  An amazing achievement given she is only at the start of her preparation for the new open water & surf lifesaving season which culminates in the Australian Open Water Championships in January 2023, State SLS Champs in February 2023 & Aussies in March 2023.

Interbranch Team Selection
After some amazing results at the Interbranch Team selection carnivals it was no surprise that South Maroubra is well represented in the Sydney Branch Team. Congratulations to the following Clubbies for making it into the teams:
U17 Female - Ruby Gray
U15 Male - Luke Newrick
U15 Female - Jasmine Alexiou
U15 Female - Georgie Kiernan (reserve)
U14 Male - Chris Kondilios
U14 Male - Aidan Renford (reserve)
U13 Male - Rory Muldowney
U12 Male - Krishna Inder

NSW Waratahs
Slightly unrelated to Surf Lifesaving but wonderful news that our Clubbie, Tom Farr Jones has been selected into the NSW Waratahs Under 16’s Squad. We would like to congratulate them on this wonderful achievement being selected in a very talented squad and wish them all the best for the rest of the tour.