A team of 15 ASLSC Nippers travelled to Bunbury over the weekend to compete in the Country Championships and Country Carnival hosted by the City of Bunbury Surf Life Saving Club at Back Beach.
Most of our Nipper athletes met on the beach on Friday afternoon to join in on a colour run – the foamy fun, colour and laughs distracted the Nippers from the huge conditions on the beach whipped up by ex TC Sean.
The wind and waves had settled a little before we met, bright and early on Saturday morning for the Country Championships, where we tested our skills against other regional clubs and top 6 places earned points for our club in a competition that included youth, seniors and surf boats.
The big shore break and soft deep sand tested our nippers, and they all showed serious determination and tenacity. Results for points places are listed below, and full results can be accessed through the Surftec Results link.
https://results.surftec.com.au/results.aspx?RId=361
Well done to Charlotte, Georgia, Indi, Lillian, Sunny and William, Holly, Kate, Nicolette, Maggie, Beau, Greg, Henry, Nate and Zach.
On the Saturday afternoon the Country Carnival commenced with Beach events and hundreds more Nippers hit the sand, some of our Nippers stayed to compete in flags and sprints, with strong performances from Maggie Stephens and William Downes.
By Sunday morning the water was much calmer for the ocean events. The carnival atmosphere was huge, with over 300 U10 to U13 nNippers registered for the board events alone, our nippers gained valuable experience racing in heats and finals with maximum number of competitors. Molly Bowles was on hand to warm up the Nippers and provide cool and calm advice – the kids really enjoyed spending time with you Molly!
Notable results were Nicolette Tollec placing 7th in the Surf Race and Kate Levett taking 5th place in the Board Race and 6th place in the Iron Woman.
Thank you to all the families that travelled over the weekend – we may have been one of the smaller groups on the beach, but our presence was HUGE! The sportsmanship and good attitude all our nipper demonstrated was fantastic, and the connections that develop across all the age groups at a carnival is priceless.
Bring on next year when we get to host the Country Champs and Country Carnival at Midds!
Country Championships Results
1km Beach Run
- 3rd – Georgia Montgomery
- 4th – Charlotte Wise
- 4th – Greg Wise
Beach Flags
- 3rd – Charlotte Wise
- 4th – Indi Wiseman
- 5th – Georgia Montgomery
- 2nd – Beau Wiseman
Beach Sprint
- 4th – Indi Wiseman
- 5th – Georgia Montgomery
- 6th – Charlotte Wise
- 4th – Maggie Stephens
- 3rd – Beau Wiseman
Board Race
- 5th – Georgia Montgomery
- 6th – Lillian Taylor
- 1st – Kate Levett
- 6th – Beau Wiseman
Ironman
- 5th Sonny Rowles
- 7th Greg Wise
Ironwoman
- 1st – Kate Levett
- 6th – Nicolette Tollec
Surf Race
- 2nd – Georgie Montgomery
- 6th – Lilian Taylor
- 5th – Sonny Rowles
- 2nd – Nicolette Tollec
Cameron Relay
- 3rd – Holly, Kate, Maggie and Nicolette