BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Sunday 25th September 2022
World Surf Lifesaving Titles – Teams Day
Well it has been raining all night and the weather is looking inclement for today. It is looking like we will have a miserable day on the beach. As we got ready early again today, 6.30am up and out the door by about 7.30, we have been saved. The weather is still overcast and miserable, but it has stopped raining. Yeehah! As we head to the beach for our teams day, I am just a spectator today as we have no other girls here and they won’t let me make up a team with the boys. Oh well, I will just enjoy the day watching and supporting our team.
First up was the 170+ swim teams, David came in 1st place, Mark came 12th and Nick 14th. To get a result, you add all the placings for each of the teams and the team with the lowest number wins, the next lowest comes 2nd and so on and so on. The boys manage 2nd place, a silver medal. Our first race on teams day and a medal. Woohoo!
The next race was the 170+ board relay. We have two teams in this one. David, Doggy and Mark, and then Smithy, Nigel and Graham in the other. So this is a race where you race in relay style. Paddler one competes the course, tags paddler two who then completes the course and then tags paddler three for his turn with a run to the finish line. David headed out first and tagged Doggy first with a good lead by at least a wave, then Doggy stayed in front tagging Mark, who continued the race and held the lead. Winning our first gold teams medal. Yay boys. Smithy, Nigel and Graham all paddled well coming 7th.
Next was the 170+ ski relay. We only had one team in this race, being David, Doggy and Mark. They paddled in the same order but were a little slow out of the blocks as David missed the start as he was straightening his ski against the side current when the gun went to start the race. They finished in 5th place.
Last but not least was the 170+ Oceanman Relay – this is one leg ski, next leg swim and final leg board. We had 2 teams in this one, they were Mark on the Ski, David in the swim and Doggy on the board. Our 2nd team was Nick ski, Graham swim and Nigel board. Mark was about 5th or 6th on the ski, David swam and came in about 6th in the swim leg and Doggy paddled down and was on the wave with one other competitor for 3rd place, unfortunately he took 6 or 7 steps and pulled his hamstring and hobbled to the finish in 4th place. Our 2nd team came in 10th.
So with a small team of 8 we managed a Gold and a Silver medal on teams day.
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Team meeting in the morning of the Teams Day. As you can see there is a little surf today.
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David, Nick and Mark lined up for the 170+ surf teams..
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..On the line and ready to go..
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.. David catches a little wave..
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..and comes in first..
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..then followed by Mark in 12th..
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..and Nick in 14th..
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..They did really well..
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..placing 2nd.. Yay. a silver medal..
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..David and Graham start in the 170+ board relay..
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..Doggy and Smithy waiting for their 1st paddler to come in..
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..David comes in first place by a wave and a bit..
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..and out goes Doggy..
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Graham heading in from the 1st leg of the board relay..
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..and Smithy for the 2nd leg..
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..Doggy paddling hard..
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..Doggy comes in 1st as well,
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..and out goes Mark for the 3rd and final leg..
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..SMithy paddling hard at the end of the 2nd leg..
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..Smithy also on his way in for the 2nd leg for his team..
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..and Mark Finished in 1st place.
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..and Nigel anchors our 2nd team in the board relay..
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Well done boys! Gold medal for Mark Doggy and David.
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..and Smithy Nigel and Graham finish 7th, well done!
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David in the start of the 170+ ski relay..
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..as he finishes his leg..
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..and runs to the shore..
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..Doggy heads out next..
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..and comes in..
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..followed by Mark in the 3rd leg..
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A 5th place for the boys in the Ski Relay.
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The start of the 170+ Oceanman, both Mark and Nick on the ski..
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..as Nick heads out to sea..
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..and Mark turns the buoys..
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..Mark comes in with the pack..
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..and Graham heads out in the swim..
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..David heading in from the swim for the 2nd leg of the Oceanman race..
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..and Doggy is on his way in about 6th place..
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..as Graham comes in from the swim..
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Doggy makes up some ground and comes in on the wave for 3rd place..
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..he strides it out for about 6 or 7 steps and then PING, his hammy pulls and he takes 4th place..
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>the boys are still smiling and happy with their 4th place in the Oceanman..
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..Nick Nigel and Graham come 10th in the Oceanman..
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Ocean Man teams..
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Our World Titles team – Fi, Nick, Nigel, Graham, David, Doggy, Mark and Smithy.
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Gold medal presentation for the 170+ Board team – David, Doggy and Mark.
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Silver medal presentation for the 170+ Surf teams – David, Mark and Nick.