KELLOGG'S SERIES TRIAL DATES ANNOUNCED
12-07-2010
The dates for the 2010.11 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series Trial have been announced. The trial will be held over two days at Tugun Beach.
Saturday 18 September & Sunday 19 September
At least 8 male and 8 female positions will be selected from the trial with a further 6 male and 6 female positions up as wildcards. If wildcards are not used, they will use the trial results to fill the remaining positions.
For more information including the trial format, click here.
2010 Australian Pool Rescue Championships
28-06-2010
BMD Northcliffe Surf Club took out the overall pointscore at the recent Australian Pool Rescue Championships held in Melbourne on 5 & 6 June, 2010.Impressive performances from Dev Lahey, Kristyl Smith, Elizabeth Pluimers and young guns Lachlan Feather and Jordan Harrison helped seal the unexpected victory with only a small team travelling down to Melbourne for the event.
Congratulations to all of our members who braved the cold of an outdoor pool in Melbourne in June!
For all of the results from the 2010 Australian Pool Rescue Championships click here.
Australian Representative Teams Annonuced
28-06-2010
Congratulations to Shannon Eckstein and Kristyl Smith who have just been named in the Australian Team to compete in Alexandria, Egypt, at the World Surf Life Saving Championships to be held later this year. Shannon Eckstein has also been given the honour of captaining the team.
Notable exclusions from the Australian team were BMD Northcliffe's Dev Lahey and Elizabeth Pluimers who both performed very well at the recent Australian Pool Rescue Championships.
Other BMD Members that have been selected to compete for their countries at tRescue 2010 include Daniel Moodie & Kevin Morrison (New Zealand), Flora Manciet, Jon Desperges and Julien Lalanne (France).
Congratulations also to Bonnie Hancock, Michael Booth & Harriet Brown who made the Australian Under 21 Development Team who will be heading to Japan later in the year. BMD Northcliffe's Daniel Norton-Smith was also named the coach of the Under 21 team. BMD Northcliffe's Lachlan Feather also made the Australian Under 21 Development Team heading to New Zealand to compete in a Pool Rescue Competition in October.
Well Done Everyone!
KNG SERIES FINAL
22-02-2010
Shannon Eckstein continued his domination of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series with a thrilling sprint finish victory in Round 5 at North Cronulla on the weekend. The race win secured the overall series crown for the 5th time with an impressive 4 wins from 5 starts this season. Club mate, Nathan Smith, who will retire from Ironman Competition at the end of the season, had a great race placing 4th with Pierce Leonard in 7th.In the women's race, Elizabeth Pluimers claimed her second win of the series in a BMD Northcliffe trifecta with Kristyl Smith in 2nd place and Courtney Hancock in 3rd. Unfortunately the win wasn't enough to claim the overall series pointscore, finishing in 2nd behind Mooloolaba's Alicia Marriott.
Overall Series Pointscore:
Male
1st - Shannon Eckstein, 7th - Nathan Smith, 8th - Pierce Leonard
Female
2nd - Elizabeth Pluimers, 4th - Kristyl Smith, 6th - Courtney Hancock
For all the series results in full click here.
