Best Of Australia And New Zealand Join Forces In World Inter-Club Title Tilt

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Included in this release………

INTER-CLUB PREVIEW: Best Of Australia And New Zealand Join Forces In World Inter-Club Title Tilt (See press release below)
SERC/POOL/LONG DISTANCE SKI RESULTS: Mitchell Parkes leads Port Hacking Lifeguards to World Title (results below – Press release to follow)
THIS WEEK’S ACTION IN ADELAIDE: See below
RJ SCOTTS VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF NATIONAL TEAMS WEEK: 5 min Vimeo package below
ALL PHOTOS AVAILABLE FROM HARVPIX: Contact Ian Hanson – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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RESCUE 2012, Adelaide, November 12, 2012: Champion Gold Coast clubs Northcliffe and Kurrawa and Sydney Northern Beaches kings Manly will share the “best of both worlds” as they mount their challenges for international supremacy at this week’s Rescue 2012 World Life Saving Inter-Club Championships in Adelaide.

Northcliffe will be led by Australian captain Shannon Eckstein who remained unbeaten in the National Teams Challenge – winning the Oceanman, Single Ski, Board and Surf race – as he attempts to emulate Trevor Hendy and win a fourth world Ironman title.

But he will be joined by two members of the victorious World Championship winning New Zealand Black Fins, captain Andrew McMillan and vice-captain Kevin Morrison who will link up with the all-star Northcliffe team with Kurrawa boosted by the boyfriend-girl friend beach flags combination of Melissa Howard (Australian team) and her Kiwi partner Paul Cracroft-Wilson (New Zealand team) as well as the Black Fins National Teams flags champion Chanel Hickman.

The sky-blue caps of Manly will have Olympic duo, K4 gold medallist Murray Stewart and his London 2012 team mate Naomi Flood and Ironwoman Candice Falzon will be joined by New Zealand’s rising star, International single ski and board rescue winner, Australian Under 19 Ironwoman champion Devon Halligan.

Northcliffe’s all-stars also includes Stewart’s Olympic gold medal-winning team mate, 19-time Australian champion Tate Smith; world record holding English Channel swimmer Trent Grimsey, Australian captain Kristyl Smith and the champion Ironwomen sisters Courtney and Bonnie Hancock.

Eckstein and McMillan joined Australian team members, International surf race winner Miranda Bell and champion pool rescue swimmer Christina Ruiz in today’s SERC event – the Simulated Emergency Response Competition and they will also contest the Line Throw and 200mn Obstacle events later in the day before competition resumes at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre tomorrow and continues Thursday.

“We were pleased to have a rest day yesterday, Shannon took the family to the vineyards and we greeted the new faces into town for another busy week,” said Northcliffe coach Barry Newman, the Australian Surf Sports Coach of the Year, who coached the Australian Youth Team to victory over New Zealand on Sunday.

“It’s a strong team, who are all dedicated to the cause and we’re looking to add the World Championship crown to our National Championship, but we know Kurrawa will be very tough as will Mooloolaba and Many.”

Kurrrawa will field one of the strongest all-round beach squads in the world – with eight-times Australian champion Howard and nine-times winner Simon Harris joined by their Kiwi rivals Hickman and Cracroft-Wilson.

Howard was beaten by Hickman in the National Teams Championship beach flags final while Cracroft-Wilson had to play third fiddle to Iran’s Olympian Reza Ghasemi and Tom Nolan in the beach sprint and second fiddle to South African Ryle de Morny in the flags, with Nolan third.

They will also field South Australian product Stephanie Ballantine – who was recently named the Australian Surf Sports competitor of the Year.

Meanwhile Mooloolaba will have the likes of Kellogg’s Ironmen Matt Poole and Kendrick Louis, Ironwomen Allira Richardson, Kelly-Anne Perkins, Amy Nurthen and Teisha Jenkins in their team while New Zealand’s top club Mount Maunganui will feature 2012 Olympic K1200 gold medallist Lisa Carrington World Beach sprint champion from Lorne in 2006 Holly Moczydlowski and French star Emmanuelle Bescheron.

Other big names will include Coolangatta Gold stars, this year’s winner Brodie Moir (Nth Burleigh) and three-time champion Hayley Bateup who will line up for her new club Mermaid Beach.

TODAY’S RESULTS:

Rescue 2012 Results Tuesday Nov 12 TAKE ONE

Rescue 2012 World Life Saving Championships Interclub Mixed Open Simulated Emergency Response Competition (SERC) 284 Port Hacking Lifeguards M Parkes A Fisher S Fisher S Jones 283 Rawmarsh Life Saving Club (GBR) A Butterfield J Scurrah R Sheard S Worne 271.8 Retford & District Life Saving Club (GBR) H Caverley I Hutchings C Matheson O Morton 16-19 Years SERC 263.5 The Hills Swimming & Lifesaving Club B Fishburn T Jones M Knight G Whitely 235.5 Retford & District Lifesaving (GBR) J Caverley J Hancock J Manifiled J Moore 224.3 Terrigal K Bridge R King M Schofield J Waddell Female 16-19 Line Throw: DLRG Emsdetten (GER) A Beike L Broker 16.45 Wanda (AUS) E Green M Sargeant 18.24 Moana (AUS) R Mader B Wolfaardt 25.33 Male 16-19 Line Throw: DLRG Rheda-Wiedenbrueck (GER) C Diermann R Wehlitz 10.35WR Wanda (AUS) J Boxall J Woods 11.10 DLRG Beckum Lippetal (GER) M Oliwa T Schwegmann 11.46 Open Male Line Throw: Baden-Brugg (SUI) T Schnetzler M Zoellig 9.06 DLRG Halle-Saalekreis (GER) C Ertel D Wieck 9.37 Port Hacking Lifeguards (AUS) L Harper M Parkes 9.47 Open Female Line Throw: DLRG Luckenwalde (GER) A Erdmann J Kuhn Alberta (CAN) S Gowsell J Southwood Port Hacking Lifeguards (AUS) J Cooper F Konakoff

Rescue 2012, World Life Saving Championships, 17km Long Distance Ski FINALS (Glenelg-Christies):

OCEAN SKIS
SINGLE
Male
Open T Mitchell (Mairangi Bay NZ) 1:27:36, B Allen (Alexandra Headlands) 1:28:34, S Myatt (Port Noarlunga) 1:33:00
16-19 J Nicholson (Northcliffe) 1:39:04, N Martin (Moana) 1:46:11, O McLeod (West Beach)
20-29 Z Jessup (Grange) 1:30:15
40-49 J Beavis (Seacliff) 1:29:28, I Timbrell (Bulli) 1:32:06, T Lepley (Glenelg) 1:36:00
50-59 R Barry (North Wollongong) 1:28:42, R Daman (RB Amersfoort, GER) 1:35:09, S Rice (Trigg Island) 1:38:41
60+ R Hodge (Fairy Meadow) 1:50:49, K Dingham (Noosa) 1:52:23, B Leask (Waimairi NZ) 1:52:53
Female
Open H Davis (Glenelg) 1:43:25
40-49 C Jander (Freshwater) 2:11:41
DOUBLE
Male
Open C Alagich/S Dalton (Glenelg) 1:23:10, Dopie/T Dalton (Glenelg) 1:35:29
40 -49 D Juniper/S Perry (West Beach) 1:30:04
Mixed
Open L Myatt/ D Myatt (Port Noarlunga) 1:29:23
40-49 W Jones/R Wyness (Brighton) 1:32:14
Female S Finn/A Pajor (Glenelg) 1:44:36, Lemmon/Watkins (Sorrento, WA) 1:51:27
SURF SKIS
Single
Male
Open A Nisbet (Suncoast Pirates) 1:31:32, E Deleeuw (Christies Beach) 1:34:21, J Ford (Secret Harbour) 1:34:21
40-49 J Lishman (North Cottlesloe) 1:33:01, S Dalzeil (Alexandra Headland) 1:35:17, M Mead (Wanda) 1:36:29
50-59 G Juniper (Tallebudgera) 1:36:03, G Lawrence (Byron Bay) 1:37:13, B Hibben (Trigg Island) 1:46:01
60+ S Davies (Cottesloe WA) 1:40:57, R Slattery (Cottesloe WA) 1:41:55, J Banks (Fairy Meadow) 1:42:13
Female
Open G Leganai (Rane Rosse, ITA) 1:50:14, S West (Christies Beach) 1:56:21
(Brighton) 1:48:05
16-19 E Starr (Grange) 1:52:25, M McBride (Somerton) 2:09:28
30-39 S Kyme (Currumbin) 1:54:35, M Kent (Redhead) 2:01:31
40-49E Ashfield (Mooloolaba) 1:43:59 H Murray (Byron Bay) 1:49:25, A Roberts (Coogee) 2:01:36
50-59 D Wallace-Ward (Brighton) 1:48:48
Double Ski
Female
16-19 H Batty/K Curtis (Glenelg) 1:54:31
Male
Open J Hole/P Mullany (Moana) 1:33:27
40-49 Molenaar/V McMullan (Aldinga Bay) 1:31:31, Fletcher/Robinson (Henley) 1:34:11
Mixed
40-49 L Kett/M Kwast (Mooloolaba) 1:36:06, G Toman/Toman (Dicky Beach) 1:44:45

THIS WEEK’S ACTION:

Tuesday (Today): Competition resumed with World Inter-Club Championships to start in the Pool at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre Including SERC, Line Throw and 200m Obstacle.
Wednesday: Inter-club Pool (From 8am) SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre.
Thursday: Inter-club Pool (From 9am) SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre; Masters Boats at Christies Beach (From 8am)
Friday: Inter-Club Ocean (From 8am) Christies Beach; Surf Boats (from 8am) at Christies; Inter-Club Beach (from 4pm) Glenelg….. Including surf boat action and surf race finals
Saturday: Inter-Club Ocean (From 8am) Christies Beach; Surf Boats (from 8am) at Christies; Inter-Club Beach (from 4pm) Glenelg…… Including the who’s who of Surf Lifesaving in the Oceanman and Oceanwoman heats, quarter and semi-finals.
Sunday: Inter-Club Ocean (From 8am) Christies Beach; Surf Boats (from 8am) at Christies; Inter-Club Beach (from 4pm)…… Glenelg Including the who’s who of Surf Lifesaving in the Oceanman and Oceanwoman finals.

World Life Saving Arrives In Adelaide – Have A Look What All The Fuss Has Been About

Adelaide has been a buzz this week with the Rescue 2012 World Life Saving Championships at Glenelg and Christies Beaches and the SA Aquatic Centre with the event attracting 4000 competitors from 42 Nations and representing 268 clubs.

There have been some amazing highlights so far with:

·         The victorious New Zealand Black Fins lowering Australia’s colours in the classic Trans Tasman battle for the Alan Whelpton Trophy which heads “across the ditch” for the first time in 14 years.
·         Australian captain Shannon Eckstein winning four gold medals from four starts – in the Oceanman, Ski, Board and Surf races
·         Iranian Olympic sprinter Reza Ghasemi making his impact to win Iran’s first World Life Saving gold medal in the beach sprint and
·         The lifesavers of South Australia turning out to catch a glimpse of their stars.

RJ SCOTTS Productions were there to capture all the excitement and in case you were wondering what the fuss has been about, have a look at this five minute video clip to find out: http://vimeo.com/user9991183/review/53311249/4b7f6f80df

ABOUT RESCUE 2012
Rescue 2012 will be held in Adelaide, South Australia, from November 7-18, 2012 and will include five separate competitions - World National Team Championships, World Interclub Championships, World Masters Championships, World Surf Boat Championships, and World Inflatable Rescue Boat Championships.

Rescue 2012 is open to all proficient lifesavers. The Masters competition is open to all proficient lifesavers who are 30 years of age or above.

Athletes can compete in nine separate disciplines - swimming, simulated emergency rescue, Ironman / Ironwoman, surf-ski, board, beach sprints, beach flags, surf boats and IRB.

Beach, National Teams and all IRB events will be held at Glenelg Beach.

Christies Beach will be the home of all Masters, Interclub and Surf Boat events.

The South Australian State Aquatic and Leisure Centre will host all Pool events.

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