LACHLAN TAMES OLYMPIC CLASS FIELD; FLOOD ADDS THIRD WORLD TITLE

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RESCUE 2012, Adelaide, November 17, 2012: Avoca’s two-time Australian champion Lachlan Tame celebrated his 24th birthday in style at Christies Beach today when he beat an all-star field, including two Olympic gold medallists to win a hotly contested World Lifesaving single ski championship.

Pic: World Champions Lachlan Tame (Avoca Beach)

Tame blasted off the start in the choppy, millpond conditions and held on to beat a fast-finishing Corey Hill (Northcliffe) with former British paddler Dan Humble (Trigg Island, WA) third.

London Olympic K4 gold medallist Tate Smith (Northcliffe) finished fourth, South African champion Jasper Mocke (Fish Hoek) fifth with Ironman star Shannon Eckstein (Northcliffe) sixth.

The women’s single ski final saw Manly’s London 2012 Olympian Naomi Flood win her third world title in fine style, adding to her championships from 2008 and 2010.

Pic: World Champions Naomi Flood (Manly)

Flood was never headed in an impressive display of power-paddling to win comfortably from Coolangatta Gold champion Brodie Moir (North Burleigh) and the fast finishing Hannah Minogue (Bulli).

Then came 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Hannah Davis (Glenelg) and Northcliffe Ironwomen, yesterday’s surf race winner Kristyl Smith and Courtney Hancock.

The Youth finals saw Warilla Barrack Point pair, Kirsty Higgison and Ben Carberry notch the double for the NSW South Coast and following in their parents sporting footsteps.

Higgison is the 19-year-old daughter of 1984 Los Angeles Olympic swimming silver medallist Karen Phillips and Carberry the son of former NRL player Michael Carberry who had a 10 year career with South Sydney and the Illawarra Steelers.

It was the most convincing paddle of the day by Higgison who paddled away from the Youth field to win by 50 metres from Danielle McMahon (Wanda) and Teisha Jenkins (Mooloolaba).

Carberry had a nervous wait before being declared the winner over NZ star Cory Taylor (Northcliffe) with Daniel Booth (Northcliffe) third.

Saturday: Inter-Club Ocean (From 8am) Christies Beach; Surf Boats (from 8am) at Christies; Inter-Club Beach (from 4pm) Glenelg

Sunday: Inter-Club Ocean (From 8am) Christies Beach; Surf Boats (from 8am) at Christies; Inter-Club Beach (from 4pm) Glenelg

In other finals today:

Australian captains Kristyl Smith and Shannon Eckstein kept Northcliffe’s title hopes alive with impressive wins in their respective board finals.

Smith staged a neck-and-neck run to the line to beat Coolangatta Gold winner Brodie Moir (North Burleigh) with Harriet Brown (Northcliffe) third, while in the men’s it was Eckstein who out paddled a class field to win the gold from Stuart McLachlan (Redhead) and Matt Poole (Mooloolaba).

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Northcliffe are chasing down Italian club Rane Rosse Aqvasport who opened up a massive lead in the Pool Rescue events. The Gold Coast-based Australian champions are priming themselves for a massive final day in the water tomorrow

Terrigal trio Lauren Stone, Alicia Bain and Zoe Hall claimed a rare trifecta in the women’s Youth board final.

Redhead’s Ian Morgan sprinted across the bank to win the Men’s Youth final from Newport’s Max Brooks with Kurrawa’s Luke Cuff third.

South African Club Durban Surf claimed the Rescue-Tube Rescue title from Northcliffe A and Bronte while the women’s event saw Manly take the gold in a thriller from DLRG Halle-Saalekreis (GER) with Alcareno de Salaventeno (ESP) taking the bronze.

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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