MOIR ADDS WORLD CROWN TO COOLANGATTA GOLD

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RESCUE 2012, Adelaide, November 18, 2012: Today’s Ironwoman went to Coolangatta Gold champion, North Burleigh’s Brodie Moir from Maroubra’s emerging star Tara Coleman, with the fast finishing Coolangatta Gold and Australian champion Courtney Hancock, nursing a twisted ankle, taking third.

Moir beat a red-hot field that included fellow Coolangatta Gold and Australian Ironwoman champion Courtney Hancock, National Teams Ironwoman champion Kristyl Smith; her fellow Northcliffe Ironwomen Bonnie Hancock and Harriet Brown as well as Manly’s Under 19 Australian champion Devon Halligan, team mate Candice Falzon and Mooloolaba’s Allira Richardson.

Moir admitted she couldn’t believe she had won the world crown.

“I have looked up to all these girls for so long and to add the world championship to the Coolangatta Gold in one month is amazing – beyond my wildest dreams,” said Moir.

“They have all pushed me to be as good as I can be and today I just had to make the most of the conditions, especially with the long runs in and out of the water.

“I made sure I capitalised on my lead after the ski and I knew if I led off the board I could hopefully hang on in the swim and I did. I guess the world title will look pretty good on the resume.”

In one of the most exciting finishes of the day, it was Poole who hung on to give Mooloolaba a last gasp victory over Northcliffe and Bronte in the Oceanman Relay (one swimmer, one ski paddler, one board paddler, one runner) while Manly (Naomi Flood, Devon Halligan, Candice Falzon and Mieke Kassulke won the Oceanwoman Relay from Northcliffe and Mount Maunganui.

In a major tactical ploy, Mooloolaba coach Michael King decided to use Poole as the final runner.

Under the ILS rules the final member can tag in the water and the champion Ironman swam to within five metres of the final turning buoy and tagged swimmer Kendrick Louis.

Northcliffe’s swimmer, surf race champion Dev Lahey then tagged his final runner, Kiwi Kevin Morrison, who took off after Poole, pushing him right to the line.

“It was a sneaky tactic and it paid off,” said jelly-legged Poole after his ding-dong battle.

“With both Kendrick and I coming off the Ironman and being tired we decided it was probably best to share the swimming duties half and half and it paid off.”

Meanwhile in the final events of the day Newport’s beach star Jake Lynch and Kurrawa queen Melissa Howard both claimed beach doubles – adding the flags to their sprint titles.

Lynch, who’s father and coach Martin won the Masters beach flags, added to his beach sprint win (dead heat with Jordan Caldow) for a rare world championship double while the eight-time Australian beach flags champion Howard added to her break through sprint win.

Rescue 2012, World Lifesaving Championships, Christies Beach, Finals:
Men
Open
Oceanman S Eckstein Northcliffe M Miller Northcliffe M Poole Mooloolaba
Oceanman Relay Mooloolaba Northcliffe Bronte
Board Rescue M Miller M Beattie Northcliffe J Cain S McCartney Cudgen S Fuller R Lysaught Kurrawa
Women
Open
Oceanwoman B Moir North Burleigh T Coleman Maroubra C Hancock Northcliffe
Oceanwoman Relay Manly Northcliffe A Mt Maunganui (NZL)
Board Rescue B Hancock C Hancock Northcliffe A H Brown K Smith Northcliffe B A Nurthen A Richardson Mooloolaba

Rescue 2012, World Lifesaving Championships, Glenelg Beach, Finals:
Men
Open 2km Beach Run J Andersen (Upper Canada Can) S Madden (Tugun) P Shazi (Suncoast Pirates RSA)
Youth 2km Beach Run D Lazarus (Trigg Island) A Najem (Wanda) C McGlynn (Durban RSA)
Womens
Open
2km Beach Run K Perkins (Mooloolaba) M Stephens (Durban RSA) D Cooper (Wanda)
Youth
2km Beach Run E Jeffcoat (Dee Why) T Jenkins (Mooloolaba) B Jessup (West Beach)
MEN
Open
Beach Flags J Lynch (Newport) P Cracroft-Wilson (Kurrawa) M Foster (Kurrawa)

Youth
Oceanman L Cuff (Kurrawa) M Brooks (Newport) J Nicholson (Northcliffe)
Oceanman Relay Newport Redhead Northcliffe
Board Rescue L Calo J Moses (North Cronulla) K O’Brien M Roffe (Cronulla) L Cuff T Partland (Kurrawa)
Beach Flags B Drysdale (Helensburgh-Stanwell Park) J Symonds (Sorento) R Sierp (Alexandra Headland)
WOMEN
Open
Beach Flags M Howard (Kurrawa) C Hickman (Kurrawa) H Daniels (Scarboro)
Youth
Oceanwoman K Higgison (Warilla Barrack Point) A Bain (Terrigal) E Smith (Northcliffe)
Oceanwoman Relay Terrigal Wanda North Cronulla
Board Rescue A Bain L Stone (Terrigal) D McMahon E Pierce (Wanda) L Moses K Primmer (North Cronulla)
Beach Flags K Williams (Collaroy) B Brymer (City of Perth) S Dibley (Cronulla)

FINAL POINTSCORE
Open
Northcliffe (AUS) 775pts Rane Rosse Aqvasport (ITA) 682 DLRG Halle-Saalekreis (GER) 526
Youth
Wanda (AUS) 802 Terrigal (AUS) 582 Northcliffe (304)

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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