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SURF LIFE SAVING, April, 18 2013: DAMIEN ‘MOFF’ MOFFREY and his dedicated crew from BMD Northcliffe just continue to raise the bar for SLSA records.

This week captain-coach Moffrey, at the young age of 42, steered his patrol team to win a record 12th consecutive Aussie titles win.
Only ‘Moff’ and Trent Rowe have been in all 12 winning teams and during Northcliffe’s reign 15 lifesavers have joined their ranks to taste success.
Northcliffe amassed 74.43 points over the five disciplines to win from Alexandra Headland (69.90) and Coogee (67.90).
Moffrey said the key to their success was having six dedicated team members who could make good quick decisions in critical situations in all disciplines in any conditions.
Lucas Allan is the new face in the team this season with Dr Drew Moffrey making a return to fill the vacancy created by Stuart Snell’s withdrawal for personal reasons.
Dr Drew, Damien’s younger brother, had previously won six gold medals with the team.
Completing the team is Kathryn McKenzie, who also won the open female champion lifesaver title, and Nick Pluimers.
Bundaberg (67.58) won the under-17 patrol championship from Alexandra Headland (58.58) and Northcliffe (55).
Michael White, from Alexandra Headland, won his fourth open champion lifesaver title in six seasons.

Under-19 champion lifesavers are Bradley Doughan (Alexandra headland) and Shani Copley (South Port SA); under-17 winners are Lachlan Bruce (Manly) and Charlotte Webber (Noosa Heads); whil in the under-15s the winners are Thomas Webber (Noosa Heads) and Jemma Smith (Umina).

The Maroochydore team of April Burnett and Georgie Van Panhuis struck gold in the under-17 first aid competition.

Issued on behalf of Surf Life Saving Australia by

Ian Hanson

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