Power paddles give Northcliffe girls ski relay gold

 slsa logo 2014Surf Life Saving Australia, April 16, 2015: Power paddles by Danielle McKenzie and ironwoman Rebecca Creedy pushed Northcliffe to gold in the Open Women’s Ski Relay.

First paddler Devon Halligan did well to stay within touching distance of kayak stars Alyce Burnett (Maroochydore), Naomi Flood (Manly) and Alyssa Bull (Alexandra Headland), handing over to McKenzie in fourth place.

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McKenzie had only minutes earlier produced an astonishing paddle in the board relay final and reproduced that effort to push Northcliffe into second place, 15 metres behind Maroochydore.

Creedy, who looks in tip-top shape to challenge for the ironwoman title later in the carnival, then hunted down Maroochydore’s Caitlin Gilliman and passed her on the paddle back to the beach.

The win gave Halligan and McKenzie their first open gold medals for Northcliffe, earning them coveted numbered club caps, and for Halligan it was her third Open Ski Relay win, having won gold with Manly in the past two years.

Gilliman hung on to give Maroochydore second place, with Manly in third.

Meanwhile, Brodie Moir showed plenty of patience and determination to guarantee her North Burleigh team the gold medal in the Open Women’s Board Relay.

Moir went into the final leg of the race in third place but showed her ironwoman pedigree to come home over the top of Mooloolaba’s Karlee Nurthen and Noosa Heads’ Lana Rogers.

The win gave Moir and teammates Liz Pluimers and Tara Coleman their second consecutive Aussies gold in the event.

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