BABY BLUE LEADS WAY TO INTERSTATE TITLE
Scarborough, WA, March 18: A clean sweep from youngster Alisha Miller and two crucial victories from captains Naomi Flood and Chris Allum steered NSW to victory in yesterday's Interstate Championships at the 2009 Whereis® Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Scarborough Beach.
Miller won every event she started in, including the under-19 board and Ironwoman races to add to her already growing reputation as an emerging force in the sport.
"It was some performance, everything she did she nailed, Alisha is no doubt getting up there and is really starting to use all the skills and put it all together," said NSW manager Keith Caldwell.
With the points race tight, Allum mastered the heavy seas to take the open surf and belt race double while Flood's victory (see separate story) over Queensland's Hayley Bateup in the open Ironwoman along with her open ski win were testament to her skills.
Bateup took out the open board, as did Ironman winner Shannon Eckstien.
Victory in the open women's flags provided some consolation for Cara Lagandam, who lost a shot at gold at last year's Aussies when she was disqualified for a break.
NSW opened the day with a win in the lifesaver relay and victories in the Taplin and Cameron relays sealed a nail-biting three-point win over arch rivals Queensland, with WA third, followed by Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Northern 
Territory.
Queensland got some revenge with their first win in several years in the junior event.
"That was a little disappointing, we'd won the juniors for the past couple of years and we wanted to make it a three year clean sweep in both," Caldwell said.
Due to the heavy conditions, the boats were limited to one round but in a sign of what may come on Sunday, reigning Australian champions North Cottesloe (WA) defeated Austimeer (NSW).
"They got the sweeps and officials together and decided to can the boats after the one round, we'd had a few injuries and it was felt it was just too dangerous to continue," Caldwell said.
ENDS...
Interstate Surf Life Saving Championships
Men
Open Ski 1st Reese Baker WA 2nd Luke Morrison SA 3rd Sam Norton TAS Beach Sprint 1st Aaron Stubbs QLD 2nd Tom Nolan
WA 3rd Michael Kember NSW Flags 1st Paul Cracroft-Wilson QLD 2nd Tom Nolan WA 3rd Laurent Stewart NSW Surf Race 1st Chris Allum NSW 2nd Nick Cuthbert QLD 3rd Ethan Whiteman NT Board 1st Shannon Eckstein QLD 2nd Tom Atkinson NSW 3rd Matthew Bowbridge WA Belt 1st Chris Allum NSW 2nd Andrew Mewing QLD 3rd Scott Prosser VIC Boat Race 1st Western Australia WA 2nd New South Wales NSW 3rd Victoria VIC Ironman 1st Shannon Eckstein QLD 2nd Hayden Allum NSW 3rd Mark Graham VIC
U19 Ski 1st Brendan Rice WA 2nd Alex Tibbits QLD 3rd Thomas Gray SA 4th Hayden White NSW 5th Omar Lewis VIC 6th Nathan Cross TAS 7th Nicholas Pleasance (NSW) NT Beach Sprint 1st Aaron Stubbs QLD 2nd Luke Anthony VIC 3rd Jake Lynch NSW Surf Race 1st Dev Lahey QLD 2nd Kendrick Louis NSW 3rd David Graham WA U19 Board 1st Billy Fogarty VIC 2nd David Graham WA 3rd Aaron Benson NSW Boat Race 1st Queensland 2nd Western Australia 3rd Northern Territory U19 Belt 1st Tim Schofield NSW 2nd Alex Tibbits QLD 3rd Leigh Ryan VIC Flags 1st Daniel Sheehy SA 2nd Steven Brandon NSW 3rd Calham Dower VIC Ironman 1st David Graham WA 2nd Kendrick Louis NSW 3rd Sam Hunt QLD
U17 Board 1st Kyle O'brien NSW 2nd Justin Cole VIC 3rd Bradyn Ham WA Sprint 1st Mitchell Swain QLD 2nd Ronan Colleran 
WA 3rd Jordan Caldow SA Surf 1st Scott Smith NSW 2nd Sam Bell QLD 3rd Jackson Maynard NT Flags 1st Ben Mispelhorn QLD 2nd Jarrod Shepherd VIC 3rd Cameron Hext SA Ski 1st Nicklass Gale QLD 2nd Ben Griffiths NSW 3rd Tom Norton TAS Ironman 1st Mitch Miller QLD 2nd Jake Nicholson SA 3rd Edward Gourley NSW
U15 Board 1st James Porter VIC 2nd Isaac Morgan NSW 3rd Zach Orchard QLD Sprint 1st Robbie Jones NSW 2nd Tim Blakey VIC 2nd Ramey Othman QLD Surf Race 1st Ross Briggs WA 2nd Jake McKenzie SA 3rd Jackson Cosgrove QLD Flags 1st Tyler Harding NSW 2nd Mitchell Cavanagh WA 3rd Luke Kesishian VIC Ironman 1st Bill Bain QLD 2nd Isaac Morgan NSW 3rd Harry Pearce VIC
U14 Board 1st Mackenzie Hynard NSW 2nd Isak Costello NT 3rd James Lacy QLD Sprint 1st Max Belcher QLD 2nd Pat Humphries NSW 3rd Oliver Aikins WA Surf Race 1st Isak Costello NT 2nd Jack Wadell NSW 3rd Lachlan Feather QLD Flags 1st Jarrad Ross QLD 2nd William Patterson NSW 3rd Oliver Aikins WA Ironman 1st Jay Furniss NSW 2nd Isak Costello NT 3rd Nathaniel Lindsay QLD
Women
Open Ski 1st Naomi Flood NSW 2nd Lisa Russ WA 3rd Terri Sullivan QLD NT Beach Sprint 1st Laura Shorter NSW 2nd Alysse Hogan WA 3rd Melissa Howard QLD Flags 1st Cara Lagandam NSW 2nd Melissa Howard QLD 3rd Alysse Hogan WA Surf Race 1st Elizabeth Plumiers QLD 2nd Chantelle Elles TAS 3rd Kaliah Elliot NSW Board 1st Hayley Bateup QLD 2nd Kayla Russell NSW 3rd Stacey Knowles WA Boat Race 1st Western Australia 2nd South Australia 3rd Victoria Belt 1st Kaliah Elliot NSW 2nd Miranda Bell QLD 3rd Sam Cain VIC Ironwoman 1st Naomi Flood NSW 2nd Hayley Bateup QLD 3rd Chantelle Elles TAS
U19 Beach Sprint 1st Hayley Wyper QLD 2nd Sarah Cook NSW 3rd Chloe Gocher (QLD) NT Ski 1st Lauren Smith NSW 2nd Kim 
Holding VIC 3rd Surf Race 1st Anika Wright QLD 2nd Jessica Wreford SA 3rd Harriet Brown VIC Board 1st Alisha Miller NSW 2nd Samantha Johnston QLD 3rd Karina Crocker TAS Belt 1st Zoe Whitfield VIC 2nd Lauren Hall NSW 3rd Kirsty Waugh NT Flags 1st Hayley Wyper QLD 2nd Emma Doyle VIC 3rd Stacey Knowles WA Ironwoman 1st Alisha Miller NSW 2nd Harriet Brown VIC 3rd Danielle Radford NT
U17 Board 1st Lauren Smith NSW 2nd Devon Halligan NT 3rd Ann Glen QLD Sprint 1st Georgia Devlin QLD 2nd Tayla Ackland WA 3rd Bernadette Cardillo NSW Ski 1st Bridgette Seymour QLD 2nd Allie Britton TAS 3rd Lisa West WA Surf Race1st Miranda Bell QLD 2nd Devon Halligan NT 3rd Emily Chaffey NSW Flags 1st Kelly McDonald VIC 2nd Brooke Grono QLD 3rd Marnie Robertson NSW Ironwoman 1st Devon Halligan NT 2nd Stacey Smith QLD 3rd Jordan White NSW
U15 Board 1st Tayla Nicol NSW 2nd Jordan Mercer QLD 3rd Courtney Bateman VIC Sprint 1st Gabrielle Murphy WA 2nd Chloe Platt NSW 3rd India Kinsey VIC Surf Race 1st Jessica Collins NSW 2nd Kareena Lee QLD 3rd Kylie Millington VIC Flags 1st Rachel Crothers QLD 2nd Gabrielle Murphy WA 3rd Tatum Ansiewicz NSW Ironwoman 1st Jessica Collins NSW 2nd Miranda Davies QLD 3rd Kylie Millington VIC
U14 Board Race 1st Teisha Jenkins QLD 2nd Cody-Leigh Callaghan NSW 3rd Sasha Pursell VIC Sprint 1st Bree Masters NSW 2nd Kristy Knox QLD 3rd Chrissy James VIC 3rd Alexandra Fleming WA Surf Race 1st Sarah Kime QLD 2nd Madeleine Beaton WA 3rd Elyssia Gasparotto NSW Flags 1st Rohani Bakhack QLD 1st Tayce Fry SA 3rd Clancy Bradshaw WA Ironwoman 1st Hannah Trypas NSW 2nd Emma Dick QLD 3rd Caitlin Walker WA
Mixed Taplin Open Taplin 1st New South Wales 2nd Queensland 3rd South Australia U17 1st New South Wales 2nd Queensland 3rd South Australia Cameron Relay 1st New South Wales 2nd Queensland 3rd Tasmania Lifesaver Relay 1st New South Wales 2nd Queensland 3rd Victoria All Age Beach Relay 1st Queensland 2nd Western Australia 3rd New South Wales
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2009 INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTSCORES |
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Combined |
THE ALAN B WHELPTON AO PERPETUAL SHIELD |
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NSW |
QLD |
WA |
VIC |
SA |
TAS |
NT |
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Points |
385.00 |
383.00 |
272.00 |
270.00 |
233.00 |
154.00 |
149.00 |
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Placing |
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Seniors |
THE SENIOR INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD |
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NSW |
QLD |
VIC |
WA |
SA |
TAS |
NT |
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Points |
191.00 |
182.00 |
141.00 |
139.00 |
122.00 |
71.00 |
67.00 |
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Placing |
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Juniors |
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QLD |
WA |
NSW |
VIC |
SA |
TAS |
NT |
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Points |
201.00 |
133.00 |
194.00 |
129.00 |
111.00 |
83.00 |
82.00 |
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Handicap |
HANDICAP POINTSCORE TROPHY |
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NT |
VIC |
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TAS |
SA |
QLD |
NSW |
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Total Points |
149.00 |
270.00 |
272.00 |
154.00 |
233.00 |
383.00 |
385.00 |
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Bonus Points |
303.80 |
141.40 |
139.30 |
253.40 |
167.30 |
4.20 |
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Handicap Points |
452.80 |
411.40 |
411.30 |
407.40 |
400.30 |
387.20 |
385.00 |
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