North Beach emerges as life-saving force

Press, 10 February 1986, Page 3

North Beach emerges as life-saving force

The emergence of North Beach as the leading club in the junior section, and third club on the over-all points table, was the feature of the Canterbury StelnlagerRadio Avon surf life-sav-ing championships at South Brighton Beach during the week-end. Once a powerful club. North Beach has struggled in the competitive arena for a number of years, but a talented crop of juniors, allied with the outstanding senior surf boat and surf canoe crews that the club has had in recent years, should make it a leader in the sport again in a few years.

Taylors Mistake was again the top club. It was easily the best club in the open grade, and its women were second to South Brighton. Paul Tozer (New Brighton) had a highly successful week-end in the open grade. He won both the surf race and the surf belt race, and helped New Brighton to win the surf teams race, well clear of the runner-up. New Brighton’s strength in swimming events was emphasised by the fact that Duncan Doig and Grant Forbes followed Tozer home into the minor places in the individual surf race. Carl Immers (Taylors Mistake), who had to settle for second place in the belt race behind Tozer, won the open surf tube rescue title. Lars Burner (Taylors Mistake) won the premier individual event in the open section, the iron man. He beat Geoff Barry (South Brighton), and Dean Waru (Taylors Mistake), was third. The two clubs who have dominated the open resuce and resuscitation events for a number of years, Taylors Mistake and South Brighton, filled

the main placings in the four and six-man events. South Brighton A won the six-man event by 0.3 of a point from the national titleholder, Taylors Mistake A. Taylors won the four-man event. The South Brighton B team, which finished third in the open six-person event, contained two women, Andrea Morritt and Janice Beaumont. They had a hectic hour yesterday morning. They had to dash from the finish of the open six-man event, to take their places in the South Brighton A women’s team which easily retained its provincial title and the Le Cren Rose Bowl. Simon Davis (Taylors Mistake) enjoyed a successful two days in surfski events. He won the final of the surf-ski race, combined with Richard Boyle to win the surf-ski rescue final and the double surf-ski final, and was a member of the winning Taylors Mistake surf-ski relay team. Peter Cox (Waikuku), as expected, won the malibu board final, and North Beach A won all four races to retain the open surf boat title. Sumner, which has had a lean time in Canterbury championships for a number of years, won two open titles — the senior surf-canoe final, and the surf-canoe rescue final. Lisa Chamberlain (New Brighton) retained her individual surf race title, beating Jane Bishop (South Brighton). Tracey Black (North Beach) finished a commendable third. Chamberlain relinquished her surf belt title. She was only fifth in the final. The race was won by Jo Barry (South Brighton). Bishop again had to settle for the runner-up position, and she filled the same placing in the surf

tube rescue final. The Waimairi B team upset South Brighton’s chances of winning both the women’s rescue and resuscitation finals. Waimairi won the fourplace final. The North Beach junior crews won all but one of the craft events during the week-end, but their most satisfying win was in the taplin relay, which proved what a good group of all-round competitors they have. North Beach was disqualified in the final of the surf canoe rescue after crossing the line first. One of the crew members was not wearing regulation togs. Final points at the carnival were: Over all: Taylors Mistake 132, South Brighton 105, North Beach 90, New Brighton 78, Waimairi 41, Waikuku 38, Sumner 10, Spencer Park 4. Open: Taylors Mistake 80, New Brighton 34, South Brighton 32, North Beach 30, Waikuku 14, Sumner 10, Waimairi 9, Spencer Park 4. Junior: North Beach 59, South Brighton 35, New Brighton 27, Taylors Mistake 22, Waikuku 19, Waimairi 17. Women: South Brighton 38, Taylors Mistake 30, New Brighton 17, Waimairi 15, Waikuku 5, North Beach 1. Abbreviations used in the following results are: New Brighton (N. 8. North Beach .(Nth.B.), South Brighton (5.8.), Sumner (S.), Spencer Park. (S.P.), Waimairi (W.), Waikuku (Wk.), Taylors Mistake (T.M.), Rarangi, Blenheim (R.). Open Surf race.— P. Tozer (N. 8. 1; D. Doig (N. 8. 2; G. Forbes (N. 8. 3. Over 30: W. Maguire (N. 8. 1; D. Neate (T.M.), 2; B. Ward (5.8.), 3. Surf teams race.— New Brighton, 15, 1; Taylors Mistake, 28, 2; South Brighton A, 36, 3. Surf belt race.— Final: P. Tozer (N. 8. 1; C. Immers (T.M.), 2; G. Connor (Wk.), 3. Surf tube rescue.— Final: C. Immers (T.M.), 1; M. Beks (5.8.), 2; I. MacDonald (T.M.), 3. Iron man.— Final: L.

Burner (T.M.), 1; G. Barry (5.8.), 2; D. Waru (T.M.), 3. Six-man rescue and resuscitation.— Final: South Brighton A, 3.7, 1; Taylors Mistake A, 4.0, 2; South Brighton B, 5.34, 3. Four-man rescue and resuscitation.— Final: Taylors Mistake A, 0.5, 1; Taylors Mistake B, 1.45, 2; South Brighton A,. 3.4, 3. Surf.ski rescue.— Final: S. Davis and M. McClurg (T.M.), 1; R. Boyle and J. Lane (T.M.), 2; D. Neate and L. Burner (T.M.), 3. Surf-ski relay.— Final: Taylors Mistake A 1, Taylors Mistake B 2, Waimairi A 3. Double surf-ski.— Final: S. Davis and R. Boyle (T.M.), 1; W. Parker and C. Bines (W.), 2; D. Neate and D. Waru (T.M.), 3. Surf-ski race.—Final: S. Davis (T.M.), 1; G. Cooper (R.), 2; M. Mead (W.), 3. Surfboard relay.—Final: Taylors Mistake A, 1; Taylors Mistake B, 2; Waikuku A, 3. Malibu board.—Final: P. Cox (Wk.), 1; L. McKeown (T.M.), 2; S. Davis (T.M.), 3. Surfboat.—Race 1: North Beach A, 1; New Brighton 2; Waikuku 3. Race 2: North Beach A, 1; New Brighton 2; North Beach B, 3. Race 3: North Beach A, 1; North Beach B, 2; New Brighton 3. Race 4: North Beach A, 1; New Brighton 2; North Beach B, 3. Surfcanoe.—Final: Sumner 1; North Beach B, 2; New Brighton A, 3. Surfcanoe rescue.—Final: Sumner 1; North Beach A, 2; New Brighton 3. Surfboat rescue.—Final: North Beach B, 1; New Brighton, 2; North Beach A, 3. Taplin relay.—Final: Taylors Mistake A, 1; Waikuku 2; Taylors Mistake B, 3. Beach sprint.—Final: A. Dorreen (5.8.), 1; G. Moore (Nth B.), 2; D. Clarke (Nth B.), 3. Beach relay.—Final: South Brighton, 1; Spencer Park, 2; Waikuku 3. Beach flags.—Final: C. Moore (Nth B.), 1; S. Duncan (N. 8. 2; G. Forbes (N. 8. 3. March past.—South Brighton, 8,1; Taylors Mistake, 16, 2; Waikuku, 33, 3. Women Surf race.—L. Chamberlain (N. 8. 1; J. Bishop (5.8.), 2; T. Black (Nth B.), 3. Over 30: J. Kane (N. 8. 1; E. Holmes (W.), 2. Surf teams race.—South Brighton A, 21, 1; New Brighton, 32, 2; Taylors Mistake, 58, 3. Surf belt race.—Final: J. Barry (5.8.), 1; J. Bishop (5.8.), 2; S. Pemberton (5.8.), 3. Surftube rescue.—Final: L. Griffiths (N. 8. 1; J. Bishop (5.8.), 2; G. Smeith (W.), 3. Six-place rescue and resuscitation.—Final: South Brighton A, 3.99, 1; Waimairi A, 9.50, 2; Taylors Mistake, 18.15, 3. Four-place rescue and resuscitation.— Final: Waimairi B, 1.62, 1; South Brighton B, 2.12, 2; South Brighton A, 2.5, 3. Malibu board.—Final: C. Pearce (T.M.), 1; H. Mahon

(T.M.), 2; M. Waru (T.M.), 3. Surf-ski race.—Final: J. Barry (5.8.), 1; M. Waru (T.M.), 2; C. Pearce (T.M.), 3. Beach sprint.—Final: H. Mahon (T.M.), 1; L. Smith (5.8.), 2; G. Brown (Wk.), 3. Beach relay.—Final: Taylors Mistake 1; New Brighton 2; South Brighton 3. Beach flags.—H. Mahon (T.M.), 1; G. Brown (Wk.), 2; L. Smith (S.P.), 3. March past.—South Brighton, 23, 1; Taylors Mistake, 25, 2; Waimairi, 30, 3. Junior Surf race.—M. Ford (N. 8. 1; P. Bethell (5.8.), 2; D. Newlands (Nth B.), 3. Surf teams race.—New Brighton, 35i/ 2 , 1; Taylors Mistake, 41, 2; North Beach, 44, 3. Surfbelt race.—Final: P. Bethell (5.8.), 1; D. Moore (Nth B.), 2; R. Osborne (W.), 3. Surftube rescue—Final: R. Osborne (W.), 1; D. Moore (Nth B.), 2; N. Elsmore (T.M.), 3. Four-man rescue and resuscitation. —Final: South Brighton A, 8.2, I; South Brighton C, 9.08, 2; Waimairi A, 12.5, 3. Six-man rescue and resuscitation.—Final: South Brighton A, 19, 1; Taylors Mistake, 21.28, 2; South Brighton B, 23.14, 3. Iron man.—Final: P. Walker (Nth B.), 1; J. Lane (T.M.), 2; J. Cook (Nth B.), 3. Surfboat. —Race 1: North Beach, 1; South Brighton, 2; Waikuku, 3. Race 2: North Beach, 1; Waikuku, 2; South Brighton, 3. Race 3: North Beach, 1; Waikuku, 2; South Brighton, 3. Race 4: North Beach, 1; Waikuku, 2; South Brighton, 3. Surfcanoe race.—Final: North Beach, 1. Surfboat rescue.—Final: North Beach, 1; South Brighton, 2; Waikuku, 3. Surfcanoe rescue.—Final: New Brighton, 1. Taplin relay.—Final: North Beach, 1; Taylors Mistake, 2; Waimairi, 3. Malibu board.—Final: P. Walker (N. 8. 1; L. Soulos (Wk.), 2; J. Cook (Nth B.), 3. Surf-ski race.—Final: P. Walker (N. 8. 1; J. Lane (T.M.), 2; D. Moore (Nth B.), 3. Double surf-ski.—Final: F. Taylor and P. Walker (N. 8. 1; J. Cooke and D. Moore (Nth B.), 2; L. Soulos and S. Bradford (Wk.), 3. Surf-ski rescue.—Final: D. Moore (Nth B.), 1; M. East (T.M.), 2; J. Cook (Nth B.), 3. Beach sprint.—Final: D. Tucker (Nth B.), 1; G. Hugo (Nth B.), 2; R. Marley (Nth B. 3. Beach relay.—Final: North Beach A, 1; Waikuku A, 2; Rarangi, 3. Beach flags.—Final: L. Soulos (Wk.), 1; B. Chamberlain (5.8.), 2; G. Fawcett (Nth B) 3. March past.—North Beach, 26,1; Waimairi, 35, 2; Taylors Mistake, 36, 3. Cadet Iron man.—A. Worthington (5.8.), 1; J. Worthington (5.8.), 2; Z. Chinnery (5.8.), 3.