Surf Lifesaving Report

Week 5 Term 1 2024

Knox Carnival – Whale Beach

The boys in the Shore SLS programme were excited to hear about the return of the Knox Carnival at Whale Beach to the calendar.

The conditions were excellent at Whale Beach, with a light northeasterly wind and clean 2-foot waves. However, successive days of northeasterlies had brought a swarm of bluebottles to the beach. After the Seniors had braved the waters and encountered a number of the stingers, the organisers unfortunately cancelled water events for Juniors and Intermediates.

The Juniors had a handful of Barker Boys and Girls to compete against in beach events and then relocated to the Whale Beach pool for the swim. The boys dominated all events and ended up comfortable winners on the day. Harrison A was crowned Junior Age Champion after some very strong finishes.

The Intermediates also competed against Barker and came out on top. Benjamin Frantz proved himself to be incredibly quick across the sand, and Jai van Hamburg was skilful and athletic in Flags. However, Noah M took out the Intermediate Age Champion with some impressive performances, including a gold medal in the Distance Run.

The Senior boys faced tougher competition from Joeys, Knox and Barker but demonstrated immense skill, determination and athletic ability to be the highest scoring school in six of their seven events. Duncan C, Captain of SLS, was Senior Age Champion after winning gold in both the Surf Swim and Flags.

The following outstanding results were attained during the day:

Junior (Years 7 and 8)

	Pool Swim	Beach Sprint	Beach Flags	Distance Beach Run (1.2km)
1st	Harrison A – Shore	Harrison A – Shore	Harrison A – Shore	Harrison A – Shore
2nd	Richard Gao – Shore	Anders Minchin – Shore	Richard Gao – Shore	Anders Minchin – Shore
3rd	Dash Du Vernet – Shore	Jackson Dent – Shore	Barker	Dash Du Vernet – Shore
4th	Anders Minchin – Shore	Barker	Anders Minchin – Shore	Barker
5th	Barker	Barker	Toby Koch – Shore	Barker
6th	Barker	Richard Gao – Shore	Dash Du Vernet – Shore	Jackson Dent – Shore

	Beach sprint relay
1st	Shore
2nd	Shore / Barker Girls
3rd	Barker
4th	Shore

	Total Points (Junior)
Shore	81
Knox	Did not participate
Barker	26
Joeys	Did not participate

Junior Age Champion: Harrison A – Shore

Intermediate (Years 9 and 10)

	Beach Sprint	Beach Flags	Distance Beach Run (1.2km)	Beach Sprint Relay
1st	Benjamin Frantz – Shore	Barker	Noah McLaren – Shore	Noah McLaren, Archie Alderson, Jai van Hamburg, Benjamin Frantz – Shore
2nd	Tom Breakwell – Shore	Jai van Hamburg – Shore	Barker	Max Warnes, Tom Breakwell, Henry Peters, Marcos Perez – Shore
3rd	Noah McLaren – Shore	Tristan Rowe – Shore	Benji Pena – Shore	Benji Pena, Chris McIntyre, Tristan Rowe (x2) – Shore
4th	Archie Alderson – Shore	Archie Alderson – Shore	Benjamin Frantz – Shore	Barker
5th	Barker	Barker	Barker
6th	Jai van Hamburg – Shore	Max Warnes – Shore	Chris McIntyre – Shore

	Total Points (Intermediate)
Shore	67
Knox	Did not participate
Barker	14
Joeys	Did not participate

Intermediate Age Champion: Noah McLaren – Shore

Seniors (Years 11 and 12)

	Surf Swim	Beach Sprint	Beach Flags	Board Race
1st	Duncan C – Shore	Joeys	Duncan C – Shore	Knox
2nd	Sam Pockley – Shore	Hugh Breakwell – Shore	Matthew L – Shore	Duncan C – Shore
3rd	Knox	Lachlan Chappell – Shore	Hugh Breakwell – Shore	Lachie Warner – Shore
4th	Knox	Matthew L – Shore	Rory C – Shore	Louis Lamond – Shore
5th	Lachie Warner – Shore	Doug Cassidy – Shore	Knox	Sam Pockley – Shore
6th	Jack P – Shore	Knox	Joeys	Barker

	Beach Sprint Relay	Distance Beach Run (1.2km)	Swim Team
1st	Joeys	Lachie Warner – Shore	Shore
2nd	Joeys	Oliver Roxburgh – Shore	Knox
3rd	Shore	Joeys	Barker
4th	Shore	Rory C – Shore	Joeys
5th	Knox	Barker
6th	Barker	Knox