Cornish Surf Life Saving Championships

Thirty five members of Hayle Surf Life Saving Club had a very busy weekend at the Cornish Surf Life Saving Championships held over 2 days at Portreath on 8/9 August 2009. For once the weather was kind and a very enjoyable competition was had by all the team. The 12 members of the Masters Team (Age 30+) were delighted to finish in 1st place overall, with Portreath SLSC in 2nd place and Bude SLSC in 3rd. The 20 strong Junior Team (13 – 16 yr olds) were just as delighted to finish in 2nd place overall, behind Portreath, their best result for nearly ten years.
Club Captain, Dave Parker (a member of the Masters Team) said “We are all thrilled with such a fantastic result. Our Masters team have now regained their Cornish Champions title after losing it to St Ives SLSC last year and our relatively young and inexperienced Junior Team gave a sterling performance to finish in 2nd place overall with a bag full of medals between them. In some cases it was a family affair with parents and their children taking part in the same competition. We finished in 4th place overall, our aggregate slipping as many of our Senior members (17-29 yrs) were unable to get the time off from their Lifeguarding duties on our local beaches.”
Individual medal winners were: -Juniors: 13 yr olds – Abbe Reskelly: Gold in Beach Sprint, Silvers in Beach Flags, Surf & Board races; Tegen Hughes: Bronze in Beach Flags; Ben Tredinnick: Bronze in Beach Flags. 14 yr olds – Nicky Russell: Gold in Beach Flags, Silvers in Beach Sprint, Surf & Board races; Charlotte Sawyer: Gold in Ski race & Bronze in Board race; Amy Jolly: Silver in 1km run; Matt Trewhella: Golds in Surf, Board & Ski races & Iron Man, Silvers in Beach Flags & 1km run, Bronze in Beach Sprint. 15 yr olds – Emily Corin: Silver in Ski race, Bronzes in Board Race & Diamond Lady; Jordan Roberts: Gold in Board race, Silver in 1km run & Bronze in Ski race; Tom Onley: Silver in Surf race; Rowan Thompson: Silver in Beach Sprint. 16 yr olds – Kayne Stafford: Bronze in 1km run. Seniors (open): Ben Holtaway – Bronze in 2km run; Trish Merrett – Silver in 2km run; Carol Penberthy – Bronze in 2km run. Masters: 30-39 yr olds – Dave Parker: Silvers in Board & Ski races, Bronze in Iron Man; Alan Roberts: Bronzes in Beach Flags, Beach Sprint & Board race; Dave Reskelly: Silvers in Beach Sprint & 1km run. 40-44 yr olds – Trish Merrett: Golds in 1km run, Ski race & Diamond Lady, Silvers in Surf & Board races; Emma Tredinnick: Silvers in Beach Flags, Beach Sprint & 1km run, Bronze in Surf race. 45-49 yr olds – Denise Cardew: Gold in 1km run, Silver in Surf race, Bronzes in Beach Flags, Beach Sprint & Board race; Pete Carr: Golds in Surf & Board races & Iron Man, Silver in Ski race. 50-54 yr olds – Paul Hooper: Silver in Beach Sprint, Bronzes in Beach Flags, 1km run & Board race; Carol Penberthy – Golds in Beach Flags, Beach Sprint, 1km run, Surf, Board & Ski races & Diamond Lady; Mike Penberthy: Silvers in 1km run & Ski race, Bronzes in Beach Sprint & Surf race. 55+ – Martin Burgess: Golds in Beach Flags, Beach Sprint & Surf race, Silvers in 1km run & Board race; Dave Morgan: Golds in 1km run, Board & Ski races & Iron Man, Silvers in Beach Flags, Beach Sprint & Surf Race.
Medal winners in Paired Events were: – Board Rescue (open junior) – Gold for Nicky Russell & Emily Corin, Silver for Tom Onley & Jordan Roberts. Double Ski (open junior) – Silver for Charlotte Sawyer & Emily Corin, Silver for Jordan Roberts & Matt Trewhella.
Medal winners in Team Events were: – Beach Relay – Silver for Emily Corin, Amy Jolly, Abbe Reskelly & Nicky Russell, Silver for Jordan Roberts, Khane Stafford, Rowan Thompson & Matt Trewhella. Board Relay – Silver for Emily Corin, Nicky Russell & Charlotte Sawyer, Silver for Tom Onley, Jordan Roberts & Matt Trewhella. Taplin Relay – Silver for Charlotte Sawyer, Amy Jolly & Emily Corin, Bronze for Jordan Roberts, Tom Onley & Matt Trewhella.
Other team members who all contributed to the overall points score were: – Juniors, Bethany Prisk, Sam Trestrail, Billy Read, Andrea Harvey, Ben Jolly, Nick Trestrail, Reece Merrett & Jake Janes. Seniors, Davy Morgan & Raglan Thompson.