Life Saving Victoria (LSV) crowned its 2022 inflatable rescue boat (IRB) state champions at the TRE Motorsport Victorian IRB Championships held at Lorne Surf Life Saving Club.
The biggest event on the Victorian IRB racing calendar saw teams from Bancoora, Barwon Heads 13th Beach, Lorne, Point Lonsdale and Wye River showcase their rescue ready skills using the most popular piece of modern rescue equipment.
Barwon Heads 13th Beach was the overall champions with 68 points, ahead of Elwood Life Saving Club on 64 points and South Melbourne on 62 points, thanks to convincing gold medal performances in the open men’s and women’s rescues, open men’s tube rescue and the open men’s mass rescue.
Ocean Grove SLSC was the highest ranked Geelong-Surf Coast club in the under 23 division, placing fourth overall with 42 points, behind Venus Bay (47 points), South Melbourne (53 points) and Elwood (55 points).
LSV board director aquatic sport Aaron Green said after a successful weekend at the final round of the 2022 TRE Motorsport IRB Premiership Season at Apollo Bay SLSC, it was great to continue the momentum into the tail end of the season.
“IRB racing is not only a thrilling spectator sport, particularly in the surf, but facing a range of conditions like those at Lorne is also great practice for our athletes, who are the same lifesavers you see on patrol across the state during the summer,” Mr Green said.
The Australian IRB Championships will be held from July 21 to 24.
Results
Open men’s rescue
1st: Barwon Heads 13th Beach (Thomas Lenehan, Kieran Spanner, Stephanie Dimitrio)
2nd: Williamstown (Christian Aquila, Shaun Leith, Brydie Logan)
3rd: Venus Bay (Declan Woolf, Lachlan Hickey, Caitlyn Overall)
Open women’s rescue
1st: Barwon Heads 13th Beach (Zoe Campbell, Georgia McKinnon, Tane Napier)
2nd: Ocean Grove (Orlagh Davison, Emily Brambrook, Georgia Cashin)
3rd: Venus Bay (Tyla McAlear, Alice Webb, Declan Woolf)
Open men’s tube rescue
1st: Barwon Heads 13th Beach (Jake Pownall, Ryan Wilson, Samantha Pownall)
2nd: Brighton (Jesse Tammesild, Shane FitzGerald, Mia Osler)
3rd: Barwon Heads 13th Beach (Thomas Lenehan, Kieran Spanner, Bryce Newton)
Under 23 women’s rescue
1st: Ocean Grove (Orlagh Davison, Emily Bambrook, Georgia Cashin)
2nd: Elwood (Jasmine McJames-Court, Kiara McJames-Court, Tahli McNaughton)
3rd: Seaford (Brooke Collins, Isabella Comey, Michael Jacobsen)
Under 23 men’s tube rescue
1st: Brighton (Jesse Tammesild, Mitchell Cole, Shane FitzGerald)
2nd: Ocean Grove (Oliver Sullivan, Drew Honey, Alice Moon)
3rd: Elwood (Marc Hende, Megan Wyatt, Benjamin Erwin)
Open women’s tube rescue
1st: Portsea (Sas McNamara, Sophie Courtney, Finn Nicholas)
2nd: Ocean Grove (Orlagh Davison, Keely Peatling, Gabrielle Hannan)
3rd: Elwood (Tahli McNaughton, Samantha Davis, Alec Hende)
Open men’s mass rescue
1st: Barwon Heads 13th Beach (Jake Pownall, Ryan Wilson, Zoe Campbell, Samantha Pownall)
2nd: Elwood (Alec Hende, Jack Olivier, Lauren Harrop, Charlotte Revill)
3rd: Williamstown (Calum Dickson, Alastair Thomas, Jasmine Happ, Talia Rodder)
Under 23 women’s tube rescue
1st: Elwood LSC (Jasmine McJames-Court, Emma Ragg, Georgie Park-Beard)
2nd: Ocean Grove SLSC (Orlagh Davison, Gabrielle Hannan, Mackenzie Hooper)
3rd: South Melbourne LSC (Sarah Robinson, Mackenzie Michael, Matthew Nolan)
Open men’s teams rescue
1st: Williamstown (Calum Dickson, Christian Aquila, Alastair Thomas, Shaun Leith, Jasmine Happ, Brydie Logan)
2nd: Barwon Heads 13th Beach (Aaron Robson, Seamus Spanner, Zachary Santullo, Bryce Newton, Bronte Sprenger, Tane Napier)
Open women’s mass rescue
1st: South Melbourne (Nicole Xuereb, Kristina Clappison, Mackenzie Michael, Jacqueline Nolan)
2nd: Barwon Heads 13th Beach (Zoe Campbell, Georgia McKinnon, Tane Napier, Seamus Spanner)
3rd: Seaford (Brooke Collins, Isabella Comey, Michael Jacobsen, Sean Scott-Harvey)
3rd: Elwood (Joel Hosken, Alec Hende, Jack Olivier, Erin Webster, Charlotte Revill, Benjamin Erwin)
Open women’s teams rescue
1st: Ocean Grove (Orlagh Davison, Gabrielle Hannan, Emily Brambrook, Keely Peatling, Jacob Lee, Georgia Cashin)
2nd: Elwood (Jasmine McJames-Court, Megan Wyatt, Kiara McJames-Court, Joel Hosken, Emily Glass, Maeve Ford)
3rd: Venus Bay (Sabrina Lombardo, Tyla McAlear, Sophie Glasson, Molly-Mae Nicols, Declan Woolf, Lachlan Hickey)
Under 23 women’s mass rescue
1st: Elwood (Jasmine McJames-Court, Kiara McJames-Court, Joel Hosken, Charlotte Revill)
2nd: Ocean Grove (Gabrielle Hannan, Mackenzie Hooper, Drew Honey, Giselle Waschl)
3rd: South Melbourne LSC (Sarah Robinson, Ava Robinson, Benjamin O’Mahony, Mackenzie Michael)
Under 23 women’s teams rescue
1st: Ocean Grove (Orlagh Davison, Ella Willson, Emily Bambrook, Olivia Ball, Jacob Lee, Benjamin Eales)
2nd: Venus Bay (Sabrina Lombardo, Tyla McAlear, Sophie Glasson, Molly-Mae Nicols, Declan Woolf, Lachlan Hickey)
3rd: Lorne (Alisa Johnson, Andie Hood, Ana McLiesh, Isabella Atkinson, Gracie Lourey, Samuel Ord)
Open lifesaver relay
1st: South Melbourne
2nd: Ocean Grove
Overall results – open
1st: Barwon Heads 13th Beach, 68 points
2nd: Elwood, 64 points
3rd: South Melbourne, 62 points
Overall results – under 23
1st: Elwood, 55 points
2nd: South Melbourne, 53 points
3rd: Venus Bay, 47 points
