Bellarine and Surf Coast surf lifesavers have performed well at the Life Saving Victoria endurance championships held at Cosy Corner, Torquay on Saturday 22 October.
Athletes from Anglesea Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC), Fairhaven SLSC, Jan Juc SLSC, Lorne SLSC, Ocean Grove SLSC and Torquay SLSC demonstrated their rescue ready skills and fitness contesting 2km and 4km beach runs and board races, 1km and 2km swim races and 6km and 10km ski races.
Ocean Grove clean swept the under 19 women’s board race with Jessminda Paranavitana, Lily Hallam and Alice Moon placing first, second and third, while Torquay dominated the open board races on home soil, with Ben Harris and Caitlin Huell taking out the respective men’s and women’s races.
Anglesea’s Jasmine Hume was a force in the under 14 women’s events, winning the 4km beach run, coming second in the swim and third in the board race, while Jan Juc’s Will Richards found success in the under 17 men’s ski race, winning gold.
Lorne made it a family affair with father Tristan Read winning the open men’s swim, paving the way for son Billy who took gold and silver in the under 13 board and swim events.
