Bellarine and Surf Coast youth surf lifesavers have competed at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships, known as the Aussies, in Perth having made 24 Australian finals.
Anglesea Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) under 14 competitor Jasmine Hume came away with a fifth place in the 2km beach run, qualified for the ironwoman final and paired up with teammate Ellie Morgan to claim sixth in the under 14/15 girls 2x 1km beach relay.
Anglesea under 13 Summer Morgan, at her first Aussies, came seventh in the 2km ocean swim and also qualified for the surf race and ironwoman finals, while in the team events, Jasmine Hume, Ellie Morgan, Charlotte Mead and Emily Thomas made the under 14/15 girls surf teams final and Jasmine Hume, Summer Morgan and Emily Thomas qualified for the under 13/14 girls board relay final.
Jan Juc SLSC’s youth girls also had an impressive showing on the national stage, with Zoe McKenna, Chloe Reyntjes and Chloe Walsh making the under 14/15 girls board relay final and McKenna making a finals appearance in the under 15 girls surf race.
In the youth boys’ arena, Torquay SLSC’s Jack Patel and Taj Purcell placed eighth in the under 13/14 boys 2 x 1km beach relay, teamed up with Connor Boswell and Angus Liddell to take 10th in the under 13/14 boys Cameron relay and Purcell finished 12th in the individual 2km beach run.
Ocean Grove youth boys’ team also successful in qualifying for two finals, with Charlie Farrell, William Goldstraw and Tobias Hallam making the under 14/15 boys board relay final and with Ezekiel Lamborne making the Cameron relay final.
Bellarine and Surf Coast youth lifesavers also qualified for a further seven Australian finals:
Angus Liddell, Torquay, under 14 boys 2km swim
Charlotte Mead, Anglesea, under 15 girls 2km swim
Georgie McIntyre, Ocean Grove, under 14 girls 2km ocean swim
Teagan Reade, Ocean Grove, under 14 girls 2km ocean swim
William Goldstraw, Ocean Grove, under 14 boys surf race
