Rough time in surf racing

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34026, 15 December 1975, Page 24

Rough time in surf racing

For all th? quality uf swim-i mers in the field—or maybe be-j cause of it—the senior surf race! I in yesterday's surf life-saving' j carnival at North Beach was also one of the roughest. Gordon Dinnison iSumner*, the | national champion, won with ; sonithing to spare'and kept reHatively dear of the interfer-i ence. But Mark Treffers. alsoj i of Sumner, had a bruising intro- , duction to the sport, and it was | to his credit that he battled oni and slipped clear of John Symonj ‘'New Brighton) near the finish | for second placing, j More to the point. Trefferst earned an apology—officially in-i ■structed—from Dennis Reid (New I i Brighton*, for his oart in the! interference. But Reid, if the! I most obvious, was by no means' I the only transgressor. For such a rough surf race. it< (was a little surprising that swim-! mere who earned greater re-’ nown in the pool would haver performed so well. After Symon! came Mark Trembath (South; Brighton), the national junior 11 champion, and Brent Lewis, also|; South Brighton, was sixth, behind the early pace-setter. Steve; < Johnston (Waimairi). r Johnston was first to the buoys,;. but Dinnison went powerfully; past him in the swim across the 1 buoys, and so did Treffers and t Symon. the latter having taken Is

I a very bad line which probably [cost him a winning chance. I Just as in the season’s first car‘nival, at Sumner, there was not the same competition in the junior and women’s events. Brian Honeybone (Waimairi). like .Treffers making his debut in the I surf, was the easiest of winners ■ from a club-mate. Eddv Box. in : the junior event, but Honey. ■ bone's most likely opposition. David Clarke (North Beach), was j too late arriving from a swimiming carnival. , ! And Lynn Rowe (New Brigh- ' ton), also the national champion, [had everyhing her own way, with i Gillian Smeith (Waimairi) and (Toni Grooby (New Brighton) well .back. Five senior events were concluded. Taylors Mistake and: ! Waimairi underlining their] domination in craft events, and; i Taylor’s Mistake and South i (Brighton doing best in the sea-‘ (son's first rescue and resuscita-( I tion events. j Darryl Neate and Darryl! i Symonds (Taylor’s Mistake: won |an exciting double-ski final from the Waimairi pair. Rob Bevin and: (Gary Teear. and their own clubmates, David Conder and Malcolm : , McClurge. j The latter's turn/Vas to come.; (however, when he showed he: .was the best at diving and (sprawling in the beach flags.

In the last event of the day, Geoff Walker (Walmairii handled ■ the long-board too well for Kevin I Baker, also Waimairi, and Neate. ? Spencer Park may not have i been the best club in the water, > but there was no-one to touch it ; on the sand. Francis Lawrence s surged away at the very end of i the beach sprint to win by a -(metre, with nothing between . Murray Jago (Waimairi) and Paul s Gurr (South Brighton). Then Law- - rence gave Spencer Park a flying start in the final of the beach ■ relay and it held the advantage . to win. i Honeybone had dual success in I ills first day. He teamed with I Box on the double-ski to add that title as well, while Clarke, after missing his surf race, then had II to be content with a close second •|in the beach sprint, behind 11 Marcus Quince (Taylor's Mistake). ( There was more jov for ■: Spencer Park when Craig'Camp- • bell won the beach flags, arid (the last of the junior titles at I stake the long board, was won i by Mark Stallard (Sumner). Waimairi B won the women's [ beach relay, and Maureen Darch . (South Brighton), the favourite, (the beach sprint. But there was a sour taste in the minor plac-,-ings. Pam Taylor (New Brighton), third in a desperate finish, (was disqualified after a protest from Waiamairi.

She did not. apparently, hold ; her surf award at the time of :the heats, a fortnight ago because the examination had been , cancelled the previous dav—not much use t 0 c i U b s which had already made entries. Bv the time of the final. Miss Taylor did hold her award: she passed it the previous day. The rescue and resuscitation events did not pose the problems expected witii the new interpretations and rules. Taylor’s Mistake, even with its severe change of personnel in the top line-up, still ruled dominant, however. The A team, onlv Geoff Le Cren and Errol Hunter remaining of its former New Zealand champion side, was clearly the best, and the B team was equally the next best. Abbreviations used in the results are Taylor's Mistake (T.M.), Sumner (S.), South Brighton (5.8.), New' Brighton (New B.i. North Beach (Nth B.), M aimairi (W.), Spencer Park (S.P.). SENIOR Boat race.—Race one: South Brighton A I. South Brighton B 2. New Brighton 3. Race two: South Brighton B I, New Brighton 2. North Beach 3. Canoe race.—Race one. heat one: Waimairi A 1. Tavlor's Mistake C 2, North Beach‘A 3. Heat two: Taylor’s Mistake A 1. New Brighton A 2, Taylor’s Mistake D 3. Heat three: Waimairi B 1, North Beach B 2, Taylor’s Mistake B 3. Race two, heat one: Taylor’s Mistake A 1, North Beach A 2. Waimairi A 3. Heat two: New Brighton A 1, North Beach B 2, Sumner 3. Surf race.—G. M. Dinnison (S.) 1, M. F. Treffers (S.) 2, J. A. Symon (New B.) 3, M. J. Treiribath (Sth B.) 4, S. A. Johnston (W.) 5, B. D. Lewis (Sth B.) 6. Surf ski race.—Heat one: G. Walker (W.) 1, C. Aisalabie <W.) 2, G. Beaumont (Sth B. > 3. Heat

, two B Leask (St Clair) 1. K. 1 J Baker iW.) 2. R. Dalton (Nth i B.) 3. Heat three: R. Bevin <W.) . 1. N. McClurg (T.M.) 2, J. Sears J (S.P.) 3. Heat four; P. Davies , (W.) 1, M. Kersten <W.) 2. M. t McClurg (T.M, I 3. Heat five: D. 1 Symonds (T.M.) and G. Teear f (TV.), equal 1. P. Wavman iSth i B.) 3. i Four-man rescue and resusci--1 tation.—Heat one: Taylor's Mis- ■ take A, 3.08, 1; South Brighton 1 A. 3.98. 2; North Beach A, 5.18. i 3. Heat two: South Brighton C. i 5.30. 1: South Brighton D. 6.00. 2; Taylor’s Mistake B, 7.64. 3. i March past.—Taylor’s Mistake. 1 13.4. 1; South Brighton, 14.4, 2: t North Beach. 17.6. 3. J Double ski race.—Final: TayJ lor's Mistake A (D. T. Neate 1 and D. Symonds) 1. Waimairi A 1 <R. Teear and R. Bevin* 2. Taylor’s Mistake D (M. McClurg and D. Conder) 3. ; Long board. —Final: Walker 1 I Baker 2. Neate 3. I Six-man rescue and resuscttaI tion.—Taylor’s Mistake A, 7.78 1: Taylor's Mistake B. 10.94. 2 ( South Brighton A. 15.10, 3. i Beach sprint.—Final: F. P Lawrence iS.P.) 1. M. Jago (W. i 2, P. N. Gurr (5.8.) 3. Beach relay.—Heat one: Tay ■ lor’s Mistake A 1. Waimairi F ■ '. South Brighton B 3. Heat two Spencer Park 1, North Beach / 2. North Beach C 3. Final: Spen I cer Park 1. Taylor's Mistake / Beach flags—Final: M. Me Clurg (T.M.) 1. P. McKay (W. 2, W. Wilson i 5.8.1 3. JUNIOR Boat race.—Race one: Soutt Brighton A 1. North Beach 2 New Brighton 3. Race two: Soutl Brighton B 1, New Brighton 2 Canoe race.—Heat one: Nortl each A 1. New Brighton A 2 Waimairi 3. Heat two: North Beach A 1, New Brighton A 2 Mistake B 3. Surf race.—B. D. Honevbonc (W.) I, E. F. Box CW.I 2. B Taggart tN.S.W.) 3. G. J. Hard ing (NBA 4, P. O. McDonald (Sth B.) 5, N. Hides (T.M.) 6. Ski race.—Heat one: D. Wales (Nth B.) 1. S. Davies >T.M.) 2 M. Stallard (S.) 3 Heat twoBox 1, K. Jones (T.M.) 2, M Newitt (SA 3. Four-man rescue and resuscitation.—South Brighton A. 6.00 1: Taylor’s Mistake A, 10.94, 2 North Beach A. 15.54. 3. March past,—Taylor's Mistake 29.0. 1: North Beach. 34.6, 2. Double ski race.—Final: Waimairi A (Box and Honeybone) 1. Taylor’s Mistake A 'Jones and S. Davies) 2, Taylor’s Mistake B (T. Egmont and M. Quince) 3. Long board.—Mark Stallard (SA 1. P. Johnson (SA 2, K. Jones (T.TJA 3. Six-man rescue and resuscitation: Taylor’s Mistake, 13.10, 1: North Beach. 23.80. 2. Beach sprint.—Final: M. Quince 1. D. R. Clarke (Nth 8.1 2, C. Campbell (S.PA 3. Beach flags.—Final: Campbell 1. M. Belcher (Sth B.) 2. W. Williams (S.P.) 3. Clarke 4. LADIES Surf race.—L. Rowe (New B.) I. G. Smeith (WA 2. T. Groobv (New BA 3, V. Morris fW.) 4. Four-man rescue and resuscitation.—Heat one: South Brighton A, 4.40, 1; Waimairi D, 7.80, 2; Moana Rua, 9.02. 3. Heat two: Waimairi S, 5.30, 1; New Brighton A, 5.46, 2; South Brighton B. 8.48, 3. March past.—New Brighton. 11. 1; South Brighton and Moana Rua, both 16.2, equal 2; Waimairi, 17.6, 4. Six-man rescue and resuscitation.—Waimairi. 10.0. 1; reman- , der disqualified. Beach sprint.—Final: M. Darch | (Sth BA 1. L. Buchanan (WA 2. , R. Pearson iWA 3.

Beach relay.—Final: Waimairi B 1. Waimairi C 2, New Brighton A 3.