South Brighton wins annual surf life-saving contest

Press, 24 February 1986, Page 26

South Brighton wins annual surf life-saving contest

South Brighton pipped its close rival, Taylors Mistake by a point to take over-all honours in the annual surf life-saving “K Day” competition at Taylors Mistake yesterday.

Both the day’s glamour events, the open six-place rescue and resuscitation contest and the open surf relay were won by South Brighton by narrow margins. This feat was matched by the South Brighton juniors, who could be a force at the national championships in 11 days. The surf •was small and choppy. The day featured a Christchurch adaptation of Australia’s Dearlove relay. Equally confusing and actionpacked was the women’s surf canoe race.

Taylors Mistake competitions continued to dominate open ski and board events while Anthony Doren, of South Brighton, continued his dominance in the beach sprint. The North Beach A open

boat crew made a clean sweep of the boat races and looks a good prospect for the nationals. Sumner and North Beach A had two good tussles in the canoe races while the New Brighton crew languished. New Brighton women won the surf relay well and recorded a good win in the beach relay. Both craft events were won by the Taylors Mistake women, who were also in good form for the nationals.

South Brighton won the over-all contest with 54 points. Taylors Mistake was second, with 53, and North Beach third with 39%.

Abbreviations used in the results are: New Brighton (N. 8. North Beach (Nth B.), Sumner (S.), Spencer Park (S.P.), South Brighton (5.8.), Taylors Mistake (T.M.), Waikuku (Wk), Waimairi (W.). OPEN Six-place rescue and resuscitation.—South Brighton A 1, Taylors Mistake A 2, Taylors

Mistake B 3. Surf Relay.—South Brighton A 1, Taylors Mistake A 2, South Brighton B 3. Ski race final.—R. Boyle (T.M.) 1, S. Davis (T.M.) 2, M. Mead (W) 3. Malibu Board relay.—Taylors Mistake A 1, Waikuku 2, Taylors Mistake B 3. Dearlove relay.—Waikuku 1, South Brighton 2, Taylors Mistake 3. Beach sprint—final: A. Dorren (5.8.) 1, G. Moore (Nth B.) 2, Jr Young (S) 3. Beach relay: North Beach 1, Waikuku 2, South Brighton 3. Boat race I.—North Beach A 1, Waikuku 2, North Beach B 3. Boat race 2.—North Beach A 1, North Beach B 2, Waikuku 3. Canoe.—North Beach A 1, Sumner 2, Canterbury 3. Canoe race 2.—Surriner 1, North Beach 2, Waimairi 3. WOMEN Surf relay.—New Brighton A 1, South Brighton A 2, Waimairi 3.

Ski race.—final: M. Warn (T.M.) 1, C. Pearce (T.M.) 2, M. Burchett (Nth B) 3.

Malibu race.—C. Pearce (T.M.) 1, H. Mahon (T.M.) 2, L. Chamberlain (N. 8. 3. Beach Sprint.—final: G. Brown (Wk) 1, A Morritt (5.8.) 2, T. Bradley (T.M.) 3. Beach relay.—New Brighton 1, South Brighton 2, Waimairi 3. JUNIOR

Six-place rescue and resuscitation.—South Brighton 1, Taylors Mistake 2, Taylors Mitake women.

Surf relay.—South Brighton 1, North Beach A 2, Taylors Mistake 3. Ski race.—final: D. Moore (Nth B.) 1, P. Walker (N. 8. 2, J. Cook (Nth B.) 3. Malibu Board relay.— North Beach I,'Taylors Mistake A, New Brighton 3.

Beach sprint.—final: L. Soules (Wk) 1, T. Smith (T.M.) 2, S. Bradford (Wk) 3. Boat race 1: North Beach 1, South Brighton 2, Waikuku 3. Boat race 2: North Beach 1, Waikuku 2, South Brighton 3.