Strong team in surfing

Press, 18 February 1989, Page 16

Strong team in surfing

Canterbury will field one of its strongest all-round surf lifesaving teams for years when it seeks to retain overall honours at the Westpac national championships next month. The selectors, Daryl Neate (coach) and Russell W’ard, have named a maximum squad Of 42 — 23 of them from South Brighton, bolstered by 10 surf boat racers — with an encouraging spread of depth and potential. This particularly applies to the junior section, with most of the boat crew and five others not finishing, their junior careers this season. Neate is also deploying a wide range of specialists to assist him. While Dave East is the over-all manager, he has sectional assistants in Paul Carpinter (women), Mike Regan (junior) and Trevor Graham (open), with Ward, Russell Forster and Geoff Le Cren assisting in the coaching. There are 11 new district representatives in the team, which is:—

Open: Lars Humer (captain), Paul Bethell, John Creighton, Geoff Barry, Aaron Davis, Anthony Dorreen (South Brighton), Carl Immers, Dene Want, Michael Bouwmeester (Taylor’s Mistake), Geoff Walker (Waimairi); boat crew: Paul O’Keefe, Mark Lanyon, Hamish Manson, Shane Le Compte, Morgan Boyd (South Brighton). Junior: Aaron . Regan (captain), Lindsay MacDonald, Gareth McClurg, Jacob Lane, Andrew Bell (Taylor’s Mistake), James and Adam Worthington (South Brighton), Craig Beecroft, Eugene Gage (Waimairi), Glen Shrrader (New Brighton); boat crew: Leigh Jenkins, Rye Austin, Tony Butson, Jason Boyd, Russell Ward (South Brighton). Women: Nick! Chambers (captain), Jan Bone, Janice Murdoch, Gillian Smeith (Waimairi), Lynette Griffiths, Jo Barry, Julianne Dalton, Lisa Smith (South Brighton), Tammy Restall (Taylor’s Mistake}.