Byron Bay Surf Life Saving Club had its most successful NSW Age Championships from the last few years, with our nippers making many finals across the four day event held at Queenscliff, NSW, earlier this month.
Podium finishes included Elijah Round and Jack Keough taking silver in the U/12 Board Rescue, and Tommy Trewhitt and Tom Pockley taking bronze in the U/13 Board Rescue.
Other final finishes included the club’s U/9 rising stars of Orlando Blandford in the Surf Swim (seventh of 140 competitors), Taj Lollback in Flags (eighth of 122), U/9 Surf Swim team (fourth of 20 teams), U/9 Male Board Relay (fifth of 39 teams), and U/10 Ned Tutt in the Surf Swim (18th of 124).
Top-ten finishes went to Elijah Round in the Surf Swim (seventh of 104) and Jack Keough in the Board Race (seventh of 112).
‘It’s great to see the future generation of Byron Bay surf lifesavers achieving incredible results against the state’s best’, said Kirsty Pockley, Junior Activities Coordinator and President of Byron Nippers.
‘The Byron team was the biggest we’ve had in ten years with 41 nippers making their way to Sydney. It’s a reflection of our great team culture and have-a-go attitude’.
Across the country, U13s and up, surf life savers are preparing for the Austalian Championships where 314 clubs from across the country will compete in more than 480 beach and ocean events in April 2024 on the Sunshine Coast.
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