After a thrilling four days of competition at the Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) Youth Championships on the Sunshine Coast last weekend, the final overall point score went down to the wire.
SLSQ announced Sunday afternoon that Maroochydore had won the overall point score by five points ahead of North Burleigh. However, an error in the LiveHeats scoring system meant that a full record of the points was not calculated correctly, and the results of the top two clubs was incorrect.
After a review of results, SLSQ advised clubs that the revised overall point score that now accounts for all results saw North Burleigh take out the top spot on 422 points ahead of Maroochydore on 419 points.
While the error in results is disappointing, especially for members of Maroochydore and North Burleigh Clubs, SLSQ general manager, Kurt Wilson, said it by no means diminishes the extraordinary results achieved over the weekend.
“Surf Life Saving Queensland regrets the human error that occurred in the calculation of the overall point score and offers its apologies to Maroochydore and North Burleigh SLSCs who were impacted,” Mr Wilson said.
“While these errors are unfortunate, it does not take away from the fact that we had an incredible four days of competition that saw more than 1500 juniors from right across our State achieve wonderful results.
“The strong club camaraderie on display from our juniors is something we celebrate, as our clubs are at the heart of surf life saving and we know our members have pride in representing their clubs and regions.
“Thank you to all those that took part in the Surf Life Saving Queensland Youth Championships and we look forward to welcoming our senior and masters competitors this weekend for the State Championships,” he said.
Final placings for the Surf Life Saving Queensland Youth Championships: (1) North Burleigh 422 points (2) Maroochydore 419 points (3) Alexandra Headland 275 points.
