THE Sunshine Coast’s best lifesavers gathered last weekend at Alexandra Headlands Surf Club to contest the Sunshine Coast Champion Lifesaver and Patrol Teams competitions.
With a mix of disciplines including physical challenges such as surf swimming, board and tube races and board rescues, mixed in with resuscitation and theory components, these events highlight the individuals and teams who are not only proficient surf sport athletes, but also can remain calm under pressure and react accordingly in a surf rescue situation.
Sunshine Beach SLSC fielded a small but powerful team who came away with gold and bronze medals in both the hotly contested Under 14 and Under 15 age group Champion Lifesaver events, and also won Gold in the Under 15 and Bronze in the Under 17 Patrol Competition.
Both teams will now contest the Queensland titles on the Gold Coast in mid-February.
