Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV’s) most experienced lifesavers from 23 clubs, plus visitors from Queensland and South Australia, have put on a masterclass of skills at the Victorian Masters Championships at Lorne Surf Life Saving Club.
LSV senior manager sport Chris Schleusener said with competitors ranging in ages 31 to 76, the masters championships keeps people engaged with lifesaving long-term, offering community, social and fitness benefits.
“The masters championships allows some of our most experienced lifesavers, some of them with 40-plus years of patrolling under their belts, to display their rescue ready skills in an inclusive competitive environment,” Mr Schleusener said.
“Our masters competitors are the backbone of our clubs, from their role on the front line saving lives, their tireless work behind the scenes on club committees and supporting the next generation of lifesavers through nippers, training and development.
“We have incredible competitors such as Malcolm Freake from Fairhaven, who has nearly seven decades of competition and patrol experience, and multi-generational families like Tristan and Rebecca Read, whose children now compete and patrol at Lorne with them.”
The masters is the first of three state championship events to tie up the 2022-23 summer season, with the Victorian Senior Championships coming up at Ocean Grove on 24-26 February.
Many of the masters competitors will back up this weekend’s efforts at the senior championships, either racing in the open division against Victoria’s top competitors, or as coaches, officials and team managers.
Results:
75+ years men’s ski race
2nd: Malcolm Freake, Fairhaven
75+ years men’s board race
3rd: Malcolm Freake, Fairhaven
75+ years men’s surf race
3rd: Bradley Taylor, Anglesea
75+ years men’s beach sprint
1st: Malcolm Freake, Fairhaven
75+ years men’s beach flags
1st: Malcolm Freake, Fairhaven
75+ years men’s 1km run
1st: Malcolm Freake, Fairhaven
70-74 years men’s beach sprint
1st: Michael Barrand, Wye River
70-74 years men’s beach flags
1st: Michael Barrand, Wye River
70-74 years men’s 1km run
1st: Michael Barrand, Wye River
65-69 years men’s surf race
1st: Ingilby Dickson, Anglesea
60-64 years ironman
1st: William Strachan, Ocean Grove
2nd: Stephen Jewson, Jan Juc
3rd: Arne Solterbeck, Ocean Grove
60-64 years men’s ski race
2nd: William Strachan, Ocean Grove
3rd: Richard Carr, Anglesea
60-64 years men’s board race
1st: Stephen Jewson, Jan Juc
2nd: William Strachan, Ocean Grove
55-59 years ironman
3rd: Grant Matthews, Torquay
55-59 years men’s ski race
3rd: Steven Peatling, Ocean Grove
55-59 years men’s surf race
3rd: Peter Smith, Jan Juc
55-59 years men’s beach sprint
2nd: Jason Leffanue, Torquay
55-59 years men’s 2km run
3rd: Grant Matthews, Torquay
55-59 years men’s double ski
3rd: Ocean Grove and Mooloolaba composite team (John Fitzgerald, Steven Peatling)
50-54 years men’s surf race
3rd: James Bowden, Lorne
50-54 years men’s 2km run
3rd: Stephen Scammell, Jan Juc
50-54 years women’s 2km run
2nd: Nicole Matthews, Torquay
50-54 years men’s double ski
1st: Ocean Grove and Mooloolaba composite team (John Fitzgerald, Steven Peatling)
45-49 years ironman
1st: Ivor Morgan, Anglesea
2nd: Tristan Read, Lorne
3rd: Samuel Hume, Anglesea
45-49 years ironwoman
1st: Naantali Marshall, Anglesea
3rd: Amenah McDonald, Ocean Grove
45-49 years men’s ski race
1st: Ivor Morgan, Anglesea
2nd: Stewart Jacques, Fairhaven
45-49 years women’s ski race
1st: Naantali Marshall, Anglesea
3rd: Amenah McDonald, Ocean Grove
45-49 years men’s board race
1st: Ivor Morgan, Anglesea
2nd: Samuel Hume, Anglesea
45-49 years women’s board race
1st: Naantali Marshall, Anglesea
3rd: Amenah McDonald, Ocean Grove
45-49 years men’s surf race
1st: Tristan Read, Lorne
2nd: Samuel Hume, Anglesea
45-49 years women’s surf race
1st: Naantali Marshall, Anglesea
2nd: Olivia Cottrill, Jan Juc
3rd: Rebecca Read, Lorne
45-49 years women’s beach sprint
2nd: Emily Bradshaw, Jan Juc
45-49 years women’s beach flags
1st: Emily Bradshaw, Jan Juc
3rd: Samantha Greenshields, Jan Juc
45-49 years men’s 2km run
1st: Samuel Hume, Anglesea
3rd: Mark Essing, Lorne
45-49 years women’s 2km run
1st: Emily Bradshaw, Jan Juc
2nd: Janice de Vries, Ocean Grove
3rd: Bethan Knapp, Ocean Grove
45-49 years men’s double ski
1st: Anglesea (Richard Carr, Ivor Morgan)
45-49 years women’s double ski
1st: Ocean Grove (Melissa Fitzgerald, Amenah McDonald)
45-49 years men’s board rescue
1st: Anglesea (Samuel Hume, Ivor Morgan)
45-49 years women’s board rescue
1st: Jan Juc (Olivia Cottrill, Samantha Greenshields)
40-44 years ironman
2nd: Scott Prosser, Jan Juc
3rd: Bradley Cummins, Fairhaven
40-44 years ironwoman
1st: Emily McDonald, Lorne
40-44 years men’s ski race
1st: Bradley Cummins, Fairhaven
2nd: Sean McGee, Ocean Grove
3rd: Scott Prosser, Jan Juc
40-44 years women’s ski race
1st: Emily McDonald, Lorne
2nd: Cara Johnson, Ocean Grove
40-44 years men’s board race
1st: Bradley Cummins, Fairhaven
2nd: Sean McGee, Ocean Grove
40-44 years women’s board race
1st: Lauren Howley, Lorne
2nd: Cara Johnson, Ocean Grove
3rd: Jennifer Henderson, Jan Juc
40-44 years men’s surf race
1st: Scott Prosser, Jan Juc
40-44 years women’s surf race
1st: Lauren Howley, Lorne
2nd: Emily McDonald, Lorne
40-44 years women’s beach sprint
1st: Lauren Howley, Lorne
2nd: Cara Johnson, Ocean Grove
40-44 years women’s beach flags
1st: Lauren Howley, Lorne
3rd: Cara Johnson, Ocean Grove
40-44 years men’s double ski
1st: Fairhaven (Bradley Cummins, Stewart Jacques)
2nd: Ocean Grove (Sean McGee, Peter Wilson)
3rd: Ocean Grove (Andrew Aquilina, William Strachan)
40-44 years women’s double ski
1st: Ocean Grove (Cara Johnson, Bethan Knapp)
40-44 years men’s board rescue
1st: Fairhaven (Bradley Cummins, Stewart Jacques)
2nd: Ocean Grove (Andrew Aquilina, Jason Bonacci)
40-44 years women’s board rescue
1st: Anglesea (Bronwyn Marsh, Naantali Marshall)
2nd: Lorne (Lauren Howley, Rebecca Read)
3rd: Jan Juc (Jennifer Henderson, Susan Hopkins)
35-39 years men’s board race
3rd: Benjamin Lund, Jan Juc
35-39 years men’s surf race
2nd: Benjamin Lund, Jan Juc
3rd: Scott Prosser, Jan Juc
35-39 years men’s board rescue
2nd: Jan Juc (Benjamin Lund, Scott Prosser)
30-34 years men’s ski race
2nd: Heath Armstrong, Lorne
30-34 years women’s ski race
1st: Emma Hainsworth, Lorne
30-34 years men’s surf race
2nd: Tristan Read, Lorne
3rd: Scott Prosser, Lorne
30-34 years men’s beach flags
3rd: Joel Craddock, Wye River
30-34 years women’s double ski
2nd: Lorne (Emma Hainsworth, Emily McDonald)
30-59 years women’s belt and reel
2nd: Ocean Grove (Cara Johnson, Bethan Knapp)
170+ years men’s board relay
2nd: Ocean Grove (Scott Crabtree, David Pavia, William Strachan)
150+ years men’s Taplin relay
2nd: Jan Juc (Stephen Jewson, Scott Prosser, Peter Smith)
3rd: Lorne (Peter Bowden, Tristan Read, Peter Williamson)
150+ years men’s ski relay
1st: Ocean Grove (Sean McGee, Steven Peatling, William Strachan)
3rd: Anglesea (Richard Carr, Ivor Morgan, Matthew Solly)
150+ years men’s surf teams
2nd: Anglesea (Ingilby Dickson, Samuel Hume, Matthew Solly)
130+ years men’s Taplin relay
3rd: Jan Juc (Benjamin Lund, Bradley Papworth, Scott Prosser)
130+ years women’s Taplin relay
1st: Jan Juc (Emily Bradshaw, Olivia Cottrill, Jennifer Henderson)
2nd: Lorne (Lauren Howley, Emily McDonald, Rebecca Read)
130+ years men’s ski relay
3rd: Ocean Grove (Andrew Aquilina, Scott Crabtree, Peter Wilson)
130+ years women’s ski relay
1st: Ocean Grove (Melissa Fitzgerald, Bethan Knapp, Amenah McDonald)
130+ years men’s board relay
3rd: Ocean Grove (Andrew Aquilina, Jason Bonacci, Sean McGee)
130+ years women’s board relay
1st: Lorne (Lauren Howley, Emily McDonald, Rebecca Read)
3rd: Ocean Grove (Cara Johnson, Bethan Knapp, Amenah McDonald)
130+ years men’s surf teams
1st: Jan Juc (Benjamin Lund, Scott Prosser, Peter Smith)
3rd: Lorne (Mark Essing, Stephen Hepburn, Tristan Read)
130+ years women’s surf teams
1st: Jan Juc (Olivia Cottrill, Samantha Greenshields, Susan Hopkins)
2nd: Lorne (Lauren Howley, Emily McDonald, Rebecca Read)
3rd: Ocean Grove (Janice de Vries, Bethan Knapp, Amenah McDonald)
110+ years men’s ski relay
1st: Lorne (Emma Hainsworth, Emily McDonald, Rebecca Read)
Overall results – water events
3rd: Ocean Grove, 170 points
6th: Jan Juc, 115 points
7th: Lorne, 106 points
8th: Anglesea, 100 points
Overall results – beach events
7th: Jan Juc, 42 points
8th: Ocean Grove, 27 points
10th: Wye River, 25 points
