Bondi girls win four national titles in a row
Bondi scored an unprecedented fourth consecutive win in the women’s open five-person rescue and resuscitation (R&R) event at the recent Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Scarborough beach in Perth.
The team, consisting of Louise Santos (patient), Kylie Miller (belt), Shea De Lorenzo and Jennifer McMillan (line), and Jann Ashley (reel), is coached by Andrew McEnroe.
They drilled a deduction of 2.52 points from the judges to win the event from Victoria’s Ocean Grove team, which had 3.88 points deducted.
Santos, Miller and Ashley have been members of all four national and state title doubles-winning teams and McMillan is a member of the past two successes.
Bondi’s only other major placing at the national titles was second by the women’s under-15 R & R team of Isabel Lord, Rebecca Koerber, Samantha Hopkins, Brynlee Owen and D’arcy Pierce, which was also instructed by McEnroe.
In the lead-up to the national titles, Bondi won three gold, six silver and five bronze medals and was a finalist in 20 other events at the NSW championships, held at Swansea-Belmont south of Newcastle.
The Bondi state title medal winners and finalists:
Gold: Louise Santos, Kylie Miller, Jann Ashley, Shea De Lorenzo, Jennifer McMillan; instructor Andrew McEnroe (women’s open five-person R&R team); Matthew Horton (men’s under-17 beach flags), “Bondi Liars” – Chris Pike, Titus Day, Dave Willis, Scott Hamilton, Steve McKenzie (men’s masters 140 years minimum age surfboat race).
Silver: Brook Mison, Nick Nezval, Andrew McEnroe, Scott Ryan, Michael Pollard (open five-person R&R); Cyril Baldock (men’s masters 60-64 years surf race), Lea Hill (women’s masters 55 years and over surf race and rescue tube races), Juliet Sharpe (women’s masters 30-34 years surf race); “Bondi Beachies” Andrew Hoggett, Andy Winters, Ted Healy, Danny Ryan, Phil Cullis (men’s masters 240 years minimum age surfboat race).
Bronze: Cyril Baldock (men’s masters 60-64 years rescue tube), Vanessa Cahill (women’s masters 35-39 years rescue tube), Louise Santos (women’s masters 35-39 years surf race and board race), Grant Baldock (men’s masters 30-34 years tube race).
Other finalists: Andrew McEnroe, Scott Ryan, Kylie Miller, Brook Mison, Michael Pollard, Nick Nezval ( fourth, open six-person R&R team); Samantha Hopkins, Brynly Owen, Isabelle Lord, Rebecca Korber, D’Arcy Pierce; instructor Andrew McEnroe (fourth, women’s under-15 five-person R&R team); Sara Gentin, (women’s under-19 ironwoman, women’s surf race and board); Oliver Schaeffer (men’s under 19 surf race); Shaun Brooke, Michael Brooke, Matthew Horton, Kerby Lofts (men’s under-19 beach relay); Matthew Horton (men’s under-17 beach sprint), Shaun Brooke (men’s under-19 beach flags), Grant Baldock and Simon Watkins (men’s masters 30-34 surf and tube races); Louise Santos (women’s masters 35-39 years ironwoman and rescue tube races), Vanessa Cahill (women’s masters 35-39 years surf race), June Sartracom (women’s masters 30-34 years beach flags an sprint); Tyrone Robertson (men’s, masters malibu board and short board); Greg Byrnes and Will Hardman, Calvin Brodie and Rob Harvey (men’s masters 30-34 years double ski).
