Bondi’s World Masters Games medal winners

Bondi lifesavers won 20 medals — 11gold, eight silver and one bronze — in the recent World Masters Games held at various venues around Sydney.

The recipients of medals from the surf lifesaving carnival at Manly, swimming events at the Homebush aquatic centre and canoeing events on the Penrith regatta course were:

Gold: Cyril Baldock (men’s over 65 years surf race). Lea Hill (women’s over 60 years surf race). Louise Santos (40-44 years ironwomen’s event). Jann Ashley, Lea Hill, Louise Santos (women’s 130 years combined minimum age surf team). Harvey Barrett (sweep), Cameron Stuart, Ashley Bourne, Damen Clucas, Clayton Ward (men’s 120 years combined minimum age surfboat crew). Bob Tate (sweep), Jason Vineburg, Titus Day, Matt Barker, Kieran Milne (men’s 140 years combined minimum age surfboat crew). Ryan Huckle (men’s 30-34 years 200 and 400 metres freestyle pool swims). Greg Byrnes and Will Hardman (men’s35-39 years 500 and 1000 metres kayak pairs (K2) races). Rozanne Green (women’s 45-49 years 21km transitional kayak pairs (TK2) race with Caroline Warne, a Bondi resident but not a surf life saving club member).

Silver: Louise Santos (women’s 40-44 years surf & surfboard races). Jann Ashley (women’s 35-39 years beach flags). Ryan Huckle (men’s 30-34 years 50 and 100 metres backstroke pool swim). Calvin Brodie and Rob Harvey (men’s 35-39 years 200 and 500 metres kayak pairs (K2) races). Rozanne Green (women’s 50-54 years 14km canoe/kayak race).

Bronze: Harvey Barrett (sweep), Amanda Cuss, Heather MacBeth, Clare Gillespie-Jones, Nicole Charlton (women’s 120 years combined minimum age surfboat crew).

The overall tally of medals won by Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club members could have been greater if the open water three-kilometre swim at Chowder Bay in Sydney Harbour had not been cancelled when water temperatures dropped below 18 degrees Celsius. Cyril Baldock, Lea Hill and Ryan Huckle had been favourites for their respective age events.

* Log on to the website www.2009worldmasters.com for the full results of all sports contested.