2019 State Masters
The 2019 State Masters titles held at Lorne on Saturday 9th Feb were a raging success, for Lorne and for all clubs and competitors. Conditions ranged from glorious sunshine to sideways rain, along with a swell that kept building throughout the day. Lorne scored in the medals, with the biggest turn out of competitors in many years, with the main results being:
Three surf boat crews raced, for three Gold medals:
- The Lorne All Stars 140 men
- Lorne Durey 140 women
- Lorne Again, backing up their Aussie and World Championship Golds in 160 women.
In the Swim, Board, Ski and Beach areas, Gold medals for:
- Tristan Read in the Ironman, Surf race & Tube race
- Double ski for Sonia Grundy and Lisa Wadling
- Lisa in both the ski and board
- Cheryl Boness in the Surf race
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Board relay (Lisa, Bec Morarty & Cheryl)
- Ski relay (Lisa, Bec & Sonia)
- Taplin (Lisa, Sonia & Cheryl)
Silver for:
- Bec Morarty in the 2k run
- Pete Williamson in the Surf race and Tube race
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Beach relay (Bec, Lisa, Sonia & Julie Cockle)
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Board rescue (Cheryl and Lisa; and Pete and James Bowden)
- 130 Surf Teams (Tristan, Brent Enticott and James)
Bronze for:
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Bec in the Board and Surf races
- Phil ‘Fanbelt’ Sutton in the Beach run (time to turn that upper limit up a bit on that pace maker Beltboy!)
- 150 Surf Teams (Nick Newton, Tye Cockle & Karl Russell)
It was great to see some new faces, with Nipper parents among the debutants (Tye and Julie Cockle and Nick Newton – a 3 time English Channel swimmer trying the much shorter distances!) – it was certainly an odd role reversal with Nippers cheering on their parents for a change!
There were also some great comebacks after a year or two away (James Bowden, Sonia Grundy and Karl Russell – making a gutsy call with the Ironman first up!)
Well done to everyone, and particular thanks to those who crewed the IRBs, including Nick, Vinnie and Kate amongst others!
A final shout out to Julie who is now facing quite a period on the sidelines with a ruptured Achilles – all the best for your operation and recovery Julie!
All in all a great day and the most competitors we have had in a quite a few years – can’ t wait to make it even bigger and better next year – thanks everyone, and go Lorne!
