EVERY competitor from Seaspray who competed at the recent Victorian Masters Lifesaving Championships at Lorne came home with a gold medal.
Around 400 competitors from across the state faced challenging conditions in the surf, which the host club said were only seen a few times a year and challenged the most experienced surf life savers.
Despite travelling nearly 400 kilometres to get to the event, the team from Seaspray was rewarded for its effort.
Mat Fleming and Ern Ronchi won gold in the 45 to 49-year-old men’s double ski. Fleming also won bronze in the 45 to 49 men’s single ski.
Neil Lazzaro claimed gold in the 35 to 39 men’s board and silver in the 35 to 39 men’s ironman.
Rod Centra and Ben Greenwood teamed up to win gold in the 40 to 44 men’s double ski. Centra also won gold in the 40 to 44 men’s single ski, and Greenwood got the bronze in the 35 to 39 men’s single ski.
Seaspray’s team of Glen Boulton, Stuart Mawley, Bruce Johnson, James Brown and Billy Noble, won the surf boat race for teams with a combined age of 220 years or more.
Seaspray’s strong performance continued the next day when Lorne hosted a senior and youth carnival.
Seaspray’s ski paddlers handled the surf better than most, before the remainder of the water events were cancelled due to the challenging conditions.
Jess Jackson continued her success this season with a second in the open women’s flag race and first in the under 19 women’s flag race. Jackson came fourth in the under 19 beach sprint.
Teammate Bridget Brown came eighth in the open women’s beach flag race, fifth in the under 17 beach flag race, and fifth in both the open women’s and under 17 women’s beach sprint.
Competing at her first senior and youth carnival, Olivia Hug performed strongly in the beach flags.
