Cornish Youth Championships 2024

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Portreath hosted the Youth Championships on 13th-14th July

Portreath 4th overall and we must highlight some individual and team results;

1k Run – 13 Female – 🥇Senara Beever
1k Run –  U17 Female – 🥇Daisy Leigh
1k Run – U17 Male – 🥈Harry Rowe
1k Run – U19 Male – 🥉Hayden Phillips
Beach Flags – U15 Female – 🥈Maisy Doble
Beach Flags – U17 Male – 🥇Archie Williams
Beach Sprints – U17 Male
🥇Archie Williams
🥉Harry Rowe
Beach Sprints – U19 Male – 🥉Joshua Leigh
Board Relay U19 Female – 🥉
Board Relay U19 Male – 🥉
Board Rescue Female U15 – 🥉
Board Rescue Male U17 – 🥈
Board Rescue Male U19 – 🥈
Double Female U19 – 🥈
Double Ski Male U19 – 🥉
Mixed Beach Relay U17 – 🥉
Oceanman – U19 – 🥇Hayden Phillips
Oceanwomen – U15 – 🥇Evie Skinner
Ski Race – U15 Female – 🥈Evie Skinner
Ski Race – U17 Female – 🥉Hazel Boone
Ski Race – U19 Male – 🥈Hayden Phillips
Ski Relay Female U17 – 🥇
Ski Relay Female U19 – 🥈
Ski Relay Male U19 – 🥉
Surf Race – 13 Male – 🥇Corin Bateman
Surf Race – U15 Female
🥇Evie Skinner
🥈Lilly Leigh
Surf Race – U17 Female – 🥈Daisy Leigh
Surf Race – U17 Male – 🥉Finley Jeffrey
Surf Race – U19 Male
🥇Hayden Phillips
🥉Joshua Leigh
Swim/Board/Run – 13 Male – 🥈 Corin Bateman
Taplin Relay U15 Female – 🥈
Taplin Relay U17 Female – 🥈
Taplin Relay U17 Male – 🥇
Taplin Relay Female U19 – 🥉
Taplin Relay Male U19 – 🥉
Tube Rescue Female U15 – 🥇
Tube Rescue Female U17 – 🥉
Tube Rescue Female U19 – 🥉
Tube Rescue Male U17 – 🥇
Tube Rescue Male U19 – 🥇

Masters & Open Cornish Championships 2024

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A huge well done to our Masters and Open Teams that took part in the Cornish Championships on 6th-7th July hosted by Holywell. The open team had an amazing day with lots of great racing, lots of champions and winning teams and we again won the Cornish Overall. Thanks to everyone for their efforts, to our new members, youth members stepping up, masters and those loyal members who live away and travelled back for it.

We must highlight some individual and team results from the Cornish blue ribbon event, which saw many Cornish Champions, some for the very first time!! 👏 (first open individual title – FOIT)

Open Ironwomen – 🥇Kezia Elliot (FOIT)
Open Male Board
🥇Hayden Phillips (FOIT)
🥈Lewis Roswell
Open Male Swim
🥇Lewis Rosewell
🥉Archie Wiles
Open Female 2km – 🥇Daisy Leigh (FOIT)
Open Male 2km – 🥇Ollie Brunnock (FOIT)
Open Ironman – 🥈Hayden Phillips
Open Female Swim – 🥉Izzy Leigh
Open Male Sprint – 🥉Harry Rowe
Open Female Taplin – 🥈Daisy Leigh, Emma Kendall, Meg Wallace
Open Male Taplin – 🥈David Green, Lewis Rosewell, Hayden Phillips
Open Male Board Relay – 🥇Lewis Rosewell, Hayden Phillips, David Green
Open Female Ski Relay – 🥈Kezia Elliot, Keia Wardman, Mesha Wardman
Open Male Ski Relay – 🥇David Green, Steven Lewis, Lewis Roswell
Open Female Swim Team – 🥈Daisy Leigh, Keia Wardman, Kezia Elliot
Open Male Swim Team – 🥇Archie Wiles, George Haynes, Tom Leigh
Open Female Sprint Relay
🥈Meg Wallace, Daisy Leigh, Kezia Elliot, Keia Wardman
Open Male Sprint Relay – 🥇Josh Leigh, Harry Rowe, Ollie Brunnock, Tom Leigh
SAVE THE DATE: 14th & 15th September 2024 for the Nationals at Fistral Beach, Newquay, THE BIG ONE – The Open Nationals

Cornish Nipper Championships 2024

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Well done to the Greenarmy for another great champs, Sun, Surf, Wind, Smiles, Tears, Fun, Fear, we had the lot and we got through it. The team did amazing winning, medalling, scoring, completing and having ago in the surf and on the beach, getting us a 4th overall to compliment our 4th in the pool champs.
A huge thank you to our managers, coaches, parents, the children in that surf, the officials, water safety, helpers and the hosts @hbayslsc and @surflifesavingcornwall
Well done to everyone involved #greenarmy 💚🤍🖤🤍💚

A stalwart of Surf Life Saving has been lost

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It is with great sadness that we confirm that Life Member and recently appointed club President John Martin MBE, Event Director of ILS, has passed away. He lost his fight against cancer and died peacefully at the age of 67, surrounded by his wife and family.
John’s devotion to Surf Life Saving will live on for years. Our thoughts are with his family.

Appointment of Club President – John Martin MBE

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As you will be aware just before COVID we lost our Club President, David Pascoe MBE, who was our president for over 30 years.
Following David’s passing the committee set out to seek a new president and during those initial discussions John Martin MBE was put forward.

In the history of the club, we have only had one President, the role is an honorary position of a well-respected person who supports the club with ceremonial duties, honours, presentations and fundraising.

I am very please to write that in April 2024 the club committee unanimously agreed to ask John Martin MBE to become the Portreath Surf Life Saving Club’s 2nd President, which he gladly accepted.

When Club Chairman David Green wrote to John asking him to become President, he replied: ‘Well what an honour to be invited to take up the role of President of Portreath Surf Life Saving Club. When I read your letter it brought a big tear to my eye. But it does mean so much that the Committee feels that even in the current circumstances it could be a good thing to ask me. I am truly feeling humble in being asked’.

As someone who joined the club as a teenager, worked tirelessly for surf life saving in Great Britain, Europe and the World and gone on to be one of the most respected figures in International Lifesaving, we could not ask for a better, more respected ambassador to be our President.

Nipper Power!

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AMAZING Evening last night by the GREEN ARMY, our Nippers did a sponsored swim at Redruth Pool, swam 1000s of lengths, raised over £2000, still being counted. This means our Nipper section we be able to buy much needed new Nipper & Transition Boards. Well done to all the Nippers, Organisers, Coaches & Helpers 💚🤍🖤🤍💚

National Stillwater Championships 2024

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A 50 strong nippers team travelled to Cardiff, Wales over the weekend of the 23rd-24th March to compete in the SLSGB National Nipper Stillwater Championships 2024. Good luck to all our nippers and have lots of fun

Our Youth, Open and Masters were in action on 21st April. Huge congratulations to all the athletes that took part over the weekend, to the amazing voluntary support from helpers and time keepers and for all the work that went into getting our great team ready to race.

“I have witnessed pure grit and determination by everybody all weekend and I am very proud to be apart of such an amazing club” – Strong words from Club Captain James Carpenter.

 

Cornish Stillwater Championships 2024

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We had a fantastic weekend of racing at the Cornish Nippers Champs at Penzance in March. We took our 73 strong team and placed 4th overall, up from 9th last year, this is amazing!! All the hard work and commitment is really showing, all of the coaches are really proud of everyone’s achievements.
We had many competitors placing in the top ten, which with the numbers of entries (up to 80 per age group!) this is no mean feat!
A special shout out to all those that stepped up and raced for the first time, especially our 8s, you were all fab!
Huge well done to our medal winners:
Barney – manikin 🥇, board 🥈, flipper 🥈
Corin – flipper 🥇
Matthew – manikin 🥈
Amelie – flipper 🥈
Seth – manikin 🥉
Arlo – manikin 🥉
Amelia – manikin medal 🥉
Charlie – manikin 🥉
Boys 8-10 rescue tube 🥈
Boy 11-13 rescue tube 🥉
Big thanks to all our coaches for their hard work.

 

While it was the turn of the Youth, Open and Masterson 6th April, where there were some great individual and team performance.