Sport
14 March, 2025
Ideal conditions for life saving championships
WARRNAMBOOL turned on ideal weather conditions and good surf for last weekend’s running of the 2025 LSV Youth Seniors Victorian Lifesaving Championships.
Hosted by Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club, the event attracted more than 600 competitors (representing 24 life saving clubs) to Lady Bay.
The three-day event tested the critical skills of LSV’s best youth and senior surf sport lifesavers in surf and open water swimming, surf boats, beach sprinting, board and ski paddling.
More than 160 events were contested across a range of youth and senior age groups.
The Warrnambool club had at least four surf boat crews compete over the weekend.
The club has achieved great things this season, including attracting over a dozen new female rowers and a new under 19 crew.
Day one on Saturday saw a jam-packed schedule of 25 events including the rescue tube race, belt race, rescue tube rescue and board rescue.
A highlight from the day for the host club came when Kai Moloneya and Riley Schiell took gold in the open men’s board rescue.
This set the scene for what became a successful state championships for the home town.
Other results from the carnival included:
First placings in the under 17 board relay (Riley, Kai and Blake); open men’s board relay (Steve, Pady O and Isaac); open women’s board relay (Jane, Ellie and Georgia); under 17 ski and open women’s ski (Georgia) and open men’s board (Paddy O).
Club members also finished second in the following – open men’s board (Steve); under 17 board (Riley); under 14 board (Tyler); reserve women’s boaties (Mel, Nat, Vanessa and Danielle); under 17 women’s boaties (Macey, Clara, Niamh and Mattise)and youth female 2 x 1km run (Eve and Edith).
Third placings were achieved in the open women’s board (Jane) and the youth board relay (Casey, Hamish and Tyler).
