Midway's Tyron Evans won a hotly contested under-19 men's board race, with clubmate Jack Lepper placing second, at the Eastern Regional Championships surf life-saving carnival at Mount Maunganui. Photo / Jamie Troughton / Dscribe Media Services
Midway's Tyron Evans won a hotly contested under-19 men's board race, with clubmate Jack Lepper placing second, at the Eastern Regional Championships surf life-saving carnival at Mount Maunganui. Photo / Jamie Troughton / Dscribe Media Services
Midway’s small crew of surf life-saving athletes punched well above their weight at the weather-shortened Eastern Regional Championships over the weekend.
Dawson Building Midway finished in fifth place overall on 118 points at the Mount Maunganui-hosted carnival.
Bay of Plenty club Omanu was first on 207.
Midway had a crewof 16 at the championships.
“We had plenty of double appearances on the podium and some triple appearances in the top six, which now contribute points,” Midway head coach Jack Gavin said.
“It was pretty disappointing not to race the majority of team events, as we were looking very strong across the under-17 and under-19 age groups,” Gavin said.
“In the two team events that did run – board rescue and surf teams – we featured and made the podium in every age group we competed in.
“Big thanks go to my managers, our legend official Greg Akroyd and first-aider Kate Petro, without [whom] we could not compete.”
(From left): Midway's Jacqueline Kennedy, Ella Sutton, Emily Petro and Taylor Newman were second in the under-17 women's surf teams' race at the Eastern Regional Championships. Photo / Jamie Troughton / Dscribe Media Services
Midway top three results
Beach sprint – U15 women: Lila Hain 1, Sophie Warren 3.
Beach relay – U15 women: Sophie Warren/Lila Hain/Indie Nikora/Emily Petro 3.
