Olivia Corrin and Cory Taylor, members of Gisborne’s Dawson Building Midway club but living over the Tasman, will race for their Australian club Northcliffe.
Corrin won her first Australian title in Perth last year — the open women’s board — and also collected gold in the board rescue.
After a podium overall finish at the Nutri-Grain IronWoman Series, she had a brilliant New Zealand championships last month at Mount Manganui, winning four individual golds, so goes into the Aussies in excellent form.
Oska Smith and Seven Mapu, of Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae, will also be in action.
Smith, also competing for Northcliffe, won the Australian u19 men’s beach sprint title last summer, along with golds in the open and mixed beach relays.
He is competing in the u19 beach events again and will possibly give the open division a go as well after dominating the New Zealand champs in mid-March.
Mapu is in the open beach sprint and flags.
Rising Midway talent Ella Sutton will compete in the u17 iron, board, ski and surf races.
Her clubmates Yahni Brown, Jacob Corrin, Alice Sparks, Tyron Evans, Jack Lepper, sisters Sophie and Emily Petro and Finn Cameron will also in action.
They will compete in age groups ranging from u17 to open in craft and swim disciplines.
“It will be a very good experience for them all to race at the Aussies,” Midway head coach Jack Gavin said.
“It is by far the most competitive event in the surf lifesaving world.
“They will definitely rip into it and have a go.”
