NSLSC Surf Sports News

2012 Australian Champion Club

2012-04-03T09:30:00.000-07:00

Sadly, the 2012 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships were marred by tragedy with the loss of one our movement's finest young competitors, Mathew Barclay. Fourteen-year-old Matthew Barclay from Maroochydore disappeared in the surf while taking part in a board race at Kurrawa beach on the first day of competition. In Matthew's honour and at his parent's request, competition resumed at North Kirra two days later. A touching memorial service was held at Kurrawa on the Sunday morning attended by thousands of lifesavers who paid their respects to Mathew. Following the service, competitors returned to North Kirra for the final day of competition.

BMD Northcliffe dominated the competition, taking out the overall carnival point score by an amazing 154.5 points. Some of the highlights include Shannon Eckstein defending his Australian Open Ironman Championship, exciting narrow victories in both the Open Male Ski & Board Relays and BMD Northcliffe taking both gold and silver in the final event of the competition - The prestigious Open Male Taplin Relay.

Our Masters also claimed a last minute unexpected victory, only taking over the masters point score lead at the conclusion of the board riding events held on Wednesday. This was a great result for our under-strength team with several members unable to compete due to injury and work commitments.

Click here for BMD Northcliffe's Open Results.

Click here for BMD Northcliffe's Masters Results.

2012 QLD State Champions

2012-03-19T16:50:00.000-07:00

BMD Northcliffe Surf Club took out the overall champion club title convincingly at the Crazy Johns QLD State Championships on the weekend despite missing several key team members. The win was not expected with the championships clashing with the Kayak Sprint Nationals, Australian Swimming Trials and the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships which reduced the strength of the team.

Leading the way was Elizabeth Pluimers who claimed 6 gold medals at the titles. Pluimers defended her QLD Open Ironwoman title as well as claiming victory in the single ski, taplin, board relay, ski relay and mixed double ski events. She also added 2 silver medals in the female double ski and the surf teams.

Tate Smith, straight off the plane from gaining an olympic birth at the Kayak Sprint Nationals, was at back at home in the surf, claiming 4 gold medals in the single ski, ski relay, taplin relay and mixed double ski. Also claiming 4 gold was Shannon Eckstein in the restricted surf race, taplin, ski relay and surf teams, and narrowly missing out on victory in the open ironman in an exciting sprint finish with Mooloolaba's Ali Day.

On Friday, our Masters also had a successful carnival claiming the overall QLD masters club title. Tiarne Smith lead the way with an amazing 8 gold and 1 silver medal.

All is looking good for the Australian Championships which begin on Monday 26 March through to Sunday 1 April.

For all the Senior QLD Championship results, click here.

For all the Masters QLD Championships results, click here.

Pluimers Dominates Final Round to Claim Series

2012-03-19T16:26:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth Pluimers dominated the final round of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series claiming the race victory along with the overall series title at Noosa Heads on the weekend.

Liz went in to the final round trailing by 1 point from clubmate Kristyl Smith but dominated the eliminator format winning all 3 races in flat and hot conditions. In the final race, she broke the field with an extraordinary run leg between the swim and board legs. Kristyl Smith finished in 4th but claimed the series runner up title for the 6th time with Courtney Hancock rounding out the top 3 for a BMD Northcliffe Series Trifecta. Also in the top 10 with automatic qualification in to next series were BMD Northcliffe's Harriet Brown in 7th place and Bonnie Hancock in 10th place.

In the mens race, it was a changing of the guard with Shannon Eckstein's brother, Caine, dominating round 6 to also claim the overall series title. Shannon finished in 3rd place overall with Zane Holmes in 5th place.

For Round 6 Results Click Here

For Overall Series Results Click Here

Bonnie's Podium Performance

2012-03-19T16:23:00.000-07:00

A big congratulations to Bonnie Hancock for her maiden podium result finishing 2nd in round 5 of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series at Coolum. It was Bonnie's best performance of an otherwise dissapointing season so far but she used that dissapointment to triumph yesterday. The result also puts her back in to contention for automatic qualification for next season's series. A good result in the final at Noosa will see her back in the top 10. Kristyl Smith was once again on the podium with a 3rd placing after fighting off clubmates Courtney Hancock & Elizabeth Pluimers and Noosa's Jordie Mercer, in a 4 way sprint to the line. Courtney ended up in 5th with Elizabeth in 6th. Kristyl now reclaims the black togs leading the overall series by 1 point in to the final race at Noosa this weekend.

In the men's race there were more sprint finishes with the top 6 placing being decided in 2 way sprints. Shannon Eckstein was just pipped on the line for 3rd place by his brother Caine and Zane Holmes out-sprinted overall series leader, Ali Day to claim 5th place. It will be a tough ask, but not impossible, for Shannon to defend his series title, currently sitting in 3rd place, 12 points behind Ali. If Shannon could break through for his first win of the series in the final race, Ali finishes outside the top 7 and Shannon's brother, Caine, finishes out of the top 3, Shannon will claim the series.

For full round 5 results click here.

For overall series results click here.

Pluimers Back in Black

2012-03-19T16:21:00.000-07:00

It never seemed likely after her dissapointing race at Portsea in Round 2, but Pluimers is back in the black togs after claiming victory in Round 4 of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series in Perth on the weekend. After Courtney bombed out in Newcastle, Kristyl took over the leaders jersey but was unable to consolidate the lead in Round 4 being the marathon format with an 11th place. Courtney Hancock bounced back from her dissapointing result in Newcastle to be back on the podium with a 3rd placing. Kirsty Holmes continued with her recent form to claim another 5th placing, with the always consistent Harriet Brown in 7th.

In the Men's race, Caine Eckstein was always the red hot favourite for the marathon format and claimed a convinsing 2nd victory of the series. Shannon Eckstein was very happy with his result placing 3rd in his least favourite format and Cory Hill had his first top 10 finish with an 8th place. Shannon now sits in 3rd place overall in the series still in contention.

For a full list of the women's results click here.

For a full list of the men's results click here.

Double Victory in Round 3 - KNG Series

2012-03-19T16:16:00.000-07:00

Kristyl Smith & Zane Holmes made it a BMD Northliffe double for Round 3 of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series in Newcastle. Big seas, strong winds and even marine life made for some exciting racing. Kristyl, who hadn't been off the podium so far in the series, climbed to the top for the first time ahead of Elizabeth Pluimers. Kristyl also claimed the overall series lead after Courtney Hancock lost her ski and finished 19th in the first race relegating her back to 3rd place on the leader board behind Kristyl and Elizabeth. Veteran, Kirsty Holmes, demonstrated her experience finishing in 5th, her best result so far for the series with Harriet Brown in 7th.

In the men's race, Zane Holmes was the lone BMD Northcliffe representative in the final with Shannon Eckstein just missing out with a 9th place after being knocked of his ski several times. Zane went on to claim his first victory of the season and move further up the leader board in the overall series.

Close examination of the television footage revealed a pilot whale rounding the cans in the final girls race. With a shark attack at nearby Redhead Beach just days before, people were quick to speculate that it was a shark.

Round 4 heads to Western Australia on the 29th January where they'll take on the Marathon format.

For the full women's results from Round 3 click here.

For the full men's results from Round 3 click here.

Courtney Overcomes Portsea Carnage to Claim Second Win

2012-03-19T16:03:00.002-07:00

While Portsea didn't live up to its usual reputation for huge seas, it certainly threw up enough to cause some carnage in Round 2 of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series on the weekend.

Race 1 of the double sprint race ran smoothly with Courtney taking it out ahead of clubmates Liz Pluimers and Bonnie Hancock.

Race 2 saw Liz Pluimers take a commanding early lead with a strong first board leg only to be pegged back at the conclusion of the board leg when several competitors pulled down a large wave behind her. Leading in to the final ski leg BMD Northcliffe were looking good with Liz, Courtney and Kristyl Smith in the top 3 until a nasty collision in the shore break saw all 3 lose their craft and relinquish their lead. Kristyl and Courtney managed to catch back up to 3rd & 4th place respectively but for Liz Pluimers, who fared the worse from the earlier collision, her Portsea curse from last season continued, ending up in 20th.

This dissapointing finish added with her 2nd place in race 1 meant that she ended up in 11th place for the round. Courtney's 1st & 4th gave her the overall Round win to make it two from two in the series and Kristyl Smith finished with another 3rd place. Other BMD Northcliffe athletes to finsh in the top 10 were Bonnie Hancock in 6th and Harriet Brown in 8th. Courtney now has a comfortable lead in the overall standings with 50 points followed by Kristyl in 2nd with 40 points and Liz Pluimers in 3rd with 32 points.

In the mens race, Shannon Eckstein showed he was re-gaining form, claiming a win in the 3rd and final mens race. A 4th and a 5th placing in the earlier races meant that he was back on the podium for Round 2 with a 2nd placing behind Kurrawa's Ky Hurst. The mens overall pointscore still remains tight with only 5 points seperating the top 6 competitors. Shannon sits in 4th place, 3 points off the lead.

Round 3 heads to Newcastle on the 22 January for the eliminator format.

Click here for Round 2 - Male Results

Click here for Round 2 - Female Results

Click here for overall Male Standings after Round 2

Click here for overall Female Standings after Round 2

Click here to visit the Surf Ironman Series website

Click here to check out the carnage from the womens race

BMD Northcliffe Trifect in Round 1 KNG Series

2012-03-19T16:02:00.000-07:00

BMD Northcliffe Ironwoman, Courtney Hancock, proved any of her doubters wrong when she took out the opening round of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series at Surfers Paradise on the weekend. After claiming the overall series title last season without claiming a race victory, Courtney was quick to prove that she had deserved the crown.

BMD Northcliffe's, Kristyl Smith was the early leader with Courtney and clubmate, Elizabeth Pluimers mid-field after the opening board leg. Both Courtney and Elizabeth made up ground in the run and swim legs and were neck and neck in the final ski leg but Courtney had the goods edging away from Elizabeth in the closing stages. Kristyl Smith held on for 3rd place making it a BMD Northcliffe trifecta. BMD Northcliffe's, Harriet Brown, finished in 7th place with Kirsty Holmes in 15th and Bonnie Hancock in 17th.

In the mens race, BMD Northcliffe's Shannon Eckstein found himself in unfamiliar teritory turning the M shape board flag in equal last. Shannon clawed his way back to mid-field but it just wasn't his day, finishing 9th. Shannon's brother, Caine, was the eventual race winner on the day proving he is the enduro king. BMD Northcliffe's, Zane Holmes, ended up in 11th place with Cory Hill & Tanyn Lyndon finishing 14th & 15th respectively.

Round 2 heads to Portsea in Victoria which is reknown for dishing up big swells making for exciting racing in the 'Triple Sprint' format.

http://surfironmanseries.com/

Ocean Thunder - Round 1

2011-11-24T15:39:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to our Crew from BMD Northcliffe who competed at Ocean Thunder in Sydney on Dee Why Beach last weekend. Team Hogs Breath came fourth out of 24 elite crews from across Australia. Considering they had only trained 3 times together as a team, this was a great effort!. These guys completed 11 grueling races in under 6 hours! Stay tuned for a full 1 hour telecast of Round 1 shown on FOX Sports 1 on Thursday 15 December....

http://www.oceanthunder.com.au/

2011 Coolangatta Gold

2011-09-25T20:28:00.000-07:00

It's not often that a 30km race comes down to a sprint finish, but yesterday spectators witnessed one of the closest Coolangatta Gold finishes in history between BMD Northcliffe Clubmates, Courtney Hancock and Elizabeth Pluimers. The two girls went head to head in the final 7.5km sand run. In the end it was Courtney Hancock who had just that little bit more left in the tank to secure her first victory in the event. Elizabeth would have to settle for 2nd place as she collapsed after crossing the line. Other BMD Northcliffe athletes to finish in the top 10 in the womens race were Harriet Brown in 8th and Kristyl Smith in 10th.

In the Mens race, illness almost forced BMD Northcliffe's Cory Hill who was runner up in last years Coolangatta Gold to withdraw from the race before it had even begun. Cory pushed on to finish a credible 6th place. Other BMD Northcliffe Ironmen to finish in the top 10 were Cameron Gordon 5th and Stuart Snell in 7th place.

In the 30-39 Female Masters event, Tiarne Smith claimed her first victory in the event and Richard Bedford finished 6th in the 50+ Male Masters event.

For all results including split times, click here.

2011 Australian Championships

2011-07-14T21:24:00.000-07:00

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS SINCE 2004!

BMD Northcliffe continued their unbeaten Australian Championships streak by winning the 2010/11 Titles at Kurrawa with its biggest ever winning margin, 171pts over Mooloolaba and Kurrawa in third.

Competition started with the Lifesaving section having their best season yet collecting 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze, accumulating 44 points.

Stuart Snell took out his third Male Champion Lifesaver title with Kathryn McKenzie winning her first Female Champion Lifesaver event. The Open Patrol Competition wrote their way into the record books with their 10th straight win. (Damien Moffrey & Trent Rowe members for all wins).

Shannon Eckstein won his forth Ironman title in convincing style while Courtney Hancock's come from behind victory in the Ironwoman was a highlight. Coming 2nd in the Ironwoman was Elizabeth Pluimers who also took out the Female Board Race and with a Gold in the Womens Surf Teams (with Kristyl Smith, Courtney and Bonnie Hancock), Elizabeth's Gold medal winning tally hit 19 (the highest of any female at the Australian Championships). Ayla Dunlop-Barrett won her first gold in the Female Belt race with the Open Females also winning the Board Relay, Double ski and Long board riding.

Shannon also had a victory in the Restricted Surf Race aswell as teaming up with Dev Lahey, Pierce Leonard and Dan Moodie to take out the Male Surf Teams Race and the Male Taplin Relay with Dev, Pierce, Joel Simpson, Tate Smith and Mark Bint.

Our U19s dominated their age group winning the U19 pointscore and coming away with 8 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. Tanyn Lyndon (U19 Ironman), Riley McGregor (U19 MaleChampion Lifesaver), Jack Murphy (U19 Male Ski) and Anna Notten (U19 Female 2km run) had wins as well as the U19 Male Board Relay, Ski Relay, Rescue Tube Rescue and Board Rescue.

The U17s also had success with Jordan Harrison winning the U17 Male Surf Race and then combining with Lachlan Feather, Jordan Cooke-Lablache and Stefaan Demopoulos to win the U17s Male Surf Teams. Jordan and Stefaan also teamed with Michael Barnett to take out the U17s Male Board Relay.

Our U15s came away from the carnival with 2 Golds, 3 Silvers and a Bronze. Brodie Smith, Jerry Dennis teamed with U14 members Zach Brown and Ben Bannan to win the U15 Male Surf Teams and Jess Byrne, Susie Greenwood teaming with U14s Abbey and Christie Short to take out the U15 Female Cameron Relay. Special mention to Zach and Christie who both won silver in their U15 Champion Lifesaver events - still with another year to compete.

In the boat arena, BMD Northcliffe won the overall boat pointscore with 4 crews making finals. Open Male 4th, Open Female 3rd, U23s 3rd, Reserves 4th.

After being beaten at the State titles, the Masters claimed the Australian Masters titles in fine form with a win over Noosa Heads. Terri Sullivan lead the medal tally with 8 gold, followed by Tiarne Smith with 6, Anna Ballara 5 and Gavin Hill 4.

For full results Click here.

For the Open overall Pointscore Click here.

For Masters Overall Pointscore Click here.

Carnage at QLD Cup Final Round

2011-03-13T21:53:00.000-07:00

The final round of the QLD Cup Boat Series was contested in wild seas at Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast on the weekend. The treacherous conditions caused grief with plenty of wipeouts.

BMD Northcliffe emerged relatively unscathed with a 1^st placing for our Reserves and Under 23's and a second placing for our A Grade Men.

These crews also featured in the results of the overall QLD Cup Premiership with our A Grade Men & Under 23's taking out their premierships and our Reserves named runners up in the series.

As if one day of battering wasn't enough, our crews came back for more punishment on Sunday for the Sizzler Oceans 38 'Best of the Best' Surf Boat Carnival. Dangerous conditions at Coolum forced organisers to relocate the event to Mooloolaba. The BMD Northcliffe Saints Open Men crew continued their good run of results with a comfortable win and in the Open Women our girls stepped up on the podium with BMD Northcliffe Novas securing 2nd.

KNG Trials

2010-09-19T22:27:00.000-07:00

It was all smiles from BMD Northcliffe's Harriet Brown and Bonnie Hancock as they crossed the line together in first place in the final of the KNG Trial race yesterday.

After three gruelling 45 minute races held over the weekend in testing surf conditions, the result safely secured both girls a spot in the 2010/11 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series which kicks off in November. There were 10 spots up for grabs from yesterday's final with Terri Sullivan also gaining a spot in 10th place. Sheree Merryfull (12th), Casey Leo-Litzow (14th) and Tatum Lawler (15th) will have a nervous wait to see if they pick up one of the 6 wildcards up for grabs.

In the mens race, BMD Northcliffe's Cory Hill and Michael Booth had a great start and were equal leaders after the first ski leg but unfortunately were hit by a set going out in the second ski leg which allowed the rest of the field to catch them.

The selected trialists and wilcards will join automatic qualifiers from last year - Shannon Eckstein, Elizabeth Pluimers, Kristyl Smith and Courtney Hancock. Zane Holmes and Pierce Leonard have already picked up two of the male wildcards on offer after having operations on injuries during the off season. Dean Mercer and Caine Eckstein will also join the list of wishful wildcards.

Round 1 of the KNG Series will be held at Currumbin on the 21 November.

For more information on the 2010/11 series go to http://surfironmanseries.com/.

KELLOGG'S SERIES TRIAL DATES ANNOUNCED

2010-07-12T15:59:00.000-07:00

The dates for the 2010.11 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series Trial have been announced. The trial will be held over two days at Tugun Beach.

Saturday 18 September & Sunday 19 September

At least 8 male and 8 female positions will be selected from the trial with a further 6 male and 6 female positions up as wildcards. If wildcards are not used, they will use the trial results to fill the remaining positions.

For more information including the trial format, click here.

2010 Australian Pool Rescue Championships

2010-06-28T18:28:00.000-07:00

BMD Northcliffe Surf Club took out the overall pointscore at the recent Australian Pool Rescue Championships held in Melbourne on 5 & 6 June, 2010.

Impressive performances from Dev Lahey, Kristyl Smith, Elizabeth Pluimers and young guns Lachlan Feather and Jordan Harrison helped seal the unexpected victory with only a small team travelling down to Melbourne for the event.

Congratulations to all of our members who braved the cold of an outdoor pool in Melbourne in June!

For all of the results from the 2010 Australian Pool Rescue Championships click here.

Australian Representative Teams Annonuced

2010-06-28T18:16:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Shannon Eckstein and Kristyl Smith who have just been named in the Australian Team to compete in Alexandria, Egypt, at the World Surf Life Saving Championships to be held later this year. Shannon Eckstein has also been given the honour of captaining the team.

Notable exclusions from the Australian team were BMD Northcliffe's Dev Lahey and Elizabeth Pluimers who both performed very well at the recent Australian Pool Rescue Championships.

Other BMD Members that have been selected to compete for their countries at tRescue 2010 include Daniel Moodie & Kevin Morrison (New Zealand), Flora Manciet, Jon Desperges and Julien Lalanne (France).

Congratulations also to Bonnie Hancock, Michael Booth & Harriet Brown who made the Australian Under 21 Development Team who will be heading to Japan later in the year. BMD Northcliffe's Daniel Norton-Smith was also named the coach of the Under 21 team. BMD Northcliffe's Lachlan Feather also made the Australian Under 21 Development Team heading to New Zealand to compete in a Pool Rescue Competition in October.

Well Done Everyone!

KNG SERIES FINAL

2010-02-22T20:26:00.001-08:00

Shannon Eckstein continued his domination of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series with a thrilling sprint finish victory in Round 5 at North Cronulla on the weekend. The race win secured the overall series crown for the 5th time with an impressive 4 wins from 5 starts this season. Club mate, Nathan Smith, who will retire from Ironman Competition at the end of the season, had a great race placing 4th with Pierce Leonard in 7th.

In the women's race, Elizabeth Pluimers claimed her second win of the series in a BMD Northcliffe trifecta with Kristyl Smith in 2nd place and Courtney Hancock in 3rd. Unfortunately the win wasn't enough to claim the overall series pointscore, finishing in 2nd behind Mooloolaba's Alicia Marriott.

Overall Series Pointscore:

Male
1st - Shannon Eckstein, 7th - Nathan Smith, 8th - Pierce Leonard

Female
2nd - Elizabeth Pluimers, 4th - Kristyl Smith, 6th - Courtney Hancock

For all the series results in full click here.

Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series

2010-02-08T19:52:00.000-08:00

After 4 rounds of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series completed, Shannon Eckstein looks set to defend his Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series title. Shannon won the opening two rounds at Kurrawa, placed 2nd in Round 3 and then claimed victory once again in Round 4 in big surf at Alexandra Headlands. Shannon sits on top of the leader board 6 points clear of his nearest rival.

In the women's field, Kristyl Smith took the overall lead after round 3 where she claimed her first race win of the series. Unfortunately her reign at the top of the table was short lived after losing her ski in the final leg of Round 4 and finished in 18th place. Clubmate, Elizabeth Pluimers, claimed victory in Round 4 for her first race win of the series. Elizabeth is the highest ranked BMD Northcliffe in 4th place with Courtney in 5th and Kristyl now relegated to 6th place.

The 5th and final round, the "eliminator", will be held at North Cronulla on Sunday 21 February with double points on offer.

BMD Northcliffe Athletes Progressive pointscore (after 4 rounds)

Male
1st Shannon Eckstein
7th Pierce Leonard
8th Nathan Smith
11th Cory Hill
16th Daniel Moodie
21st Cameron Gordon (wild card)

Female
4th Elizabeth Pluimers
5th Courtney Hancock
6th Kristyl Smith
8th Terri Sullivan
9th Bonnie Hancock
13th Flora Manciet
16th Sheree Merryfull
18th Harriet Brown (wild card)
19th Katie Graham
20th Casey Leo-Litzow (wild card)
21st Jessica Walker (wild card)

For more information on this years Kellogg's Ironman Series click here.

2009 Coolangatta Gold

2009-10-18T18:24:00.001-07:00

BMD Northcliffe men filled the top four placings in yesterdays Coolangatta Gold. Caine Eckstein claimed his 3rd Coolangatta Gold victory with a dominating performance in the grueling 46km race. Veteran Dean Mercer put in an impressive performance to finish 2nd place a month out from his 40th birthday, with Nathan Smith in 3rd and Cory Hill in 4th place.

In the women's race, Courtney Hancock finished 3rd with younger sister Bonnie in 5th place. Elizabeth Pluimers, who lead the race going in to the final run leg collapsed with exhaustion only 20 metres from the finish line and unfortunately was unable to finish.

In the Under 19 race, BMD Northcliffe's Michael Booth finished in 2nd place with Aaron Murphy putting in a courageous performance just to finish the race only 10 months after being hit by a car which left him in a coma for 3 weeks with severe head trauma.

For all the results and the latest news Click Here.

L to R - Caine Eckstein celebrates his victory, Aaron Murphy gives a thumbs up to completing the Gold, Dean Mercer celebrates his 2nd placing with his kids.

2009 World Games - Taiwan

2009-08-02T22:39:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Shannon Eckstein, Kristyl Smith and Terri Sullivan who were members of the winning Australian Surf Life Saving Team at the recent World Games in Taiwan.

Shannon, who was the team captain, took out the Ironman event while Kristyl Smith took out the Female Surf Race Championship. Kristyl also teamed up with clubmate, Terri Sullivan, to take out the Female Board Rescue event.

Other BMD Northcliffe Members to compete at the games for their country of origin were Dan Moodie (NZL) who took out the Male Board Race and Eloise Van-Gysen and Kendall Loots (RSA) who were in the winning Female Rescue Tube Rescue Team.

BMD Northcliffe members, Elizabeth Pluimers and Nathan Smith, were also originally selected in the Australian Team but pulled out due to injury.

YOGA FOR OUR MEMBERS

2009-07-15T22:14:00.000-07:00

The BMD Northcliffe Surf Club has introduced yoga to the Surf Sports Coaching program.

Highly credentialed Santina Giardina-Chard has worked with many elite athletes on core strength, flexability and focus including the Gold Coast Titans. Santina has been working with the Northcliffe team, two sessions a week for a season now with many noticing significant benefits, both physical and psychological after being a little skeptical at first.

Click here to read a story published in Australian Yoga Life Magazine about BMD Northcliffe.

Click here to read a story about Santina and the Titans.

Both articles first appeared in Australian Yoga life magazine http://www.ayl.com.au/

MERCER & ECKSTEIN JOIN THE TEAM

2009-07-15T22:03:00.000-07:00

The BMD Northcliffe Surf Club welcomes two new members - Dean Mercer and Caine Eckstein for the 2009/10 season.

Dean is a two time Australian Ironman Champion and Caine Eckstein is a two time Coolangatta Gold Champion.

Caine Eckstein is a two time Coolangatta Gold Champion.

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