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Northcliffe athletes claimed both the Kellogg's Ironman Series &
Telstra Ironwoman Series Crowns at the final round of the series at
Noosa on the weekend.
Shannon
Eckstein had a commanding lead heading in to the final round and only
needed to finish in the top 9 to maintain his lead. In the eliminator
format, Shannon only had to make it to the 4th race of 5 to ensure the
series win which he did comfortably. In the final race it was a 3 way
battle for most of the way between Shannon, Ali Day & Kendrick
Louis. In the end Ali came away with the win with Kendrick in 2nd and
Shannon in 3rd, his 6th podium position from 6 races this season and
claiming his 7th overall series crown. Mitch Miller also qualified
through to the final race which was enough to secure him automatic
qualification for next years series. 
In
the girls race Courtney Hancock didn't have it quite as easy, trailing
Naomi Flood by 8 points heading in to the final round but a shock 2nd
race elimination for Flood all but sealed the series win for Courtney.
Courtney, who battled the flu all week, managed to finish in 4th place
for the round. Sister
Bonnie and Harriet Brown also made it to final race of the eliminator
format which sealed their automatic qualification for next years series.
For more results go to http://surfironmanseries.com/ and http://surfironwomanseries.com/
