We knew the assignment was going to be tough, but Western Australia’s Club Champions were out to prove that they are fit to compete with the best Australia has to offer at this year’s Australian Championships.
Mozzy and the team of volunteer coaches had been working hard with the athletes, pushing towards the pinnacle event hosted between Scarborough Beach and Trigg Island, which would also close a successful season in the surf and on the sand.

Coming up against Olympic competitors, and Nutrigrain Ironmen / Ironwomen can be a daunting task, but Trigg Island SLSC Open and Youth competitors took it within their stride and performed class acts that found them amongst the finals across the 4 days of competition that were the Open Australian Championships.
A golden moment came for our U23 March Past Team, who took the National Championship in style. The amphitheater at Scarborough was filled with a sea of green Trigg Island members, who came to support all our Trigg March Past teams, and when the announcement was made that the U23 team had taken the title, the energy, and excitement were infectious, which continued to flow throughout the day.

As a club, we couldn’t have been prouder of everyone’s efforts over this season, to be State Club Champions and to finish 22nd in Australia is an incredible feat. Congratulations to all competitors, and to our Head of Athlete Development and Coaching – Andrew Mosel, who has coached this group to an elite standard and continues to push to get the best out of all his athletes.
We’d also like to thank all volunteer coaches and supporters who have assisted throughout the season and supported the athletes on their journey.

Below are the results from this years Australian Open Championships:

Medalists:

GOLD

– U23 Mixed March Past – Paige Stegmann, Annika Negus, Arielle Butler, Danielle Bordin, Femke Negus, Georgia Moar, Indiah Reidy, Marley Johansson, Olivia Moar, Olivia Shiels, Samantha Brigden & Zoe Moore.

BRONZE:

– U19 Female 2km Beach Run – Femke Negus

Finalists:

– Open Female Board Relay – 7th Place – Jazmin Shipway-Carr & Sophie Lloyd
– Open Female Single Ski Relay – 10th Place – Ceris Humble, Jazmin Shipway-Carr & Paige Wood
– Open Female Surf Race – 30th Place – Sophie Lloyd
– Open Female Taplin – 14th Place – Jazmin Shipway-Carr, Ceris Humble & Sophie Lloyd
– Open Male Board Race – 17th Place – Blake Allsopp
– Open Male Double Ski – 6th Place – Dan Humble & Reece Baker
– Open Male Rescue Tube Rescue – 4th Place – Dan Humble, Liam Foley, Jake Smith & Matt Bowbridge
– Open Male Single Ski – 9th Place – Dan Humble
– Open Male Single Ski – 14th Place – Reece Baker
– Open Male Surf Teams – 9th Place – Ben Jones, Harrison Hynes, Jake Smith & Declan Cook
– Open Mixed March Past – 7th Place – Barbara Bowbridge, Helen Marchesani, John Whitaker, Karl Smith, Kristine Gillmore, Lisa Smith, Marianne O’Shea, Marie Waldeck, Peter Savage, Peter Taylor, Shane Bowbridge & Therese Bowie
– Open Mixed Double Ski – 9th Place – Reece Baker & Selma Alibegovic
– U17 Female 2x1km Beach Relay – 9th Place – Elyn Bawden & Chloe Savage
– U17 Female Board Race – 7th Place – Annika Negus
– U17 Female Board Race – 11th Place – Samantha Brigden
– U17 Female Board Relay – 5th Place – Annika Negus, Samantha Brigden & Zoe Moore
– U17 Female Board Relay – 14th Place – Eva Hawkes, Olivia Moar & Zara Kok
– U17 Female Single Ski – 6th Place – Zoe Moore
– U17 Female Single Ski Relay – 7th Place – Annika Negus, Samantha Brigden & Zoe Moore
– U17 Female Taplin – 15th Place – Annika Negus, Samantha Brigden & Zoe Moore
– U17 Male 2 x 1km Beach Relay – 12th Place – Kallan Parsons & Myles Beeney
– U17 Male 2 x 1km Beach Relay – 14th Place – Hamish Metcalf & Blake Monaghan
– U17 Male Board Relay – 14th Place – Ellis Aitchison, Kallan Parsons & Myles Beeney
– U17 Male Single Ski – 7th Place – Ben Toms
– U17 Male Single Ski Relay – 11th Place – Ben Toms, Ellis Aitchison & Kallan Parsons
– U17 Male Taplin – 14th Place – Ben Toms, Jett Jaeger-Harvey & Kallan Parsons
– U17 Mixed First Aid – 7th Place – Imogen Ashworth & Nicole Radford
– U19 Female Beach Flags – 19th Place – Lauren Ware
– U19 Female Double Ski – 4th Place – Emma Stegmann & Femke Negus
– U19 Female Double Ski – 15th Place – Samantha Brigden & Zoe Moore
– U19 Female Single Ski – 8th Place – Samantha Lourey
– U19 Female Single Ski – 14th Place – Femke Negus
– U19 Female Single Ski Relay – 6th Place – Emma Stegmann, Femke Negus & Mikaela Innocent
– U19 Female Board Rescue – 7th Place – Annika Negus & Femke Negus
– U19 Female Surf Race – 28th Place – Samantha Lourey
– U19 Female Taplin – Annika Negus, Femke Negus & Smanatha Lourey
– U19 Male Rescue Tube Rescue – 6th Place – Jonah Okines, Kelton Rothnie, Oliver Brehaut & Rhys Bawden
– U19 Male Single Ski Relay – 10th Place – Declan Cook, Jarvis Caren & Kai Marchetto
– U19 Male Surf Race – 28th Place – Oliver Brehaut
– U19 Male Taplin – 13th Place – Jarvis Caren, Liam Foley & Lucas Walker
– U19 Mixed First Aid – 7th Place – Julia Suffell & Phoebe Ashworth