Lennox Head-Alstonville lifesavers star at Country titles
Lennox Head-Alstonville Surf Lifesaving Club proved to be the surprise packet on day one of the NSW Country championships at Port Macquarie today.
Lennox Head Alstonville finished the day leading the junior pointscore, was fifth in the senior pointscore, and third in the overall pointscore.
Club members Luke Mortimer (Under-15), Haydon Thomas (Under-14) and Michael Barnett (Under-13) beat the best country has to offer in winning their ironman events.
Sebastian Fahey picked up valuable points for the club by winning the Under-10 surf race and finishing second in the board race.
In the female open division, Lennox Head-Alstonville’s Nadi Canning was third in the ironwoman, while Kamley Lyndon won the flags event. Kamley also won the Under-19 flags event.
Ellie Leaver won the Under-13 ironwoman, and was second in the surf race.
Under-8 competitor Hannah Sculley won the wade event from clubmate Scarlett Fahey, and they repeated the one-two finish in the flags event.
In junior teams events, Lennox Head-Alstonville won the Under-13, Under-11 and Under-10 board relays, and the Under-10 surf teams.
Emily Battese, who lives at Lennox but competes for Byron Bay, won the Under-14 ironwoman and surf race.
Junior pointscore after day one: Lennox Head-Alstonville 143, Cudgen Headland 142, Warilla-Barrack Point 96, Port Macquarie 62, Coffs Harbour 56, Sawtell 52, Byron Bay 46, Woolgoolga 45, Shellharbour 39, Tacking Point 33, Hat Head 21, South West Rocks 19, Broulee Surfers 15, Mollymook 13, Cape Hawke, Nowra-Culburra, Taree-Old Bar 9, Kiama Downs 8, Brunswick 7, Forster 7, Bellinger Valley-North Beach, Crowdy Head, Salt, Wauchope-Bonny Hills 5, Cabarita Beach, Gerringong, Kempsey-Crescent Head 3, Moruya, Nambucca Heads 1.
Senior pointscore after day one: Warilla-Barrack Point 167, Cudgen Headland 135, Port Macquarie 78, Shellharbour 71, Lennox Head-Alstonville 38, Coffs Harbour 33, Byron Bay 29, Black Head 28, Cabarita Beach, Pacific Palms 18, Nowra-Culburra 16, Sawtell 15, Macksville-Scotts Head, South West Rocks 14, Kiama Downs 11, Brunswick 7, Cape Hawke, Mollymook, Tacking Point 5, Forster, Wauchope-Bonny Hills 4, Nambucca Heads 3, Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore, Minnie Water-Wooli 2
Overall pointscore (after day one): Cudgen Headland 277, Warilla Barrack Point 263, Lennox Head-Alstonville 181, Port Macquarie 140, Shellharbour 110, Byron Bay 95, Coffs Harbour 89, Sawtell 67, Woolgoolga 45, Tacking Point 38, South West Rocks 33, Black Head 28, Nowra-Culburra 25, Cabarita Beach 21, Hat Head 21, Kiama Downs 19, Mollymook 18, Pacific Palms 18, Broulee Surfers 15, Brunswick 14, Cape Hawke 14, Macksville-Scotts Head 14, Forster 11, Taree-Old Bar 9, Wauchope-Bonny Hills 9, Kiama Downs 8, Bellinger Valley-North Beach 5, Crowdy Head 5, Salt 5, Nambucca Heads 4, Gerringong 3, Kempsey-Crescent Head 3, Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore 2, Minnie Water-Wooli 2, Moruya 1.
