South Melbourne Life Saving Club

South Melbourne had 15 nippers competing at the Victorian Junior Pool Lifesaving Championships where they achieved some great results coming away with numerous medals.

Our small band of members compared to other clubs were up for the challenge even though a few extra clubs turned up on the day – this wasn’t going to deter our troops.

We got off to a great start with our U/12 girls and boys in the Obstacle Race – a 1ST, 2ND, 4TH 6TH and 10TH – what more could a Team Manager ask for?

Throughout the day our members continually put in a 100% and came away with personal bests and even more confidence particularly our members who are new to these types of events.

Our relay teams continued their consistently high performances and in events finished hard to touch first or in the top 3, but the most encouraging and proud moments is when our relay teams may not of come first but because they have finished the race correctly they have come out on top. That means our nippers as young as 7 have taken on board the technicalities of pool lifesaving and our training sessions have paid off.

Once again our parents stood up and had a go with their child in the relays which was fun for all and contributed to our overall point score.

Well done to our parents_- Tanja Down, Shai and Mark Ashkanasy, Damian Kininmonth, Fiona Hinrichsen, Maureen O’Keefe, Andy Graham, Christian Schiebold, Michael Logan and Christine Cardwell.

Many thanks to our officials – Time Keepers - Jo Graham, Ming Wang, Fiona Hinrichsen – Chief Referee Barbara Morgan and Starter – Jim Morgan.

To Christine Cardwell our Team Manager and Anni Gardiner and Christian Schiebold our 2 trusty assistants did a great job organising the kids.

To our resident photographer Mark Ashkanasy thanks for the great shots and keeping us entertained throughout the day.

At the end of the day – yes its great to set goals and win a medal, but most of all its great to see our nippers, new or experienced, having a go, learning new skills, demonstrating those skills and being part of a team.

Last but not least thanks to our fabulous parent and friends in the stand who supported the team throughout the day.GO SOUTH ! Great Team Effort !Many thanks to our officials – Time Keepers - Jo Graham, Ming Wang, Fiona Hinrichsen – Chief Referee Barbara Morgan and Starter – Jim Morgan.

To Christine Cardwell our Team Manager and Anni Gardiner and Christian Schiebold our 2 trusty assistants did a great job organising the kids.

To our resident photographer Mark Ashkanasy thanks for the great shots and keeping us entertained throughout the day.

At the end of the day – yes its great to set goals and win a medal, but most of all its great to see our nippers, new or experienced, having a go, learning new skills, demonstrating those skills and being part of a team.

Last but not least thanks to our fabulous parent and friends in the stand who supported the team throughout the day.GO SOUTH ! Great Team Effort !

U/10 Girls
Indianna Plunkett
• 1st with dad Christian parent and child -

Meg Logan
• 2nd 25m kickboard rescue –patient Nicole Anders
• 2nd 25m freestyle
• 1st 50m medley
• 3rd with dad Michael parent and child--

U/12 Boys
Matthew Wang
• 1st 50m obstacles
• 4th 50m kickboard rescue –
• 4th 100m medley - Edward Hinrichsen
• 4th 50m obstacles
• 3rd 50m kickboard rescue
                 – patient Will Kininmonth
• 1st 100m medley

Christian DeOliveira
• 4th line throw

U/12 Girls
Ashleigh O’Brien
·2nd 50m obstacles
·1st 50m kickboard rescue – patient Meg Logan
·2nd 100m medley
·2nd line throw

Brittany O’Brien
·6th 50m obstacles
·2nd 50m kickboard rescue – patient Nicole Anders
·3rd 100m medley

Team Results:
U/10 relay events
• 3rd 4 x 25m kickboard rescue
     – James, Ben, Robbie and Will Kinimonth
• 3rd 4x25m medley relay
     – James, Ben, Robbie and Will
• 3rd 4x 25m medley relay
     – Nicole, Indy, Meg and Daisy
• 1st 4x 25m kickboard rescue
     – Nicole, Indy, Meg and Daisy

U/12 Boys relay events
• 2nd 4 x 25m Obstacle relay
    – Edward, Matthew, Lochlan Down and Christian
• 4th 4 x 25m rescue board relay
    – Edward, Matthew, Lochlan and Christian

U/12 Girls relay events

• 1st4 x 25m Obstacle relay
       – Ashleigh, Brittany,Meg & Nicole Anders
• 1st 4 x 25m rescue board relay
       – Ashleigh, Brittany Meg & Nicole

Individual Results:
U/8 Girls

Daisy Graham
• 2nd 25m freestyle
• 4th 25m breastroke
• 4th with dad Andy parent and child

 U/8 Boys
 Angus Down
• 2nd 25m freestyle
• 3rd 25m breastroke
• 3rd with mum Tanja parent and child

 Fergus Kininmonth
• gave 100% in every event he went in,
   well done Fergus

U/10 Boys
James Cardwell
• 6th 25m freestyle
• 6th 50m medley
• 6th with mum Christine parent and child
• 6th U/12 boys line throw

Robbie Hinrichsen
• 5th 25m freestyle
• 3rd 25m kickboard rescue
                           – patient James Cardwell
• 1st with mum Fiona parent and child

Ben Ashkanasy

• 4th with dad Mark parent and child

• 7th with mum Shai parent and child

William Kininmonth
• 5th U/12line throw

What  a great turn out of the red green and white army – 16 competitors, and every one of them receiving a ribbon or 2, or 6 for some of them.  We got off to a brilliant start with the first event with our resident fishes Ashleigh and Brittany OBrien taking out 1st and 3rd respectively in the obstacle race then followed by our U/12 boys in Matthew and Edward taking out 2nd and 3rd.

This great start continued throughout the afternoon with one of our littlest water babies in Daisy Graham taking out first place again in the U/8 girls’ freestyle and not to let the team down our U/8 boy Fergus Kininmonth came home with 2nd place.

Majority of our team were only ever experiencing their second carnival, so lots of encouragement and
mimicking stroke action on side of pool deck had Christine and Christian exhausted by the end of the meet.


RESULTS

U/12  Girls
50m Obstacle Race – 1st Ashleigh OBrien 3rd Brittany OBrien
4x 25m Obstacle Relay – 3rd Brittany, Nicole Rains, Ashleigh &  Nicole Anders
50m Kickboard Rescue – 1st Ashleigh 2nd Brittany
100m Medley – 1st Ashleigh, 2nd Brittany
4x25m Rescue Relay – 1st Brittany, Nicole A, Meg Logan & Ashleigh
Line Throw – 1st Ashleigh 3rd Brittany

U/12 Boys

50m Obstacle Race – 2nd Matthew Wang, 3rd Edward Hinrichsen
4x25m Obstacle Relay – 2nd – Mathew, Edward, Lochlan Down & Christian DeOliveira
50m Kickboard Race – 2nd Matthew, 3rd Edward , 6th Lochlan
100 Medley – 1st Edward,  4th Matthew, 5th Lochlan 
 4x25m Rescue Relay –  2nd Lochlan, Christian, Matthew & Edward
Line Throw – 1st Matthew, 2nd Edward, 6th Christian

U/10 Girls
25m Freestyle – 2nd Meg Logan, 5th Nicole A
50m Kickboard Rescue – 3rd – Meg (patient Indy) 6th Nicole R (patient Nicole  A)
4x25m kickboard Rescue Relay – 2nd Nicole Rains, Meg, Indianna Plunkett & Nicole Anders
50m Medley – 2nd Meg
4x25m Medley Relay –  1st Meg, Nicole R,  Indianna & Nicole A

However they still had enough energy for the parent child relays along with Fiona Hinrichsen, Andy Graham, Maureen O’Keefe and Damian Kininmonth – and all coming away with ribbons as well.

Neil OBrien and Ines Rains assisted with officiating with stop watch precision, Barbara Morgan was Carnival Referee and our team of roaring supporters/parents in the stands kept the kids revved up for their next
event. 

All in all a great team effort and we only missed by a measly 3 points in winning the carnival.

Now for the Victorian Championships on Sunday 5th June at 2.00pm.  We would love to see as many of you
come along and cheer our team on – or you could be apart of it?





U/10 Boys
25m Freestyle - 2nd Robbie Hinrichsen eq 3rd James
Cardwell
50m Kickboard Rescue – 3rd Robbie (p- James) 4th James (p-
Robbie)
4x25m Kickboard Rescue Relay – 2nd – Ben Ashkanasy, Will Kininmonth,
James & Robbie
50m Medley – 4th James 5th Robbie
4x25m Medley Relay –
DQ

U/8 Girls & Boys
25m  Freestyle – 1st Daisy Graham
25m Breastroke - 3rd Daisy
25m Freestyle – 2nd Fergus Kininmonth
25m Breastroke – 2nd Fergus

Parent & Child Relays
U/8
1st Andy & Daisy Graham 
2nd Damian & Fergus Kininmonth

U/10
1st Christian Schiebold & Indianna Plunkett
1st Fiona & Robbie Hinrichsen
3rd Christine & James Cardwell
5th Maureen O’Keefe & Nicole Anders
2nd Damian & Will Kininmonth

Our team consisting of  Cameron Rains, Max Ashkanasy, James Cardwell, Nicole Rains, Ben Ashkanasy and Matthew Wang had a very successful first carnival. The water conditions were very challenging but didn't stop our small in numbers team from having " a go" - great effort everyone!  Well done to all our team members - a fun day was had by all - with some great surf practice after the competition as well. To the parents who assisted with the children in their age groups -  Ines, Shai, Ming and Robert -  a big thank you.

U/8 Boys 1st - Beach Flags - Cameron Rains 1st - Beach Sprint - Cameron Rains 1st - Wade Race - Cameron Rains 1st - Wade Relay - Composite Team(Jan Juc x 2/Torquay/Sth Melb)  

U/9 Boys Rd 2 Beach Flags - Max Ashkanasy   

U/10 Boys 2nd  - Beach Flags - Ben Ashkanasy 3rd = Beach Sprint - Ben Ashkanasy 6th - Board Race - Ben Ashkanasy 8th -  Surf Race - James Cardwell Rd 3 Beach Flags - James Cardwell 7th Wade Relay - Ben,Toby(Pt Melb)Nicole & James  

U/10 Girls Rd 3 Beach Flags - Nicole Rains 3rd - Board Race - Nicole Rains  

U/11 Boys 2nd - Board Race - Matthew Wang 2nd - Surf Race - Matthew Wang  

U/10 Boys Beach Flags –
James Cardwell Rd 3 and Ben Ashkanasy
Rd 5.

U/10 Boys Surf Race  Ben Ashkanasy 4th and James Cardwell 5th



U/10 Boys Iron - James Cardwell 7th

U/8 Boys Beach Sprint
Cameron Rains 1st

U/8 Boys Beach Flags
Cameron Rains 2nd

U/8 Boys Beach Relay
Cameron Rains, Fergus Kininmonth in composite team 3rd




U/8 Boys Wade Relay
Cameron Rains in a composite team 4th
U/8 Boys Wade Race
Cameron Rains 5th
U/9 Girls 500m run
Meg Logan, 6th
U/9 Girls Beach Flags
Meg Logan 1st
U/9 Girls Beach Sprint
Meg Logan 1st
U/9 Girls Wade Race
Meg Logan 2nd 
U/10 Boys 500m Run
Jack Nottingham 8th and Robbie Hinrichsen 12th
U/10 Boys Aqua Cameron
Christian, Jack, Robbie Hinrichsen and James Cardwell 8th
U/10 Boys Beach Flags
James Cardwell 3rd and Jack Nottingham 4th
U/10 Girls Surf Race
Nicole Rains 10th and Indianna Plunkett 8th
U/11 Boys Board Race
Matthew Wang 3rd
U/11 Boys Surf Race
Matthew Wang 2nd
U/11 Boys Beach Flags
Matthew Wang 6th
U/13 Girls Surf Race
Jessica  De Girolamo 4th
U/14 Two Person R & R
Jessica De Girolamo and Jarrod Munday 1st