SA's Two Time World Beater

Surf Life Saving Club newbie Deborah Wareing (61 years) of South Australia’s West Beach SLSC has managed to break not one, but two International Life Saving World Records at the 2018 National Pool Rescue Championships currently being held in Adelaide this weekend.

Deborah completed her Bronze Medallion and joined West Beach Surf Life Saving Club in 2017 and is now the proud world record holder of both the 100m Obstacle Swim and the 100m Manikin Tow with Fins events.

Prior to the National Pool Rescue Championships, Deborahs first hit out at a Surf Life Saving Championship event was during this year’s South Australian State Championships and the

Australian Titles which were held in Scarborough, Perth.

An avid body surfer and former swimmer from a young age, Deborah said she was absolutely thrilled to take out the International Life Saving World Record in her division defining the achievement as a real bonus.

In the mean-time veteran surf lifesaver Stephen Fry (60 years) of Queensland’s BMD Northcliffe SLSC and Team Manager for the Queensland Cyclones took to the blocks at the South Australian Aquatic Centre yesterday to challenge his own world record in the 100m Obstacle Swim.

The master has now proven to have gotten even faster in 2018 breaking his own 2017 world record.

What followed was a stand-out swim that saw Stephen, a multiple world record holder, successfully smashing his 2017 record out of the water 1:08:46 100 by a whopping 45 seconds, making 1.08.01 the new benchmark for the 100m Obstacle Swim.

AUSTRALIAN RECORDS FLY OUT THE DOOR AT THE POOL RESCUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Australian records have fallen thick and fast on day one of the 2018 National and Interstate Pool Rescue Championships held at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre.

South Australian locals have taken a quarter of the records in the world-class swimming centre which is described as a fast pool, competitors managed to knock over 20 Australian records in the first day of competition.

Surf Life Saving Australia Event Manager, Tony Henderson, was very pleased with the first day of competition.

“The strong rate of records falling today sets Australia up to be a force to be reckoned with come November for the World Life Saving Championships.

“Our athletes appear to be peaking at the just the right time.”

Competition will recommence at 8:30am tomorrow morning with the super lifesaver, mannikin tow and patient tow.

2018 Australian Pool Rescue Championships

03-Aug-18 to 05-Aug-18 - Australian – Records

1. Men 12 100 Obstacle Race Opens 1:01.98 03-Aug-18 Mitchell Morris – Newport SLSC

2. Men 65-69 100 Obstacle Race Masters 1:20.86 03-Aug-18 John Ellice-Flint – Henley SLSC

3. Men 60-64 100 Obstacle Race Masters 1:08.01 03-Aug-18 Stephen Fry – Northcliffe SLSC

4. Women 60-64 100 Obstacle Race Masters 1:26.75 03-Aug-18 Deb Wareing – West Beach SLSC

5. Men 50-54 200 Obstacle Race Masters 2:18.90 03-Aug-18 Paul Lemmon – Terrigal SLSC

6. Men 30-34 200 Obstacle Race Masters 2:21.01 03-Aug-18 James Callaghan – Tweed Heads & Coolangatta SLSC

7. Women 45-49 200 Obstacle Race Masters 2:31.79 03-Aug-18 Josephine Varney – West Beach SLSC

8. Women 30-34 200 Obstacle Race Masters 2:31.85 03-Aug-18 Alicia Anderson – North Cottesloe SLSC

9. Men 13 200 Obstacle Race Opens 2:09.89 03-Aug-18 Matthew Magnussen – Metropolitan Caloundra SLSC

10. Men 14 200 Obstacle Race Opens 2:04.42 03-Aug-18 Tupou Chong Sue – Fremantle SLSC

11. Women 15-16 200 Obstacle Race Opens 2:07.51 03-Aug-18 Lani Pallister - Alex Headland SLSC

12. Men 17-18 200 Obstacle Race Opens 1:59.65 03-Aug-18 Brendon Smith – Half Moon Bay SLSC

13. Men 11-12 4x50 Obstacle Relay Opens 1:59.70 03-Aug-18 Newport SLSC – Newp B Clues, J Morris, L Melbourn, M Morris

14. Men 13-14 4x50 Obstacle Relay Opens 1:52.36 03-Aug-18 Maroochydore SLSC – MDRE J McMeniman, O Monaghan, F Toon, S Williams

15. Women 15-18 4x50 Obstacle Relay Opens 1:58.63 03-Aug-18 Umina SLSC – Umina K Holmes,

B Smith, J Smith, r Wood

16. Women Open 4x50 Obstacle Relay Opens 1:55.30 03-Aug-18 Currumbin Beach Vikings SLSC – CURR C Gillett, R Eddy, P Davies, N Peat

17. Men 11 2x10 Line Throw Relay Opens 13.06 03-Aug-18 Grange SLSC – Grang M Wandel, H Thompson

18. Men 60-69 2x12 Line Throw Relay Masters 19.70 03-Aug-18 West Beach SLSC – West D Hay, G Simpson

19. Men 50-59 2x12 Line Throw Relay Masters 13.46 03-Aug-18 Terrigal SLSC – Terrr J Purcell, P Lemmon

20. Women 50-59 2x12 Line Throw Relay Masters 25.67 03-Aug-18 West Beach SLSC – West S Beaver, D Wareing J Evans

Australian Pool Rescue Championships

Surf Life Saving SA wishes our Pool Rescue State Team and our SA Clubs the very best of luck as they take on the Nation's best at the Australian Pool Rescue Championship to be held at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre at Marion this weekend.

The Pool Championships take us into aquatic centres around the country to test Australia’s most skilled swimmers and showcase a variety of skills. The Pool Championships are also one of the key qualifying events for our national lifesaving teams. It is also an opportunity for our elite lifesavers to display the skills that keep them rescue ready for the start of the patrol season.

Pool Rescue athletes from around the country will be looking to test the water in preparation for the upcoming Life Saving World Championships also to be hosted at the Aquatic Centre in December 2018, the weekend’s events will be the last hit out and perfect trial run for both facilities, officials and athletes.

Surf life savers from 50 surf life-saving clubs are expected to take to the Pool for the National Championships from across the country including Arcadia SLSC and Townsville Picnic Bay all the way from Far North Queensland.

SA Pool Rescue Team

• Mackenzie Stock - Brighton
• Joseph Semmens - Grange SLSC
• Connor Tunbridge Semaphore SLSC
• Eloise Merchant - Glenelg SLSC
• Lachlan Merchant - Glenelg SLSC
• Hannah Deacon - Somerton SLSC
• Jo Varney - West Beach SLSC
• Lucy Derbyshire - Glenelg SLSC
• Lillian (Lily) McDonald - Henley SLSC
• Nathaniel Drummond - Seacliff SLSC
• Harvey Luscombe - Glenelg SLSC
• Georgia Materne - West Beach SLSC
• Sam Ralph - Grange SLSC
• Ryan Froud - Henley SLSC
• Rian Pate - Grange SLSC
• Leilani Snell - Brighton SLSC
• Nicole Mader - Aldinga Bay SLSC
• Annabel Lampard - Brighton SLSC
• Fletcher Luscombe - Glenelg SLSC
• Natasha Bedford - Aldinga Bay SLSC
• Kiara Bedford - Aldinga Bay SLSC
• Taj Ward - Brighton SLSC
• Leila Nazimi - West Beach SLSC
• Josh Smith - Henley SLSC

2018 Surf Life Saving Australia National Pool Championships participating clubs 

• Alexandra Headland SLSC (QLD)
• Kurrawa SLSC (QLD)
• Arcadian SLSC (QLD)
• Maroochydore SLSC (QLD)
• Northcliffe SLSC (QLD)
• Met Caloundra SLSC (QLD)
• Brighton SLSC (VIC)
• Mordialloc LSC (VIC)
• Bulli SLSC (NSW)
• Mornington LSC (VIC)
• Caves Beach SLSC (NSW)
• Newsport SLSC (NSW)
• City of Perth SLSC (WA)
• North Cottesloe SLSC (WA)
• Cooggee Behacvh (WA)
• Point Lookout SLSC (NSW)
• Coolum SLSC (QLD)
• Port Hacking LSC (NSW)
• Cronulla SLSC (NSW)
• Port Noarlunga SLSC (SA)
• Cudgen Headland SLSC (NSW)
• Redhead SLSC (NSW)
• Currumbin Beach Vikings SLSC (QLD)
• Scarborogh SLSC (WA)
• Elliott Heads SLSC (QLD)
• Seacliff SLSC (SA)
• Fremantle SLSC (WA)
• Secret Harbour SLSC (WA)
• Glenelg SLSC (SA)
• Semaphore SLSC (SA)
• Grange SLSC (SA)
• Shelly Beach SLSC (NSW)
• Half Moon Bay SLSC(VIC)
• Somerton SLSC (SA)
• Henley SLSC (SA)
• Sorrento SLSC (WA)
• Jan Juc SLSC (VIC)
• Southport SLSC (QLD)
• Kirra SLSC (QLD)
• Terrigal SLSC (NSW)