East End pip IRB rivals for overall title
Monday 14 December 2009, 8:32AM
By Surf Life Saving New Zealand
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Despite a flurry of firsts, Fitzroy had to bow to fellow Taranaki club East End for overall honours at the North Island BP IRB Surf Rescue Championships at Whangamata today.
Fitzroy's national champion crew of Jaron Mumby and Chris Scott won two of the four premier men's finals and their top women's crew of Emma Crofskey and Katie Watts went one better with three victories.
Mumby and Scott also combined with Janny Verveer and Nicola Schuetze to take out the event-ending open teams race, but East End's strength throughout the four divisions -- premier, senior, under-21 and women -- took them to a comfortable overall win in the two-day competition.
East End finished on 60 points, 11 ahead of Fitzroy with Muriwai third on 42 and Mount Maunganui fourth on 35.
Muriwai's top crew of Andrew Lancaster and Ashley Matuschka grabbed three second placings in the premier division. They were runners-up to Fitzroy's crack pairing in the mass rescue and assembly rescue and were beaten by Ocean Beach Kiwi's Nick Anderson and Shane Bennett in the tube rescue.
East End's success came from the likes of senior crew of Nick Horo and Rory O'Connor, who won the single rescue, and their under-21 stars Scott Busing and Michell Gregg who won the assembly rescue.
St Clair's Laughton sisters, Carla and Stephanie, and Mt Maunganui's Donna Brodie and Mare Haitsma were the only female crews to beat Crofskey and Watts when they filled the first two spots in the single rescue final.
Results
Premier
Tube Rescue. Ocean Beach Kiwi (Nick Anderson/Shane Bennett) 1, Muriwai A (Andrew Lancaster/Ashley Matuschka) 2, Brighton A (Michael Kendrick/Simon Roberts/Sarah Taylor) 3, New Plymouth Old Boys (Jared Coster/Sean Zieltjes) 4, Paekakariki B (Ben Flynn/Aaron Richardson) 5.
Mass Rescue. Fitzroy A (Jaron Mumby/Christopher Scott/Janny Verveer/Nicola Schuetze) 1, Muriwai A (Andrew Lancaster/Ashley Matuschka) 2, Otaki A (Brad O’Leary/Ariki Vertongen/Ruby Mouat) 3, New Plymouth Old Boys (Jared Coster/Sean Zieltjes) 4, Brighton A (Michael Kendrick/Simon Roberts/Sarah Taylor) 5, Paekakariki A (Brent Harvey/Richard Whinham) 6.
Assembly Rescue. Fitzroy A (Jaron Mumby/Christopher Scott/Nicola Schuetze) 1, Muriwai A (Andrew Lancaster/Ashley Matuschka) 2, Ocean Beach Kiwi (Nick Anderson/Shane Bennett) 3, Brighton A (Michael Kendrick/Simon Roberts/Sarah Taylor) 4, Paekakariki B (Ben Flynn/Aaron Richardson) 5, New Plymouth Old Boys (Jared Coster/Sean Zieltjes) 6.
Single Rescue. Paekakariki A (Brent Harvey/Richard Whinham) 1, New Plymouth Old Boys (Jared Coster/Sean Zieltjes) 2, Brighton A (Michael Kendrick/Simon Roberts/Sarah Taylor) 3, Paekakariki B (Ben Flynn/Aaron Richardson) 4, Ocean Beach Kiwi (Nick Anderson/Shane Bennett) 5, Fitzroy A (Jaron Mumby/Christopher Scott/Nicola Schuetze) 6.
Senior
Tube Rescue. Wainui Grunty (Yannis Kokkosis/Toby Harris/Ruby-Jean Fielder) 1, Muriwai A (Matthew Buswell/Craig Matuschka/Alice Rowland) 2, Mt Maunganui A (Nicholas Crayton-Brown/Jason Watts/Sam Shergold) 3, Waimarama WA1 (Keith Christmas/Ben Cross/Michael Harman) 4, Wainui Killas (Blair Hovell/Stewart McGregor/Lilli Morgan) 5.
Mass Rescue. Waimarama WA1 (Ben Baines/Keith Christmas/Ben Cross/Michael Harman/Greer Gibson) 1, Brighton A (Lance Lungley/Seth McPhee/Sarah Taylor) 2, Muriwai C (David Butt/Brent Matuschka/Simon Dobrowolski) 3, Mt Maunganui A (Nicholas Crayton-Brown/Jason Watts/Sam Shergold) 4, Waikanae A (Thomas Garrett/Matt Kemp) 5.
Assembly Rescue. Muriwai C (David Butt/Brent Matuschka/Simon Dobrowolski) 1, East End A (Nick Horo/Rory O’Connor/Nicola Herbert) 2, Waimarama WA1 (Keith Christmas/Ben Cross/Michael Harman) 3, Mt Maunganui A (Nicholas Crayton-Brown/Jason Watts/Sam Shergold) 4, Brighton A (Lance Lungley/Seth McPhee/Sarah Taylor) 5, Waimarama WA2 (Jason Harman/Greg Lay/Breone Lay) 6.
Single Rescue. East End A (Nick Horo/Rory O’Connor/Nicola Herbert) 1, Muriwai C (David Butt/Brent Matuschka/Simon Dobrowolski) 2, Mt Maunganui A (Nicholas Crayton-Brown/Jason Watts/Sam Shergold) 3, Waimarama WA1 (Keith Christmas/Ben Cross/Michael Harman) 4, Wainui Doom (Sean Hovell/Mike King/Millie Fielder) 5, St Clair Black (Michael Crombie/Jacob Smith/Arthur Ibbotson) 6.
Under 21
Tube Rescue. New Plymouth Old Boys A (Daniel Charteris/Drew Whitehead) 1, Sunset Beach A (Samual Dwen/Shane Edwards/Mark Edwards) 2, Paekakariki A (Mitchell Logan/Tyler Mills/Jordan Crosbie) 3, Ruakaka Blue (Kyle Taylor/Dom Wells/Lea Turner) 4, Palmerston North A (Kendall Dooley/Andrew Drysdale/Jacob Pemberton) 5, North Beach A (Luke Edwards/Peter Taylor/Daniel Wakefield) 6.
Mass Rescue. Omanu Junior (Thomas Berthelsen/Thomas Brinkley/Nicholas Coulter) 1, Waimarama WA3 (Timothy Cox/David Morris/Pounamu Gardiner) 2, Ruakaka Orange (Rory Taylor/Chad Cahalane/Kayla Gentil) 3, North Beach A (Luke Edwards/Peter Taylor/Daniel Wakefield) 4.
Assemble Rescue. East End A (Scott Busing/Michell Gregg/Jack Anderson) 1, Papamoa A (Mitchel Brady/Troy Walsh/Campbell Halse) 2, Omanu Junior (Thomas Berthelsen/Thomas Brinkley/Nicholas Coulter) 3, Mt Maunganui A (Chad Wheeler/Kirby Wheeler/Michell Ganley) 4, Paekakariki A (Mitchell Logan/Tyler Mills/Jordan Crosbie) 5, St Clair Black (Matthew Bradley/Rhys McAlevey/Kim Martyn) 6.
Single Rescue. Omanu Junior (Thomas Berthelsen/Thomas Brinkley/Nicholas Coulter) 1, East End A (Scott Busing/Michell Gregg/Jack Anderson) 2, Ruakaka Blue (Kyle Taylor/Dom Wells/Brittany Price) 3, East End B (Jared Gray/Scott Nelson/Holly Bradshaw-Clegg) 4.
Womens
Tube Rescue. Fitzroy A (Emma Crofskey/Katie Watts/Courtney Sole) 1, East End A (Laura Begg/Jared Gray) 2, East End B (Sarah Sharp/Kylie Bridger/Arron Wester) 3, St Clair Black (Carla Laughton/Stephanie Laughton/Natasha Scott) 4, Opunake A (Joanne Dravitski/Claire Langlands/Nicola Pritchard) 5.
Mass Rescue. Fitzroy A (Emma Crofskey/Katie Watts/Courtney Sole/Emma Harvey/Nicola Schuetze) 1, St Clair Black (Carla Laughton/Stephanie Laughton/Natasha Scott) 2, East End A (Laura Begg/Kirsty May/Nicola Herbert/Scott Busing/Joe Bracegirdle) 3, Ruakaka A (Liana Bennett/Amanda Gentil/Kayla Gentil/Brittany Price/Jodie Wells) 4, Opunake A (Joanne Dravitski/Claire Langlands/Jackson Arlidge/Nicola Pritchard) 5, Waihi A (Sarah Amoore/Caroline Cave/Savannah Fuller/Ben Grant/Josh Graveson) 6.
Assembly Rescue. Fitzroy A (Emma Crofskey/Katie Watts/Courtney Sole) 1, East End A (Laura Begg/Kirsty May/Joe Bracegirdle) 2, Opunake A (Joanne Dravitski/Claire Langlands/Nicola Pritchard) 3, St Clair Black (Carla Laughton/Stephanie Laughton/Natasha Scott) 4, Mt Maunganui A (Donna Brodie/Mare Haitsma/Erika Dive) 5, Waihi A (Sarah Amoore/Caroline Cave/Anna Wightman) 6.
Single Rescue. St Clair Black (Carla Laughton/Stephanie Laughton/Natasha Scott) 1, Mt Maunganui A (Donna Brodie/Mare Haitsma/Erika Dive) 2, Fitzroy A (Emma Crofskey/Katie Watts/Courtney Sole) 3, North Beach A (Alice Stafford/Devon Smith) 4, Waihi A (Sarah Amoore/Caroline Cave/Savannah Fuller) 5, East End A (Laura Begg/Kirsty May/Joe Bracegirdle) 6.
Open Teams Race, Fitzroy A (Jaron Mumby/Christopher Scott/Janny Verveer/Nicola Schuetze) 1, East End A (Nick Horo/Rory O’Connor/Scott Busing/Mitchell Gregg/Nicole Herbert) 2, Brighton A (Lance Lungley/Seth McPhee/Michael Kendrick/Simon Roberts/Sarah Taylor) 3, Mt Maunganui A (Nicholas Crayton-Brown/Quentin Cribb/Brent Warner/Jason Watts/Andrew Roy) 4, Paekakariki Black (Dwight Garton/Andrew Sherborne/Brent Harvey/Richard Whinham/Amy Spiakerman) 5.
Points. East End 60 1, Fitzroy 49 2, Muriwai 42 3, Mt Maunganui 35 4, Brighton 31 5, Paekakariki 30 6, Waimarama 28 7, St Clair 25 8, New Plymouth Old Boys 23 9, Omanu 19 10, Ruakaka 18 11, Ocean Beach Kiwi 15, 12, Wainui 13 13, Opunake 11 14, North Beach 10 15, Waihi 7 16, Sunset Beach 6 17, Papamoa 6 18, Otaki 5 19, Palmerston North 3 20, Waikanae 3 21.