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Venus Bay Life Saving Club finishes third and takes home six medals from Inflatable Rescue Boat championships held at Lorne

Life Saving Victoria (LSV) has crowned its 2022 inflatable rescue boat (IRB) state champions this weekend at the TRE Motorsport Victorian IRB Championships held at Lorne Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC).

By news@gippsland - 27th June 2022 - Back to News

The biggest event on the Victorian IRB racing calendar saw teams from Inverloch SLSC and Venus Bay SLSC showcase their rescue ready skills using the most popular piece of modern rescue equipment. Venus Bay finished the weekend in third place overall in the under 23 division with 47 points, behind South Melbourne Life Saving Club (LSC) on 53 points and Elwood LSC on 55 points and backed this up with a seventh place finish in the open division on 29 points.

In this pic, the patient (left) is Molly Nichols, the crew (middle) is Sophie Glasson and the driver (right) is Sabrina Lombardo

Continuing the momentum

LSV board director aquatic sport Aaron Green said after a successful weekend at the final round of the 2022 TRE Motorsport IRB Premiership Season at Apollo Bay SLSC, it was great to continue the momentum into the tail end of the season.

"IRB racing is not only a thrilling spectator sport, particularly in the surf, but facing a range of conditions like those at Lorne is also great practice for our athletes, who are the same lifesavers you see on patrol across the state during the summer. The IRB is known as 'the workhorse' of lifesaving rescue equipment, used for rescue, retrieval and surveillance, and were used for 142 rescues during the 2021-22 Victorian patrol season." Mr Green said.

"Congratulations to all competitors on an excellent two days of competition and an enormous thank you to our volunteers who officiated, judged and managed the event, as well as Lorne SLSC for being our host club. It might be the end of the Victorian IRB racing season for 2022, but our teams can't wait to head to the Australian IRB Championships at Mollymook SLSC in New South Wales in late July!" Mr Green said. The Australian IRB Championships will be held from 21-24 July.

Results

Open men's rescue

1st: Barwon Heads 13th Beach SLSC (Thomas Lenehan, Kieran Spanner, Stephanie Dimitrio)
2nd: Williamstown S&LC (Christian Aquila, Shaun Leith, Brydie Logan)
3rd: Venus Bay SLSC (Declan Woolf, Lachlan Hickey, Caitlyn Overall)

Open women's rescue

1st: Barwon Heads 13th Beach SLSC (Zoe Campbell, Georgia McKinnon, Tane Napier)
2nd: Ocean Grove SLSC (Orlagh Davison, Emily Bambrook, Georgia Cashin)
3rd: Venus Bay SLSC (Tyla McAlear, Alice Webb, Declan Woolf)

Under 23 men's rescue

1st: South Melbourne LSC (Benjamin O'Mahony, Matthew Nolan, Jacqueline Nolan)
2nd: Venus Bay SLSC (Declan Woolf, Lachlan Hickey, Caitlyn Overall)
3rd: Elwood LSC (Alec Hende, Jack Olivier, Erin Webster)

Open women's teams rescue

1st: Ocean Grove SLSC (Orlagh Davison, Gabrielle Hannan, Emily Bambrook, Keely Peatling, Jacob Lee, Georgia Cashin)
2nd: Elwood LSC (Jasmine McJames-Court, Megan Wyatt, Kiara McJames-Court, Joel Hosken, Emily Glass, Maeve Ford)
3rd: Venus Bay SLSC (Sabrina Lombardo, Tyla McAlear, Sophie Glasson, Molly-Mae Nicols, Declan Woolf, Lachlan Hickey)

Under 23 men's teams rescue

1 st: Brighton LSC (Jesse Tammesild, Henry Tammesild, Mitchell Cole, Samuel Marcus, Jasmine Lawrence, Sophia Gribble)
2nd: South Melbourne LSC (Nicholas Vouk, Benjamin O'Mahony, Lachlah Hirth, Matthew Nolan, Kyle Hirth, Mackenzie Michael)
3rd: Venus Bay SLSC (Declan Woolf, Austin Timmins, Lachlan Hickey, Kieran Randall, MollyMae Nicols, Ella Arnold)

Under 23 women's teams rescue

1st: Ocean Grove SLSC (Orlagh Davison, Ella Willson, Emily Bambrook, Olivia Ball, Jacob Lee, Benjamin Eales)
2nd: Venus Bay SLSC (Sabrina Lombardo, Tyla McAlear, Sophie Glasson, Molly-Mae Nicols, Declan Woolf, Lachlan Hickey)
3rd: Lorne SLSC (Alisa Johnson, Andie Hood, Ana McLiesh, Isabella Atkinson, Gracie Lourey, Samuel Ord)

Overall results under 23

1st: Elwood LSC, 55 points
2nd: South Melbourne LSC, 53 points
3rd: Venus Bay SLSC, 47 points

Pictures from Life Saving Victoria website.

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