June 2005

2005 NATIONALS

Our 2005 Nationals Competitors &Officials.

Congratulations to all those who competed in the Australian Nationals 2005, at Mulwala, NSW. The weather was mostly fine and the water was pretty good the events were run very well and a good time was had by all. Many thanks to the Victorian Club for hosting a great competition!

We had some very good skiing from all our club team with a top result from our much improved Sub-junior Gavin Beattie, winning both rounds of slalom & tricks giving him a much deserved sub-junior overall win. I don't know if Gavin's head will ever return to the same size again. Patrick Hunt who had a long break this season due to injury scored 4th place overall in sub-junior boys.

In the Juniors, Brenton Crouch scoring third in slalom, a massive 5400 points for first place in tricks, & a 13.5 for first place in jump. Close on his heels was Robert Blaauw with first place in slalom, a more than respectable 4200 points in tricks, & a 13.0 for second place in jump. Katrina Beattie scored 5th place in the junior girls. Well done all!

Mens 1 Shane Brooks skied well to gain 3rd overall against some stiff competition. Good on you Shane!

Mens 2 skiers were Chris Widdison, Andrew Connors, Warwick Harris & Steve McKay. All put up a good effort against some top scoring competition. Great flip Chris. Our senior gentlemen (middle aged blokes) Tim Failes & Paul Greer skied well with Tim achieving 1st place in slalom, 2nd place in tricks & 3rd in jump. Paul gained a 5th overall .

Veteran Mens skier (newcomer again) Paul Jones showed the younger skiers that us old farts still have what it takes. Paul won both rounds of tricks, second in slalom & 1st overall. Maybe Paul won't need to borrow my (Chris Judd's) shirt for medals presentation next year. Little Greg Ruthven was surprised to win third overall.

In Super Veteran Mens, second time nationals competitor Chris Judd scored first in tricks, slalom & overall with old timer & good buddy Norm Brown still up there with second place in all events.

The final mention in this issue of NEWS is to the club officials and diligent members (you know who you are), families and supporters. On behalf of all NSW competitors, thank you for your hard work, organisation, support and effort, without which this event would not have been possible. Congratulations to all those who out-footed themselves at the nationals in Mulwala, VIC. 

For the NSW STATE TITLES 2005 results please click here and here. The forms can be read right-side-up by clicking the view button at the top of the page, then clicking the rotate clockwise button at the bottom of the drop-down menu.

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1/12/2007