The NSW Pool Rescue team will be looking to make a splash this weekend as the nation’s best swimmers land on the Gold Coast for the Australian Pool Rescue Championships.
Selected following their strong results a fortnight ago during the State Championships at the Peninsula Leisure Centre on the Central Coast, the NSW team will be looking to build on the momentum gathered and bring a slew of medals back home with them.
Nine different surf clubs will be represented across the team of 24, with no club boasting more than five swimmers.
Having posted Australian records the last time the Championships were held in 2019, North Curl Curl’s Dominique Melbourn and James Koch – formerly of Shelly Beach, now of Bondi Surf Bathers – will be ones to watch.
Meanwhile, with five Australian records to her name – posted in two stunning spurts in 2013 and 2017 – James’ clubmate, Dori Miller is sure to be tough to beat once again.
Gun competitors Blake Hessel, Zara Kasprowicz, Emily Maythers, Alex Walker and Brayden Woodford – the latter of which coming off an outstanding State Championships that saw him claim seven gold medals from seven events and post scary times in the 50m with Fin and Super Lifesaver – will have a chance to make a name for themselves on a national stage.
The 2022 Australian Pool Rescue Championships will be held at the Southport Aquatic Centre on Queensland’s Gold Coast from 5-7 August.
NSW Pool Rescue Team:
| Olivia | Clues | North Curl Curl SLSC |
| Katelynn | Doyle | Newport SLSC |
| Emily | Doyle | Newport SLSC |
| Anthony | Doyle | Newport SLSC |
| Kimberley | Doyle | Newport SLSC |
| Ethan | Garland | Bondi Surf Bathers LSC |
| Kye | Green | Terrigal SLSC |
| Blake | Hessel | Shelly Beach SLSC |
| Samuel | Higgs | North Curl Curl SLSC |
| Luke | Higgs | North Curl Curl SLSC |
| Holly | Holmesby | Bulli SLSC |
| Chelsea | Jones | Bulli SLSC |
| Zara | Kasprowicz | North Curl Curl SLSC |
| James | Koch | Bondi Surf Bathers LSC |
| Noah | Maggs | Newport SLSC |
| Emily | Maythers | North Cronulla SLSC |
| Dominique | Melbourn | North Curl Curl SLSC |
| Dori | Miller | Bondi Surf Bathers LSC |
| Lily | O’Sullivan | Cudgen Headland SLSC |
| Tom | Simpson | Shelly Beach SLSC |
| Stephanie | Staniforth | Bulli SLSC |
| Alex | Walker | Cooks Hill SLSC |
| Brayden | Woodford | Bulli SLSC |
| Jack | Baker | Terrigal SLSC |
Thursday 4 August 2022