On Saturday the 17th of October 2020 selected members of the Summerstrand Surf Lifesaving Club competed in the Virtual Coolangatta Gold. This event is a very prestigious event held on the Gold Coast in Australia, but this year a Virtual race was held because of COVID-19. This gave lifesavers from all over the world a chance to compete in this race.
The short course section of the event consisted of a 10.5km ski paddle, 2km swim, 3km board paddle and a 5.5km run.
The Summies competitors tackled the competition with spirit and determination all while digging deep and coming out stronger!
A huge congratulations to the individual competitors: Andrew Stone, Georgia Stone, Geoff Cowper-Johnson, Nathan van den Berg, Daniel van den Berg, Maurice Millard, Jaime Hains, Rebecca Harcombe, Dalen Davidson, Christian Davidson, Courtney Davidson, Jodie Wilson, Aidan Jones, Alex Blandin de Chalain, Fanta Gous, Tracy Gous, Howard Loftus and Connor Craig.
Congratulations go to the two teams that competed: Erin Cameron, Sam Wentzel, Tim du Preez and Holly Cameron & Nick van den Berg, Bronwyn van den Berg and Gary Cowper-Johnson.
