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Swanbourne Cup Mixed Board Rescue - Heat 1
Firstly thank you to Ben Juengling and Ray Lampard for their assistance in the setting of the string line. Thank you also to Erin Gallagher and the Nippers for loan of the string line. Thanks also to Brodie Price and Chris Hazell for water safety / additional sighting objects! Thanks also to Ben, Ray, Annie, Mim and the Patrol for retrieving the string line, washing everything and putting it away.
Heat 1
Red/Yellow - Ben and Annie Juengling - 3rd
Black - Kathleen and Brenton Laws - 1st
Green/White - Paul Linabury and Lauren Brayford - 7th
Red - Rosie Defrancesco and Aaron Cohen - 8th
Blue/White - Ben Leonard and Sarah Michal - 6th but DQ'd
Yellow - Julian Gibbings and Lucy Gunzburg - 2nd
White/Black - Hayley Myers and Nick Hudson - 5th but DQ'd
Orange - Logan Ovenden-Clarke and Sophia Papandroulakis - 7th and special prize for longest team name
Green/Yellow - Tilly and Clancy Banfield - 4th
Ben Leonard swam to the wrong buoy (White/Black), raised his arm, then swam across to the correct buoy (Blue/White) and again raised his arm.
8.8.3 (f) "should a competitor swim to a wrong buoy and signal the team shall be disqualified."
Nick Hudson as board paddler left on the signal of Ben Leonard on the White/Black buoy - the incorrect buoy for Ben but the correct buoy for Nick's swimmer Hayley.
The Surfs Sports Manual is silent on what happens to a team if a swimmer incorrectly signals on their buoy. It does however state 8.8.3 (g) "the team shall not be disqualified if the rescuer incorrectly crosses the start/changeover line and then resumes the correct position to correctly await the finish signal from the patient." So this allows for the board paddler to leave on the incorrect signal but then return to the start line and await the correct signal.
So basically you need to watch your swimmer and leave when they signal on your buoy. So a harsher disqualification, but a disqualification none the less. Ben probably owes Nick and Hayley a drink.
The start was also a little controversial as some swimmers may not have been ready. But as the starter noted, 7 of the swimmers were ready and how long do you have to wait for people to get their act together.
Swanbourne Cup Mixed Board Rescue - Heat 2 Heat 2 Red/Yellow -
Sydney Hodges and Luke Bishop - 1st
Black - Jamie Brigg and Hannan Orchard - 7th
Green/White - Matt Power and Sarah Power - 8th
Red - Brenton Tenaglia and Kristie Orchard - 9th
Blue/White - Sarah Hammond and Joe Keith - 2nd but DQ'd
Yellow - Peter Brigg and Libby Rayner - 5th
White/Black - Maia Simmonds and Mark Grzanka - 6th
Orange - Christopher Bettridge and Mim Williams - 4th but DQ'd
Green/Yellow - Gemma Banfield and Tim Tucak - 3rd
Joe Keith's board got caught between the string line and the buoy line and as a result the board did not pass around the buoy. Thank you to Joe and Sarah for their honesty in confirming they did not paddle around the buoy but sadly disqualified.
8.8.3 (g) "paddle to and around the allotted buoy." and "The patient pick up shall be effected on the seaward side of the buoy."
Mim Williams suffered a similar fate and Christopher Bettridge was picked up on the shoreward side of the buoy. Thank you to Mim and Chris for their honesty in confirming they did not paddle around the buoy but sadly also disqualified.
Matt Power had a great swim but appeared headed for the Blue/White buoy. Luckily he self corrected and swam along the string line to signal from the Green/White buoy.
Apart from Tim falling of his board twice this heat was without further incident on the water.
Thanks to Susan "Team Whisperer" Defrancesco for convincing Gemma to swim and form the ninth team.
Swanbourne Cup Mixed Board Rescue - Final
Teams:
(First four from Heat 1)
Kathleen Laws and Brenton Laws Julian Gibbings and Lucy Gunzburg Ben Juengling and Annie Juengling
Tilly Banfield and Clancy Banfield
(Three of first five from Heat 2)
Sydney Hodges and Luke Bishop Gemma Banfield and Tim Tucak Peter Brigg and Libby Rayner - substituted with Hannan Orchard
(Wildcards)
Consideration was given to Nick Hudson and Hayley Myers but a DQ is a DQ even if it was a harsh DQ.
Matt Power and Sarah Power to see if Matt could swim straight
Paul Linabury and Lauren Brayford, but Paul was already in the showers
Mark Grzanka and Maia Simmonds, who were ranked higher than Matt & Sarah and Paul & Lauren, so thank you to Lauren for withdrawing.
Final:
Red/Yellow - Mark Grzanka and Maia Simmonds - 9th
Black - Peter Brigg and Hannan Orchard - 7th
Green/White - Matt Power and Sarah Power - 8th
Red - Gemma Banfield and Tim Tucak - 6th
Blue/White - Tilly Banfield and Clancy Banfield - 1st
Yellow - Julian Gibbings and Lucy Gunzburg - 2nd
White/Black - Sydney Hodges and Luke Bishop - 5th
Orange - Ben Juengling and Annie Juengling - 3rd
Green/Yellow - Kathleen Laws and Brenton Laws - 4th
The sea breeze was in and it seems the northern end fared batter than the southern end. Matt Power still swam off course. Jules and Gunz thought they had a Swanbourne Cup at last only for Tilly and Clancy to catch a wave on their solid board paddle to the beach from 6th or 7th position at the end of the swim. Gemma was delighted to see them win so she and Tim caught a wave of their own. Everyone other than Tilly and Clancy rued not being lighter faster swimmers/paddlers!
So congratulations to Tilly Banfield and Clancy Banfield who are the winners of the Swanbourne Cup Mixed Board Rescue Race for 2020!
Hopefully Peter Brigg will have plenty of photos/video to upload later this afternoon. Also check out Mim Williams video which shows the finish including the wave the winners caught. And be back down at the Club at 3.30pm for the sports dietitian to find out how you can be a lighter faster swimmer/paddler!
Clancy is 12 years 9 months old and Tilly is 14 years 9 months so definitely the youngest ever winners of the Swanbourne Cup and a record unlikely to be beaten!
String Line was set an estimated 110 metres from shore, 10 metres less than the regulation 120 metres. Prior to the seabreeze coming in this meant it was a straight swim-off paddle-fest. Waves came good in the final to figure in the result!
Special mention to Hayley Myers and Christopher Bettridge who swam to Rottnest the day before and backed it up to swim again today. No doubt 110 m felt long! Also Luke Bishop and Maia Simmonds who were support crew yesterday.
Age analysis of Swanbourne Cup Mixed Board Rescue Race Winners.
Observations:
2020 was definitely the youngest winners - both for individual ages and combined age.
Previous youngest winners were James Doyle and Elizabeth Fitzhardinge in 2002, both about 19 and half years.
The oldest winners were Jane and Tony Leaversuch in 2013.
Winners combined age peaked in 2013 and is now on a downward trend.
Since 2011 the age difference between the winners has not been greater than 4.5 years, averages 2.0 years and on 6 occasions the winners have been about a years difference in age.
Similarly, average combined age peaked at 67 years in 2013 and is now slowly decreasing.
Average combined age from 2001 to 2020 is 63.8 years (no data for 2004 or 2005)
Julian and Lucy's combined age closely follows the average combined age until 2014, but is now heading in the opposite direction! Is their winning window now closed?
Mim should be looking for a 37 year old partner for next years Swanbourne Cup. How old is Christopher Bettridge?
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