Southbourne's
IRB teams were in action over the weekend of 26th and 27th September. On
the Saturday they competed in the International event against teams from
England, Wales, Germany Denmark and Australia. This event proved to be a
good warm up for the British Championships on the Sunday.
On
Sunday morning the teams (2 male and 1 female) made themselves ready to do
battle against the rest of Britain. In the morning the heats were hard
fought with all Southbourne's teams making it through to the finals. After
lunch the finals were run and Southbourne seemed to be doing quite well!
When the dust had settled the results were in and the rest of Britain were
stunned. Southbourne had come in Second in the tube rescue and had won
gold in the Mass Rescue, Team Rescue and Blue Ribbon Single Rescue. The
girls had managed silver in their 3 events. Once the team had 'jangled'
off the rostrum the overall scores were announced. This was the
accumulated score of all teams representing a Club so the larger Clubs had
the advantage over little old Southbourne. This meant that in the men's
event Southbourne only managed 3rd place with Hayle 2nd and Saunton first
(quantity over quality). Fortunately Hayle and Southbourne hadn't brought
a female team so the girls' second place behind Whitsand Bay was added
into the overall Club score. So, who had won? After a long day we were all
having trouble with the maths, hd the girls score given Southbourne
enough? Then the numbers were announced. The points were tied! So, how do
they work out who comes first. Well, at last quality beats quantity, the
most gold medals win.
Southbourne's
IRB teams were in action over the weekend of 26th and 27th September. On
the Saturday they competed in the International event against teams from
England, Wales, Germany Denmark and Australia. This event proved to be a
good warm up for the British Championships on the Sunday.
On
Sunday morning the teams (2 male and 1 female) made themselves ready to do
battle against the rest of Britain. In the morning the heats were hard
fought with all Southbourne's teams making it through to the finals. After
lunch the finals were run and Southbourne seemed to be doing quite well!
When the dust had settled the results were in and the rest of Britain were
stunned. Southbourne had come in Second in the tube rescue and had won
gold in the Mass Rescue, Team Rescue and Blue Ribbon Single Rescue. The
girls had managed silver in their 3 events. Once the team had 'jangled'
off the rostrum the overall scores were announced. This was the
accumulated score of all teams representing a Club so the larger Clubs had
the advantage over little old Southbourne. This meant that in the men's
event Southbourne only managed 3rd place with Hayle 2nd and Saunton first
(quantity over quality). Fortunately Hayle and Southbourne hadn't brought
a female team so the girls' second place behind Whitsand Bay was added
into the overall Club score. So, who had won? After a long day we were all
having trouble with the maths, hd the girls score given Southbourne
enough? Then the numbers were announced. The points were tied! So, how do
they work out who comes first. Well, at last quality beats quantity, the
most gold medals win.