Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club has competed at all 17 ‘Worlds’ since its inauguration in 1981. Maroochydore has a proud record, with the following results:
OVERALL CHAMPION CLUB TEAM RESULTS
1994 Cornwall, Great Britain – 3rd
1998 New Zealand – 3rd
2000 Sydney, Australia – World Champion Club
2002 Daytona Beach, Florida USA – World Champion Club
2018 Adelaide, South Australia – World Youth Champion Club
2024 Gold Coast, Australia – World Youth Champion Club
MAROOCHYDORE HAS PRODUCED
25 individual Open World Champions
21 individual Youth World Champions
18 Open & Youth World Champion Teams
MAROOCHYDORE SLSC WORLD CHAMPIONS 1992-2024
#1. John Baxter 1992, 1994, 1998
#2. Kerri Thomas (3) 1994, 1998, 2002
#3. Stephen Short (6) 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 (Team WR 2002)
#4. Heath Collie (4) 1994, 2000, 2002 (Team WR 2002)
#5. Rhett Collie 1996
#6. Linda Halfweeg 1998
#7. Danny Short 1998
2000
Maroochydore SLSC Open World Champions
#8. Jenny McMahon (3)
#9. Jason O’Pray (4) 2000, 2002 (Individual & Team WR 2002)
#10. David Locke
#11. Dean Mercer
2002, 2004
Maroochydore SLSC Open World Champions
#12. Sarah Windsor (2)
#13. Jenny Parry (7) 2002, 2004 (Individual WR 2004)
#14. Peter Court (Team WR 2002)
#15. Jessica Turnbull
#16. Britt Collie
#17. Clint Robinson OAM
#18. Andrew Jackson 2002, 2004
#19. Rowena Barben
2010
#20. Miranda Bell (2)
#21. Martha Kneale
#22. Jaci Baxter
#23. Emma Douglas
2012, 2014
#24. Alisha Ellwood* (2)
#25. Laura Pettigrew* (4)
#26. Brianna Massie* (2)
#27. Cassie Lee* (3)
#28. Chelsea Gillett* (3)
#29. Darcey Starr-Thomas*
2018
Maroochydore SLSC Youth World Champions
#30. Samuel Short* (2)
#31. Madison Howe* (3)
#32. Steven Coombes*
#33. Kurt Lorme*
#34. Joseph McMeniman*
#35. Summer Short*
#36. Sarah McGrath*
#37. Hamarna Williams*
#38. Hayden Cotter* (2)
#39. Fraser Toon*
#40. Ruben Zikarsky*
2024
Maroochydore SLSC Youth World Champions, Open Team 4th
#41. Samantha McGrath* (2)
#42 Pipi Barlow* (2)
#43. Reagan Copsey* (2)
#44. Indi Bland* (2)
#45. Tiarnee Massie
#46. Zoe Longhurst
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS IN SURF SPORTS
At each World Surf Life Saving Championships, an International Teams Championship is also held. Australian Surf Teams are also selected to compete in a range of other International contests, held outside of the ‘Worlds’.
Maroochydore’s first Australian Representative was Arthur Scott in 1938! It was an Instructional Tour.
Maroochydore’s first Australian Representative in Surf Sports was 1960 Rome Olympian John Rigby, who toured with the 1965 Australian Surf Team to the United States in 1965.
Since 1965 Maroochydore SLSC athletes have won selection in most Australian Surf Teams, particularly at Open level. The 2002 Australian Team to the ‘Worlds’ in the USA included 6 Maroochydore members, with Clint Robinson OAM named as Captain – an honour he was accorded on 5 occasions between 1999 and 2003.
Between 1965 and 2024, 50 Maroochydore Members have achieved Australian Honours in Open and Youth Teams.
AUSTRALIAN TEAM MANAGEMENT
Maroochydore SLSC has also produced :
3 Australian Captains
3 Australian Coaches
3 Australian Team Managers
