All-Woman Lifeguard Competition

The team of Lori Borgal and Hannah Fraser dominated events at the second annual Nova Scotia All-Woman Beach Lifeguard Competition held this week at Rissers Beach, Lunenburg Co.

The two Halifax women clinched the overall team title by winning six of eight events at the competition, held July 20 by the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service. Nancy Witty of Wolfville, a member of last year's winning team, won the overall individual title.

Fifteen competitors from across the province duelled in the eight events: a 500-metre open-water swim; rescue tube relay; run-paddle-run; beach flags; ironwoman (run, paddle, surf-ski, swim, run); two-kilometre beach run; run-swim-run; and paddleboard relay.

Many of the highly competitive events ended in close finishes. In the 500-metre open-water swim, five seconds separated the second- and fifth-place finishers. In the ironwoman, a sprint to the finish ended with Ms. Borgal just edging out Ms. Witty, who was favoured to win.

The Nova Scotia All-Woman Beach Lifeguard Competition was sponsored by the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service, a joint project of the Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission and the Lifesaving Society, Nova Scotia Branch.

Event Winners

500-metre open-water swim - Hannah Fraser (Halifax) Rescue tube relay - the team of Lori Borgal (Halifax)
and Hannah Fraser (Halifax) Run-paddle-run - Nancy Witty (Wolfville) Beach flags - Lori Borgal (Halifax) Ironwoman - Lori Borgal (Halifax) Two-kilometre run - Hannah Fraser (Halifax) Run-swim-run - Hannah Fraser (Halifax) Paddleboard relay - the team of Catrin Hughes (Aylesford)
and Nancy Witty (Wolfville)

Overall Team Results

1. Lori Borgal (Halifax) and Hannah Fraser (Halifax)
2. Giselle Figueiredo (Halifax) and Amy Clattenburg (Halifax)
3. Brianne Lauzier (Halifax) and Jenna Durling (Halifax)
4. Sarah Wilkie (Halifax) and Dayna Wojcik (Hammonds Plains)
5. Kim Childs (Waverly) and Kristy Childs (Waverly)

Overall Individual Results

1. Nancy Witty (Wolfville)
2. Liz Bishara (Yarmouth)
3. Catrin Hughes (Aylesford)
4. Pam Connell (Yarmouth)
5. Jenna Allen (New Cumberland)

More information on the lifeguard competition is available on the Internet at www.nsls.ns.ca under "competitions."

NOTE TO EDITORS: Photos of two winners in the 1999 Nova Scotia All-Woman Beach Lifeguard Competition are available on the Communications Nova Scotia ftp site. The pictures are of Nancy Witty of Wolfville, the winner of the individual title, and Lori Borgal of Halifax, winner of the team title with Hannah Fraser. As well, the logo of the competition is available.

Members of the media can access the ftp site using the following information:

Site: ftp.gov.ns.ca UserID: cns_guest Password: vEw1078K Files: wittyn.jpg
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