RESULTS
MEN
replica breitling watchesRound 4: 1st Shannon Eckstein (Northcliffe); 2nd Hugh Dougherty (Tugun); 3rd Rhys Drury (Dicky Beach); 4th Dylan Newbiggin (Mooloolaba); 5th Sam Hamilton (Tugun).
Overall pointscore: Shannon Eckstein 79, Hugh Dougherty 73, Ky Hurst 65, Rhys Drury 60, Alaistar Day 56, Corey Jones 52, Peirce Leonard 51, Nathan Smith 47, Dylan Newbiggin 45, Matt Poole 44.
WOMEN
Round 4: 1st Elizabeth Pluimers (Northcliffe); 2nd Hayley Bateup (Kurrawa); 3rd Alicia Marriott (Mooloolaba); 4th Courtney Hancock (Northcliffe); 5th Naomi Flood (Manly).
Overall pointscore: Hayley Bateup 74, Alicia Marriott 72, Naomi Flood 70, Elizabeth Pluimers 63, Courtney Hancock 61, Kristyl Smith 60, Rebecca Creedy 49, Terri Sullivan 46, Bonnie Hancock 45, Brodie Moir 43.
ALICIA Marriott began the summer by edging out Hayley Bateup in arguably the closest finish in Coolangatta Gold history.
And the scene has been set for the two queens of the surf to renew their rivalry at Sydney in two weeks time.
Kurrawa's Bateup finished second behind Northcliffe's Elizabeth Pluimers in round four of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Series at Alexandra Headland yesterday, with Mooloolaba's Marriott close behind in third.
It means Bateup holds a slender two-point advantage over Marriott in the overall standings, setting up a grandstand finish in the double points final round at Cronulla on February 21.
replica hublot watchesIn pounding two metre waves that caused bedlam at times, Marriott made her move on the second swim leg and found a timely wave on the final ski leg to keep pace with Bateup and set up a grandstand series finish in a fortnight's time.
"Some of the girls in front of me actually fell off their skis, but then the wave came and I went for it," Marriott said.
"It's very taxing on your body in these conditions, doing leg after leg and trying to hold your breath in these kind of waves.
"I haven't had a lot of practice in those type of waves because it's usually so flat here on the Sunshine Coast.
"It's good the surf picked up again this weekend because it makes it much more exciting."
Marriott said moving during the winter from Perth to the Sunshine Coast is a big factor in links of london charms her strong form.
"I'm not a big fan of flying as it is and flying the day before a race really takes it out of you, both mentally and physically," she said.
After a disappointing performance in round three, Pluimers hit back in the best possible way to keep herself in contention for the series title.
"I was so angry with myself yesterday," she said.
"I made a few mistakes and had a lot of unlucky things happen as well.
"I had a sit down with everyone; even my mum and dad gave me the tough love and said 'you've got to go back out there', so I'm glad I stuck around for today."
In other Sunshine Coast results, Met Caloundra's Rebecca Creedy and Mooloolaba's Allira Richardson finished sixth and seventh respectively.
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