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Five NSW athletes have progressed to the final weekend of the new-look Iron Series after a huge weekend in Newcastle also saw Newport SLSC’s Lizzie Welborn outlast a stacked field to win the Eliminator event on Sunday. 

Seven NSW athletes have progressed to the next rounds of the new-look Iron Series after a gruelling weekend at Wanda beach saw the field of 56 athletes whittled down to 44. 

Six wins on the trot was brought up in style by the NSW squad at the Australian Interstate Beach and Ocean Championships at Wanda on 13 December, even though a nail-biting finish saw just five points separate first and second when the podium was announced. 

A focused and in-form NSW select group of Youth and Open athletes are preparing to defend six years of history on Friday 13 December when the Australian Interstate Ocean Championships descends on Wanda beach as a precursor to a huge weekend of surf sports. 

Dominant displays on the sand and high-level consistency in the water has ultimately pushed Sydney Branch to a third consecutive Surf Life Saving NSW Interbranch Championships title at Cape Hawke on the state’s Lower North Coast.