Sea Isle City Beach Patrol Wins The 48th Annual Frank “Dutch” Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships

Video by Ryan Givens The Sea Isle City Beach Patrol scored in 4 out of the 5 events at the 48th Annual Frank “Dutch” Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships to win the team title. The race was originally scheduled for last Friday, but took place Monday evening at 6:30pm on Lincoln Avenue, and featured all beach patrols apart of the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association. Sea Isle City Beach Patrol - 1st Place Rescue Board Winner Jeff Buyse. Photo Credit: Dale Braun The Dutch Hoffman race consisted of a doubles row, rescue board paddle, swim, two mile run, and singles row. Sea Isle’s Justin Naylor and Pat Scannapieco posted a third place finish in the doubles row.  Margate and Longport placed first and second, respectively.  Right after the row, Sea Isle paddler Jeff Buyse continued his undefeated streak in the rescue board with an impressive win. Sea Isle City Beach Patrol 2nd Place Swim Conall Laughlin. Photo Credit: Dale Braun In the swim, Ocean City rookie Maggie Wallace had a dominant performance, beating out Sea Isle’s Conall Loughlin (2nd), and Longport’s John Tepper (3rd). In the two mile run, rookie Shawn Hutchinson finished 4th.  Wildwood’s Mike Syrnick won for the 5th time in his career, while Upper Township’s Jake Davis finished in a close second. SICBP 3rd Place Doubles Row Winners Pat Scannapleco and Justin Naylor. Photo Credit: Dale Braun While Sea Isle did not post a point scoring finish in the singles row, they held onto their team lead, outscoring 6-time defending champions Margate, 14 to 9. This is the third team win of the season for Sea Isle, as they won The Beschen-Callahan and Tri-Resorts Lifeguard competitions. SICBP 4th Place Runner Shaun Hutchinson. Photo Credit: Dale Braun Sea Isle City’s competition team will race this Friday at the Margate Memorials and look to continue their team success. The following are the results: Doubles Row: 1st Margate 2nd Longport 3rd Sea Isle (Justin Naylor and Pat Scannapleco) 4th Ventnor 5th Avalon Rescue Board: 1st Sea Isle (Jeff Buyse) 2nd Brigantine 3rd Ocean City (Bryan Theiss) 4th Wildwood 5th Stone Harbor Swim: 1st Ocean City (Maggie Wallace) 2nd Sea Isle (Conall Laughlin) 3rd Longport 4th Margate (Amber Glenn) 5th Wildwood Run: 1st Wildwood 2nd Upper Township (Jake Davis) 3rd Avalon 4th Sea Isle (Shawn Hutchinson) 5th Stone Harbor Singles Row: 1st Avalon 2nd Atlantic City 3rd Brigantine 4th Margate 5th Upper Township Overall (tie breaker in the Doubles Row): 1st Sea Isle (14 points) 2nd Margate (9 points) 3rd Avalon (9 points) 4th Ocean City (8 points) 5th Wildwood (8 points) Next up: Friday, August 4, 2017 Margate Memorials 6:30pm Margate, NJ (2nd of the Big Three)