Queensland State Teams

Queensland Teams

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The representative & performance sport program in Queensland is collectively known as the "Queensland Cyclones". The program aims to cultivate the state’s most promising surf sport athletes through athlete development and representative opportunities across all surf sport disciplines including Ocean/ Beach competition, pool rescue, IRB racing and surf boat competition. The pinnacle representative opportunity at a state level is selection in a Queensland State Team. There are four Queensland State Teams selected annually who compete in Ocean/Beach, Surf Boat, IRB and Pool Rescue disciplines. These teams compete at the Australian Interstate Championships in respective disciplines throughout the year with results contributing towards the Alan Whelpton AO Shield – which is awarded to the state with the overall top pointscore across the four Interstate Championship Events. In addition to state team’s, other QLD representative opportunities include the Super Surf Teams League (SSTL) competition and QLD IRB Development Team.

Queensland Cyclones Ocean/Beach State Team

Competes at the SLSA Ocean/Beach Interstate Championships each year (usually held in January). The teams is made up of 36 athletes selected across 3 divisions - Pathway (U14-U15), Youth (U17) and Open. Athletes compete in a variety of events across ocean (swim, board, ski, iron) and beach (sprint, flags) disciplines with individual performances within the each event contributing towards a team result. QLD has a long standing rivalry with NSW at the Ocean/Beach interstate competition. In 2024, QLD finished second overall.

Queensland Cyclones Surf Boat State Team

Competes at the Interstate Championship section of the ASRL Open each year. The QLD Team is made up of crews from all divisions (Open Men’s, Open Women’s, Reserve Grade Men’s, Reserve Grade Women’s, U23 Men’s, U23 Women’s, U19 Men’s and U19 Women’s). The team is selected from performances at the ASRLQ State Team Trial held in January. The top crews are invited to participate in the trial, with performances during the season determining whether an granted an invitation to compete in the trial. At the 2024 event, QLD won overall for the second year in a row (from a countback to 5^th!)

Queensland Cyclones IRB Representative Teams (Queensland Cyclones State Team and Queensland IRB Development Team)

Competes at the SLSA IRB Interstate Championships, held on the Friday during the Australian IRB Championships held in July. The State Team and Development Team are each made up of 18 athletes, with crews competing in IRB Tube Rescue, IRB Surf Rescue, IRB Mass Rescue and IRB Teams events for each gender. In addition, each team competes in a 18-person mixed IRB Taplin Relay. The IRB Development Team is an opportunity for athletes to test their skills against other states with a pathway to future selection in the State Team. QLD has a very rich history in IRB Interstate Championships, having won the event overall for 13 consecutive years. In 2023, the State Team was undefeated in all events, winning 9 from 9 events.

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Queensland Cyclones Pool Rescue Team

Competes at the SLSA Interstate Pool Rescue Championships, held as part of the Australian Pool Rescue Championships in August. The team make up consists of 24 athletes ranging from U14 to Open age groups. Interstate relays are held on the Friday afternoon of

Super Surf Teams League (SSTL) Teams

QLD has 4 teams that participate in the annual super surf teams league competition, held across 3 rounds annually. Teams consist of a maximum of 4 male and 4 female competitors.

Each round of the Super Surf Teams League features traditional Ski, Swim, Board and Beach events, as well as mixed-gender relays. The blue-ribbon event is the Mixed Ocean M Relay, which features all eight team members.

The 4 x QLD SSTL Teams are named after different regions in QLD. In 2024, QLD teams took out a clean sweep of the podium.