Student Achievements

On the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of March Tyler and Kye attend the CFA VFBV State Junior Firefighter Championships with the Maffra Fire Brigade at Mooroopna.

The championships bring brigades from across the state to compete against each other in events that are based around firefighting. Some of these events include Hydrant Race, Wet Hose Striking Disc and Marshall events just to name a few. These events are run as either 1 competitor, 2 competitors and 4 competitors.

The Maffra team, which compete in the under 14 sections did fantastic brining home medals and placing 4th in the Aggregate Under 14’s and 6th in the Grand Aggregate out of a total of 27 teams.

Tyler and Kye won the under 14 years wet house 2 competitors’ event and the Maffra team got 2nd in the under 14 years “Y” coupling 4 competitors. Tyler also got 3rd place in the under 14 Hydrant race.

The championships are great for all the kids and is a fantastic weekend displaying the skills and effort that they all put in leading up to the events in training and attending local competitions (demo’s) that are held.

If anyone is interested in joining the Maffra Fire Brigade running team, they can get in touch with Maffra Fire Brigade via there facebook page.