Fire-fighting winners . . . From left Sharlene Campbell, Sue Templeton, Aubrey Dixon, and Heather Trevathan, display the trophies they won at the Otago-Southland rural fire-fighting Wajax competition. Photo by Matthew Haggart
The firefighting foursome have competed for the past decade in the yearly Wajax competition, and also made a clean sweep of the five winners' trophies in 2006.
Team spokeswoman Sue Templeton said they put their success down to experience and an intense six-week training period.
The Wanaka women outshone their male counterparts, who managed a "dismal'' sixth place in the men's competition, Wanaka Chief Fire Officer Steve Trevathan said.
The Wajax competition involves four-person teams from various volunteer rural fire brigades from across Otago and Southland, who race each other to carry and set up their hoses and equipment, he said.
A Lake Hawea fire brigade team took second place in the men's Wajax competition.
