"Harriet Brown has gone from training 16 times a week to nothing after the Queensland and Australian surf life saving titles were cancelled" - Gold Coast Bulletin

HARRIET Brown has had the remainder of her surf lifesaving season ripped from beneath her feet.

Having trained up to 16 times a week for the past two months in anticipation of the Queensland and Australian surf lifesaving titles, the former Nutri-Grain series champion arrived at swimming training on Friday, business as usual.

“That’s the first time we thought it might be a possibility,” Brown said.

Just hours later, both events were cancelled by their respective organising bodies amid COVID-19 fears as the surf lifesaving season came to an abrupt end.

“My sister had come up (from Victoria) for the weekend so I was out for dinner with her when we found out,” Brown said.

“We found out when surf lifesaving put the news up on Facebook.

“There was a bit of a discussion beforehand but once States were cancelled, we were basically waiting for them to make the call on Aussies.

“All of us Northcliffe girls are in a group message and we were all in absolute shock and couldn’t believe it came to an end so quickly.”

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