Clean sweep for Greytown volunteers

HOT STUFF: The team that scooped the pool, Matt Wos (left), Sharon Cretney, Steve Perry, Kerry Fenwick, AJ Dawes ( front) and Geoff Allen. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED.

We are the champions could be a fitting theme song for Greytown's Volunteer Fire Brigade right now.

Its road crash rescue team scooped the pool at the region 2 Crash Rescue Challenge (North Island) held in Silverdale, Auckland, on Saturday, winning all seven categories.

On a day described as "incredibly hot" the team, led by Kerry Fenwick, cleaned out their opposition in medical, technical, entrapped event, controlled event, immediate event and the trauma event.

To add salt to the wound Kerry Fenwick also won the team leader challenge.

When scores were totalled Greytown were also well clear of the region 1 teams from northern New Zealand, giving the team the title of the best team in the North Island.

Team manager Denis Fenwick said the team had put into practice all the skills learned over the past few years. These included extracting patients from serious, simulated crashes, encountering crashed cars on their sides, roofs and entangled with motorcycles and "all manner of things".

He said the team wanted to thank people for the support given to them, especially help with fundraising by donating scrap metal.