Surf Club News

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas - safe safe on the beach this summer!

Club Calendars
Head to the Club Calendars page on our website for downloadable versions of the 2022/2023 Sport and Lifesaving calendars. There's also a link to our online club bookings calendar so you can see when the club is booked and for what.

Club Cleanliness
It is the responsibility of all members to keep the clubhouse clean and tidy. Please clean up after yourselves to ensure that the next users do not arrive to a mess. This includes the upstairs hall and making sure that the gear downstairs is put away.

Stormwater Management
Wellington Water are proposing an approach for reducing pollution of local harbours, rivers and streams from the council stormwater and wastewater networks. Our members are invited to have a say on the draft Stormwater Management Strategy by the end of February 2023. You can read more about it here on the Wellington Water website and fill out the survey.

Female Health Seminar
It was great to see a range of genders, ages and involvement in the club attend the recent seminar we hosted. Thank you Tessa for sharing your knowledge of female health and how this can have impact on training abilities.

Passing of Ian McCaw
Family and friends of the late Ian (Squeak) McCaw watched as Paul's U23 Men took Squeak for his 'last ride' in the surf boat on a beautiful evening in Titahi Bay. Squeak was a member of Titahi Bay SLSC before he and Ann relocated to Tauranga. RIP Squeak.

Benestar is the counselling and wellbeing provider for SLSNZ members. All active and current members and their immediate families* have access to fully funded counselling and wellbeing resources through Benestar. Benestar have counsellors throughout New Zealand who can be selected and booked online by the user. They also can be booked by phone. Active current members include patrolling members, committee members, officials, coaches and Peer Supporters.

Please get in touch with Georgia if you can do any hours on either of these days.

National Lifeguard School
Eli Jones, Ethan Jones and Mac Van Den Heuvel attended the 2022 SLSNZ National Lifeguard School at Waihi Beach. The surf was large and conditions challenging, but by all accounts the candidates enjoyed themselves immensely and learnt a lot of new skills to bring back to Titahi Bay. Photos are available on the SLSNZ Facebook page.

New Lifeguards
Congratulations to our newest Surf Lifeguards and Patrol Support - Alison, Conrad, Felix, Kirk, Logan, Louise, Nic, Sooz, Pacey, Maia, Ashleigh, Travis, Robyn and Daisy. It's been a huge effort by the instructors to get the group through so a big thank you goes to everyone who has been involved and good luck to those sitting the January exam!

Volunteer Patrol Roster
You can access the Patrol Roster here. We started patrolling on Sunday 27 November and will be providing volunteer patrols until Sunday 5 March. Please note we urgently need more lifeguards to patrol on Christmas Day, New Years Day and Waitangi Day!

Paid Lifeguard Service
This started at Titahi Bay on Monday 19 December. Paid Lifeguards will be stationed at the beach from 12pm to 7pm on weekdays until Friday 27 January - pictured below are the lifeguards who will be keeping our community safe in the water this summer at Titahi Bay.

White Horse #1: Foxton - Results
Surf Boat Series Round 1: Titahi Bay - Results
Surf Boat Series Round 2: Whangamata - Results
White Horse #2: Raumati Beach - Results

New Zealand Surf Boat Trial
Congratulations to the U23 Women and U23 Men who were selected for the New Zealand Surf Boat Team (The 'Oar Blacks') at the conclusion of the Surf Boat Trial at Whangamata. The crews will race against their Australian opposition at the North Island Surf Boat Championships in Waihi over Waitangi Weekend in 2023.
Development Women
Bernice Holford, Jaimie Balmer, Rosie Darrah, Emma Morrison and Tim Marsden.
Development Men
Conor Devery, Alex Joyce, Christian Donkin, Liam McVicar and Paul McVicar.

Mount Monster
Congratulations to James Rouppe Van Der Voort and Liam Neal who took on the Mount Monster! What a great effort to complete this grueling race!

Surf Officials
We ask members who are interested in becoming Surf Officials to get in touch with our Pathways Coordinator, Deborah Donkin to begin the Surf Official Level 1 training. More information about being a Surf Official is available here and it's a great way to be involved in Surf Sport and meet officials from all around the country.

Central Region Championships (CRC) - Fitzroy Beach
The CRC will take place at Fitzroy Beach on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 January 2023. This competition is held in conjunction with the third round of the Surf Boat Series so nearly every discipline of Surf Sport will be on display across the weekend.
Live Results (available at the commencement of the competition)

Junior Surf #1 - Worser Bay
Unfortunately due to weather and water conditions this event was cancelled.

Junior Surf #2 - Titahi Bay
Thanks to everyone who pitched in to make the recent Junior Surf event at our beach a success!

Central Region Junior Championships (CRJC) - Fitzroy Beach
The CRJC will take place at Fitzroy Beach on Friday 13 January 2023. Note this season the Junior competition is being held on the Friday while the Senior competition will be run on the Saturday and Sunday.
Live Results (available at the commencement of the competition)

Oceans Merchandise
The Oceans'23 merchandise has been released to pre-order - check it out here.

Oceans Fundraising
Thanks to everyone who supported the recent Christmas Raffle and Silent Auction - your support getting our Oceans Team to Mount Maunganui is much appreciated.

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