2016 Aussie Champs

Australian IRB Championships 2016 – Mollymook Beach Australia

Sunset Beach Lifeguard Service had 3 teams head to Mollymook Beach, Australia to compete in the Australian IRB Chammpionships 2016.

Competition started on Friday 22nd July at 11.30 after the Interstate competition and then all day Saturday and Sunday.

Teams – Shane and Mark Edwards (Open Men’s), Lewis Powell and Hogan Shrimpton (Open Men’s), Taylor Shrimpton and Izzy lempriere (Open Women’s). Lola Key (patient)

Competing in events:
Open Men (133 crews entered) 16 x Heats, 2nd round heats, ¼ finals, semi finals, finals – 9 lanes per heat, 4 go through to next round
1. Tube Rescue Mass Rescue
2. Surf Rescue
3. Mass Rescue
4. Male Teams Rescue

Open Women (75 crews entered)
1. Tube Rescue
2. Mass Rescue
3. Surf Rescue

Best Results for Sunset:   Taylor and Izzy 7th place out of 9 in final of Women's Mass rescue. Well done team.  Shane, Mark, Lewis and Hogan 5th in semi final of Open Teams Race.  Did not progress to final.  Great results and experience.

Sunset Beach wins 6 Awards at the Northern Region Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence

The Northern Region Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence were held last night 25th June at Shed 10, Auckland.  The event was well attended by 20 lifeguards from Sunset Beach and MC’d by Malcolm Beattie.

The night rolled on with many well deserving lifesavers, competitors, surf clubs, volunteers and officials recognised for their outstanding contributions and dedication to Surf Lifesaving.

Sunset Beach was nominated for 5 awards, Winners of Northern Region IRB Competition Title and 4 Service Awards.  We were not disappointed, winning the nominations:

Outstanding Contribution to Junior Surf – Joanne Hobson
Coach of the Year – Shane Edwards
Outstanding Contribution to Power Craft – Shane Edwards
Competition Team of the Year – Womens IRB Racing team and National Champions – Taylor Shrimpton, Robbie Shrimpton and Robert Graham
Volunteer of the Year – Joanne Hobson
Northern Region IRB Champions – Sunset Beach

Service Awards: Warren Edwards, Terry Wyllie, Joanne Hobson, Shane Edward. What an outstanding result for a very successful year for Sunset Beach Lifeguard Service.  Well done to the award recipients and the support behind them!

Check out photos of the awards night on our facebook page
 

2016 Waikato District Youth Awards - Shane Edwards Wins the Kia Kaha Award

Sunset Beach lifegaurds attended the Annual Waikato District Youth Awards for contribution to the Community for 12 - 24 year olds.

Shane Edwards and Robert Graham were Finalists for the Kia Kaha Award. 'Young People who have contributed in meaningful ways to their community'.

Shane Edwards was the winner of the Kia Kaha Award and Robert Graham a runner up. Congratulations to you both. Well deserved nominations and a huge asset to our community. Read Shane's Nomination below:

Shane Edwards joined our club in 2004 as a junior guard. He has risen through the ranks of our volunteer lifesaving club and in this time he has contributed significantly to the community of Port Waikato. He has trained a large number of local guards to become proficient as rescue boat crews and as patrolling members. This year alone he has trained two rescue boat (IRB) instructors and supervised the training of 15 crewmen and 15 drivers.

The community has benefited by his input as the beach is a safe place for the community family's to recreate over the summer period. He has been involved in a number of very high profile rescue missions and is a member of the Port Waikato region after hours patrol. All of this work is carried out voluntarily.

He sets a very high example for other lifeguards to follow and is held in high regards by the people of Port Waikato. He has been recognised by the Northern Region and the NZ Surf Lifesaving Association as a leader in his highly specialised area of life guarding expertise.

Link to photos on our facebook page...

Robert has been nominated by the Onewhero Area School for his contributions as a Year 12 sports leader at Onewhero Area School, member of the sunset beach surf lifesaving club at Port Waikato and coach of the Onewhero Area School Basketball Team.

Op Shop Ball - Event of the Year

The Sunset Beach Lifeguard Service - Op Shop Ball was the Fundraising Event of the year! It was a real celebration for the end of a fantastic year for Sunset Beach Lifeguard Service and their competition teams. The silent auction was a huge success with 16 items up for auction, a big thank you to all our bidders and winners. To the sponsors and donors of the fabulous auction items, we really appreciate your efforts. 

To Christine Poole and her team of organisers, what a fabulous job you all did. Karen, the decorations were stunning and so was your dress. Congratulations for Best Dress.

The Band - Split Second had everyone hopping, welcome to Port Waikato and we hope you'll be there next year. 

We're sure those who attended are still buzzing from this very successful/special event. Well done to all!

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NZ BP Surf Rescue Championships, Top Club

It was 'rent a crowd' at Papamoa with all the supporters from Port Waikato at the Champs to watch our teams compete.  

Trust Waikato Sunset Beach Lifeguard Service can be proud of our young achievers who were awarded the BP Trophy for Top Club at the NZ BP Surf Rescue Championships at Papamoa, April 2nd and 3rd, 2016.  With 39 Points, Sunset were clear winners with nearest Papamoa and East End on 22 Points.  Check out the Podiem photo with the team singing Shane Edwards Happy Birthday, what a prize to win for your Birthday, well done Shane!

Hogan Shrimpton and Lewis Powell were awarded Top NZ Senior Men's Crew with Gold medal for Mass Rescue which gives them entry into the Premier Grade 2017, Silver medal for Assembly Rescue and Bronze Medal for Single Rescue.

Sisters, Taylor and Robbie Shrimpton stole the show in the women's competition and were awarded Top NZ women's crew.  Winning Gold Medals in the Assembly Rescue, Tube rescue and Mass Rescue, they narrowly missed a 4th gold medal in the Single Rescue coming home for Silver.

The U21 Men's competition was fierce but for their first Nationals Jacob Pullen and Joshua Andrews stood up to be counted and were awarded Gold medal in the Single Rescue, Silver medal in the Assembly Rescue and Bronze medal in the Tube Rescue.

Premier Grade was tough but Shane and Mark Edwards expected that.  Made finals, took away Bronze Medal in the Mass Rescue for some very close racing and with the help of Lewis Powell and Hogan Shrimpton were awarded Bronze medal in the Open Teams Race.

Well done to Glen Richards, Anton Baptist, Judd redmond and Jhett Hunt for it only being their second competition and doing as well as you all did. Medals will be coming you way every soon - look forward to 2017.

To the patients, managers, officials and behind the scenes workers a big 'Thank you'.  

Shane has the last say 'To the team well done I can't say how proud I am with how well we all did!'

Check out photos on our facebook page for a view of the action.