Sunset Beach Juniors were out enjoying the sun and sea today. Plenty of fun and action to be had. Loads of parent support! Fun times.
We enjoyed the weather, the sunsets, a bit of surfing, jumping off horseshoe, crate weekend... and of course some lifesaving. Might have even seen the green flash and a full moon!
Sunset Beach U19 and U23 Men's Surf Boat Teams attended the1st of the New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Surf Boat Series at Mt Maunganui. The U23 team also attended the New Zealand Trials for the New Zealand Representative squad on the Saturday.
This is their first year competing in the U23 competition and they did extremely well. Whangamata had a better day in the NZ trials but Sunday was all Sunset Beach crossing the line in prominent positions for both U19 and U23 to take out the 1st round of the series. Valuable points earned to carry to the next series at Whangamata on the 9th and 10th of December. Well done Sunset!
Sunset Beach Lifeguards have taken 1st and 2nd place in the endurance race along 90 Mile beach. Conditions were lumpy but the rain kept away during the race for the 36 teams that started the race.
Shane Edwards, Mark Edwards and Hogan Shrimpton were first to the finish line in 2.16 hours. 2nd place went to Lewis Powell, Taylor Shrimpton and Mikey Waldegrave with just a 3 minute gap between 1st and 2nd.
Robbie Shrimpton, Jack Morgan and Sam Hughes finished in 8th position. Glen Richards, Flynn Avery and Sam Coughlan finished 17th after flipping their boat but managing to reinstate with a new motor and finish the race.
Sunset Beach retained their first and 2nd positions from last year and top club with 398 points, Bethells with 214 points in 2nd place.
Sunset Beach Lifeguard Service had 4 teams travel to Australia to compete in the 2017 Australian IRB Championships held at Kingscliff Beach, NSW, 14th to 16th July. Competitors were: Shane Edwards, Mark Edwards, Taylor Shrimpton, Robbie Shrimpton, Hogan Shrimpton, Judd Redmond, Jemima Ferrier, Olivia Andrews, Lola Key, Samantha-Jane Harding and Samantha Coughlan.
With Australian IRB Nationals up 20% in participation, 164 men's teams, 83 women's teams, our teams did very well and we can be proud of these results. North Burleigh took out the Top Club award again for the 5th year in a row, congratulations to them and thanks for supporting our crews.
Here is the final results:
Male tube rescue semi final - Shane and Mark Patient Taylor 7th
Male teams semi final - Shane Edwards, Mark Edwards, Hogan Shrimpton and Judd Redmond (Patient)
Female team semi final – Taylor Shrimpton Jemima Ferrier, Robbie Shrimpton, Olivia Andrews, Samantha-Jane (Patient) 6th
Female Mass semi final –Taylor, Jemima, Patients Lola and Judd 2nd
Female Mass final 7th
Composite Relay team sunset and New Plymouth old boys 3rd in semi final but not allowed to race in final as composite team
The team is hosted and given loan gear from North Burleigh Surf Life Saving Club. A very big thank you for their support of our teams and congratulations to North Burleigh who were awarded Top Australian Club for the 5th year in a row. The experience our teams gain from going to the Australian competitions is invaluable when it comes to experiencing and learning new techniques, challenging themselves with different equipment and working on improving techniques from last years trip certainly paid off this year. Let’s hope Sunset Beach can continue their run at New Zealand Championships this coming season.
