2014/2015 Annual Report

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1 2014/2015 Annual Report

2 1OO YEARS 1OO BOATS The 100 Years 100 Boats event was conceptualised in July, A number of South Curl Curl members discussed the idea of gathering 100 surf boats and crews in memory of the Gallipoli landings 100 years prior. The event also looked to engage the school communities by asking for their participation in providing a wreath to each boat in return for a Lone Pine sapling. This meant 100 schools, 100 boats, 100 saplings and 100 wreaths. It was an occasion that will long be remembered when boats, representing Australia, New Zealand and Turkey landed on the beach first. Support from Greg Broome and Collaroy SLSC was critical to the success. The event took place on their beach during normal patrol hours. Greg and the Collaroy team were supportive from the outset and made a significant contribution to the event both in the lead up and on the day itself. The event showcased the best of what Surf Lifesaving has to offer: Engagement with the community Honouring the memory, sacrifices and principles of those past Developing strong connections with local and state governments, other government bodies and various arms of the military Cementing of another strong SLS sponsor Beko High level media exposure for the SLS movement The organising committee consisted of the following Life Members from South Curl Curl SLSC; Janice Russell, Bryn Russell, Wayne Settree, and Lisa Settree who all put in hundreds of hours of work in the months leading up to Anzac Day.

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4 WHAT DOES YOUR BRANCH DO? S E R V I C E S SURF SPORTS EDUCATION & TRAINING RESCUE SUPPORT VOICE FOR LIFESAVING IN SNB INFORMATION & SUPPORT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EFFICIENT PROCESSES SURF SCHOOL Delivering a coordinated program of well run Carnivals and Events Providing education in all areas and improving skills of Club Trainers Coodinating volunteers and infrastructure to provide 24/7 Rescue Services and support operations on SNB One voice representing 21 Clubs to relevant stakeholders within Surf Life Saving and externally The Executive and Staff provide a comprehensive range of information, advice and administrative support for SNB Clubs Developing sponsorship and grant opportunities in addition to Club efforts as well as promoting the value of Surf Life Saving to the community Disseminating and developing processes that deliver common standards and minimal duplicated effort Educating our community as well as providing valuable income, employment and development opportunities for Club members 4

5 Our mission To provide a safe beach and aquatic environment throughout Sydney s Northern Beaches. Our Vision Fulfil our responsibilities as part of SLSA and provide a valued Surf Life Saving service to the community Our Branch Charter The Branch exists for the benefit of the volunteer Surf Life Saving Clubs and their members on Sydney s Northern Beaches. The Branch is run as a co-operative of Clubs, it recognises the strength of the organisation is built on the Club system and will act within the best interests of all Clubs, while maintaining the interests of SLSA in the area. The Branch is committed to maintaining the volunteer ethos of Surf Life Saving and the valuable, trusted and respected role Surf Life Saving plays in the community. Our Centre of Gravity The strength of the Branch is our membership working together. Surf Life Saving Australia Vision To save lives, create great Australians and build better communities. Mission To provide safe beaches and aquatic environments throughout Australia. Cover Shot Palm Beach Lifesavers, Josh Ferris (left) and James Gowing. Contents Anzac Day Years 100 Boats 2 President s Report 6 CEO Report 8 Patrons, Officers, Committees 10 Honour Roll 12 Branch Honours 14 Branch Awards of Excellence 2014/ Directors Choice Awards 18 Harry Ragan, Cedric T Walton & Raymond Matthew Brown Fundraising Events 19 Lifesaving 20 Patrol Assessment 23 Patrol Hours 23 Rescue Satatistics 26 Education & Assessment 27 Award Statistics 30 Assessors, Facilitators & CTO s 34 Members Services 36 Membership Statistics 40 Sponsorship & Marketing Report 42 Surf Sports 44 Surf Sports Membership 46 SNB Interbranch 48 Branch Point Score 49 Junior Branch Championship 50 Open Branch Championship 54 Masters Branch Championship 60 Branch Pointscores 62 Financial Reports for Surf Life Saving 66 Sydney Northern Beaches Inc & Controlled Entity SNB Enterprises 92 Club Reports 94 Executive History 136 History 138 Vale 140 5

6 PRESIDENT S REPORT DOUG MENZIES BRANCH PRESIDENT So I must start my report by thanking you, our members, our Stars, for the great contribution you make to patrolling our beaches, maintaining your qualifications, obtaining new awards, training our new members, developing our young people and keeping our Life Saving Clubs at the heart of our local communities. 6 It gives me great pleasure to present and commend to you the 2014/15 Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Annual Report. It is truly an honour to serve and provide stewardship to such a great organisation filled with passion, commitment, skills, expertise and professionalism. We were honoured to have an official Raising of the Flags ceremony on the sands at North Steyne Beach, with the Hon. Stuart Ayres, the then NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services and current Minister for Sport and Recreation, representing the Premier, along with Kerry Clancy, Deputy President Surf Life Saving NSW, to formally herald in the start of our surf season. From the Raising of the Flags on September 20, 2014, an estimated 3.09 million members of the public accessed our beaches and again our 21 Surf Life Saving Clubs met their Duty of Care in keeping our beaches safe and supporting our communities to access the golden sands we so dearly love. Our members selfless commitment in keeping the community safe, on so many occasions they put their own lives at risk for someone they have never met, to you, on behalf of the community, I say thank you. I thank you, our members, our Stars, for the great contribution you make to patrolling our beaches, maintaining your qualifications, obtaining new awards, training our new members, developing our young people and keeping our Life Saving Clubs at the heart of our local communities. To our 5,632 patrolling members who conducted 155,125.5 voluntary patrol hours, undertook 35,570 preventative actions, 1,319 rescues and 2,288 first aid services, thank you. Our members also achieved some 6,000 new awards, which included new members gaining their award as well as many of our existing members obtained a higher qualification, adding to our standards on the beach. The hours mentioned above do not include the thousands and thousands of hours that our members spend keeping themselves fit, training new members, keeping their own qualifications current, assessing new members, providing support services to our patrolling members by acting as Duty Officers, Radio Operators, RWC Operators and our TIPS support members. Your contributions are to be commended. Of our 19,391 members, some 45 per cent are under the age of 18 years, which tells me that the future of our movement is assured. To our members who support our young members through our Nippers program, competition, coaching and training and those involved with fostering youth development activities thank you so much, in particular, to Dematic ANZ/ASEAN Chief Executive Officer, Glen Borg I thank you for your continued and generous sponsorship of our Junior Life Saver program. Our Clubs have also been quite successful in their surf sports achievements and Darren Warrener, our Director of Surf Sports, has detailed those in his report. However, I congratulate the Branch team taking out the NSW Interbranch title, to Newport SLSC for winning the NSW Open Championships and for coming second at the Australian Open Championships (our highest placed NSW Club) and to Manly, congatulations being State Nipper Champions again. The achievements of our members throughout the season were many. I will not try and cover all, but will highlight a few, which included: Adoption of a new Branch Constitution in May 2015, a very big thank you to our Rules and Constitution Committee and, in particular, to our Deputy President, Shannon Job for leading this very successful process; Finalisation of a lease to secure our Surfcom Building at Fisherman s Beach; Development of a Strategic Directions paper identifying the important issues to be addressed by the Branch and Clubs over the next few years. Many of these items identified have been actioned; New sponsorship with Lipton Ice Tea, filling a gap left from a previous sponsor; Achieving a favourable financial result given the loss of our Ausgrid sponsorship. Congratulations to our Director of Finance and Administration, Lance Barnes, the Finance Committee, our CEO and staff for making this happen.

7 Restructuring the Surf Life Saving School to bring into the operations of the Branch; Seeing our Andy Cross surf the 129 beaches that are home to our 129 NSW Surf Life Saving Clubs promoting the Gold Medallion, our highest Surf Life Saving award; Being present at the 100 Year 100 Boats recognising the Centenary of Anzac Day, was truly amazing. What a great event. To the members of the South Curl Curl SLSC, Collaroy SLSC, to Lisa and Wayne Settree and Janice and Bryn Russell, congratulations and well done. The new Constitution also reflected the organisational structure to that used by Surf Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Saving New South Wales, which resulted in the removal of the role of Director of Sponsorship and Marketing, the role held for quite some time by Rob Berry. So, as a consequence, we said thank you and farewell to Rob from the Branch Executive. Rob had for many years been very active in promoting our movement and worked closely with Streets, Ausgrid, Lipton Ice Tea, Westfield, Manly Daily and Bill Buckle to name just a few sponsors. Rob, well done and thank you. I would like to acknowledge and commend to you the Branch Golf Day fundraiser to support our Interbranch team, Bob Langbein and his team, thanks so much. Also our Branch Melbourne Cup fundraiser to raise funds for life saving activities, in our second year and growing. A huge thank you to Jen Huston, Kevin Green and all your support team, thank you so much. To all our sponsors, thank you so much, as without your tangible, financial backing we could not support the operations that our Clubs undertake on the beach, in keeping our community safe and helping to support and develop our young people. It was with pride that I was able to award The President s Award to the Narrabeen SLSC The Narra Water Rats youth program, targeting the 14 to 20 year-old members, to actively and directly engage them within the Club and the surf life saving movement. I would also like to thank all those members who train, assess, facilitate, undertake support operations (Radio Operators, Duty Officers, Rescue Water Craft Operators) and surf sports officials and coaches thank you for the additional time you so freely give. To our community leaders who continually support, not only our Branch, but each of the surf Clubs in their area. So, to our Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Bronwyn Bishop, NSW Premier Mike Baird, NSW Minister for Planning Rob Stokes and Minister for Family and Community Services and the Minister for Social Housing Brad Hazzard and to our three Council Mayors Cr Jean Hay AM (Manly), Cr Michael Regan (Warringah) and Cr Jacqueline Townsend (Pittwater) thank you so much. I would like also to acknowledge and thank all of our 21 Clubs, their members, management committees and, in particular, the Presidents of each Club for your support and valuable contribution to support the running and development of this magnificent Branch. To my fellow directors, Deputy President Shannon Job, Director of Rescue Services Geoff Raper, Director of Education and Assessment Adrienne Lowe, Director of Youth and Membership - Tracey Hare-Boyd, Director of Surf Sports Darren Warrener, Director of Finance and Administration Lance Barnes and Director of Sponsorship and Marketing Rob Berry, on behalf of all the membership I thank you for your outstanding contribution and results achieved during the season. It is a privilege to work with such a cohesive and talented group, who give so much to support the activities of our Clubs. Thank you. Our wonderful staff headed by our Chief Executive Officer Steve McInnes, thank you so much. Jen Huston, Marcial Nunura, Belinda Dobson, Kristen Raper and John Taylor, your support to our members is amazing. Well done to all. Finally, to our members and to your families who allow you to do what you do, thank you so much, as without you doing what you do our community would be so much the poorer. 7

8 CEO REPORT STEVE McINNES CEO Fellow Lifesavers, It is hard to believe that another year has raced by. With the season bookended by the official Raising of the Flags at North Steyne, capped off with the last day of patrols on April 26, 2015 and the amazing 100 Boats Anzac Day 100 Year Gallipoli commemorations it was a memorable season. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our volunteer lifesavers for their dedication to our mission - to provide a safe beach and aquatic environment throughout Sydney s Northern Beaches and to report mission accomplished with no lives lost whilst beaches were open during our patrol times. Thank you also to the partners and families of our members for your support. Andy went on to win the SLSA Volunteer of the Year Award to cap off a great season. Max Brooks (Newport) was named NSW Athlete of the Year, whilst the Newport SLSC U 19 Male Water Competition Team was named Team of the Year. Georgia Miller (Manly LSC) was named the NSW Young Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. Louis Tassone (North Curl Curl SLSC) was named Surf Sports Official of the Year. Freshwater s Tod Rowbotham was awarded Rescue of the Year for his heroic rescue of a surfer in April, and Zachary Dibben and Jessica Cotterill of Dee Why SLSC were awarded the Initiative of the Year for their innovative After Dark Youth Program. Well done to all on these great achievements Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters, new and old. The sponsorship arena has changed dramatically over recent years affecting our Clubs and the Branch. We recognise that sponsorship sits firmly in the marketing budget and is assessed against other marketing channels. 8 As reported by our Director of Lifesaving, Geoff Raper, our 5,632 active patrolling members should be proud of their efforts throughout the season with our lifesaving patrols investing 155,125.5 hours keeping a vigilant watch over an estimated 3.09 million beachgoers throughout the season. We performed 1,319 rescues and 35,570 preventative actions and achieved our goal of no lives lost during our watch. As always, our support operations team of Duty Officers, Surfcom operators, Rescue Water Craft operators and the TIPS Team played their vital role in backing up and supporting the lifesavers on the beach. Our membership numbers peaked in the 2012/13 season at just under 20,000 and has plateaued slightly to 19,391. With the Northern Beaches population being around 267,000 our membership is around one in 14 of the population which is quiet impressive. We remain the largest Branch in the State with just over 25 per cent or a quarter of the SLSNSW membership. We continue to have strong interest and participation with our Junior Activities with more than 5,500 Nippers aged five to 13 learning and developing new life saving skills as well as fitness, increased self-confidence and self-esteem. Our Clubs successes were recognised at the end of last season with impressive wins at the 2014 SLSNSW Awards of Excellence where former Lifesaver of the Year, Andy Cross (South Narrabeen SLSC),was recognised for his outstanding service to surf life saving winning the Volunteer of the Year Award. Our Education and Assessment team have had another great year with a number of new initiatives to help build the skills and knowledge of our members. As our Director of Education and Assessment Adrienne Lowe has reported we saw a record number of Gold Medallions achieved in the last year the highest award in Surf Life Saving. We also conducted a number of Branch facilitated courses to assist Clubs who were unable to run their own courses. Overall, we processed 6,000 awards in the season with 711 new lifesavers trained with their Bronze Medallions. Thank you to all of our Trainers and Assessors for the great work you have done throughout the year and to all who have trained for new awards, well done on attaining these. Our community Education programs, run by the Surf Life Saving School, have continued to grow with around 16,000 school aged children participating in both beach-based and classroom-based surf safety, sun safety, and surf awareness programs. Our classroom visits are offered free of charge to schools throughout greater Sydney and provide a combined surf safety and sun safety message to primary aged school children with the aim of reducing drownings and cancer causing skin damage through Education. This program is funded by the Cancer Institute NSW and we thank them for their continued support. As our Director of Finance has reported, we managed a small profit this year, despite a reduction in sponsorship income, due to the diligence of our Directors and staff in managing their expenses. Some tough

9 decisions were made with the budget for 2015/16 and the search for new sponsors and grants continues. In the Surf Sports arena, our Sydney Northern Beaches Clubs excelled again at all levels. Our Director of Surf Sports Darren Warrener has noted these in his report. Congratulations to our athletes and Clubs on these great results and to our hard working Officials and Gear Steward Keith Abraham who make it all happen. Between seasons, our Branch Executive team and staff reviewed the recommendations of the Strategic Review Committee and the SLSA and SLSNSW strategic plans along with our previously developed SERVICES model. The majority of the 29 recommendations from the Strategic Review Committee have been or are in the process of being implemented. This included a review of our Constitution which was last updated in early 2006 and a restructure of our Surf Life Saving School bringing it back under the Branch structure versus a separate business structure that had existed previously. Our focus continues to be delivering services and adding value to our Clubs and assisting the membership. In May 2014, we a saw a change within our Executive team with David Murray stepping down and Doug Menzies elected as President. Shannon Job took on the Deputy President role and Adrienne Lowe was elected as Director of Education and Assessment vacated by Shannon. Michael Kirkby finished his term as Director of Surf Sports after making a number of significant improvements and Darren Warrener was elected to take on this role. It was pleasing to see at our recent Election AGM, Shannon Job, Geoff Raper and Tracey Hare-Boyd being re-elected unopposed. We say farewell to Rob Berry who held the role of Director of Sponsorship and Marketing for several terms and thank him for the great effort he put in securing new sponsorships and ensuring that our existing sponsors expectations were being exceeded. Rob s final report provides an update on all of our sponsorship activities throughout the year. As Rob has reported, we sadly saw the end of a 19-year partnership with Energy Australia/ Ausgrid in December. The support provided by them over this period has helped shape the Branch into what it is today and we are forever grateful. We are currently negotiating to find another Energy partner for the future. As Rob has also reported, we were fortunate to start a new partnership with Unilever with their Lipton Ice Tea brand. This compliments the existing partnership with Streets who have entered into a third three-year agreement with us. We thank Unilever for their valuable support and especially Martha Williams who has worked with us from the start to ensure that the partnership is delivering benefits to both parties. Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters, new and old. The sponsorship arena has changed dramatically over recent years affecting our Clubs and the Branch. We recognise that sponsorship sits firmly in the marketing budget and is assessed against other marketing channels. It is vital for us to retain sponsors by providing them with a return on their investment. Please support our sponsors at every opportunity to ensure their ongoing funding. We recognise and value the contributions made by our National sponsors DHL, Telstra and Westpac through our peak body SLSA; the Federal Government who introduced the Beach Safety Equipment fund whereby every Club received $5,000 to be spent on lifesaving equipment; the NSW Government for capital and lifesaving equipment funding; Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils for their monetary and in-kind support at Club and Branch level; Surf Life Saving NSW and the Surf Life Saving Foundation for their fundraising activities that generate much-needed funds for our Clubs; Dee Why RSL Club and the Beach Club Collaroy who always support us through the Clubs Grant scheme; Westfield, The Manly Daily, URM, Northern Beaches Landrover and Jaguar, Thredbo, Dematic, BRP, and Bennett Boards who all contribute to support our efforts of saving lives. Thank you to our local political representatives Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Speaker of the House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop, NSW Premier Mike Baird, NSW Minister for Planning Rob Stokes, and Minister for Family and Community Services and the Minister for Social Housing Brad Hazzard and our three Council Mayors Cr Jean Hay AM, Cr Michael Regan, and Cr Jacqueline Townsend for your continuing support of Surf Life Saving. Thank you for the support we receive from SLSNSW and SLSA and our fellow Branches especially Hunter and Central Coast for your willing assistance and sharing. Lastly, I want to thank our Branch Executive team led by Doug Menzies for their support, guidance and mentoring throughout the year. This Executive team is comprised of very talented people and I thank you all for your strategic vision and expertise in guiding the Branch. I also want to acknowledge and thank the great team of staff in the Branch Office who are all very dedicated to their roles. I appreciate the strong support you have shown me, the Branch Executive and our Clubs throughout the year. To Jen Huston, Marcial Nunura, Belinda Dobson, Kristen Raper and John Taylor - a big thank you for a job well done. Regrettably, Kristen left the Branch at the beginning of this year and we thank her for her significant contribution and wish her every success in the future. 9

10 PATRONS, OFFICERS & COMMITTEES Patrons The Hon. Tony Abbott MHR, The Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MHR, The Hon. Mike Baird MP, The Hon. Brad Hazzard MP, The Hon. Rob Stokes MP, Mayor of Manly Cr Jean Hay AM, Mayor of Warringah Cr Michael Regan, Mayor of Pittwater Cr Jacqueline Townsend Club Presidents Board of Management Mark Epper (Manly), Tracey Hare-Boyd (North Steyne), Kevin Harris (Queenscliff), Peter Obern (Freshwater), Darrin Stoker (South Curl Curl), Stuart Wye (North Curl Curl), Allen Lakeman (Dee Why), Doug Lucas (Long Reef), Greg Broome (Collaroy), Rohan Fisher (South Narrabeen), Tracey Lake (Narrabeen Beach), Steve Maxwell (North Narrabeen), Matt Sheridan (Warriewood), David Sinclair (Mona Vale), Rod McGibbon (Bungan Beach), Sandy Menzies (Newport), Romilly Madew (Bilgola), Christine Hopton (Avalon Beach), Phil Schmidt (Whale Beach), Kate MacDonald (Palm Beach), Graham Howard (North Palm Beach) Executive Branch President - Doug Menzies (Newport) Deputy President - Shannon Job (North Steyne) Director of Administration & Finance - Lance Barnes (Newport) Director of Lifesaving - Geoff Raper (North Palm Beach) Director of Education - Adrienne Lowe (Dee Why) Director of Surf Sports - Darren Warrener (Avalon Beach) Director of Marketing & Sponsorship - Rob Berry (Whale Beach) Director of Member Services - Tracey Hare-Boyd (North Steyne) Chief Executive Officer - Steve McInnes Staff Chief Executive Officer - Steve McInnes Branch Manager Jen Huston Surf Sports & Events Co-Ordinator, School Business Development Manager Marcial Nunura Member Services Officer & School Operations Manager Kristen Raper Education & Lifesaving Co-Ordinator Belinda Dobson Public Relations & Media Officer John Taylor Branch Officers Assistant Director of Lifesaving Rohan Fisher Assistant Director of Education & Assessment Steve Haggett Powercraft Advisor/ Supervisor Graham Howard Radio Supervisor Adrian Hill Advanced Life Support Supervisor Gary Beauchamp Delegate to Surf Life Saving NSW Doug Menzies Branch Team Manager Cathy Meaney Branch Team Coach Tony Williams Emergency Services Officer Steve Faddy WH&S Officer Richard Whipp Board of Surf Sports Darren Warrener (Convenor), Gary Cook (March Past), Chris Dooley (Officials), Steve Haggett (Lifesaving), Alex Hill (Boats), Martin Lynch (Beach), Sue Troy (R&R), Nigel Penn (Powercraft), David Rees (High Performance), Louis Tassone (Carnival Review), Peter Tullet (Craft/ Water) Board of Education Adrienne Lowe (Chair), Steve Haggett (Deputy and Bronze & Gold Medallion Advisor), Fran Brenchley (SRC Advisor), Gary Beauchamp (Advanced Lifesaving Advisor), Graham Howard (Powercraft Advisor), Tracey Hare-Boyd (Junior Education Advisor), Jess Menzies (Facilitated Course Coordinator) Board of Lifesaving Geoff Raper (Chair), Rohan Fisher (Deputy and Duty Officer Coordinator), Steve Faddy (Emergency Services Advisor), Keith Abraham (Patrol Assessment Coordinator), Graham Howard (Powercraft Advisor), Kieran Menzies (Junior Lifesaving Advisor), Adrian Hill (Radio Advisor), Warren Howard & Geoff Raper (North Palm Beach), Sean McLintock (Palm Beach), Alek Petersen (Whale Beach), Nathan Welling (Avalon Beach), Rob Barkley (Newport), Aidan Clark (Bungan Beach), David Scullion (Mona Vale), Jen Spencer (Warriewood), Glenn Jones (North Narrabeen), Robert Cook (Narrabeen Beach), Shannan Hitchen (South Narrabeen), Luke Hochkins (Collaroy), Adam Kent (Long Reef), Ben Davies (Dee Why), Alex Wye (North Curl Curl), Kevin Moffat (Sout Curl Curl), Tom Duffy (Freshwater), Rodger Whiteman (Queenscliff), Rebecca Chapman (North Steyne), Mel Pelly (Manly) 10

11 Board of Youth & Membership Development Tracey Hare-Boyd (Convenor), Adrienne Lowe (Education), Steve Haggett (SRC), Andrew Cross (Lifesaving), Mike Stanley-Jones (Cadets, Rookie and Age Managers) Life Membership and Service Honours Committee Doug Menzies (Convenor), Geoff Raper (Director of Rescue Services), Jennifer Drury, Tony Haven, Robert Langbein Meritorious Awards Committee Geoff Raper (Convenor), Ken Priest, Adrienne Lowe, Richard Andjelkovic, Jeff Hewitt, Ray Petersen Finance Committee Lance Barnes (Convener), Doug Menzies, David Piper, Peter Russell Rules and Regulations Committee Ray Petersen, Wayne Freakley, Robert Williams, Damian O Shannassy, Simon Vincent Judiciary Committee Richard Andjelkovic, Gary Cook, Jeff Hewitt, Ken Priest, Jennifer Drury Branch Selection Committee David Rees (Chairperson), Ian Miller, Martin Quinn, Trent Herring, Michael Gedz Interbranch Management Team Cathy Meaney (Team Manager), Tim Hayes (Water coach), Michael Gedz (Beach coach), Tony Williams, Martin Lynch, Ian Miller, Jenny Miller, Tom Atkinson, Alisha Miller, Robert Langbein (Patron) Branch Photographers Bill Sheridan, Vicki Huston, Michael Fitzhardinge, John Taylor, Paul Lemlin 11

12 HONOUR ROLL Life Members *Jack Cameron *Arthur Castleman MBE *His Honour Sir Adrian Curlewis CVO CBE *Jim Dempster *William (Bill) Foerster *George Johnson *Alf Loton *George Lindsay *Tom Moran *Roger Moroney *Lionel McDonald OAM *Arthur Olsen *Lal Turner *Ken Watson MBE *George Williams *Vince Williams MBE *Gordon Wilson *Cedric Walton Carl Wills *Alan Fitzgerald MBE *Hector McDonald OAM *Harry Ragan *Alan Slevin Lindsay Paton OAM *William (Bill) Ingram John Mills OAM *Raymond Brown OAM Neil Purcell OAM *Owen Ramsay Gordon McNaughton OAM Michael Byrnes OAM Neil Montgomery OAM *Bert King OAM *Jack Smiles *Roper (Buster) Brown *Gordon Harper Michael Bartlett *Fred Bertram MBE Barry Burke Paul Day Ernie Davis OAM Ian (Rick) Wright OAM David Piper OAM William (Bill) Goodman OAM Graham Carlisle OAM Robert Parkhill Jeff Andrew David Roberts OAM Col White *Peter Liddle Ross Matthews OAM Barrie Pitt William (Bill) Worth OAM Terence Boardman OAM Graham Howard Peter O Dwyer Colin Rae Brian Joyce Ken Priest *David Lawler OAM Maureen Worth Ken Leonard Richard Lytham OAM Stanley Buckman *Peter Daley Brian Geddes Raymond Brennan Edward Whittaker *Richard Twight OAM Jeffrey Hewitt Anthony Haven Peter Clarke Charles O Reilly Robert (Bob) Langbein *John Saxby Simon Moriarty Jennifer Drury Richard (Ritchie) Burke Brian Kinsey Gary Cook Andrew May Barry Antella OAM *Anthony (Tony) Burns Lorelle Kinsey Geoffrey Lyall John (Jock) Mackay Ross Tester Michael Bate Ken Brown Peter Clarke Jonathan Farrell Gordon Hedger Patricia Newton Kay Priday Chris Roberts Geoff Upton Richard (Mick) Griffin OAM Glenn Langley Arthur McCarroll *George McRobert Ray Petersen Anthony (Tony) Tier Robert (Bob) Cox Robert Berry Richard Stewart OAM Derek (Rick) Millar Warren Young OAM Gary Beauchamp Robert Buckingham John Cassidy Peter Gard Warren Howard John Swan Marianne Troop Robyn Holt *Maurice Kerrigan June King Kevin Martin OAM Garry O Sullivan *Jim Routh Richard Andjelkovic Janine Fahey Stephen Price Peter Selosse Steve Faddy Judy Tier Wayne Schwebel Steve Haggett Raymond Isaacs Lindsay Davis Robert Asser Brian Ward Michael King Peter Finch Graham Cook Keith Abraham Distinguished Service Hon. Tony Abbott MP Keith Abraham Albert (Bert) Adams OAM Bill Anderson Richard Andjelkovic Barry Antella Robert Asser Michael Bate Gary Beauchamp Robert Berry Janine Black Paul Booth Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP Chris Brown *Anthony (Tony) Burns Bernie Burrows Bernard Carr Graeme Causon James Chant Robert Chidgey 12

13 Andrew Chubb Peter Clarke David Cochrane Gary Cook Graham Cook Robert Cox Keith Crampton *Doug Crane Phillip Cullis Ken Davidson Lindsay Davis Paul De Kort Jennifer Drury *Charles (Bob) Duff Steve Faddy Jonathan Farrell Peter Finch Graham Foran Matt Fordham Robert Fulton Donald Gain *Dawn Geddes Patricia Giles Richard Graham Colin J. Gray Richard (Mick) Griffin OAM Steve Haggett Rick Harris Anthony Haven Thecla Haven David Hay MBE Jean Hay AM Larry Hennessey Jeffery Hewitt Adrian Hill Tony Hilliger Robyn Holt Graham Howard Paul Hull Don Imison Raymond Isaacs Kirk Jansson Darren Jones Ross Jorgensen Sean Kenny *Jack King June King Michael King Brian Kinsey Tracey Lake Ross Lambert Bob Langbein Glenn Langley David Lawler OAM Ken Leonard Doug Lucas Zane Ludlow David Lyall Geoff Lyall Kay Lyall Rhonda Lycett Martin Lynch Richard Lytham OAM Maureen McKellar Don McManus David Macintosh AM Gregory MacMahon Kevin Martin OAM Ray Martin Paul Mathew Andrew May Derek (Rick) Millar Chris Montgomery Simon Moriarty Colin Newman Patricia Newton David Olsen Charles O Reilly Damian O Shannassy Garry O Sullivan Dennis O Toole Ross Parry Nigel Penn Brett Picknell Stephen Price Gregory Punch Michelle Rae Max Riddington Chris Roberts Suzanne Rossi Peter Rowlands *John Saxby Paul Schott Wayne Schwebel Peter Selosse Bill Sheridan *Len Simpson Barbara Smith Keith Smith Craig Susans Cr. Julie Sutton Ross Tester Judy Tier Colin Timms David Torevell Kenneth Trembath Marianne Troop Brian Ward Max Watt *Patricia White Edward Whittaker Ray Williams Robert Williams Maureen Worth Stuart Wye Ross Young Warren Young OAM Outstanding Service Steve Broughton-Rouse Chris Dooley Clem Klausen Luke Fittock Howard Fitzgibbon Adrian Hill Jeannette Isaacs Michael Kirkby Glenn Langley Kathy Langthorne Robert Machar Cathy Meaney Chris Roberts Sue Rossi Brian Ward Janice Wordley Garry Fox Peter MacMahon Prominent Service *Bill Barnett *Charlie Brady Ken Brown Jack Howie *Wal McGrigor *Max Rose Pam Rowlands * Deceased 13

14 BRANCH HONOURS Outstanding Service Awards Garry Fox Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club Joined South Narrabeen SLSC in 1996 Joined Board of Examiners in 1998 USA Branch Tour 2001 Competition Official Awarded SNB President s Award in 2012 Peter MacMahon Collaroy Surf Life Saving Club Joined Collaroy SLSC in 1977 Has been on the Collaroy Committee for 14 years, three of these on the Executive Duty Officer and Patrol Assessor 1988 to 1991 Awarded NSW Lifesaver of the Year in Branch Medals, 21 State Medals, six National Medals, one World Medal Distinguished Service Awards Brett Picknell South Narrabeen Surf Life Saving Club Joined South Narrabeen SLSC in 1975 Awarded Club Life Membership in 1997 Club President and has been on Club Committee since 1980 Instrumental in increasing Club membership numbers in 1998 by 400 per cent, South Narrabeen achieved the Most Improved Club awarded this year Involved with Bush to Beach program for the past 10 years Life Membership Awards Lindsay Davis Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club Joined Freshwater SLSC in 1985 Lindsay has held many roles with Freshwater for the past 30 years including Executive Officer, Club Captain, Gear Steward, First Aid Officer, Club Trainer, Registrar, Lifesaving Competition Captain, Club Coach, Branch Assessor and Facilitator, Surf Sports Official and Chief Training Officer Over the past nine years Lindsay has overseen the Club s Lifesaving Competition section from a couple of competitors to multiple teams who have won numerous medals at Branch, State and Australian levels Awarded Club Life Membership in 2003, the first and still only female to receive this honour at Freshwater SLSC Robert (Bob) Asser Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club Joined Long Reef SLSC in 1964, North Narrabeen SLSC in 1985, Freshwater SLSC in 2004 and has been with SNB for more than 50 years Has held Committee positions with Long Reef, North Narrabeen and Freshwater Clubs Heavily involved in coaching with particular emphasis on R&R and March Past successfully winning Branch and State medals in both disciplines. In 2005 the Freshwater Under 21 team won Gold at the Australian titles, and the Under 23 team won Silver in 2006 and 2007 Bob has been a Surf Sports Official since 1987 undertaking a number of different official roles 14

15 Brian Ward Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club Joined Queenscliff SLSC in 1981 and held many positions with the Club Started out officiating at local Nippers carnivals and continues that today He has also officiated at State and National titles in the beach area for 34 years He now not only officiates but also mentors new officials as they join the team Brian has been friendly face that kids look for on the beach at SNB carnivals and the one older competitors well and truly admire Brian for many years has also been helping at SNB annual gear inspection days Michael King Newport Surf Life Saving Club Joined Newport SLSC as Senior member in 1969 One of Newport s original Nippers (1965) Has been a Committee member in varying positions over the years including Deputy President and President. BoSS member for nine years and member of the SLSA Surf Boat Commission from Member of the SLSNSW Representative Team tour of USA & Europe in 1984 Michael has been an accredited Surf Sports Official since Keith Abraham North Steyne Surf Life Saving Club Joined Tweed Heads Coolangatta SLSC in 1960 where he attained his Bronze Medallion Now a member of North Steyne SLSC since 1999 and a Distinguished Service member there Keith is highly respected by everyone at SNB and is a key figure in surf sports where he holds the position of Gear Steward and is present at every single carnival He also hosts the life members brunch every Thursday at the Branch office and leads the team in keeping the warehouse in order Keith is also a level 2 official and attends State, Aussies, Coolangatta Gold, IRB premiership rounds and everything else he can get to Keith is the gear adviser for the Board of Surf Sports, the Patrol Audit team adviser, a Branch Facilitator He continues to do training, conduct proficiencies, and assess at central venues Graham Cook Narrabeen Beach Surf Life Saving Club Joined Narrabeen Beach SLSC in 1986 and has patrolled every season since then Graham has held many positions such as IRB Captain, Chief Instructor, Board & Ski Captain and Vice President He has been a Duty Officer with SNB since 2007 Graham was also part of the Board of Examiners and completed numerous assessments over the years He has been named Assessor of the Year and Volunteer of the Year at recent SNB presentation nights Graham continues to be a role model for all patrolling lifesavers on the northern beaches Peter Finch Newport Surf Life Saving Club Joined North Narrabeen SLSC in 1993 and has 22 years of continuous service, he is now a member of Newport SLSC Peter has held numerous positions at North Narrabeen from bus manager to Junior President and everything in between He has also held positions within SNB in the powercraft area and without him carnivals would not go ahead. He is the first on the water and the last out of it helping with can set up and water safety at all carnivals at SNB He is also a jet ski and IRB Trainer for the Branch work which he continues today The power craft teams at SNB are very lucky to have him teaching our newer members how to operate all our power craft 15

16 BRANCH AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE SPONSOR CATEGORY WINNER CLUB Alan Fitzgerald Branch Championship Point Score Shield Manly Lionel MacDonald Branch Championship Handicap Point Score Palm Beach Bennett Boards Overall Carnival Handicap Point Score Newport Cedric T Walton Award Competition Recording Robyn Holt Queenscliff Harry Ragan Outstanding Service Award Gary Beauchamp North Curl Curl Raymond Matthew Brown OAM Radio Operator s Award Lorelle Kinsey Warriewood URM Waste Management Competition Official of the Year Louis Tassone North Curl Curl URM Waste Management Coach of the Year Trent Herring Newport URM Waste Management Youth Athlete of the Year Charlie Brooks Newport URM Waste Management Masters Athlete of the Year Michael Kirkby Freshwater URM Waste Management Athlete of the Year Georgia Miller Newport URM Waste Management Team of the Year Newport Taplin Team Newport The Manly Daily Outstanding Media Service Dukes Day Freshwater Bill Buckle Training Officer of the Year Matt Molinia Dee Why Bill Buckle Assessor of the Year Ray Merton North Curl Curl Bill Buckle Facilitator of the Year Clare Hagon North Curl Curl Westfield Warringah Mall Volunteer of the Year Mel Pelly Manly Thredbo Initiative of the Year 100 Years 100 Boats South Curl Curl Dematic Young Lifesaver of the Year Sita Mason Manly Dematic Young Lifesaver of the Year Adam Hockley Dee Why Dee Why RSL Rescue of the Year February 2015 North Narrabeen Dee Why RSL President s Award Narra Water Rats Narrabeen Beach URM Waste Management Lifesaver of the Year Adam Kent Long Reef 16

17 SPONSOR CATEGORY CLUB Lipton Ice Tea Patrol Assessment Competition 1st place North Steyne Lipton Ice Tea Patrol Assessment Competition 2nd place North Palm Beach Lipton Ice Tea Patrol Assessment Competition 3rd place Narrabeen Beach Lipton Ice Tea Patrol Assessment Competition 4th place Newport Lipton Ice Tea Patrol Assessment Competition 5th place Freshwater Lipton Ice Tea Patrol Assessment Competition 6th place Avalon Beach Lipton Ice Tea Patrol Assessment Competition 7th place Mona Vale Streets Most Improved Club North Narrabeen Streets Most Outstanding Club Categories Streets Support to Surf Sports Collaroy Streets Education Dee Why Streets Youth and Member Development Collaroy Streets Life Saving Newport Streets Administration Freshwater Streets Most Outstanding Club 1st place Dee Why Streets Most Outstanding Club 2nd place Collaroy Streets Most Outstanding Club 3rd place Newport Streets Most Outstanding Club 4th place Freshwater Streets Most Outstanding Club 5th place North Curl Curl

18 DIRECTORS CHOICE AWARDS Harry Ragan Award This award was named in memory of Avalon Beach SLSC late Life Member Harry Ragan who originally funded the annual award for outstanding service by a Board of Examiner member. Harry was a Life Member of Avalon Beach, Manly Warringah Branch and NSW State Centre. He passed away in April, 1974 shortly before he was to be formally presented with his State Life Membership badge. Gary Beauchamp North Curl Curl SLSC Gary has been associated with Surf Life Saving since January, During this time he has consistently displayed long-term commitment to all facets of Surf Life Saving. Gary was a participant in the initial trial and subsequent implementation of the Silver Medallion Life Support award and was one of the first Facilitators of this award. Gary was involved in the co-ordination and activities of the initial pilot programs within SLSA on the implementation of the Semi-Automated Defibrillation Program into Surf Life Saving. Gary is particularly well known for his dedication to the Education and Assessment of the ARTC and Branch facilitated awards. Currently, Gary is the Branch Advanced Life Support Advisor, a role he has served since Prior to the start of each season, Gary researches, plans and develops updates for all Branch ARTC Assessors ensuring they remain current and compliant. He has ensured that the quality of assessments remains high, resulting in competent patrolling members on our beaches. Gary has participated in many Branch activities: A Life Member, long serving member of the Branch Trauma Incident Peer Support Team, scrutineer, surf sports official and participates in annual Gear Inspection. Previous Recipients: Shannon Job Andrew Cross Jonathan Farrell Louise Lindop Tracey Hare-Boyd Graham Howard Cedric T Walton Award for Competition Recording This award was established to remember Cedric T Walton who was a Life Member of the Branch and a long standing member of North Steyne Surf Life Saving Club. Cedric carried out recording duties over many years at Branch, State and Australian Championship carnivals. As we all know, without officials we would not be able to run carnivals. One role that is often overlooked is the role of the recorder. Without a recorder, we would have no results and no point score at the end of each carnival. It is a tedious job especially as competitors finish an event and try to say their name in between big deep breaths our recorders have to decipher what they have said and guess what club they are from because by now they have usually removed their cap from their head. Robyn Holt Queenscliff SLSC She not only does the recording under the tent at the smaller carnivals but more importantly manually enters everything into her computer at the end of the day and gives us a spreadsheet of results for the entire carnival this is what you see on the website after every carnival. Her commitment to surf sports competition is second to none and she is well deserving of this award. Previous Recipients: 08/09 Rhonda Lycett, Mona Vale 09/10 Clare Hagon, North Curl Curl 10/11 Robyn Holt, Queenscliff 18 11/12 Janine Fahey, Collaroy 12/13 Kay Lyall, Queenscliff 13/14 Megan Hayward Newport Raymond Matthew Brown Award This award is named after Raymond Matthew Brown OAM. Ray was known as the voice of the airwaves and also was respected as a trainer of all new operators in the radio room. Ray was also a Life Member at all levels of SLS from Club through to National. During major incidents it was Ray s calming voice that would help the lifesaver on the beach calm down and get all the necessary information needed by emergency services. He was also known for keeping all patrolling members up to date with cricket scores during summer. Lorelle Kinsey Warriewood She has been a radio operator at Surfcom for many years. Back in 2010 when SLS introduced the Surfcom Management System, Lorelle trained new operators in its use. She brings with her a lot of experience that she has gained not just with SLS over the years but also with the Rural Fire Service. During critical incidents, she competently manages the situation independently, thereby allowing the other radio operators to continue supporting other Clubs and Branches as necessary. Lorelle continues to provide ongoing training and support for operators and has consistently shown herself to be a great mentor for new operators joining the team. Previous Recipients: 08/09 Anne Taylor, South Curl Curl 09/10 Steve Polley, Dee Why 10/11 Stan Buckman, Manly 11/12 Warwick Blakman, South Narrabeen 12/13 Rohan Fisher, South Narrabeen 13/14 Kieran Menzies, Newport

19 FUNDRAISING EVENTS The Annual Golf Day Classic Raising funds for the Interbranch Team Melbourne Cup Day Raising funds for Rescue Services 19

20 LIFESAVING GEOFF RAPER DIRECTOR To all patrolling members who selflessly volunteered their valuable time to patrol and further their studies to gain additional and higher awards, a very sincere thank you for elevating the profile of Surf Life Saving and of the 21 Clubs on the northern beaches. Once again with the professional voluntary effort of all our lifesavers, I can report that no lives were lost between the flags during patrol hours. Congratulations and great effort from all patrolling members who gave up their time to help make our beaches safe for beachgoers. A special thanks to my Deputy Assistant Rohan Fisher for another great season. I would also like to thank my team who assisted me in the various portfolios that make up Rescue Services. Surfcom Adrian Hill Patrol Assessments Keith Abraham TIPS Trish Newton Power Craft Panel Graham Howard, Kieran Menzies Duty Officers Rohan Fisher And to all the members under the leadership of the above people, thank you for your ongoing dedication and support. To all patrolling members who selflessly volunteered their valuable time to patrol and further their studies to gain additional and higher awards, a very sincere thank you for elevating the profile of Surf Life Saving and of the 21 Clubs on the northern beaches. I thank the Club Captains who attended our meetings and had input towards the successful State Grant that benefitted all 21 Clubs, with the unanimous decision of all to unite and accept new radios. All Clubs received three new Hytera Digital radios. This allowed for all Clubs to equally share in the grant funding allocation. The implementation of the mandatory wearing of PFD s in IRB s was generally well received and most took it on board and adhered to the exemption being removed by the RMS. I would like to reflect on the amount of hours, first aids, preventative actions and rescues this past season. The total number of voluntary patrol hours carried out by our members of the 21 Clubs totalled 155,125.5 hours. We carried out a total of 1,319 rescues, we did 35, 570 preventative actions and assisted the public with 2,288 first aids. Congratulations to our Young Life Saver of the Year, Sita Mason (Manly LSC) and Adam Hockley (Dee Why SLSC) who were joint winners and the Life Saver of the Year, Adam Kent, from Long Reef. Best of luck with your State interviews. I will sum up thanking all of our members who patrol each and every weekend and public holidays from September through to the end of April. The Support Operations personnel who do far and above their normal patrol duties such as Radio Operations, TIPS, Duty Officer and RWC Operators, the Trainers who up skill our patrol members and the Assessors who keep them updated and proficient. Finally, thank you to the Branch staff Steve, Jen, Belinda, Kristen, Marcial and John and the team with whom I deal with at State Centre and my fellow Directors for their support and assistance. Look forward to seeing you all again on the beach next season. Geoff Raper Surfcom Report The season was a new change to Surfcom operations with both Belrose 20

21 and Warringah sites being the only two operational Surfcoms in the State. This means that with the assistance of SLSNSW, our Warringah site has full redundancy for the entire State Radio Network. Surfcom would not be possible without the great skills and passion from a dedicated team of volunteers. These members devote an enormous amount of hours to help cover shifts to provide coverage for the State and, in most cases, these hours are on top of other surf duties at Club, Branch and State level. To these volunteers I say thank you. Again Steve McInnes and the Branch staff have been great with administration support for the Warringah site and to Andy Kent and the lifesaving team for State rostering, training and administration of Belrose. And, lastly, to Geoff Raper and Rohan Fisher for their support and guidance throughout the season. We finally achieved the biggest win in my seven seasons as the Radio Supervisor with the signing of our long term Lease for the Warringah Rescue Surf Building. I would personally like to thank the team of people that made this possible. From Branch, Steve McInnes, David Murray, Doug Menzies, Tracey Lake and Matt Sheridan. Also Warringah Councillor Vincent De Luca and local State Parliament member Rob Stokes and NSW Premier Mike Baird. The Clubs are set up well with new radios being supplied via the SLSNSW grant getting ready for the digital changeover, hopefully this coming season. This will bring new technology to surf and enhance our ability to cover black spots, being able to track water and beach assets via GPS and improve voice communications clarity. Thank you all and talk to you next season. Adrian Hill 21

22 LIFESAVING The current panel of Terry Barber, Peter Finch, Geoff Hale, Kieran Menzies, Nigel Penn and Geoff Raper provided valuable advice, not only to the Clubs but individual operators, put forward several recommendations to ensure safety and enthusiasm and implemented many improvements to the operations of IRB s, ATV s and RWC s throughout the season. We also saw our RWC operators again work throughout the off season to improve their skills. Again SLSNSW commended our Support Operations RWC services for their efforts and professionalism throughout the season. Duty Officers Report Thanks to all the Duty Officers who volunteered their time to act as the Branch liaison for the patrolling season. The group had a mission to broaden the knowledge of the existing Duty Officers support group. On each shift, all Duty Officers visited five beaches and talked to all patrolling members and the general public. The feedback gained from our members was very positive, and I thank all members for their support. Our Duty Officers go above and beyond to keep our Branch safe. Not only do they patrol on their respective beaches, but most of our Duty Officers partake in Surfcom shifts and/or RWC shifts. I thank each and every one of our Duty Officers for the commitment they have given to the Branch during the past season and wish them and their families a safe winter period and look forward to seeing them ready and raring to go next season. Rohan Fisher Powercraft Report We ve had another great Powercraft season but it would not have been possible without the help of Branch Powercraft Adviser Graham Howard and the Powercraft Panel. This is a fine tribute to the hard efforts of all our RWC operators, who put in countless hours over and above their regular patrolling and training commitments. A huge thank you to Graham Howard and Richard Budd, who organise rosters, fuel, storage and maintenance for the skis in their various locations. We would also like to thank North Palm Beach, Newport and Freshwater for loaning their valuable space and other resources during the season to accommodate our RWC s, and making our operators feel welcome when they come to your beach. Without your assistance this service could not operate. Another special mention must go to North Palm Beach for their efforts all year round in accommodating all RWC training for the Branch. Over the winter, the Powercraft panel ran an IRB course for those Clubs who are struggling for Trainers. This course was developed to assist to train up members of Clubs to also run the course. With feedback from the Trainers and participants, the course is being improved and will be running again over winter. A big thank you to Bilgola for making available their Club and beach for the duration of the course. Also to Nigel Penn, Terry Barber and Peter Finch for organising, coordinating and training the course. Moving into the new season, we will be working towards the common goal of improving Powercraft operations throughout the Branch. The Powercraft panel has enjoyed the past few seasons and are hoping to help improve the operations into the future. Kieran Menzies 22

23 Patrol Assessment North Steyne 1379 North Narrabeen 1324 Palm Beach 1281 North Palm Beach 1378 Queenscliff 1321 Bungan Beach 1270 Narrabeen Beach 1366 Bilgola 1320 North Curl Curl 1260 Newport 1360 Manly 1309 Dee Why 1254 Freshwater 1352 Long Reef 1302 South Narrabeen 1205 Avalon Beach 1329 Collaroy 1297 Warriewood 1179 Mona Vale 1326 Whale Beach 1296 South Curl Curl 1158 Patrol Hours Patrolling Hours Performed by Members Hours Beach Open/Patrolled Patrolling Hours Performed by Members Hours Beach Open/Patrolled North Palm Beach 3, Long Reef 5, Palm Beach 10, Dee Why 7, Whale Beach 4, North Curl Curl 6, Avalon Beach 6, South Curl Curl 4, Bilgola Beach 7, Freshwater 10, Newport 12, Queenscliff 10, Bungan Beach 3, North Steyne 8, Mona Vale 7, Manly 15, Warriewood 6, SNB - Duty Officers North Narrabeen 3, SNB - RWC Group 1, Narrabeen Beach 4, SLSNSW SurfCom Team 2, South Narrabeen 4, Collaroy 6, Total Hours 155, What a great honour for our TIPS leader Trish Newton when she became the only Australian to receive the ICISF International Crisis Response Leadership Award in Baltimore in May, Trish gave her presentation on the Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Peer Support Program. She was accompanied to the US by Steve Haggett (pictured with Trish). 23

24 RESCUES North Palm Beach Palm Beach Whale Beach Avalon Beach Bilgola Newport Bungan Beach Mona Vale Warriewood North Narrabeen Narrabeen Beach South Narrabeen No Gear Rescue Tube Rescue Board IRB RWC Surfboat Helicopter Other Total First Aid Fractures/Dislocation Major Marine Stings Major Wounds Minor Cuts/Abrasions Minor Marine Stings Other Resuscitation Spinal Total First Aid Preventative Actions Lost Children (found) Preventions 1, ,085 1,333 Searches Shark Alarm Total 1, ,087 1,338 Preventative Actions Estimated Beach Attendance 21,293 38,606 28,059 32,523 56, ,328 11, ,087 78, ,739 75,072 54,485 24

25 Collaroy Long Reef Dee Why North Curl Curl South Curl Curl Freshwater Queenscliff North Steyne Manly SNB Duty Officers SNB RWC Service TOTAL No Gear Rescue Tube Rescue Board IRB RWC Surfboat Helicopter Other Total ,319 First Aid Fractures/Dislocation Major Marine Stings Major Wounds Minor Cuts/Abrasions Minor Marine Stings , ,575 Other Resuscitation Spinal Total First Aid , ,288 Preventative Actions Lost Children (found) Preventions ,338 3, ,459 2,225 5,751 10, ,365 Searches Shark Alarm Total ,353 3, ,527 2,242 5,762 10, ,570 Preventative Actions Estimated Beach Attendance 230, , , , , , , , ,236 n/a n/a 3,088,602 25

26 SUPPORT SERVICES Duty Officers Richard Andjelkovic Andrew Cross Colin Dagger* Steven Faddy Rohan Fisher Tracey Hare-Boyd Adrian Hill Glenn Jones Adrienne Lowe Douglas Lucas Gemma Margiotta Kieran Menzies Paul Milinkovic Geoff Raper Bryn Russell Glenn Tolan * Probationary Duty Officers RWC Operators Darren Armitage Terry Barber Robin Barham Richard Budd Peter Carter Robert Cox Andrew Cross Robert Davies Walter Dobrow Darryl Dunbar Neil Dyer Steve Faddy Jonathan Farrell Peter Finch Howard Fitzgibbon Geoff Hale Warren Howard Glenn Jones Lindsay Kershaw James Leggett-Budden Sean McLintock Kieran Menzies Paul Milinkovic Alan Moran David Murray Ben Neighbour Geoff Raper Tom Rees Nick Sampson Peter Selosse Peter (Grant) Shapcott Harry Smith Jennifer Spencer David Spink David Stead Kevork Temisgian Clive Thompson Glenn Tolan Harry Wall 26 Newport South Narrabeen Queenscliff Bilgola South Narrabeen North Steyne Newport North Narrabeen Dee Why Long Reef Manly Newport Freshwater North Palm Beach South Curl Curl Mona Vale Dee Why Avalon Beach Manly Freshwater Avalon Beach North Palm Beach South Narrabeen Palm Beach Freshwater North Palm Beach Warriewood Bilgola Freshwater Newport North Narrabeen Whale Beach North Palm Beach North Narrabeen Whale Beach Warriewood Palm Beach Newport Freshwater Avalon Beach North Curl Curl Palm Beach North Palm Beach Palm Beach Avalon Beach Long Reef South Narrabeen Whale Beach Warriewood Dee Why North Palm Beach Newport Collaroy Mona Vale Palm Beach Surfcom Operators Richard Andjelkovic Newport Zoran Avtarovski Newport Warwick Blackman South Narrabeen Michelle Blewitt Dee Why Terence Boardman OAM Queenscliff Stephen Broderick Avalon Beach Stanley Buckman Manly Leanne Budd Newport Matthew Campbell South Curl Curl David Canavan Collaroy Rebecca Chapman North Steyne Rowena Clarke Dee Why Lee Cooper North Steyne Shannon Cooper North Steyne Jessica Cotterill Dee Why Andrew Cross South Narrabeen Colin Dagger Queenscliff Severine Delerue Warriewood Zachary Dibben Dee Why Anne Gleason Manly Deandra Godoy Freshwater Jessica Grofski North Steyne Tracey Hare-Boyd North Steyne Meaghan Harris Bilgola Anne Henshaw Dee Why Adrian Hill Newport Adam Hockley Dee Why Kristina Irish Collaroy Sebastian Kadziela Dee Why Lorelle Kinsey Warriewood Glenn Langley Newport Tina Leck Newport Debbie Lindsay Mona Vale Adrienne Lowe Dee Why Gemma Margiotta Manly Kevin D. Martin North Curl Curl Jessica Menzies Newport Gloria Nassif Dee Why Garry O`Sullivan North Steyne Marc Pacey Queenscliff Steven Polley Dee Why Christopher Roberts Newport Juanita Ruys Palm Beach Kim Spicer North Palm Beach Rema Suleiman North Curl Curl Marianne Troop Collaroy Katharine Wade Manly Sarah Wanden North Curl Curl Adam Williams Manly Trauma Incident Peer Support (TIPS) Patricia Newton (Convenor), Gary Beauchamp, Alan Butler, Steve Haggett, Susan Hart, Skye Holt, Shannon Job, Kate Munro, Kerry Seipelt, Judy Tier, Tony Tier

27 EDUCATION & ASSESSMENT ADRIENNE LOWE DIRECTOR The 2014/15 season heralded enormous changes to the Training and Assessment of industry based awards, particularly with the introduction of new units of competency within our core awards. Education within a nationally Recognised Training Organisation relies on a number of dedicated members, and Surf Lifesaving Sydney Northern Beaches has been fortunate to have an enthusiastic team of Training Officers, Assessors and Facilitators. They have shown compassion, strength and tenacity. To provide an invaluable educational service to surf lifesavers on the beach is a credit to all our members, supporters and loyal sponsors. The 2014/15 season heralded enormous changes to the Training and Assessment of industry based awards, particularly with the introduction of new units of competency within our core awards. On top of additional industry based standards, SLSA released the 34th Edition of the Public Safety and Aquatic Rescue Manual. All these changes and amendments meant every member involved in the Education of SRC, Bronze, Silver, Gold, First Aid and ARTC awards were required to upgrade their qualifications. During the pre-season, 12 updates and workshops were conducted to ensure Training Officers and Assessors were compliant under the new industry standards. Sincere thanks to Steve Haggett, Tracey Hare- Boyd, Steve Faddy, Fran Brenchley, Louise Lindop, Rod McGibbon, Glenn Everingham, Shannon Job, Lindsay Davis, Marianne Troop, Gary Beauchamp, Kaz Marks and the entire Menzies family, all of whom not only updated their own qualifications but volunteered to upgrade a total of 189 Training Officers, Assessors and Facilitators. Across the Branch, Clubs processed a total of 6,000 new awards from Surf Play One to the Gold Medallion. Clubs put through 711 new Bronze awards, 440 SRCs and 190 Powercraft awards. To give a snapshot on Assessor activities at a Club level, 4,241 patrolling members gained their Bronze proficiency. Training Officer, Assessor and Facilitator (TAF) Development In the 2014/15 season, SLSSNB ran three Training Officer Courses, with 24 new Trainers being endorsed. On the Assessor front, two courses were conducted and 14 members are now Probationary Assessors. Five members went on to complete their qualification under the guidance of a mentor and were endorsed by the Board. An additional 36 Assessors were given endorsement to assess Spinal Management proficiencies, meaning all but a handful of Clubs can now have the spinal proficiency signed off internally. Facilitator numbers continue to grow. In 2014/15, eight new Facilitators were added to the team. Members are encouraged to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). A total of four TAFs applied and were granted RPL. Surf Rescue Certificate This award was hugely affected by the changes to industry standards and the timing could not have been worse as the changes came through mid-season. SRC candidates were required to learn team resuscitation and the use of the defibrillator. In November, our Central Venue Guidelines had to be altered to reflect the new units and, in some cases, assessments were split to allow candidates extra training time. Fran Brenchley, the Branch SRC Adviser, did an amazing job working with Clubs and the BOEA to ensure a smooth transition throughout the process. Bronze Medallion The Branch team improved upon and developed a number of resources to assist Clubs and Club members with the Bronze assessment process: Central Venue guidelines were spilt into two separate documents- Bronze and SRC. A Mentor program was implemented for 27

28 EDUCATION & ASSESSMENT Gold Medallion Special mention to the Gold (or Golden) team of Andy Cross, Bryn Russell, Shannon Job and the Board of Youth and Member Development. This team is behind the scenes scheming, tracking and inspiring candidates striving to gain this prestigious award, our highest lifesaving award. Shannon Job, Bryn Russell and Andy Cross not only assessed the Gold award but achieved their own Gold proficiencies. The Gold season kicked off with an information session at South Curl Curl SLSC. Andy Cross secured a celebrity line up that included Brad Gaul, Pat Farmer and Guy Leech. This session had to be one of the most inspiring ever. The Gold season finished on the last day of patrol with a wet Antarctic like day. All the hard work paid off with a record number of new Gold awards and proficiencies over the season. new Assessors in Charge for our Central Venues assessments. Central Venues Guidelines have improved the booking procedures through Branch, limiting number of candidates at certain Clubs due to limited space to assess, which in turn ensured the correct number of Assessors were available. Over the course of the season there were 57 Bronze Central Venue assessments. The Bronze Adviser Steve Haggett (Dee Why SLSC) attending 23, followed closely by Gordy Cockburn (North Narrabeen SLSC) Central Venues continue to improve the overall standards of the candidates and allows the Assessors to maintain assessing to the same standards as per the Training Manual. Regular debriefing at the end of the assessments has allowed constant review and improvement. ARTC Gary Beauchamp, the Branch Advanced Resuscitation Adviser, lent his valuable knowledge and industry expertise to ensure ARTC Central Venue standards remained high. In pre-season, Gary spent time developing a format for the ARTC and HLT upgrades. Gary continues to lead the ARTC Central Venue assessments at the North Curl Curl SLSC. Two ARTC courses were conducted as Central Venues in a revised format. Thank you to Gary Fox, Queenscliff SLSC, and Louise Lindop, Avalon Beach SLSC, for their work with this project. Thank you to the North Curl Curl SLSC for hosting the CV ARTC assessments. Powercraft In winter 2014, Branch trialled a Central Venue training course for IRB Crew and IRB Drivers. In July 2015, Graham Howard and the Powercraft Panel revised this process and an off-season course will be conducted for IRBD and new IRB Training Officers. Clubs with low driver numbers and those without an IRB Training Officer are encouraged to participate. Jet Ski courses continued to run in the winter months. I would also like to thank North Palm Beach SLSC for all the assistance they provide in the training of our RWC operators. Facilitated Courses Thank you to Jess Menzies for co-ordinating the Branch facilitated courses. In 2014/15, Branch conducted the Training Officer and Assessor courses: Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management x 6; ARTC x 2; Spinal Management x 7; Pain Management x 1. SLSSNB Awards of Excellence Congratulations to Gary Beauchamp (North Curl Curl SLSC) on receiving the Harry Ragan Award for his years of service to Education and Lifesaving. Matt Molinia (Dee Why SLSC) received the Training Officer of the Year Award for his 28

29 innovations, including pathway programs for SRCs to Bronze, Orange Nipper Education programs, Nipper Parent Induction program, Gold pathways for Dee Why members and implementing a training patrol. Assessor of the Year, Ray Merton (North Curl Curl SLSC) for his work at Bronze and IRB Central Venue assessments and his community Education courses. As Club Vice-Captain, Ray strives to infuse his SLS Education knowledge directly into the veins of operational Patrol teams. He has instigated games involving competitive mock rescue scenarios across land and water which especially appeals to the sports competitors in patrols. Facilitator of the Year Clare Hagon (North Curl Curl SLSC). Clare works collaboratively with other Facilitators with support, mentoring and encouragement. She also keeps up to date with wider Educational developments by attending varied professional development activities, including Action Research relating to her work as a professional educator. This provides a fresh outlook to her ability to deliver relevant and engaging training in her SLS roles. Forward planning Central Venue guidelines for SRC and Bronze assessments have proved an invaluable resource not only for Assessors and Training Officers but also for the candidates. Planning is underway to develop CV guidelines for all Branch run assessments. A review is underway to focus on the current probationary Assessor/ Mentor structure with the development of clear pathways towards initial endorsement. Currently Spinal Management courses can only be conducted by facilitators. SLSNSW has given the Branch endorsement to trial courses instructed and assessed by Training Officers and Assessors, taking the pressure off our limited number of Facilitators. Restructuring the format of Branch facilitated courses with online material to minimise the number of hours spent on face to face training. The new season Education calendar was drafted and circulated in May. Next season Branch has scheduled 4 Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management courses, 4 Spinal Management courses, 1 Pain Management course, 1 Silver Medallion Search and Rescue course, 3 Training Officer Courses and 2 Assessor Courses. The 2015/16 season is a re-endorsement year for all TAFs. The Probationary Assessor (PA) initial endorsement process is somewhat adhoc with little or no clear pathways for PA s or Mentors to follow. This currently presents challenges particularly for Bronze PA s with the split dry/wet assessments and the number of assessment tasks. A project team to review the process and structure a pathway for PA s to follow will be put in place. Review on the delivery of ARTC, Basic Beach Management, Training Officer and Assessor courses. On-line modules, workplace modules included in course content. Thank you Our awards are all about the quality of Training and Assessment. Under the RTO framework, the Vocational Education Training sector annual audits are required at every tier of our organisation. The Branch received 100 per cent compliance so thank you to the Branch staff, in particular Belinda Dobson and the SLSSNB Executive. Congratulations to Narrabeen Beach SLSC for also gaining 100 per cent compliance. Personal thanks to the SLSNSW Education support staff Steve Allan, Louise Cooke and Judy Spicer and SLSA s Pamela Simon for their expertise and guidance. At the end of the day, it is great to put a large number of people through courses and get more new members but it is also important to retain those we train and work with them to enhance and improve their skill set and I believe Clubs and Branch are achieving this objective. Thank you to each and every person involved in Education across the 21 Clubs. Most of the hours our Training Officers, Assessors and Facilitators spend go largely unrewarded but the dedication and hard work have resulted in Clubs on Sydney s Northern Beaches becoming truly outstanding Surf Life Saving organisations. 29

30 AWARDS North Palm Beach Palm Beach Whale Beach Avalon Beach Bilgola Newport Bungan Beach Mona Vale Warriewood North Narrabeen Narrabeen Beach South Narrabeen 5 Year National Patrol Service Award 1 10 Year National Patrol Service Award 1 15 Year National Patrol Service Award Year National Patrol Service Award 1 25 Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award 2 70 Year Long Service Award 75 Year Long Service Award Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Assessor Advanced Resuscitation Techniques 1 Assessor Bronze Medallion 1 Assessor Certificate Assessor IRB ATV Operator Induction Bronze Medallion Facilitator Beach Management - Module 3 Facilitator Rescue Water Craft Facilitator Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management Facilitator Spinal Management 1 Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving) 1 IRB Crew Certificate Junior Activities Age Manager Course

31 Year National Patrol Service Award Collaroy Long Reef Dee Why 10 Year National Patrol Service Award Year National Patrol Service Award Year National Patrol Service Award 1 25 Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award Year Long Service Award 2 2 Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Assessor Advanced Resuscitation Techniques 1 Assessor Bronze Medallion 2 3 Assessor Certificate Assessor IRB 1 1 ATV Operator Induction Bronze Medallion Facilitator Beach Management - Module Facilitator Rescue Water Craft 1 1 Facilitator Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management 1 5 Facilitator Spinal Management 1 Gold Medallion (Advanced Lifesaving) IRB Crew Certificate Junior Activities Age Manager Course 6 49 North Curl Curl South Curl Curl Freshwater Queenscliff North Steyne Manly SNB Branch SNB Surf School TOTAL 31

32 AWARDS North Palm Beach Palm Beach Whale Beach Avalon Beach Bilgola Newport Bungan Beach Mona Vale Warriewood North Narrabeen Narrabeen Beach South Narrabeen Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane) Radio Operator Certificate Rescue Water Craft Operator Certificate Resuscitation Certificate 1 1 Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management Silver Medallion Communications Centre Operator 2 Silver Medallion IRB Driver Spinal Management SS - ASC Beginning Coaching General Principles 1 1 Surf Aware One Surf Aware Two Surf Coach Level 1 1 Surf Official Level Surf Play One Surf Play Two Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed) Surf Safe One Surf Safe Two Surf Smart One Surf Smart Two Surf Sports - Junior Official 5 Surf Survival Training Officer Advanced Resuscitation Techniques 1 1 Training Officer Bronze Medallion Training Officer Certificate 1 Training Officer IRB Total Awards per Club

33 Pain Management Certificate (Methoxyflurane) 2 2 Collaroy Long Reef Dee Why Radio Operator Certificate Rescue Water Craft Operator Certificate 5 5 Resuscitation Certificate 2 Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management Silver Medallion Communications Centre Operator 2 Silver Medallion IRB Driver Spinal Management SS - ASC Beginning Coaching General Principles Surf Aware One Surf Aware Two Surf Coach Level Surf Official Level Surf Play One Surf Play Two Surf Rescue Certificate (CPR Endorsed) Surf Safe One Surf Safe Two Surf Smart One Surf Smart Two Surf Sports - Junior Official Surf Survival Training Officer Advanced Resuscitation Techniques 2 Training Officer Bronze Medallion Training Officer Certificate Training Officer IRB Total Awards per Club North Curl Curl South Curl Curl Freshwater Queenscliff North Steyne Manly SNB Branch SNB Surf School TOTAL 33

34 ASSESSORS & FACILITATORS ASSESSORS North Palm Beach Robert Cox Graham Howard Warren Howard Michelle Rae Geoff Raper Kristen Raper Palm Beach Scott Mathers Sean McLintock Catherine Quayle Whale Beach Geoffrey Hale Christopher Hendrikson Avalon Beach Peter Akehurst Terry Barber Andrew Crow Louise Lindop Donovan Macintosh Jeffrey Nesbitt Bilgola Steven Faddy Peter Fenley Isabelle Poelmann Schmidt Craig Poppleton Peter Tomkins Newport Rob Barkley Leanne Budd Ben Cummins Grant Dargue Peter Finch Bernard Howard Brendan Menzies Douglas Menzies Jessica Menzies Kieran Menzies Sandy Menzies Michael Rosic Guyren Smith Bungan Beach Rod McGibbon Colin Rae Mona Vale Geoff Bateman Andrew Hjorth 34 Ross James Stephen Miles Robert Stokes Michael Wasley Warriewood Rick Harris Beverley Tilbury North Narrabeen Gordon Cockburn Howard Fitzgibbon Glenn Jones Jason Tydeman Richard Whipp Narrabeen Beach Robert Cook Kaz Marks Matthew Murphy Paul O`Keefe South Narrabeen Andrew Cross Collaroy Elizabeth Green Gregory MacMahon Phillip Mickan Andrew Sole Tamara Sole Marianne Troop Long Reef Jonathon Debney Kristie Debney Samantha Dransfield Adam Kent Douglas Lucas Thomas Rees Andrew Robson Meredith Robson Peter Selosse Dee Why Darren Armitage Vivienne Cresswell Stephen Haggett Allen Lakeman Adrienne Lowe Simon Moriarty Gregory Punch David Spink North Curl Curl Steven Atkins Gary Beauchamp Phil Godbee Clare Hagon Ray Merton South Curl Curl Craig Blake Glenn Everingham Michael Le Geyt Kevin Moffat Bryn Russell Christopher Smith Freshwater Richard Budd Lindsay Davis Stephen Davis Walter Dobrow Belinda Dobson Jonathan Farrell Andrew McEwen Paul Milinkovic Queenscliff Barry Antella Terence Boardman OAM Colin Dagger Garry Fox Alicia Robledo Paul Schott Kerry Seipelt Paul Taylor David Torevell Rodger Whiteman North Steyne Keith Abraham Tracey Hare-Boyd Shannon Job Joe Mastrangelo Paul Mathew Tom Rankine Frans Traugott Manly Frances Brenchley Tim Cuthbert Lauren Elder Greg Pooley Michael Shipton Anthony Tier Sophie Tyner

35 FACILITATORS Palm Beach Scott Mathers Avalon Beach Louise Lindop Bilgola Beach Steven Faddy Newport Adrian Hill Jessica Menzies Kieran Menzies Sandy Menzies Mona Vale Glenn Tolan Michael Wasley North Narrabeen Glenn Jones Collaroy Marianne Troop CHIEF TRAINING OFFICERS Organisation Position Full Name North Palm Beach Education Warren Howard Palm Beach Training Thomas Whitworth Whale Beach Education Lara Boyle Avalon Beach Chief Instructor Louise Lindop Bilgola Beach Chief Training Officer Isabelle Poelmann Schmidt Newport Chief Training Officer Michael Rosic Bungan Beach Director Education Phoebe Dobb Mona Vale Chief Instructor Ross James Warriewood Training Officer Vickie Dyer North Narrabeen Education Dale Ferrington Narrabeen Beach Director of Education n/a South Narrabeen Education Andrew Cross Collaroy Chief Instructor Elizabeth Green Long Reef Director of Education Samantha Dransfield Dee Why Chief Instructor Matthew Molinia North Curl Curl Dir Surf Lifesaving Instruction Ian Thurgood & Clare Hagon South Curl Curl Education Glenn Everingham Freshwater Chief Instructor Lindsay Davis Queenscliff Chief Instructor Garry Fox North Steyne Chief Instructor Frans Traugott Manly Chief Instructor Anthony Tier Dee Why Adrienne Lowe Stephen Haggett North Curl Curl Clare Hagon Gary Beauchamp Freshwater Lindsay Davis Jonathan Farrell Queenscliff Barry Antella Terence Boardman OAM Colin Dagger David Torevell North Steyne Keith Abraham Shannon Job Manly Frances Brenchley Anthony Tier

36 MEMBER SERVICES TRACEY HARE-BOYD DIRECTOR We again assisted Education during the season and took on a tracking program for the Gold Medallion. Working and refining a developed system, Club members were able to lodge their interest in achieving the Gold Medallion. Youth and Membership Development had a great season and a lot of initiatives and projects were realised and accomplished. The hardest part of going on a journey is sometimes taking the first step and this past season, Youth and Membership Development worked integrally with other portfolios within Branch to ensure that our membership benefited from the initiatives that Youth and Membership took part in. Youth members were also recognised and well represented by their Junior Activity Chairs throughout the season. Hard Working Team Youth and Membership covers all sections of surf lifesaving and it was appropriate that the BYMD team was at the forefront of each section. This season, I was fortunate to keep my team of hard working individuals who worked together well because of their knowledge and expertise in their respective areas. I would like to start by thanking our Branch President, Doug Menzies along with my fellow Directors, Shannon Job, Geoff Raper, Adrienne Lowe, Lance Barnes, Darren Warrener and Rob Berry. Because Youth and Membership covers all portfolios, I have had the pleasure of dealing with all of the Branch staff. Steve McInnes, Jen Huston, Belinda Dobson, John Taylor and Marcial Nunura have all provided invaluable assistance and advice at the drop of a hat. Of special mention, I would like to thank Kristen Raper. Kristen was the Youth and Membership support staff at Branch and was always extremely helpful and assisted me with keeping our projects and initiatives on track and achievable. However, Kristen has now left the Branch and I wish her well in her future endeavours. Jen Huston, apart from her Branch management role, also took on the role of assisting BYMD. Her assistance and innovative ideas have been invaluable. I think it is important to note and remember that my fellow Directors and Branch staff are all members of Clubs themselves. The Directors and staff are all experiencing the everyday challenges that our Club members face first hand. My core panel also needs to be thanked and they consisted of Adrienne Lowe (Education), Steve Haggett (SRC), Andrew Cross (Lifesaving), Mike Stanley-Jones (Cadets and Rookie and Age Managers). These hardworking individuals helped to bring new ideas and also printed information and programs for the benefit of our Club Directors and Club Members. Gold Medallion We again assisted Education during the season and took on a tracking program for the Gold Medallion. Working and refining a developed system, Club members were able to lodge their interest in achieving the Gold Medallion. The tracking program showed award pathways which needed to be achieved and also listed training levels. Candidates had the opportunity to do training sessions in certain disciplines if they felt they needed extra training in the timed pool swim or board paddling. Club members were encouraged to train at venues with members from other Clubs which assisted them in achieving their training goals. Through Branch, our Director of Education also facilitated and arranged specific courses to enable candidates to obtain the pre-requisite awards, upgrade or become proficient prior to going to their assessment. Through the program, 10 new candidates achieved their Gold Medallion (12 last season) and 26 candidates achieved their proficiency (20 last season). This will be a program that will be run again within Member Services.

37 Surf Recreation Challenge (SRC) Day As the Under 14 members graduated from Nippers this past season, we ran a Surf Recreation Challenge day where members were invited to an afternoon of fun and challenges. A total of 60 Under 14 s attended to find out what the season ahead would hold for them. Attendees were able to ask questions about their SRC training and assessment process, what patrolling might be like, further awards and Junior Lifesaver of the Year. Candidates were given a motivational talk by fellow lifesaver, Katie Williams and big wave surfer Matt Grainger. Katie inspired the SRC s, talking about her career through Nippers to now with her Collaroy Club and her experiences as female Captain of the NSW team. Matt gave the SRC s an insight into what inspired him to start surfing big waves and leading into his surf school ownership and high performance school that is achieving great results for his students. March Past Parade In November, 72 Nippers, representing Clubs from Dee Why, Narrabeen Beach, North Curl Curl, North Steyne, Queenscliff and Warriewood, marched through Westfield Warringah Mall. Westfield is a Branch sponsor. As part of a Westfield Christmas promotion, our Clubs were asked to showcase their March Past teams. It was a colourful parade and the public commented on what a big impact the Nippers made. Thank you to those Clubs who participated. This was Warriewood s first march together as a team and should be congratulated for heading out together at such a big venue and in front of so many onlookers. Thanks also to Warren Hannam (Dee Why SLSC) who drove Santa in the ATV and got him safely to his destination. This was a great way to showcase Nippers doing what they enjoy at a place other than the beach. Junior Lifesaver of the Year The 2014/15 Junior Lifesaver of the Year program saw a very high calibre of nominations. The judges were hard pressed to choose the two winners who would then go onto represent SNB at the State JLOTY. Thanks to judges Lee Cooper, Katie Williams and Shannon Job. Our workshop gave the candidates an opportunity to present and showcase their individual programs. This year we had an SRC presenter at the workshop. This presenter achieved his SRC in March, 2014 and was able to give the candidates an insight into what sort of integration was needed moving forward from SRC into Cadets, patrolling and Club life outside of Nippers. The workshop also gave the candidates a chance to talk about, further expand on and share the programs they wanted to initiate into their Club. It was very positive to hear that some of the candidates had already introduced and implemented their ideas and programs into their respective Clubs by the time they attended the JLOTY interviews. This was truly a group of motivated and inspired SRCs. Each Club who provided a candidate this year was exceptionally well represented by these 13 year- old lifesavers. They should all be individually congratulated on their achievements within their Clubs. Winners were announced at a presentation evening held at the Branch headquarters. I would like to extend my thanks to the Club Presidents who attended the evening to witness the future of the lifesaving movement representing their Clubs with such 37

38 MEMBER SERVICES maturity. It was also nice to see the room filled with Juniors Activity Chairs, parents, friends and siblings. This is an important youth program to ensure we are nurturing and mentoring the youth of our Clubs leading them from Nippers into Cadetship and to ensure their longevity within our Clubs. I would like to thank Glen Borg, of Dematic, who were sponsors of this program again this year and continue to support the JLOTY program and the youth of our Branch. Congratulations to Cameron Gaw of Collaroy and Sam Le Geyt of South Curl Curl on being selected as the Branch Junior Lifesavers of the Year. This year our two winners attended mock interviews with previous State JLOTY finalists Sita Mason and Jake de Kort. Thanks to Sita and Jake for briefing our two candidates on what to expect at the State JLOTY camp. Both Cameron and Sam represented SNB extremely well at the State JLOTY camp and interviews. I was lucky enough to be a State JLOTY judge and, although I didn t get to see Cameron, I note that Sam came a very close second in his interviews. At 13, Sam must be congratulated and commended on his knowledge of his Club and all their members and also his maturity and confidence that he portrays in his knowledge of everything that is surf lifesaving. I m sure that both Sam and Cameron will continue to do their Club proud as they progress in their journey through surf lifesaving, not only at a Club but Branch and State level. 38 Thank You Get Together This season all sections of Education, Surf Sports, Lifesaving and Member Services got together and put on a Thank You function for members. Finding the time to schedule these types of events is always hard. We were lucky enough to squeeze it in at the end of the season before everyone settled into off-season mode. Thanks to Adrienne Lowe and Belinda Dobson for organising the event and thanks also to South Narrabeen SLSC for hosting the event. SLSNSW Programs There are numerous SLSNSW programs and SNB were well represented by candidates in all programs during the season. We hope that more members will join in and participate in these programs again next season as the members who participated found them very worthwhile. Youth Opportunity Makers This year SLSNSW had 45 applications and Sydney Northern Beaches had

39 three successful applicants who were Tahlia Dearden (Freshwater), Courtney Halford (Long Reef) and Danielle Edwards (North Steyne). Sita Mason was accepted into the Development Networking Program but because of a change to her University schedule that clashed with the program dates, Sita was unable to attend. 26+ Development Program This past season, SLSNSW trialled this program. Three applications from SNB were received and, unfortunately, as this was a trial program, only one candidate could attend. Charles Vinney (North Steyne) was the applicant who was successful in attending this program. SLSA National Leadership College Sydney Northern Beaches applicants to attend the SLSA National Leadership College were Charles Marriott (Palm Beach SLSC) and Simon Vincent (South Narrabeen SLSC). Congratulations to all those who represented Sydney Northern Beaches at these programs. Awards of Excellence The culmination of the season s efforts for all members involved from patrolling members, competitors, officials to volunteers doing barbeque and kiosk shifts. The evening takes an enormous amount of organisation and the Branch staff spends many hours tallying up point scores, organising and setting up everything but no one more than Jen Huston who personally oversees every detail of the evening. Thanks to the Branch staff for assisting but special thanks to Jen for the amount of hours spent on fine tuning all the details, including theme, invitations and decorations, a lot of which is done after hours. There is also a behind the scenes team of experts who help out and thanks to Kevin Green for the creative design, Vicki Huston for photography and Jacqui Huston for her craft ideas and implementation. Thanks also to our MC s for the evening, Sita Mason and Shannon Job. Congratulations to all winners and I wish them luck as they move onto the SLSNSW Awards of Excellence. The nominations received this season were all exceptional but I encourage all Clubs to put forward nominations next season for these Awards of Excellence to ensure that their members are recognised for their efforts and achievements over the season. Where To From Here? Member Services will be taking on some new projects and initiatives for members in the coming season and look forward to achieving more goals for the benefit of Clubs and their members throughout the Branch. We need to keep moving forward with this movement to ensure we don t get left behind. There will be changes coming into the movement next season and Member Services will ensure that they will be on the front foot assisting Presidents, Directors and Members with the implementation of new systems and protocols introduced by SLSA and SLSNSW whilst continuing to achieve strategic goals set within Branch for the benefit of their membership. We once again look forward to working closely with Education, Surf Sports and Lifesaving to ensure all aspects of membership are being looked after. Surf Life Saving is a volunteer organisation and one of a few volunteer organisations where members need to train and qualify to become a volunteer. Although it takes time to achieve our awards and then carry out proficiencies, our skills are not exclusive to the beach but life skills which is the important thing to remember. Encouragement and nurturing of our youth members will help to ensure the future of our organisation and also ensure the work that we are all doing now is carried on for years to come. As the Director of Member Services, I would like to thank every member of every Club within our Branch for their time spent volunteering on and off the beach this past season. 39

40 MEMBERSHIP North Palm Beach Palm Beach Whale Beach Avalon Beach Bilgola Newport Bungan Beach Mona Vale Warriewood North Narrabeen Narrabeen Beach Total Members 109 1, , , , Active (15-18 yrs) Female Male Active (18yrs and over) Female Male Associate Female Male Award Member Female Male Cadet Member (13-15 years) Female Male General Female Male Honorary Female Male Junior Activity Member (5-13 years) Female Male Leave / Restricted 1 Female 1 Male Life Member Female Male Long Service Female Male Non Member Participants 1 Female Male 1 Past Active Female Male 3 12 Probationary Female Male Reserve Active Female Male Patrolling Membership Patrolling membership includes: Cadets, Active 15-18, Active 18+, Reserve Active and Award Members

41 South Narrabeen Collaroy Long Reef Dee Why North Curl Curl South Curl Curl Freshwater Queenscliff North Steyne Manly TOTAL Total Members , ,933 1, ,049 19,391 Active (15-18 yrs) Female Male Active (18yrs and over) ,260 Female ,077 Male ,183 Associate ,236 Female Male ,290 Award Member Female Male Cadet Member (13-15 years) Female Male General ,568 Female ,178 Male ,390 Honorary Female Male Junior Activity Member (5-13 years) ,189 Female ,459 Male ,730 Leave / Restricted Female 7 8 Male Life Member Female Male Long Service ,172 Female Male ,060 Non Member Participants 1 2 Female 1 1 Male 1 Past Active Female Male Probationary Female Male Reserve Active Female Male Patrolling Membership ,632 41

42 SPONSORSHIP & MARKETING ROB BERRY DIRECTOR The Streets Ice Cream division of Unilever has continued their financial support signing up for another three-year term. Streets provide the highly visible red and yellow patrol tents and provide our Clubs with freezers and stock to raise funds through their canteens and kiosks. For almost two decades, Sydney Northern Beaches Branch was indeed fortunate to have Energy Australia [now Ausgrid] as the major sponsor but all good things come to an end at some stage. We are ever so grateful for the funding provided over the years which enabled us to carry out the various services that we provide. It was a partnership that allowed our Branch to prosper and become the strongest in the State. Sadly, the long-term deal with the electricity company ended on December 31, The Streets Ice Cream division of Unilever has continued their financial support signing up for another three-year term. Streets provide the highly visible red and yellow patrol tents and provide our Clubs with freezers and stock to raise funds through their canteens and kiosks. Lipton Ice Tea, another Unilever division, has also come on board replacing Coca Cola, providing funding over a three-year period. Lipton Ice Tea is a market leader globally and our Clubs now provide this refreshing drink through their kiosks. We thank Martha Williams and the team at Streets and Lipton Ice Tea for their continuing support. Westfield Warringah Mall is a great supporter of Sydney Northern Beaches Surf Life Saving and has increased involvement over the past few seasons through the Junior Lifesaving Championships, providing hundreds of Officials shirts and other financial support. Introduced for the first time was a parade of teams from various Junior Clubs through Warringah Mall before Christmas with Santa leading the parade in an ATV. The participating Clubs received $500 each. On the day, Westfield Warringah Mall Regional Manager Scott Moore handed over a cheque for $16,500 to our Branch. And Westfield has plans for other fundraising events next season. We thank Westfield for their wonderful support and particularly, Scott Moore. The 2015 Junior Lifesaver of the Year Award was again sponsored by Dematic, the materials, handling and technology experts. Many thanks to CEO Glen Borg and Marketing Manager Carole McCormick. Our thanks to David Johnston, General Manager of URM Waste and Recycling Solutions, for funding the Lifesaver of the Year Award and also for financial help to several Clubs. URM also sponsored our Surf Sports awards at this year s Awards of Excellence. Other essential support came from the Bill Buckle Group Auto Dealerships at Brookvale. As well as sponsoring the Branch Open Championships with naming rights for Northern Beaches Jaguar/Landrover, Bill Buckle funds the transport of the Gear Container to carnival locations. Thredbo has long been a popular winter and summer destination for our members and Northern Beaches residents so Kosciuszko Thredbo financially support the Branch and also offer package deals to our members. Bennett Surfboards has been a sure choice of Clubs for many generations and, in return, generously support surf sports with the Bennett Ironman and Board Classic at Freshwater which attracts a big roll up from under 9s to 14s. 42

43 The Primary Schools classroom program of Surf Smart-Sun Smart, across the Sydney area, has reached more than 16,000 students, thanks to the generous support of the Cancer Institute NSW. Their funding has enabled us to provide free of charge classroom programs to promote surf safety and sun safety to a wider audience of school aged children. The Branch and some of our individual Clubs are most fortunate to have support from registered Clubs in our region. Dee Why RSL, in particular, has been most generous donating a rescue jetski for our support operations, as has The Beach Club Collaroy who donated two beach tents to help protect our Officials from the sun at carnivals. We thank the management and Directors of both Clubs for recognising and supporting our rescue efforts. Many thanks to Warringah and Pittwater Councils who are very aware of the important role our Life Saving Clubs play and provide financial assistance to the Branch with annual grants. Our thanks to local MP s, Rob Stokes, Brad Hazzard and Premier Mike Baird for their support. The time the Hon Bronwyn Bishop, Federal Member for Mackellar, gives up to attend Branch and Club events is very much appreciated. Our volunteer organisation is fortunate to have such strong support from our Government leaders. To our national sponsors, DHL, Telstra and Westpac, thank you for your ongoing support for the funding that is provided through SLSNSW to the Branch. The Branch appreciates the excellent newspaper coverage in the Manly Daily and special thanks to Editor Nick Calacouras, Sports Editor Jon Geddes and journalists Andrew Prentice and Bryn Kay. The Manly Daily also conducted a photo competition over 10 weeks called Swim between the Flags. Readers were invited to submit photos of beach activities. Westfield Warringah Mall donated Gift Vouchers that totalled $1,500. Further support from the Manly Daily was in presenting a series of Surf Safety messages as part of community education. Not forgetting Alison Guesdon s great work promoting Surf Life Saving on Pittwater Online News and to Pittwater Life for their excellent coverage. Thanks to Nigel Wall. This has been my last season as a volunteer Branch Director after six years in the role. It was a privilege to have been a small part of Sydney Northern Beaches Surf Life Saving. The staff of Steve McInnes, Jen Huston, Marcial Nunura, Belinda Dobson and John Taylor work tirelessly and are so dedicated. It is very special. I thank them for their help. I know how much time the Directors devote to their Branch duties. They go beyond the call and they deserve a special thanks, as do the 21 Club Presidents. On a parting note, a massive thank you to our sponsors of the Branch and Clubs who help facilitate the community service given by our volunteer lifesavers. And to our lifesavers. Keep up the great work in keeping our beaches safe. 43

44 SURF SPORTS DARREN WARRENER DIRECTOR Surf Sports on the northern beaches is in a fantastic position with Competitors, Officials, Club Coaches and Administrators. They are all positive and supportive of the direction surf sports has taken. In my first year in the role as Director of Surf Sports, I found it both challenging and rewarding. Surf Sports on the northern beaches is in a fantastic position with Competitors, Officials, Club Coaches and Administrators. They are all positive and supportive of the direction surf sports has taken. The BoSS is made up of 11 fantastic and dedicated Advisers who have a real passion for the sport and the direction going forward. Each Adviser has a panel and this is where I encourage members of Clubs with the same passion for the different sections to please make contact and join the panels next season. Advisers sitting on the BoSS this past season were: Lifesaving Steve Haggett (Dee Why) R&R Sue Troy (Freshwater) March Past Gary Cook (Newport) Beach Martin Lynch (Newport) and Michael Gedz (Queenscliff) Boats Alex Hill (Manly) Water and Craft - Peter Tullett (Newport) High Performance David Rees (Warriewood) Carnival Review Louis Tassone (North Curl Curl) Powercraft Nigel Penn (Bilgola) Officials Chris Dooley (North Steyne) In addition to these positions, we have Keith Abraham, who was invited to meetings representing the area of equipment. I would like to thank each of you and your panels for the dedication and support over the past 12 months as we continue to drive and improve surf sports within SNB. The aim of the BoSS is to deliver surf sports events that are safe, well organised and to continually look at ways of improving the experience for Competitors, Officials and spectators and we monitor this via the surveys we send out after each carnival. Major achievements in this area over the past year have been: Craft Carnivals these are short, fast carnivals where each competitor gets up to five races. Beach Carnival Queenscliff ran this as a trial and the response was fantastic, so look for more next season. 44 Host Clubs and Events Bilgola Boat Carnival Collaroy East Coast Masters Young Guns Dee Why Bennet Craft Carnival First Aid Carnival pm Patrol Competition event Freshwater Australia Day Open Carnival Bennett Junior Ironman Champion Lifesaver First Aid Carnival Boat Carnival Masters Carnival Twilight Craft Carnival Long Reef Boat Carnival Manly Manly Boat Carnival Manly Open Carnival Nipper Nats U9-U12 only Narrabeen Beach Junior Carnival Newport Boat Carnival Junior Carnival North Curl Curl Craft Carnival Open Carnival North Narrabeen First Aid Carnival Boat Carnival North Steyne Champion Lifesaver Palm Beach SNB Branch Championships Queenscliff Beach Carnival Boat Carnival Junior Carnival Open Carnival South Narrabeen Boat Carnival Warriewood Boat Carnival Masters Carnival The delivery of these events in SNB is a massive task due to the sheer number of competitors and the size of the Branch. We rely heavily on the 21 Clubs in the Branch to provide assistance and support and we would like to thank the Clubs and their organising committees and work parties for their efforts and contribution throughout the season. Season highlights We conducted 35 events, including our Branch championships and attracted 13,760 competitors and these were made up of 5,564 Nippers, 699 Masters, 2,992 boat, 167 lifeaving,150 boardriding and 4,188 open competitors. SNB Branch team competed at Catherine Hill Bay/Swansea Belmont in the NSW Inter Branch championships and regained the trophy after a tough battle with Sydney Branch. Congratulations to the team members and all those involved with the team. Kendrick Louis, Nathan Smith, Hannah Minogue and Hayden Allum competed in the

45 KNG iron series and well done to all. Kendrick Louis, Max Brooks and Georgia Miller have all qualified for next year s KNG series. Manly won the Junior point score at Branch, as did Newport with the Open point score. The NSW Championships were also won by Manly in the Juniors for the sixth year in a row and Newport for the second in a row in the Open carnival. Newport then followed this up with a second at the Australian titles and won the Handicap section. SNB was well represented at the Aussie titles with Newport, Manly and Collaroy featuring in the medals and also congratulations to all competitors who bought home a medal and to those who improved their performances on last season. Georgia Miller and Charlie Brooks were named female and male competitors of the carnival and this just followed up on the success they both had during the year. Our competitors and teams did the Branch and their Clubs proud with some outstanding results. Collaroy won both Under 23 male and female boat finals at the Aussies. South Curl Curl won the female open boat final and Mona Vale the reserve boat final. Newport won all three male Taplins the Opens, Under 19s and Under 17s. Naomi Flood, from Manly, won her sixth single ski title at the Aussies. What an amazing achievement. Georgia Miller was also recognised at the Sport NSW Awards by winning the youth sports person award of the year for her efforts last season with 10 medals at the World surf lifesaving championships in France and also six medals at the 2014 Australian titles. She followed it up this season with 19 medals at the NSW titles and eight medals at the Australian titles. The Masters also delivered some fantastic results at both the NSW and Australian titles so well done to everyone. A special mention to the Avalon Beach Antiques female Masters boat crew who won their fifth straight national title on top of the World Masters. This year the National Youth Championships were conducted on the Gold Coast and SNB Clubs were well represented so a big thank you to all those Clubs and competitors who took part. There were some great results from Manly girls Emily Doyle and Naomi Scott, who each won three Gold medals and Newport s Katie Edwards won the Under 15 female beach double. Surf sports is not all about winning but about developing those surf skills and being a part of a team and mateship. Within the Branch, we recognise these achievements at our Awards of Excellence and congratulations to the winners. Athlete of the Year- Georgia Miller Young Athlete of the Year Charlie Brooks Masters Athlete of the Year Michael Kirkby Team of the Year Newport Male Taplin Teams Coach of the Year Trent Herring Official of the Year Louis Tassone Recorder of the Year - Robyn Holt Thank you URM for sponsoring these awards. It has been a fantastic season with some outstanding results and achievements across the Branch. I would like to say thanks to the BoSS, the Clubs and the competitors for all the support for the past season and I will see you all on the beach next season. 45

46 SURF SPORTS MEMBERSHIP 46 Avalon Beach Cameron Graham Geoffrey Harris Kalinda Hawson Christine Hopton Volker Klemm Simon Leck Jason Leigh Grant Parker Norman Roberts Nicholas Sampson Loretta Scarborough Adam Schofield Wayne Taggart Darren Warrener Terry Barber Rick Wright Bilgola Beach Rob Chant Steve Couzens Richard Crayfourd Dennis O`Toole Norman Pounder Nigel Penn Bungan Beach David Sams Collaroy Zita Briones Matthew Burns Jake de Kort Graeme Gibson Darryl Gilmartin Clare Hawkins Therese Lagois Corinna Sergi Michelle Shimakage William Wallace Paul Ducker Rhonda Ferguson Dougal Forsyth Neil Gregory David Hopper Jeannette Isaacs Raymond Isaacs Arto Jormanainen Robert Langbein Elissa Law Sharon McMahon Anna Mickan Phillip Mickan Andrew Sole Jordan Sole Tamara Sole Craig Thomas John Ward Bernard Carr Janine Fahey Suzanne Rossi Marianne Troop John Fahey Richard Lytham Dee Why Raymond Martin Darren Armitage Rachael Felton Jennifer Graves Stephen Haggett Dannealle Hannam Warren Hannam Allen Lakeman Adrienne Lowe Grant Marshall Matthew Molinia Gregory Punch Ivor Rees Peter Sharkey Martin Quinn Simon Moriarty Freshwater Taff Walsh Catherine Bennett Karen Blakeney Jennifer Bourgeois Peter Collins Paula Daly Lindsay Davis Stephen Davis Sam Di Sano Kelly Dobrow Ian Donald Clare Freakley Jane Freakley Wayne Freakley Richard Hawtin Karen Hicks Mark Honey Sharon Johnson Andrew Lefevre Andrew McEwen Kathleen Obern Peter Obern Anita Rebecchi Peter Rowlands Michelle Tomsic Christopher Tyrrell George Vella Susan Walmsley Stan Werakso Linda Wiadrowski Josephine Wolff Robert Asser Raymond Brennan Michael Kirkby Kenneth Priest Michael Bate Long Reef Anthony Frost Bruce Gaal Marnie Gordon Malcolm MacCormick Margaret Pearson Douglas Lucas Manly Warwick Bowyer Kriss Carpenter Jules Clarkson Tim Cuthbert Rebecca Jackson Aaron Morris Ben Streckeisen Andrew Thomas Brandon Ward Melissa Wildash Susan Alcock Aiden Baldwin Janet Baldwin David Bedingfield Michael Bochner Matthew Curll Nathan Doyle Peter Gard Anne Gleason Leoni Graham Carla Hall Janet Hall Zane Ludlow Colin Maggs Rick Millar Francesca Sawers Cecil John Singleton Glenn Stone Allan Tier Skye Wacher Melinda Ward Stuart Alcock Frances Brenchley Donald Gain Alan Seeney Anthony Tier Judy Tier Roger Griffith

47 Mona Vale Kim Backer Brett Beuzeville Beata Bray Anthony Hilliger Paul Knight Stephen Miles Noel Moran Gerry Quinn David Spencer Robyn Stonell Rhonda Lycett Lindsay Paton Narrabeen Beach Andrew Bain Graham Cook Gary Foster Kaz Marks Deidre McAlinden Matthew Price Craig Schweikert Stephen Price Ross Tester Newport Kim Brookes Gabrielle Fleming Leanne Pate Anissa Upton Karen Burns Katie Edwards Matthew Edwards Darren Fairhall Carolyn Hayes Mark Hayward Megan Hayward Gillian Hough Bernard Howard David Hutton Michael King Monica Lerpiniere Douglas MacDougal Colin Maclean Sandy Menzies Nic Mills John Ringrose John Sherman Guyren Smith Ian Storey Wendy Taurins Kate Thomas Mark Thornton William Washington Gary Cook Greg Howard Mark Stanton North Curl Curl Ann Barlow Rohan Connors James Gagen Julie Harvey Victoria Howell Jason Lovell Georgina Piggott Richard Smith Matthew Spencer Clare Stirrat Andrew Stuart James Woolley Sandra Atkins Leslie Bulmer Duncan Grady Martin Gurtata Ross Lambert Sue Milner Anthony Williams Terrence Aldridge Gary Beauchamp Clare Hagon Louis Tassone North Narrabeen Jacob Porter Bart Snel Susan Woodward Maureen Worth William Worth North Palm Beach Geoff Raper Kim Spicer North Steyne David Holland Henning Muller Leslie Wait Thomas Wait Bernard Burrows Rebecca Chapman Melissa Clark David Cowell Deborah Foote Danny Gompes Shannon Job Timothy Laurence Joe Mastrangelo Brett Patrick Keith Abraham Chris Dooley Neil Purcell Palm Beach Nigel Carson Matthew Giblin Matthew Gillings Richard Goswell Victoria Johns Eve McBean Nathan McCullum Peter Middleton Benjamin Neighbour John Rasmus Kenneth Stanton Renee Stanton Thea Welsby Scott Mathers Queenscliff Narelle Clarke Bart Gerritsen Gordon Griffith Kiersten Jones Talia Mason Tom Millner Elizabeth Osborne Madeleine Perkins Alexis Rouch Paul Taylor Raymond Williams Andrew Baldwin Suzanne Brown Mark Clare-Nazer Robert Daniel Carmel Demery Jayson Elkins Ben Hale Robyn Holt Bob Newton George Prescott Brian Rignall Peter Rogers Neil Schafer Paul Schott Adam Shearsby Julie Slennett David Torevell Rodger Whiteman Roy Anderson Terence Boardman OAM Alan Butler Gregory Heard Geoffrey Lyall Ian Miller Brian Ward Colin White Neil Whittaker Barry Antella Mark Fife Malcolm Flew Craig Susans South Curl Curl Rodney Herbert Brian Tillotson Michael Woods Michael Berry John Cassidy Christopher Flemming Matthew Fuller Paul Kleiner Elton Mckay Kirsten Quinn Bryn Russell Janice Russell Graham Smith Michael Ward John P White Jennifer Drury Jeffery Hewitt South Narrabeen Andrew Cross Thecla Haven Anthony Haven Warriewood Severine Delerue Robyn Humphrey Cameron Powell Shaun Taylor Glenn Thomas Virginia Waite 47

48 wave area, but a wave from behind would bring the rest of the pack up to our leaders and leave it to a sprint finish up the beach. SNB INTERBRANCH Whilst at dinner that evening, we received the news that SNB were in front on the point score by a handful of points from Sydney Branch. Our happy bunch of athletes were buoyed even further by the news and excited to continue their good work the following day. DAVID REES - SNB HIGH PERFORMANCE ADVISER 2014 What a terrific performance from our Sydney Northern Beaches Branch team to once again be crowned the NSW Interbranch champions. Our team looked strong with the inclusion of some bright new talent in the Under 12 s, along with some competitors in the open age group who had moved to SNB Clubs from other Branches. However, you never know how things pan out with the format at Interbranch and it quite often goes to the wire. The team arrived at their headquarters on Friday, December 12 and management sent some scouts down to check conditions at Catherine Hill Bay, as rumours suggested the surf was big. They were correct and there was much speculation whether the carnival would proceed at Catho or be relocated. When the teams arrived at Catherine Hill Bay on Saturday morning, the surf was still big. SLSNSW management decided to hold the sprint events first and make a decision on the water events at 10.30am. The sprint events went ahead with SNB making more than a good showing in most finals. It was then decided that the water events would be relocated to Swansea Belmont. Upon a quick relocation to Swansea, the water events got underway just after midday and the full program of events on the first day was complete just before 5pm with only one water area used. There was some great racing from all our SNB competitors on the first day. However, I did feel that luck just seemed to elude the SNB team more than aid our athletes. A number of times in the water area our SNB athletes would be leading coming into the Sunday morning arrived and again conditions at Catherine Hill Bay were deemed unsafe and we again relocated to Swansea. This time the beach specialists were also going to compete in their flag events at Swansea Belmont. The racing, as usual at these championships, was of an extremely high standard and all competitors had to work hard both on the beach and in the water to earn points for their Branch. There were many strong performances in the flags pit. It was mainly a team events day in the water and it was here it all came together for SNB and we started to take control with many wins. Later, we were delighted to hear that SNB had regained the Interbranch Championship Trophy by 18.5 points from Sydney Branch and Central Coast Branch. Congratulations to all our athletes. Not only did they compete fiercely, but they did it with spirit and enjoyment. They were extremely well behaved at our headquarters, dinner venues, on the beach and on the bus. They thoroughly deserved much praise. INTERBRANCH TEAM Under 12 Water & Beach Tyler Krenkels - Manly Piper Harrison - Manly Mitchell Stuart - North Curl Curl Sophie Walters - Manly Aiden Helu - Manly Madeline Wallace - Collaroy Under 13 Water & Beach Jonah Gerritsen - Queenscliff Eliza Curll - Manly Logan Kaye -Queenscliff Georgia Singleton - Manly Will Garling - North Steyne Lily Masters - Manly Under 14 Water & Beach James Finn- Newport Emily Doyle - Manly 48 Ryan Singleton - Manly Jami Prowse- North Curl Curl Zac Abbas - Avalon Ashley Dunford - Collaroy Under 15 Water & Beach James Curll - Manly Olivia Heaton - Newport Thomas Doyle - Manly Naomi Scott - Manly Josh Tyrrell - Freshwater Latika Tombs - Collaroy Under 17 Water & Beach Charlie Brooks - Newport Remi Krenkels - Manly Isaac Smith - Queenscliff Tessa Houston - Manly Lincoln Smith - Manly Sophie McGovern - North Curl Curl Under 19 Water & Beach Jayke Rees - Newport Mieke Kassulke - Manly Lachlan Reid - Newport Georgia Miller - Newport Andras Eglesz - Manly Megan Lutze -Collaroy Opens Water & Beach Jonah Beard - Newport Hannah Minogue - Newport Jay Furniss - Manly Taylar Puskaric - Manly Jake Lynch - Newport Katie Williams - Collaroy

49 Alan Fitzgerald Combined Branch Point Score 2014 TOTAL Manly 1117 Newport 952 Queenscliff Collaroy 514 Freshwater Palm Beach North Curl Curl 244 Mona Vale Dee Why 158 Narrabeen Beach 129 Avalon Beach 126 North Steyne 117 Warriewood 114 South Curl Curl 107 North Narrabeen 40 Bilgola 18 Whale Beach 15 Bungan Beach 11 South Narrabeen 5 Long Reef 3 Bennett Board Competition 2014 TOTAL Newport Manly 1743 North Curl Curl Mona Vale 1569 Avalon Beach Collaroy South Narrabeen 1478 Bungan Beach North Narrabeen Whale Beach Narrabeen Beach Bilgola South Curl Curl 1447 Warriewood Long Reef North Steyne Palm Beach Freshwater Dee Why 1374 Queenscliff Lionel MacDonald Shield, Branch Handicap Point Score 2014 TOTAL Palm Beach Mona Vale Bungan Beach Whale Beach South Narrabeen South Curl Curl Warriewood Narrabeen Beach Bilgola North Narrabeen Avalon Beach 1597 Long Reef North Steyne Newport Freshwater Collaroy Dee Why Queenscliff North Curl Curl Manly 1117 CLUB Opens Masters Juniors Total Overall MANLY NEWPORT QUEENSCLIFF COLLAROY FRESHWATER PALM BEACH NORTH CURL CURL MONA VALE DEE WHY NARRABEEN BEACH AVALON BEACH NORTH STEYNE WARRIEWOOD SOUTH CURL CURL NORTH NARRABEEN BILGOLA WHALE BEACH BUNGAN BEACH SOUTH NARRABEEN LONG REEF

50 BRANCH JUNIOR RESULTS BOYS - UNDER 8 Wade: Paddy Bright (Freshwater) Luke Dunford (Collaroy) Sean Law (Sth Curl Curl) Ben Fairbrother (Manly) Benjamin Cook (Nth Curl Curl) Nicholas Stacker (Manly) Beach Sprint: Cooper Elkins (Queenscliff) Ben Fairbrother (Manly) Freddie Benson Sparkes (Sth Curl Curl) Paddy Bright (Freshwater) Prince Kamara (Newport) D/H Luke Benham (Collaroy) Jett Thom (Freshwater) Beach Relay: Manly (Fairbrother/McMurtry/Ho/Stacker) Sth Curl Curl (Law/Mallin/Tillotson/Benson) Collaroy (Benham/Owens/Dunford/Ostryn) Manly B Nth Curl Curl Freshwater C Beach Flags: Cooper Elkins (Queenscliff) Luke Dunford (Collaroy) Freddie Benson Sparkes (Sth Curl Curl) Finlay McMurtry (Manly) Daniel Kelly (Nth Narrabeen) Michael Molinia (Dee Why) GIRLS - UNDER 8 Wade: Amelia Smith (Manly) Arabella Whitehead (Sth Curl Curl) D/H Brooke Bosland (Sth Curl Curl) Katy Fountain (Collaroy) Ukiesha Thomas (Collaroy) India Holden (Freshwater) Sofia Bonadio (Mona Vale) Beach Sprint: Amelia Smith (Manly) Brooke Bosland (Sth Curl Curl) Noa Davies (Manly) Chloe Michoux (Mona Vale) Olivia Trevaskis (Collaroy) Arabella Whitehead (Sth Curl Curl) Beach Relay: Manly (Garrett/Davies/Smith/Ross) Sth Curl Curl (Cannon/Whitehead/Giannitto/Bosland) Collaroy (Trevaskis/ Fountain/Tombs/Melbourn) Freshwater Nth Steyne Nth Curl Curl Beach Flags: Arabella Smith (Sth Curl Curl) India Holden (Freshwater) Amelia Smith (Manly) Olivia Trevaskis (Collaroy) Brooke Bosland (Sth Curl Curl) Sofia Bonadio (Mona Vale) *D/H (Dead Heat) 50 BOYS - UNDER 9 Beach Sprint: Jett Sully (Manly) Jake Hutchings (Collaroy) Conner Maggs (Manly) Dylan Mackenzie (Dee Why) Jacob Crotty (Nth Curl Curl) Nate Littler (Nth Narrabeen) Beach Relay: Manly Blue (Maggs/Rylands/Cowan/Sully) Collaroy (Hutchings/Stanford/Witte/Briones) Manly White (Watson/ Blackley/Masters/Vesely) Queenscliff (Bates/Clancy/Lepil/Miller) Avalon Beach (Calleja/Kerr/Rose/Lacroix) Nth Curl Curl (Crotty/ King/Gamborg/Lilienfrag) Beach Flags: Artie Leiper (Queenscliff) Josh Kerr (Avalon Beach) Connor Kempshall (Freshwater) Jake Hutchings (Collaroy) Felix McIntosh (Mona Vale) Dylan Mackenzie (Dee Why) GIRLS - UNDER 9 Beach Sprint: Georgia Morgan (Manly) Ashleigh Windsham (Manly) Zoe Shirdon (Mona Vale) Asla Hendry (Freshwater) Elise Wallace (Collaroy) Tia Emmott-Bennett (Manly) Beach Relay: Manly A (Emmott-Bennett/Morgan/Richardson/ Van Der Reyden) Nth Curl Curl (Prowse/Spence/Kelly/Elbow) Manly B (Fraser/Buck/Vaughan/McDunach) Sth Curl Curl (Colbran/ Mulvey/Porteous/Gibbons-Maurer) Collaroy (Wallace/Edwards/ Walton/Gibbons) Mona Vale (Murray/Muruer/Shirdon/Smith) Beach Flags: Georgia Morgan (Manly) Ashleigh Windsham (Manly) Abbey Hamilton (Warriewood) Taylor Nickson (Nth Narrabeen) Neive Demery (Queenscliff) Sienna Fraser (Manly) BOYS - UNDER 10 Beach Sprint: Josh Gedz (Manly) Lee Melbourn (Collaroy) Brandon Smith (Manly) Joseph Lynch (Collaroy) Archie Richards (Queenscliff) Tom Hindmarsh (Nth Steyne) Beach Relay: Manly Black Queenscliff Collaroy Dee Why Manly White Newport Beach Flags: Lee Melbourn (Collaroy) Tom Tullett (Newport) Seb Griffith (Queenscliff) Louis Paltridge (Mona Vale) Toby Skelton (Sth Curl Curl) Finn Hyme (Manly)

51 GIRLS - UNDER 10 Beach Sprint: Charlotte McDermid (Freshwater) Camille Baker (Sth Curl Curl) Stefanie Fejes (Freshwater) Emma Polikowski (Manly) Sophie Kavanagh (Mona Vale) Zara Ostryn (Collaroy) Beach Relay: Freshwater (Fejes/Wickham/Paterson/McDermid) Collaroy (Bradley/Ostryn/Yendall/Herriot) Sth Curl Curl (Baker/ Giannitto/Thompson/Bosland) Mona Vale A (Lorch/Baker/Maras/ Price) Mona Vale B (Lawrence/Delaney/Jackson/Kavanagh) Beach Flags: Sophie Kavanagh (Mona Vale) Charlotte McDermid (Freshwater) Ava Lorch (Collaroy) Zara Ostryn (Collaroy) Gabrielle Bradley (Collaroy) Stella Clarkson (Manly) BOYS - UNDER 11 Beach Sprint: Andrew Hill (Manly) Oliver Watson (Manly) Thomas Hamilton (Nth Steyne) Keeghan Marshall-Witt (Collaroy) Dillon Hayford (Manly) Alex Sherlock (Warriewood) Beach Relay: Freshwater Manly Blue Collaroy Manly White Sth Curl Curl Queenscliff Beach Flags: Dash Bryant (Avalon Beach) Joel Piper (Nth Narrabeen) Kaleb Georgeson-Smith (Newport) Andrew Hill (Manly) Ollie Cummins (Queenscliff) Oliver Watson (Manly) GIRLS - UNDER 11 Beach Sprint: Tyella Toll (Avalon Beach) Jesse Mann (Nth Curl Curl) Tegan Scott (Avalon Beach) Erin Gaw (Collaroy) Rachel Kinghorn (Nth Steyne) Emily Hicks (Freshwater) Beach Relay: Freshwater Nth Curl Curl Avalon Beach Collaroy Manly Mona Vale Beach Flags: Nina McGuffog (Avalon Beach) Halina Morley (Bilgola) Zoe Couzens (Bilgola) Monique Hore (Narrabeen Beach) Mia Paltridge (Mona Vale) Tyella Toll (Avalon Beach) 51

52 BRANCH JUNIOR RESULTS BOYS - UNDER 12 Beach Sprint: Aiden Helu (Manly) Thomas Kerr (Avalon Beach) Jai Lagois (Collaroy) Wilson Hall (Newport) Oskar Enasio (Manly) Cooper Robinson (Manly) Beach Relay: Manly B Manly A Avalon Beach A Collaroy Freshwater Nth Curl Curl Beach Flags: Tyler Sully (Manly) Jai Lagois (Collaroy) Cooper Robinson (Manly) Wilson Hall (Newport) Oskar Enasio (Manly) Jono Mitchell (Collaroy) GIRLS - UNDER 12 Beach Sprint: Hana Grasse (Nth Steyne) Annalise Melbourn (Collaroy) Piper Harrison (Manly) D/H Olivia Alvarez (Newport) Ella Eveleigh (Collaroy) Sarah Michell (Nth Steyne) Beach Relay: Collaroy A Newport Collaroy B Nth Steyne Avalon Beach Freshwater Beach Flags: Olivia Alvarez (Newport) Piper Harrison (Manly) Jena-Elle Hastie (Freshwater) Ella Eveleigh (Collaroy) Freya Carley (Sth Curl Curl) Kiara Henry (Freshwater) BOYS - UNDER 13 Beach Sprint: Toby Newey (Newport) Lachie Mills (Avalon Beach) Will Carling (Nth Steyne) Zane Dunford (Collaroy) Glenn Sands (Newport) Fraser Richardson (Nth Steyne) Beach Relay: Nth Steyne (Garling/Garling/Preece/Richardson) Newport (Newey/Mills/Supierz/Sands) Manly (Redding/Naasson/ Swift/McBean) Dee Why (Mitchell/Crinley/Beattie/Mowbray) Avalon Beach (Meacham/Mills/King/Dale) Beach Flags: Toby Newey (Newport) Angus McBean (Manly) Oscar Swift (Manly) Jonah Gerritsen (Queenscliff) Oli Redding (Manly) Seb Mills (Newport) GIRLS - UNDER 13 Beach Sprint: Georgia Singleton (Manly) Summer Pittar (Manly) Blaze Roberts (Avalon Beach) Nicci Veseecy (Manly) Geodie Smith (Newport) Isabella Graham (Avalon Beach) Beach Relay: Manly (Pittar/Cosier/Agostino/Singleton) Collaroy A (Marshall-Witte/Ingram/Yandale/Biffy) Newport (Edwards/Taurins/Thomas/Smith) Avalon Beach (Roberts/Young/Coles/Graham) Collaroy B (Divenport/Ellis/Coleman/Gordon) Beach Flags: Summer Pittar (Manly) Tiana Couzens (Bilgola) Gracie Agostino (Manly) Jessie Ingrin (Collaroy) Nikki Vesely (Manly) Courtney Yeandle (Collaroy) BOYS - UNDER 14 Beach Sprint: Zac Abbas (Avalon Beach) Oscar Cowell (Nth Steyne) Reuben Sharma (Dee Why) Reuben Laws (Manly) Otto Prowse (Dee Why) Alex Glanville (Collaroy) Beach Relay: Dee Why (Pearson/Hammon/Sharma/Prowse) Newport (Pearson/Finn/Tullett/Hale) Manly (Cowan/Hall/Smith/ Laws) Avalon Beach (McGilchrist/Abbas/Weir/Patrick) Nth Steyne (Mueller/McCloskey/Maeifolio/Frater-Cooper) Collaroy (Glanville/Dunford/Mahone/Gilmartin) Beach Flags: Otto Prowse (Dee Why) Hugo Pearson (Dee Why) Tasman Hale (Newport) Hamish Cowan (Manly) Alex Glanville (Collaroy) Max Mahon (Collaroy) GIRLS - UNDER 14 Beach Sprint: Ashley Dunford (Collaroy) Jami Prowse (Nth Curl Curl) Kailey Harlen (Queenscliff) Ally Gibson (Collaroy) Sienna Kerr (Manly) Cameron Gaw (Collaroy) Beach Relay: Collaroy (Dunford/Gaw/Gibson/Caldarola) Manly (Curtis/Doyle/Donohue/Kerr) Collaroy B (Carlson/ Clarkson/Marshall-Witte) Nth Steyne (Richardson/Kinghorne/ O Neill/McGrath) 52

53 Beach Flags: Cameron Gaw (Collaroy) Ashley Dunford (Collaroy) Gemma Caldarola (Collaroy) Jemma Donoghue (Manly) Phoebe Curtis (Manly) Brooke Carlson (Collaroy) MIXED EVENTS All Age Beach Relay: Queenscliff Collaroy Manly Newport Nth Steyne Avalon Beach All Age Board Relay: Nth Curl Curl A Manly A Manly B Newport Queenscliff Nth Curl Curl B March Past: Collaroy (11) Manly Blue (21) Mona Vale (35) Nth Steyne (35.01) Manly White (39) Sth Curl Curl (50) Warriewood (54) Queenscliff (57) Handicap March Past: Mona Vale Nth Curl Curl Nth Steyne U14 5 Person R&R: Freshwater 15 (Bruwel/Hurrell/Kiely/Tyrell) Collaroy 16 (Bathie/Cherry/Cherry/Coleman/McMahon) Manly Blue 26 (Costello/Hayes/Thorpe/Wacher/White) Manly White 29 (Costello/Cowan/Egan/Evans/Still) 2 Person R&R: Freshwater Perfectos 3.5 (Kiely/Tyrell) Collaroy Black 6 (Cherry/de Koort) Manly Blue 6 (Cowan/Wacher) Manly White 6.5 (Costello/Hayes) Collaroy Red 6.5 (Brannon/ Shimakage) Freshwater Terminators (7.5 (Bruwel/Hurrell) No water events were held because of dangerous surf. 53

54 BRANCH OPEN RESULTS OPEN MALE SWIM: Jay Furniss (Manly) Kendrick Louis (Newport) Kurt Hanson (Freshwater) Max Brooks (Newport) Chris Allum (Queenscliff) Jayke Rees (Newport) SWIM TEAMS: Manly Newport A Newport B Newport AA OVER 24 SWIM: Kurt Hanson (Freshwater) Chris Allum (Queenscliff) Nathan Smith (Manly) Glenn Slater (Nth Curl Curl) IRONMAN: Cody Marr (Newport) Nathan Smith (Manly) Kendrick Louis (Newport) Max Brooks (Newport) Jonah Beard (Newport) Jay Furniss (Manly) TAPLIN: Newport A Newport B Queenscliff Newport C Manly B Manly A BOARD: James Stewart (Manly) Nathan Smith (Manly) Matt Lemon (Freshwater) Max Brooks (Newport) Liam Kelly (Manly) Cody Marr (Newport) BOARD RELAY: Newport C (Rees/Marks/Euers) Manly A (Furniss/Smith/Coghlan) Newport B (Reid/Atkinson/Beard) Manly B (J Kelly/B Kelly/Stone) Newport A (Brooks/Louis/Nielson) Freshwater (Kirkby/Hanson/Lemon) BELT RACE: Sean Davis (Manly) Jonah Beard (Newport) Kurt Hanson (Freshwater) SKI: Mitchell Trim (Newport) Tom Atkinson (Newport) Jonah Beard (Newport) Sam Speer (Manly) Kendrick Louis (Newport) Luke Jones (Newport) DOUBLE SKI: Freshwater (Coates/Kirkby) Newport A (Alston/ Morrison) Collaroy (Gittoes/Armstrong) Newport C (Beard/Brooks) Manly (Cansdell/Gosling) Nth Curl Curl SKI RELAY: Newport B (Louis/Trim/Attanasio) Queenscliff (Daley/C Allum/ H Allum) Newport C (Marr/Jones/Marks) Manly A (Speer/Dawe/Stewart) 54 Manly B (Cansdell/Gosling/Furniss) Collaroy (Gittoes/G Armstrong/S Armstrong) RESCUE TUBE RESCUE: Krenkels (Manly) Hanson (Freshwater) Alston (Newport) BEACH SPRINT: Jake Lynch (Newport) Dean Scarff (Collaroy) Michael Kember (Collaroy) Scott McMurdo (Collaroy) Andrew Thomas (Palm Beach) Jett van der Wallen (Newport) BEACH RELAY: Collaroy A (Kember/Scarff/Bowyer/McMurdo) Newport (Lynch/Barkley/Rees/Beard) Collaroy B (MacMahon/ Oliver/Hammond/Jormanainen) 2KM RUN: Cline Cooper (Palm Beach) Michael Jones (Nth Curl Curl) Jack Henry Bryant (Dee Why) FLAGS: Dean Scarff (Collaroy) Jake Lynch (Newport) Michael Kember (Collaroy) Charlie Suters (Collaroy) Ryan Binfield (Narrabeen Beach) Robert Barkley (Newport) LIFESAVER RELAY: Newport A Newport B Freshwater Mona Vale CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Shannon Job (Nth Steyne) Nicholas Warby 98 (Queenscliff) Thomas Duffy 98 cb (Freshwater) FIRST AID: Dee Why 280 (Lakeman/Lowe) Freshwater White (Duffy/Johnson) Freshwater Maroon 261 (Dobrow/White) Nth Narrabeen Black (Cockburn/Murphy) Nth Narrabeen White 162 (Haggett/Woodward) PATROL COMPETITION: Nth Steyne (Job/Jenkins/Foote/ Clark/Chapman/Cooper) OPEN FEMALE SWIM: Lara Moses (Newport) Taylar Puskaric (Manly) Georgia Miller (Newport) Rachel Crerar (Manly) Phoebe Cater (Palm Beach) Briella Brown (Newport) SWIM TEAMS: Newport (15) Manly (21)

55 IRONWOMAN: Taylar Puskaric (Manly) Georgia Miller (Newport) Larissa Cowlrick (Manly) Maddison Murray (Newport) Freya Alston (Mona Vale) TAPLIN: Newport A Manly A Manly B Queenscliff A Newport B Queenscliff B BOARD: Rachel Crerar (Manly) Georgia Miller (Newport) Maddison Spencer (Mona Vale) Taylar Puskaric (Manly) Alyce Bennett (Manly) Lara Moses (Newport) BOARD RELAY: Manly A (Bennett/Crerar/Puskaric) Newport A (Murray/Moses/Miller) Manly B (Owen/Crerar/Cowlrick) Palm Beach A (Rae/Cater/Davies) Palm Beach D (Winston/McGabey/Migdell) SKI: Alyce Bennett (Manly) Georgia Miller (Newport) Fiona Rae (Palm Beach) Maddison Spencer (Mona Vale) Larissa Cowlrick (Manly) Lauren Caruana (Manly) SKI RELAY: Newport (Moses//Miller/Murray) Manly (Crerar/Cowlrick/Bennett) RESCUE TUBE RESCUE: Fletcher (Newport) BEACH SPRINT: Stephanie Zervos (Newport) Sophie McGovern (Nth Curl Curl) Chloe Platt (Newport) Catherine Lanz (Newport) Amelie Suters (Collaroy) D/H Megan Lutze (Newport) Kaity Glanville (Nth Curl Curl) BEACH RELAY: Newport (Zervos/Lanz/Fulbrook/Pratt) Nth Curl Curl A (Roberts/Glanville/Hickey/McGovern) Collaroy (Suters/Tombs/Everly/Dunford) Nth Curl Curl B (Andia/Glanville/McGovern/Oakes) 2KM RUN: Thea Welsby (Palm Beach) Phoebe Savage (Newport) Elise Rowland (Palm Beach) FLAGS: Sophie McGovern (Nth Curl Curl) Stephanie Zervos (Newport) Catherine Lanz (Newport) Lara Winston (Palm Beach) Megan Lutze (Newport) Courtney Young (Mona Vale) CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Clare Freakley (Freshwater) Kiore Bennett (Sth Curl Curl) Gabrielle Fleming (Newport) Rebecca Chapman 98 (Nth Steyne) UNDER 19 MALE SWIM: Cooper Krenkels (Manly) James Traiforos (Manly) Lachlan Reid (Newport) Jackson Borg (Newport) Lachlan Bruce (Manly) David Euers (Newport) SWIM TEAMS: Manly Newport A Palm Beach IRONMAN: Lachlan Bruce (Manly) David Euers (Newport) Jayke Rees (Newport) TAPLIN: Newport A Manly A Newport C Newport D Newport B Manly B BOARD: Lachlan Reid (Newport) David Euers (Newport) Lachlan Bruce (Manly) Brent Kelly (Manly) Jayke Rees (Newport) Jon Kelly (Manly) BOARD RELAY: Newport A (Rees/Reid/Euers) Manly A (Kelly/Kelly/Stone) Newport B (Marr/Attanasio/Wise) Newport C (Brooks/Borg/Rees) Newport D (Schaffer/Boyce/Hargreaves) Manly B (Scott/Bruce/Lovely) BELT RACE: Jayke Rees (Newport) Lachlan Bruce (Manly) Cooper Krenkels (Manly) SKI: Joey Hall (Mona Vale) Noah Attanasio (Newport) Darcy Marr (Newport) Jayke Rees (Newport) David Euers (Newport) Charlie Jormanainen (Collaroy) SKI RELAY: Newport A (Attanasio/Reid/Euers) Newport AA (Brooks/Borg/Hargreaves) Newport B (Marr/Rees/Wise) Manly A (Kelly/Kelly/Bruce) Manly B (Kelly/Kassulke/Gosling) BEACH SPRINT: Scott McMurdo (Collaroy) Jesse Bowyer (Collaroy) Andras Eglesz (Newport) Jett van der Wallen (Newport) Blake Lovely (Manly) Charlie Jormanainen (Collaroy) 55

56 BRANCH OPEN RESULTS BEACH RELAY: Collaroy A (Suters/Loone/Bowyer/McMurdo) Newport A (Smith/van der Wallen/Eglesz/Smith) Newport B (Marr/Euers/Reid/Wise) Collaroy B (Oliver/Hammond/Schmidt/MacMahon) 2KM RUN: Jeremy English (Palm Beach) Blake Lovely (Manly) Remy Hill (Mona Vale) Adam Hockley (Dee Why) FLAGS: Andras Eglesz (Newport) Scott McMurdo (Collaroy) Charlie Suters (Collaroy) Jesse Bowyer (Collaroy) Jett van der Wallen (Newport) Remy Hill (Mona Vale) CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Adam Hockley (Dee Why) Christopher Dagger 95.5 (Queenscliff) FIRST AID: Manly 313 (Mason/Baldwin) UNDER 19 FEMALE SWIM: Georgia Miller (Newport) Maddison Spencer (Mona Vale) Lara Moses (Newport) Jamie Hough (Newport) IRONWOMAN: Georgia Miller (Newport) Lara Moses (Newport) Maddison Spencer (Mona Vale) TAPLIN: Newport A Manly Newport B BOARD: Georgia Miller (Newport) Eleanor Owen (Manly) Maddison Spencer (Mona Vale) Lara Moses (Newport) Sita Paling (Manly) Lauren Caruana (Manly) BOARD RELAY: Newport A (Moses/Wilcox/Miller) Mona Vale (Spencer/Bellklemm/Tonoli) Newport B (Marr/Brown/Tullett) SKI: Georgia Miller (Newport) Lara Moses (Newport) auren Caruana (Manly) Sita Paling (Manly) SKI RELAY: Newport A (Moses/Miller/Tullett) Manly A (McGrath/ Owen/Mason) Mona Vale (Quinn/Tonoli/Spencer) BEACH SPRINT: Amelia Suters (Collaroy) Megan Lutze (Newport) Jade Hickey (Nth Curl Curl) Emma Roberts (Nth Curl Curl) Kim Moran (Newport) BEACH RELAY: Nth Curl Curl (Roberts/Hickey/McGovern/McGovern) Newport (Lutze/Moran/Fletcher/Marr) Collaroy 2KM RUN: Suters/Baker (Collaroy) FLAGS: Megan Lutze (Newport) Emily Roberts (Nth Curl Curl) Amelia Suters (Collaroy) Jade Hickey (Nth Curl Curl) Kim Moran (Newport) CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Bella Charlesworth 109 (Sth Curl Curl) Jasmine Bathie 104 (Collaroy) Jamie Hough (Newport) UNDER 17 MALE SWIM: Callum Lowe-Griffiths (Queenscliff) Isaac Smith (Queenscliff) Jackson Borg (Newport) Ben Blakeney (Freshwater) Ejay Schaffer (Newport) Joel Aitken (Queenscliff) SWIM TEAMS: Queenscliff A Newport Freshwater A Queenscliff B Freshwater B Whale Beach A Whale Beach B IRONMAN: Jackson Borg (Newport) Charlie Brooks (Newport) Isaac Smith (Queenscliff) Joel Aitken (Queenscliff) Toby Boyce (Newport) Ejay Schaffer (Newport) TAPLIN: Newport A Queenscliff A Freshwater A Manly Freshwater B Queenscliff B BOARD: Mitchell Scott (Manly) Harrison Stone (Manly) Guy Rees (Newport) Lachlan Vella (Freshwater) Jackson Borg (Newport) Isaac Smith (Queenscliff) BOARD RELAY: Manly A (Stone/Scott/Kassulke) Newport A (Rees/Brooks/Borg) Queenscliff A (Smith Aitken/Lowe-Griffiths) Freshwater A (Godoy/Vella/Blakeney) Newport B (Schaffer/Boyce/ Hargreaves) Freshwater B (Goehring/Malm/Weston) 56

57 SKI: Charlie Brooks (Newport) Jacob Hammond (Collaroy) Toby Boyce (Newport) Ejay Schaffer (Newport) Guy Rees (Newport) Zac Lai (Queenscliff) SKI RELAY: Newport A (Brooks/Borg/Hargreaves) Manly A (Farrell/ Stone/Gillespie) Collaroy (Hammond/Schmidt/Garland) Newport B (Schaffer/Boyce/Rees) Queenscliff (Smith/Lai/Lowe-Griffiths) Freshwater (Vella/Godoy/Malm) RESCUE TUBE: Isaac Smith (Queenscliff) \Daniel Ferreira (Queenscliff) D/H Ben Blakeney (Freshwater) Alex Malm (Freshwater) Joel Aitken (Manly) Ejay Schaffer (Newport) BELT RACE: Jackson Borg (Newport) Callum Lowe-Griffiths (Queenscliff) Ben Blakeney (Freshwater) BEACH SPRINT: Lincoln Smith (Manly) Simon Cooper (Manly) Tom Sanderson (Whale Beach) Marvin Smith (Newport) Tom Kite (Whale Beach) Jackson Arico (Collaroy) BEACH RELAY: Collaroy (Turner/Loone/Arico/Arico) Freshwater (Godoy/Weston/de Sano/Craddock) Queenscliff (Nelson/Aitken/ Curulli/Ferreira) 2KM RUN: Jack Brown (Bungan) Michael Nicholas (Bungan) Liam Gochring (Freshwater) Mitchell Scott (Manly) Ben Hickey (Nth Curl Curl) Keelan Smith (Newport) FLAGS: Jackson Arico (Collaroy) Nicholas Arico (Collaroy) Joel Aitken (Queenscliff) Marvin Smith (Newport) Ben Hickey (Nth Curl Curl) CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Jonathan Curulli 91.5 (Queenscliff) Callum Lowe-Griffiths 82.5 (Queenscliff) Keelan Smith 77.5 (Newport) Jackson Borg 77 (Newport) Lucas Phillips (Freshwater) Patrick Kiely (Freshwater) FIRST AID: Manly A 202 (Costello/Ducklin) Freshwater Blue 185 (Baker/Dearden) Manly B (Notting/Turner) Freshwater White (Smith/Schooley) Manly C (Egan/Warner) PATROL COMPETITION: Freshwater (Hurrell/Dearden/ Baker/Phillips) UNDER 17 FEMALE SWIM: Jacqui Schaffer (Queenscliff) Remi Krenkels (Manly) Isabella Wolff (Freshwater) Gemma Nicholas (Newport) Hannah Baldwin (Queenscliff) Lara Jones (Queenscliff) SWIM TEAMS: Queenscliff (22) Manly (28) Newport (28 c/b) IRONWOMAN: Remi Krenkels (Manly) Isabella Wolff (Freshwater) Sophie Sillar (Manly) Tilda Bellklemm (Mona Vale) Kelly Singleton (Manly) Tayla Tullett (Newport) TAPLIN: Newport A Mona Vale Freshwater Manly A Manly B Newport B BOARD: Isabella Wolff (Freshwater) Janice Quinn (Mona Vale) Remi Krenkels (Manly) Sam Wilcox (Newport) Kelly Singleton (Manly) Tilda Bellklemm (Mona Vale) BOARD RELAY: Newport A (Wilcox/Tullett/Marr) Manly A (Krenkels/Houston/Myall) Mona Vale (Quinn/Bellklemm/Tonoli) Manly B (Singleton/ McGrath/Bergman) Newport B (Elliott/Brown/Probert) SKI: Billie Myall (Manly) Tilda Bellklemm (Mona Vale) Remi Krenkels (Manly) Tayla Tullett (Newport) Tully Marr (Newport) Sophie Elliott (Newport) SKI RELAY: Newport (Wilcox/Brown/Tullett) Mona Vale (Quinn/Tonoli/Bellklemm) Manly (McGrath/Myall/Krenkels) RESCUE TUBE: Remi Krenkels (Manly) Lara Jones (Queenscliff) Gabie Rebecchi (Freshwater) Kelly Singleton (Manly) Billie Myall (Manly) Jacqui Schaffer (Queenscliff) BEACH SPRINT: Sophie McGovern (Nth Curl Curl) Elise Glanville (Nth Curl Curl) Caity McGovern (Nth Curl Curl) Isabel Andia (Nth Curl Curl) Abbey Baker (Collaroy) BEACH RELAY: Collaroy (Everly/Tombs/Baker/Dunford) Nth Curl Curl (McGovern/Andia/Glanville/Glanville) 57

58 BRANCH OPEN RESULTS 2KM RUN: Ellyanne Slennett (Queenscliff) Courtney Sloane (Nth Steyne) FLAGS: Sophie McGovern (Nth Curl Curl) Courtney Young (Mona Vale) Caity McGovern (Nth Curl Curl) Abbey Baker (Collaroy) Elise Glanville (Nth Curl Curl) Isabel Andia (Nth Curl Curl) CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Kyra Jenkins 104 (Nth Steyne) Alexandra Patrick-Dunn 103 (Nth Steyne) Charlotte Clift 93 (Collaroy) Abbey Baker 91.5 (Collaroy) Sophie Elliott 86.5 (Newport) Tara Bowyer (Collaroy) UNDER 15 MALE SWIM: Matt Melhuish (Newport) James Curll (Manly) Andrew Newling (Manly) Thomas Hughes (Manly) Jonah Gerritsen (Queenscliff) James Finn (Newport) SWIM TEAMS: Manly A (11) Newport (22) Manly B (37) IRONMAN: Matt Melhuish (Newport) Hugh McAlpine (Newport) James Curll (Manly) James Finn (Newport) Andrew Newling (Manly) Ryan Singleton (Manly) D/H Ryan Pearson (Newport) CAMERON: Manly A (Van Haren/Singleton/Newling/Moon) Newport A (McAlpine/Melhuish/Finn/Pearson) Manly B (Stone/Curll/Hughes/Cowan) Freshwater (Devries/Werakso/Tyrell/Thomson) BOARD: James Curll (Manly) Hugh McAlpine (Newport) Adam Van Haren (Manly) Thomas Hughes (Manly) Ryan Pearson (Newport) James Finn (Newport) BOARD RELAY: Manly A (Curll/Newling/Van Haren) Newport A (Melhuish/Finn/McAlpine) Manly B (Singleton/Hughes/Stone) Newport B (Pearson/Boyce/Alston) Manly C (Curulli/Cowan/Moon) Freshwater (Werakso/Thomson/Tyrell) 58 RESCUE TUBE: Matt Melhuish (Newport) Jonah Gerritsen (Queenscliff) Hugh McAlpine (Newport) Felix Boyce (Newport) Josh Nelson (Queenscliff) James Curll (Manly) BEACH SPRINT: Finn Kelleher (Queenscliff) Trent Turner (Collaroy) Christian Loone (Collaroy) Josh Tyrell (Freshwater) Fraser Ross (Whale Beach) Jonah Gerritsen (Queenscliff) BEACH RELAY: Newport (Finn/Melhuish/Alston/Pearson) Manly (Curulli/Curll/Singleton/Cowan) Freshwater (Devries/Werakso/Thomson/Tyrrell) 2KM RUN: Louis Alston (Newport) FLAGS: Finn Kelleher (Queenscliff) Josh Tyrell (Freshwater) CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Max Moon (Manly) Christopher Curulli 91.5 (Manly) James Wacher 89 (Manly) Bennett Frerck (Freshwater) Matthew King 78 (Sth Curl Curl) Ewan Cooper-Frater (Nth Steyne) FIRST AID: Manly B 168 (Costello/Thorpe) Manly A 142 (Moon/Wacher) Manly D 130 (Alcock/Murdoch) UNDER 15 FEMALE SWIM: Naomi Scott (Manly) Isabella Ward (Manly) Katie Manning (Mona Vale) Olivia Heaton (Newport) Kara Blackley (Manly) Vicki Cuthbert (Manly) SWIM TEAMS: Manly A (12) Newport (32) Manly B (39) IRONWOMAN: Naomi Scott (Manly) Olivia Heaton (Manly) Katie Manning (Mona Vale) Kara Blackley (Manly) Jessi Douglas (Freshwater) Isabella Ward (Manly) CAMERON: Manly A (Curtis/Scott/Ward/Grout) Newport (Heaton/Campbell/McCauley/Lerpiniere) Manly B (Donoghue/Blackley/Cuthbert/Gurr) BOARD: Olivia Heaton (Newport) Naomi Scott (Manly) Grace Gurr (Manly) Amber Moran (Mona Vale) Isabella Ward (Manly) Vicki Cuthbert (Manly)

59 BOARD RELAY: Manly A (Gurr/Scott/Ward) Newport (Lerpiniere/ Heaton/McCauley) Manly B (Blackley/Curtis/Cuthbert) Freshwater (Malm/Douglas/Wickham) RESCUE TUBE: Olivia Heaton (Newport) Emma Katen (Dee Why) Katie Manning (Mona Vale) Amber Moran (Mona Vale) Charlotte Lerpiniere (Newport) BEACH SPRINT: Ashley Dunford (Collaroy) Latika Tombs (Collaroy) Alyssa Eveleigh (Collaroy) Bethany Pate (Newport) Bailee Radford (Freshwater) Aneka Morley (Bilgola) BEACH RELAY: Freshwater (Radford/Wickham/Douglas/Malm) Newport (Pate/Campbell/Lerpiniere/McCauley) 2KM RUN: Emma Katen (Dee Why) FLAGS: Latika Tombs (Collaroy) Alyssa Eveleigh (Collaroy) Bethany Pate (Newport) Bailee Radford (Freshwater) Anika Morley (Bilgola) CHAMPION LIFESAVER: Rayna Shimakage (Collaroy) Adele Saunders 82 (Sth Curl Curl) Zoe Carley 80.5 (Sth Curl Curl) Jessica Wait 80.5 cb (Nth Steyne) Cameron Gaw (Collaroy) R&R 6 PERSON R&R: Freshwater 3.5 (Freakley/Freakley/Burns/McKee/ Donald/Tyrell) Collaroy 5 (Bowyer/Suters/Lamb/Ware/Ware/ Perry) OPEN FEMALE 5 PERSON R&R: Freshwater 2 (Freakley/Freakley/ Kiely/McKee/Murphy) Collaroy 2 (Kidd/Lamb/Numa/Perry/Suters) OPEN MIXED 5 PERSON R&R: Freshwater White 4.5 (Freakley/ Freakley/Murphy/Obern/Werakso) Freshwater Blue 5.5 (Dobrow/ Hills/Hurrell/Phillips/Freakley) Collaroy Black 7 (Bowyer/Loone/ Numa/Suters/Ware) Collaroy White 7 (Arico/Arico/Baker/Bathie/ Bowyer) Freshwater Maroon 10.5 (Donald/Kiely/Kiely/Rebecchi/ Werakso) OPEN MALE 5 PERSON R&R: Freshwater Maroon 3 (Burns/ Donald/Freakley/Freakley/Tyrell) Freshwater White (Craddock/De Sano/Weston/Doyle/Kiely) UNDER 19 5 PERSON R&R: Collaroy Black 6 (Bowyer/deKort/ Loone/Numa/Suters) Freshwater 7 (Donald/Kiely/Rebecchi/ Werakso/Weston) Collaroy White 7 (Arico/Arico/Baker/Boothie/ Bowyer) Collaroy Red 15.5 (Bowyer/Docker/Perry/Pinney/Suters) UNDER 17 5 PERSON R&R: Collaroy White 8 (Arico/Arico/Baker/ Bathie/Bowyer) Freshwater 11 (Craddock/de Sano/Weston/Doyle/ Kiely) Collaroy Red 15 (Bowyer/Docker/Perry/Pinney/Suters) Under 15 5 PERSON R&R: Collaroy 10 (Bathie/Gaw/Loone/Numa/ Shimakage) MARCH PAST OPEN: Collaroy Bears (3) Queenscliff (5.0) Collaroy Ladies (5.01) Freshwater (5.02) Manly (8) Warriewood (10) HANDICAP POINT SCORE: Manly North Curl Curl Freshwater PREMIERSHIP POINT SCORE: Collaroy Bears Collaroy Ladies Freshwater Queenscliff Manly Warriewood BOATS OPEN MEN: Collaroy Garricks Mona Vale Black Palm Beach Pidgens North Steyne Nut Huggers Mona Vale Rocks South Curl Curl 2XL OPEN FEMALE: South Curl Curl Straw Hat Pirates Manly Mighty Ducks Palm Beach Patriots Collaroy Giggles Manly Malarki Warriewood Wild Cats RESERVE: Palm Beach Project South Curl Curl Rocks Queenscliff Red Rockets Mona Vale Black Manly Boat People Bilgola Bitzers UNDER 23 MEN: Mona Vale Monkey Men South Narrabeen Speed Dealers Newport Jolly Tails South Curl Curl Holy Crabs Palm Beach Paralax UNDER 23 FEMALE: Collaroy Gunners Avalon Beach Chickadees Newport Maddogs Palm Beach Punchers South Narrabeen Sliders Collaroy Cabaleros UNDER 19 MIXED: South Curl Curl Lamp South Curl Curl Holy Crabs Palm Beach Peptides Long Reef Loose Crew Collaroy Krakens Newport Mantra Rays

60 BRANCH MASTERS RESULTS SURF SWIMS MALE 30-34: Eli Bell (Narrabeen Beach) Andrew Webster (Palm Beach) 35-39: Ricky Coote (Queenscliff) Damien Daley (Queenscliff) 40-44: Brett Tyack (Nth Curl Curl) Glenn Slater (Nth Curl Curl) Dale Moon (Narrabeen Beach) 45-49: Darrin Jones (Queenscliff) Cameron Powell (Warriewood) Darren Warrener (Newport) Nick Brook (Palm Beach) Michael Bowen (Newport) Tom Crawford (Manly) 50-54: Stuart Meares (Newport) Tony Vieceli (Manly) Bruce Stephenson (Mona Vale) Pat Quinlan (Avalon Beach) 55-59: Mark Houston (Manly) Nick Carroll (Newport) Tony Wozniack (Newport) 60-64: Shane Oxenham (Palm Beach) Jon Plat (Manly) John Masters (Manly) 65-69: Danny White (Queenscliff) Ian Nicol (Dee Why) 70+: Bill Phillips (Whale Beach) 40+ Champion Lifesaver: John Boakes (Freshwater) Guyren Smith 106 (Newport) 110yrs Surf Teams: Freshwater Queenscliff Narrabeen Beach 130yrs Surf Teams: Nth Curl Curl B Mona Vale A Nth Curl Curl A 150yrs Surf Teams: Newport Queenscliff Palm Beach 170yrs Surf Teams: Palm Beach Queenscliff Manly SURF SWIMS FEMALE 30-34: Jen Spencer (Warriewood) Mel Pelly (Manly) 40-44: Simone Grout (Manly) Mel Brook (Warriewood) Andrea Clarkson (Manly) 45-49: Molly Schaffer (Queenscliff) Linda Moon (Manly) Julia Austin (Warriewood) 50-54: Di Van Ooi (Palm Beach) Alex Creer (Freshwater) Shanny Dyer (Freshwater) 40+ Champion Lifesaver: Deborah Foote 109 (Nth Steyne) Janet Proudfoot (Newport) 110yrs Surf Teams: Manly Warriewood 130yrs Surf Teams: Manly (Grout/Moon/Armour) 150yrs Surf Teams: Palm Beach Freshwater IRONMAN 30-34: Tim Smith (Narrabeen Beach) 35-39: Damien Daley (Queenscliff) 40-44: Glenn Slater (Nth Curl Curl) Peter Wells (Narrabeen Beach 45-49: Nick Edmonds (Manly) Peter Incle (Manly) Adrian van der Wallen (Palm Beach) Simon Phin (Freshwater) Claude Busse (Manly) 50-54: Tony Vieceli (Manly) Michael Kirkby (Freshwater) 55-59: Nick Carroll (Newport) Nick Wood (Palm Beach) Tim Gates (Palm Beach) Jamie Creer (Palm Beach) Phil Bird (Queenscliff) Chris Bell (Manly) 60-64: Gordon Lang (Palm Beach) Chris McGuckin (Avalon Beach) 60

61 IRONWOMAN 35-39: Mel Pelly (Manly) 40-44: Bec Crawford (Manly) Mel Brock (Warriewood) 45-49: Fiona Rae (Palm Beach) 55-59: Annabel Chapman (Palm Beach) TAPLIN MALE 110yrs: Freshwater (Hanson/Kirkby/Phin) Queenscliff (Coote/ Daley/Lai) Nth Curl Curl (Henderson/Barrell/Russell) Narrabeen Beach (Wells/Townsend/Moore) Dee Why (Hatfield/ Sharkie/Wyllie) 130yrs: Nth Curl Curl Manly A Manly B Mona Vale A Dee Why Mona Vale B 150yrs: Queenscliff A (Jones/Slennett/Poole) Queenscliff B (Nankertis/Bird) Newport (Meares/Carroll/Warrener) Manly (Houston/Vieceli/Busse) Nth Steyne (Blatt/Neighbour/Birch) 170yrs: Freshwater Queenscliff A Manly Palm Beach A Palm Beach B Queenscliff B TAPLIN FEMALE 110yrs: Manly (Moon/Crawford/Pelly) Warriewood (Rous/Spencer/Brock) 130yrs: Queenscliff Newport Manly 150yrs: Palm Beach (Van Ooi/Chapman/Rae) SKIS MALE 30-34: Nigel Hoschke (Nth Curl Curl) Matt Price (Narrabeen Beach) Tim Smith (Narrabeen Beach) 35-39: Damien Daley (Queenscliff) Matt Carey (Warriewood) Doug Lucas (Narrabeen Beach) Andrew Webster (Palm Beach) 40-44: Glenn Slater (Nth Curl Curl) Peter Wells (Narrabeen Beach) Scott Carpenter (Freshwater) Chris Maker (Queenscliff) Mat Heaton (Nth Curl Curl) 45-49: Gary Whitaker (Narrabeen Beach) Simon Phin (Freshwater) Sean Townsend (Narrabeen Beach) Jeremy Lai (Queenscliff) Nick Edmonds (Manly) Claude Busse (Manly) 50-54: Tony Vieceli (Manly) Geoff Crittle (Dee Why) Michael Kirkby (Freshwater) Grant Henderson (Queenscliff) Pat Quinlan (Avalon Beach) Peter Hatfield (Dee Why) 55-59: Nick Carroll (Newport) Charles Lindrop (Avalon Beach) Steve Atkins (Nth Curl Curl) Marty Quinn (Dee Why) Tim Platt (Nth Steyne) David Jones (Nth Curl Curl) 60-64: Chris McGuckin (Avalon Beach) Phil Fagan (Freshwater) Allen Channells (Newport) Gordon Lang (Palm Beach) Tony Way (Palm Beach) Robert Hopton (Avalon Beach) 65+: Ed Kwanten (Queenscliff) Kevin Harris (Queenscliff) 110yrs Ski Relay: Nth Curl Curl (Slater/Henderson/Hoschke) Narrabeen Beach (Wells/Townsend/Lucas) Queenscliff (Coote/ Daley/Maker) Mona Vale (Munro/Lever/Morrison) 130yrs Ski Relay: Manly A Freshwater Manly B 150yrs Ski Relay: Queenscliff (Slennett/Henderson/Clare-Nazer) Narrabeen Beach (Whitaker/Grimes/Lawler) Queenscliff B (Townsend/Pickering/Lai) Avalon Beach (Bidencope/Lindrop/ Quinlan) Dee Why (Davies/Wise/Wiley) Manly (Bell Busse/Bochner) 170yrs Ski Relay: Freshwater Newport Palm Beach Avalon Beach SKIS FEMALE 35-39: Mel Pelly (Manly) Jodie Murphy (Narrabeen Beach) Lise Kristiansen (Narrabeen Beach) 61

62 BRANCH MASTERS RESULTS 40-44: Kristen McFadden (Narrabeen Beach) Bec Crawford (Manly) Melanie Brock (Warriewood) D/H Paula Tocquer (Mona Vale) 45-49: Fiona Rae (Palm Beach) Lisa Layard (Newport) Christine Armour (Manly) 50-54: Robyn Henderson (Queenscliff) Maree White (Queenscliff) 55-59: Karen Begg (Palm Beach) Annabel Chapman (Palm Beach) 110yrs Ski Relay: Manly (Armour/Pelly/Crawford) Narrabeen Beach (Kristiansen/Murphy/McFadden) 150yrs Ski Relay: Newport (Layard/Hopton/Channells) Palm Beach (Rae/Begg/Chapman) DOUBLE SKIS MALE 30-34: Queenscliff (Daley/Coote) Nth Curl Curl (Heaton/Hoschke) Narrabeen Beach (Price/Smith) 35-39: Narrabeen Beach (Wells/Lucas) Queenscliff (Pickering/Maker) 40-44: Nth Curl Curl (Slater/Barrell) Freshwater (Phin/Carpenter) 45-49: Narrabeen Beach (Whittaker/Townsend) Queenscliff (Lai/Henderson) Manly (Coulter/Vieceli) 50-54: Freshwater (Kirkby/Obern) Dee Why (Crittle/Hatfield) Narrabeen Beach (Grimes/Lawler) Nth Curl Curl (Merton/Atkins) 55-59: Dee Why (Quinn/Weisse) 60-64: Palm Beach (Lang/Way) Freshwater (Fagan/Davis) DOUBLE SKIS FEMALE 30-44: Narrabeen Beach (McFadden/Murphy) Manly (Pelly/Crawford) 45+: Queenscliff (White/Henderson) Palm Beach (Rae/Chapman) 62 BOARDS MALE 35-39: Steve Richards (Dee Why) Andrew Webster (Palm Beach) 40-44: Mathew Heaton (Nth Curl Curl) Glenn Slater (Nth Curl Curl) Jeremy Lai (Queenscliff) Tim Woolnough (Mona Vale) Peter Nankervis (Queenscliff) Hugh Monnock (Mona Vale) 45-49: Adrian van der Wallen (Palm Beach) Peter Ingle (Manly) Darren Speirs (Warriewood) Tom Crawford (Manly) Nick Brook (Palm Beach) 50-54: David Spencer (Mona Vale) Michael Kirkby (Freshwater) Craig Wood (Manly) Ian Poole (Queenscliff) Warren Hannam (Dee Why) Ralph Stonell (Mona Vale) 55-59: Nick Carroll (Newport) Phil Bird (Queenscliff) Tim Gates (Palm Beach) Peter Sharkey (Dee Why) Chris Bell (Manly) Nick Wood (Palm Beach) 60-64: Chris McGuckin (Avalon Beach) Bob Richardson (Avalon Beach) Gordon Lang (Palm Beach) Tony Way (Palm Beach) Neil Schaffer (Queenscliff) Steve Davis (Freshwater) 65-69: Ed Kwanten (Queenscliff) Kevin Harris (Queenscliff) Danny White (Queenscliff) Ian Nicol (Dee Why) 110yrs Board Relay: Freshwater (Hanson/Kirkby/Phin) Narrabeen Beach (Wells/Townsend/Lucas) Queenscliff (Andrew/Maker/Coote) Narrabeen Beach (Bowentain/Ball/Smith) 130yrs Board Relay: Manly Newport A Nth Curl Curl Mona Vale A Queenscliff Mona Vale B 150yrs Board Relay: Freshwater (Obern/Davis/Carpenter) Dee Why (Hannam/Sharkey/Quinn) Avalon Beach (Biden-Cope/Lindrop/Alston) Nth Curl Curl (Murton/ Russell/Barrell) Nth Steyne (Platt/Neighbour/Birch) 170yrs Board Relay: Queenscliff A Avalon Beach Manly Palm Beach A Palm Beach B Queenscliff C

63 BOARDS FEMALE 35-39: Jen Spencer (Warriewood) Mel Pelly (Manly) 40-44: Bec Crawford (Manly) Paula Tocquer (Mona Vale) Simone Grout (Manly) Andrea Clarkson (Manly) 45-49: Lisa Layard (Newport) Fiona Rae (Palm Beach) Jane McLeod (Manly) Linda Moon (Manly) Christine Armour (Manly) Jo Kirkby (Freshwater) 50-54: Robyn Henderson (Queenscliff) Chris Hopton (Newport) Alex Creer (Freshwater) Gina McConnell (Freshwater) Shanny Dyer (Freshwater) 55-59: Annabel Chapman (Palm Beach) 110yrs Board Relay: Manly (Pelly/Crawford/Grout) 130yrs Board Relay: Newport Manly 150yrs Board Relay: Palm Beach (Rae/Chapman/Begg) Freshwater (Dyer/McConnell/Kirkby) BOARD RESCUE MALE 30-34: Queenscliff (Daley/Coote) 35-39: Warriewood (Carey/Meiring) 40-44: Warriewood (Dyer/Hargy) 45-49: Manly (Busse/Ingle) Queenscliff (Nankervis/Dean) Narrabeen Beach (Lawler/Bowen-Pain) Queenscliff (Henderson/Townsend) Manly (Crawford/Bochner) 50-54: Freshwater (Kirkby/Obern) Queenscliff (Poole/Bird) Newport (Carroll/Meares) Dee Why (Crittle/Hatfield) 60-64: Palm Beach (Way/Oxenham) Queenscliff (Schaffer/Harris) Avalon Beach (McGuckin/Richardson) Manly (Masters/Platt) 65-69: Queenscliff (Kwanten/White) BOARD RESCUE FEMALE 35-39: Warriewood (Brock/Spencer) Manly (Pelly/Crawford) 40-44: Manly (Clarkson/Grout) 45-49: Newport (Layard/Proudfoot) Palm Beach (Van Ooi/Rae) Manly (Armour/McCloud) Freshwater (Dyer/Kirkby) 50-54: Freshwater (Creer/Connell) 55-59: Palm Beach (Chapman/Begg) TUBE RACES MALE 35-39: Damien Daley (Queenscliff 40-44: Peter Nankervis (Queenscliff) Glenn Slater (Nth Curl Curl) Troy Andrew (Queenscliff) 45-49: Darren Warrener (Newport) Andrew Townsend (Queenscliff) 50-54: Stuart Meares (Newport) Michael Kirkby (Freshwater) Ross Birch (Nth Steyne) 55-59: Tim Platt (Nth Steyne) Jamie Creer (Palm Beach) Mark Houston (Manly) Tim Gates (Palm Beach) 60-64: Neil Schaffer (Queenscliff) John Platt (Manly) Shane Oxenham (Palm Beach) Chris McGuckin (Avalon Beach) 65-69: Danny White (Queenscliff) Ian Nicol (Dee Why) 55-59: Manly (Bell/Houston) Palm Beach (Creer/Wood) Newport (Channells/Wozniack) 63

64 BRANCH MASTERS RESULTS TUBE RACES FEMALE 35-39: Jen Spencer (Warriewood) Mel Pelly (Manly) 40-44: Mel Brock (Warriewood) 50-54: Di Van Ooi (Palm Beach) Alex Creer (Freshwater) 55-59: Karen Begg (Palm Beach) BEACH SPRINTS MALE 30-34: David Callum (Queenscliff) Jon Harwood (Queenscliff) Steve Hatch (Newport) 35-39: Brenden Reedy (Nth Narrabeen) Andrew Webster (Palm Beach) Benjamin Anderson (Palm Beach) 40-44: Ben Hargy (Warriewood) Damien Daley (Queenscliff) Vern Mitchell (Dee Why) Matt Molinia (Dee Why) km Run: Matt Molinia (Dee Why) 45-49: Michael Gedz (Queenscliff) Brian Dolly (Queenscliff) David Spink (Dee Why) Greg Gardiner (Queenscliff) Nick Brook (Palm Beach) James Leggett-Budden (Warriewood) D/H Adriaan van der Wallen (Palm Beach) km Run: Nick Brook (Palm Beach) David Spink (Dee Why) Darren Armitage (Dee Why) 50-54: Nigel Kassulke (Manly) Steve Nelson (Queenscliff) Brett Budd (Newport) Steve Hoy (Queenscliff) Ross Collins (Queenscliff) Simon Dorahy (Queenscliff) km Run: Michael McGrath (Manly) 55-59: David Smith (Nth Narrabeen) David Shearsby (Queenscliff) Steve Atkins (Nth Curl Curl) Tim Gates (Palm Beach) Tim Platt (Nth Steyne) km Run: Tim Gates (Newport) Tim Platt (Nth Steyne) 60-64: Ted Smithies (Newport) Martin Lynch (Newport) Tony Way (Palm Beach) John Platt (Manly) km Run: John Platt (Manly) Tony Way (Palm Beach 65-69: Ian Nicol (Dee Why) 65+ 1km Run: Ian Nicol (Dee Why) 140yrs Beach Relay: Queenscliff (Jay/Callan/Harwood/Hoy) 170yrs Beach Relay: Queenscliff (Gardiner/Collins/Daley/Dorahy) Warriewood (Leggett-Budden/Hargy/Dyer/Malone) Dee Why (Armitage/Molinia/Spink/Mitchell) 200yrs Beach Relay: Queenscliff (Nelson/Gedz/Dolly/Shearsby) Palm Beach (Brook/Way/Van der Wallen/Gates) 230yrs Beach Relay: Newport (Lynch/McHugh/Budd/Smithies) BEACH SPRINTS FEMALE 30-34: Sarah Webster (Palm Beach) Nika Hrastovsek (Palm Beach) Jay Harwood (Queenscliff) km Run: Nika Hrastovsek (Palm Beach) Jay Harwood (Queenscliff) km Run: Liz Powis (Palm Beach) 40-44: Kris Monnock (Mona Vale) Annabelle Nelson (Queenscliff) Kelly McFadden (Queenscliff) Sophie Stokes (Mona Vale) Kylie Stewart (Queenscliff) 45-49: Fiona Hall (Collaroy) Mel Way (Queenscliff) 50-54: Robyn Henderson (Queenscliff) Merrilee Linegar (Queenscliff) Phillipa Wight (Collaroy) Tina Martin (Queenscliff) Sue McGinley (Queenscliff) Caroline Yarnell (Nth Steyne) km Run: Caroline Yarnell (Nth Steyne) Gill Hough (Newport) 64

65 : Sukie Hammond (Queenscliff) Linda McDowell (Collaroy) km Run: Linda McDowell (Collaroy) 60-64: Helen Porter (Queenscliff) Kerry Armstrong (Collaroy) km Run: Helen Porter (Queenscliff) 65-69: Louise Smallwood (Collaroy) 65+ 1km Run: Louise Smallwood (Collaroy) 140yrs Beach Relay: Queenscliff (Harwood/Stewart/ Nelson/McFadden) 170yrs Beach Relay: Queenscliff (Linegar/McGinley/ Henderson/Hammond) 200yrs Beach Relay: Queenscliff (Martin/Brown/Way/Porter) Collaroy (Wight/McDowell/Hall/Armstrong) 65-69: Ian Nicol (Dee Why) BEACH FLAGS FEMALE 30-34: Nika Hrastovsek (Palm Beach) Sarah Webster (Palm Beach) Jay Harwood (Queenscliff) 40-44: Kris Monnock (Mona Vale) Sophie Stokes (Mona Vale) Annabel Nelson (Queenscliff) Kellie McFadden (Queenscliff) Kylie Stewart (Queenscliff) 45-49: Suzanne Brown (Queenscliff) Mel Way (Queenscliff) 50-54: Robyn Henderson (Queenscliff) Phillipa Wight (Collaroy) 55-59: Sukie Hammond (Queenscliff) 60-64: Helen Porter (Queenscliff) Kerry Armstrong (Collaroy) 65-69: Louise Smallwood (Collaroy) BEACH FLAGS MALE 30-34: Jon Harwood (Queenscliff) Dave Callan (Queenscliff) Steve Hatch (Newport) 35-39: Brendan Reedy (Nth Narrabeen) Andrew Webster (Palm Beach) Benjamin Anderson (Palm Beach) 40-44: Ben Hargy (Warriewood) Matt Molinia (Dee Why) Vern Mitchell (Dee Why) 45-49: Michael Gedz (Queenscliff) Greg Gardiner (Queenscliff) 50-54: Steve Nelson (Queenscliff) Brett Budd (Newport) Greg McHugh (Newport) Simon Dorahy (Queenscliff) 55-59: David Smith (Nth Narrabeen) Tim Platt (Nth Steyne) Steve Atkins (Nth Curl Curl) Tim Gates (Palm Beach) 60-64: Martin Lynch (Newport) Ted Smithies (Newport) Tony Way (Palm Beach) 65