Northern Beaches Lifesavers Recognised At Surf Life Saving Awards Monday 18 August 2014 A multitude of Sydney Northern Beaches surf lifesavers have received top honours at the annual Surf Life Saving NSW Awards of Excellence proudly presented by Stramit Building Products on Saturday. The Awards of Excellence acknowledge surf lifesavers from throughout NSW who have performed invaluable public service as lifesavers, administrators or trainers within the community. Former lifesaver of the year, Andy Cross (South Narrabeen SLSC), has once again been recognised for his outstanding service to surf life saving winning the Volunteer of the Year Award. Andy has volunteered more than 400 hours this season as a patrolling member, Branch Duty Officer, RWC & Surfcom Radio Operator. Andy is the Chief Training Officer and Assessor for his club, having committed an estimated 235 hours in these roles. He is involved in water safety for nippers, organising junior club activities, a carnival official and announcer. Andy designed and organised a surf lifesaving challenge for a TV reality show of which South Narrabeen was the host club. In a very special moment, Andy accepted his award with an emotional tribute to his younger brother who recently passed away. Id like to dedicate this award to my brother and to also thank surf lifesaving for being the biggest family Ive been a part of. I joined the South Narrabeen Surf Club in 1992 for my kids and Ive never looked back, he said. Sydney Northern Beaches’ dominance in surf sports over the last year was reflected with the branch taking out a number of sports related awards including Athlete, Young Athlete, Team and Official of the Year. Newport’s Max Brooks was named NSW Athlete of the Year following a banner year of competition. Max won six gold medals at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships and seven at the NSW Championships and was also named male competitor of the championships at the Aussies. The Newport SLSC U19 Male Water Competition Team was named Team of the Year. With a record of 12 wins from 15 events at Branch, 12 wins from 15 events at State and 8 wins from 15 events at the Australian Championships this team has demonstrated an unparalleled level of ability and success at the highest level. For the second year in a row, Georgia Miller (Manly LSC) has been named the NSW Young Athlete of the Year. At the NSW Championships, Georgia won ten gold medals in both the open and U19 divisions including the Ironwoman race for both ages. At a national level Georgia managed to win gold medals in the U19 Female Ironwoman as well as the U19 female board relay event. On top of these outstanding results Georgia was also selected in the NSW Interstate Team as well as the Australia Rescue 2014 Team. Louis Tassone (North Curl Curl SLSC) was named Surf Sports Official of the Year. Louis has played a major role in local, state and national SLS events in the past season. He took on a key role with the Sydney Northern Beaches Board of Surf Sports as the carnival advisor and has been responsible for helping to develop and implement improvements to carnivals that run within the branch. Louis was appointed Beach Referee for the NSW Open Championships, NSW Interbranch and Interstate carnivals this year, and was also appointed as the Sectional Referee for the Beach Area for this year’s Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships. Freshwater lifesaver Tod Rowbotham was awarded Rescue of the Year for his heroic rescue of a surfer in April in dangerous three metre waves at Freshwater Beach. Zachary Dibben and Jessica Cotterill of Dee Why SLSC were awarded the Initiative of the Year for their innovative ‘After Dark Youth Program’. The program aims to engage young members and educate them on the member pathways that are available to them in surf life saving and is designed to improve leadership skills and increase youth retention and recruitment within the youth demographic between 14-25 years of age. More than 280 of Surf Life Saving’s most outstanding lifesavers, athletes, coaches and administrators gathered to celebrate the enormous contribution of volunteers and clubs from across NSW for the 2014 SLSNSW Awards of Excellence proudly presented by Stramit Building Products. For a full list of all the winners please visit the SLSNSW Awards of Excellence event page: surflifesaving.au/event/aoe2014
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 23:18:10 +0000
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