At the Clubs committee meetings to be held in April 2021, a number of club awards for member recognition are determined. To assist the committees with their determinations, nominations from members are called for the following Club Major Awards. All financial club members are eligible to nominate.
 
Nominations will close with the Club Secretary by Friday 26 March 2021.

All nominations are to be submitted in writing and emailed to Marcelo Garay, Club Secretary by this date [email protected]

There is no specific form however nominations must include the following information :

• Name and contact details of nominator
• Name of member being nominated
• Award they are nominated for
• Why you are nominating them for the award

Awards determined by Board of Management at their April 2021 meeting
For outstanding achievement and contribution in all areas of the Club :

• Clubman of the Year
• Associate of the Year
• Most Outstanding Cadet (13-15 yrs)
• Most Outstanding Junior (active15-18 yrs)
• Most Outstanding Senior (active 18 yrs and over)

Awards determined by the Lifesaving Committee at their April 2021 meeting
For outstanding achievement in the areas of lifesaving

• Junior Lifesaver of the Year (13 – 17 yr old)
• Senior Lifesaver of the Year (18 yrs and over)
• IRB Person of the Year
• Rookie Training Officer of the Year (held Training Officer award for less than 2 years)
• Training Officer of the Year
• Patrol Captain of the Year

Awards determined by the Competition Committee at their April 2021 meeting
For outstanding achievement in the area of competition

• Swim Competitor of the Year
• Board Competitor of the Year
• Beach Competitor of the Year
• Masters Competitor of the Year
• Surf Boat Person of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• IRB Competitor of the Year

We look forward to receiving many nominations for consideration. These awards are prestigious awards and winners will be announced and presented at the annual Club Presentation Night which is scheduled to be held at the Club in May 2021 (date to be confirmed).

We informed you of our solar panel project, well, now we’re pleased to give you a snap shot of the finished project which is up and running!

Thanks are extended to Michael Daley Member for Maroubra, Bendigo Bank Clovelly, Randwick City Council and our own Yvette Rutherford LM for working to secure the project.

Christening scheduled in the near future.

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At the recent Sydney Branch Carnival the Junior Lifesaver of the Year finalists gathered at Maroubra Surf lifesaving Club. There were 12 finalists from within the 15 clubs of Sydney Branch and representing South Maroubra was Noah Teitler. A big congratulations to Noah for taking out the title of Junior Lifesaver of the Year for Sydney Branch. Your passion and enthusiasm to lifesaving is clearly evident. Well done.

Last weekend South Maroubra Nippers sent a competitive touring team of 103 nippers aged Under 9 to Under 14 to the NSW State Age Championships in Swansea-Belmont. Due to COVID-19, the normally very large Championships was divided into four smaller carnivals across two beaches (Blacksmiths Beach and Redhead Beach), and the age groups were split up with Under 9/10/11’s competing over the first two days, and Under 12/13/14’s competing over the following two days.

South Maroubra Nippers competed in individual events including the surf swim, board, iron person, wade, beach sprint, flags, and 1km/2km runs as well as in team events including the surf swim team, board relay, board rescue, Cameron relay (swim/run/board/run), beach sprint relay, and Rescue and Resuscitation (R&R) events.

Competitors are awarded points for race placings 1st to 6th which contribute to the overall point score to award the NSW State Champion Junior Surf Club. I am very pleased to report that South Maroubra came 6th from 129 surf clubs in the state, equalling our result from last season. Our team brought home 8 gold medals, 6 silver medals, 9 bronze medals, and 9 placings of 4th, 5th and 6th. Thirty-nine nippers came home with a State medal. In addition, in the Inclusive events (competitors with a disability) we were represented by Under 12 nipper Daniel who bought home a medal in every event he competed in. Nippers placing 1st to 6th are listed below, and these young champions should be congratulated and celebrated.

This year was a logistical beast and I would like to say a special thank you to all involved. The Coaches, Age Managers, Water Safety, Officials, Fundraising team, parents and nippers who all pulled together as a team to make these a special 4 days. A special thanks to Renae McNamara who throughout the season has worked tirelessly organising the competition team, to get the information out to all parties and makes sure everything runs smoothly.

Go South Maroubra

Greg Turton
Director of Youth