NSW AOE Nominees 2024

Congratulations goes out to our Club's State Awards of Excellence Nominees. The AOE will take place August the 24th. 

YOUTH VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - NOAH TEITLER
​Noah started the season joining the South Maroubra IRB racing team and won at NSW State and a commendable 5th at Aussies. Noah become one of the youngest Branch members to receive the Silver Medallion Aquatic Rescue and the Club’s youngest Age Manager, successfully taking on the U10 Boys Age Manager role with 49 boys under his care. Noah is regularly called upon by the South Maroubra Trainers to ‘role model’ board rescues for SRC and Bronze courses. He also extended himself further by volunteering as Sydney Branch Youth Lifesaving co-ordinator and Youth Social Media advisor. 

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TRAINER OF THE YEAR - REM DEFINA-SPERANDO
​Remi is a current trainer at South Maroubra where he is always ‘problem solving’ and or looking for better ways to do things in how training is delivered. He is always happy to offer extra sessions for candidates who may be struggling with certain skills and is eager to learn himself by taking steps to become an ART and IRB trainer this season, knowing these are areas where we need more trainers. Remi has also stepped up this season to learn the CTO role to be able to become a leader when needed. ​

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BEACH SAFETY AWARENESS PROGRAM - SOUTH MAROUBRA (Ffyon McCabe)
Within her role as South Maroubra Youth Club Captain, Ffyon McCabe (SRC) was motivated to act, when she read the statistics that highlighted the fact that approximately 75 people drowned on our Australian beaches last year. With the support of the South Maroubra Nippers Committee and the club, Ffyon initiated a Beach Awareness Program that they hoped would reduce this statistic and make a difference in their community. The program was delivered successfully across 3 primary schools in the Randwick local government area for approximately 300 students, targeting kindergarten and Year 1 students. 

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COACH OF THE YEAR - Andy Newrick
​Andrew’s success with the South Maroubra beach team is very impressive. Andrew develops youth and open competitors to assist with training and mentor the younger athletes. Andrew has great results at Aussies 6 x gold, 4 x silver, 6 x bronze, NSW champs 22 x gold, 14 x silver, 16 x bronze. Branch champs 27 x gold, 20 x silver, 11 x bronze. Andrew’s development of his athletes in the team saw 7 of the athletes selected in the Sydney Branch interbranch team and all achieved excellent results and contributed to the achievement of Sydney branch at interbranch champs.