Lifeguards were busy at the beach 21st January 2018 with good crowds, surf, Junior Guards, Surf Bronze and Rookie training.
Sunset Beach had 9 teams competing at the Northern Region IRB Championships today. The racing was fast and furious with a lot of the races being straight finals except for the U22 Men’s Races. Sunset Beach retained their Top Northern Region Title with 77 points, 55 points clear of 2nd place Mairangi Bay on 22 points.
Sunset Beach’s Senior Men’s teams were the best performers on the day. The Edwards brothers, Shane and Mark won 4 gold medals, chased hard by Lewis Powell and Hogan Shrimpton. They then combined to win the Open Teams race. In the women’s, Taylor Shrimpton and Jemima Ferrier had some close racing with the St Clair team but were the winners with 3 gold and a silver.
Judd Redmond and Jhett Hunt earned themselves 3 gold medals in the U22 Men’s, hottly contested by the Mairangi Bay crews.
Here is a link to the official Results: http://lifesaving.org.nz/media/515531/Results-NR-IRB-Champs.pdf
Thanks to the Sunset Beach patients and Sunset Beach Officials who had a very busy day keeping up with all these teams. A very successful event and great results. Congratulations to all!
Sunset Beach Lifeguards spent a very busy Christmas Day managing large crowds looking to cool down after a hot day with family Christmas celebrations. For some of those it meant having a day at the beach for a picnic and family day. Some with too much Christmas cheer.
4pm with tide now heading out and the lifeguards had already done 7 assists, 101 preventative actions involving 425 people. Peak head count for the day was 240 persons and lifeguards had about 100 + people in the water from around 1pm
Sunset Beach Juniors were out enjoying the sun and sea today. Plenty of fun and action to be had. Loads of parent support! Fun times.
We enjoyed the weather, the sunsets, a bit of surfing, jumping off horseshoe, crate weekend... and of course some lifesaving. Might have even seen the green flash and a full moon!
