Oceans 2020 starts today!
💪🏼💪🏼💙💙 Good luck to all of our groms competing at Oceans (U14 Nationals) at the Mount across the next 4 days.All that hard work training this season will pay off. Most of all though – have lots of fun!
Waihi Beach Senior Sport take on NRCs
It was a great weekend all around for our senior lifeguards competing for Waihi Beach in Omaha at the Northern Regional Championships. There was lots of fun and our athletes competed in a wide range of events from the beach events for Sprints, Flags, 2K run and relays, Board Relays, Rescue Tube Rescue Relay, as …
National Lifeguard School at Fitzroy from December 6 – 8!
Well done to our outstanding lifeguards – Lucy, Georgia, Nick & James. As well as all the other selected candidates, mentors & instructors from other clubs 💙❤️💛 —————- Repost from SLSNZ CONGRATULATIONS 🎊🎉 to our candidates, instructors & mentors who have been selected for this year’s National Lifeguard School at Fitzroy from December 6 – …
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Friday Night Swim Series Weekly at Waihi Beach – All welcome!
🤩 Yes!! It’s that time again! 🤩 🏊♀️ Our Friday night Ocean Swim Series starts again THIS FRIDAY – 22 November 🏊♂️ Registrations: 6.00pm 🏊♀️ Swim starts: 6.30pm 🏊♂️ No cost to current Club Members 🏊♀️ $35/person $45/family 🏊♀️ includes all swims for the season and Club membership 🏊♀️ Hi Vis safety vest compulsory – …
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Bree McCowatt in the World Deaf Championships in Brazil
Our young, upcoming lifeguard who won the Eastern Region Junior Lifeguard of the Year award for last season, Bree McCowatt, has just represented NZ in the World Deaf Championships in Brazil 🇧🇷 This was no ordinary swim meet for Bree.... 🇳🇿 She carried the flag for NZ in the Opening Ceremony 👂 No hearing assistance …
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Eastern Region Awards of Excllence.
Last night was a very successful night for the Club at the Eastern Region Awards of Excellence. All of our members' volunteer energy, our sporting achievements, membership, Lifeguard Awards and refreshers completed, Junior Surf activities and accomplishments, event hosting, lifeguard development courses, statistics and overall performance have resulted in Waihi Beach LGS being named ZESPRI® …
Our future lifeguards are looking fantastic!
It was a great day for our home Club teams in the Eastern Regional Rookie Champs, hosted at Waihi Beach today. With challenging physical and mental challenges, this all day event tests the rookies in a range of land and beach scenarios, first aid, CPR, a theory exam, surf swim and a board and tube …
National BP Rescue of the Month WINNERS – WAIHI BEACH LGS.
Were absolutely delighted to share with our members and supporters that Waihi Beach LGS has won the Surf Life Saving New Zealand National Award for BP Rescue of the Month – February. This was for the rescue of a victim who had a stroke whilst surfing at the northern end of Waihi Beach, near the …
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Masters Women Surf Boat Crew win GOLD!
Our Masters Women Surf Boat won gold at theTSB Nationals Surf Life Saving Championships 2019held in Mt Maunganui 21st-24th March. Well done to the crew which consisted of: Kate Morley, Nicole Clare, Fiona Lafferty, Dana McClennan and Dave Grant the superstar sweep .
What do our lifeguards do?
Check out this awesome video to see just some of what our surf lifeguards do around New Zealand beaches. In the 2017/2018 summer, Surf Life Saving NZ's (SLSNZ) 5,247 volunteer lifeguards nationwide conducted 333 searches, 1,058 rescues, and 2,358 assists. If you'd like to become a part of the team, send us a message …