Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:53 pm
The
United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) was named Yamaha
club of The Year top club at the 2021 Surf Life Saving
Northern Region (SLSNR) Toyota Financial Services Awards of
Excellence on the weekend (subs: Saturday 17
July).
The west coast Auckland club took the Award
ahead of fellow finalists Mairangi Bay Surf Life Saving Club
and Surf Life Saving Kariaotahi.
UNPLS won Toyota
Financial Services Rescue of the Year (jointly with the Piha
Paid Lifeguard Service), while club stalwart Mary Duff won
Patrol Support Person of the Year. The club was also a
finalist in the SE Genesis Innovation of the Year Award for
Press Release – Surf Life Saving Northern Region
The United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) was named Yamaha club of The Year top club at the 2021 Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) Toyota Financial Services Awards of Excellence on the weekend (subs: Saturday 17 July).
The west coast Auckland club took the Award ahead of fellow finalists Mairangi Bay Surf Life Saving Club and Surf Life Saving Kariaotahi.
UNPLS won Toyota Financial Services Rescue of the Year (jointly with the Piha Paid Lifeguard Service), while club stalwart Mary Duff won Patrol Support Person of the Year. The club was also a finalist in the SE Genesis Innovation of the Year Award for its under-20s training camp while long-serving club member Leif Neilson received a Distinguished Service award and was a finalist for Outstanding Contribution to Power Craft.
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Thursday’s high school roundup: Thornton Academy edges Scarborough with late goal
Boys lacrosse: The Trojans win a defensive battle, 4-3, on a goal with 3.6 seconds left.
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SCARBOROUGH Ronan Flynn’s second goal of the game with 3.6 seconds remaining gave Thornton Academy a 4-3 win over Scarborough in a boys’ lacrosse game Thursday night.
Tae Delaware scored 8:00 into the contest and Owen Leadley added a pair of second-quarter goals as Scarborough (5-2) took a 3-2 halftime lead.
Ethan LeBlanc and Alex St. John also scored for Thornton (5-3).
GIRLS’ LACROSSE
KENNEBUNK 14, THORNTON ACADEMY 3: Ruby Sliwkowski scored four goals to lead the Rams (7-0) past the Golden Trojans (2-4) at Saco.
Taoiseach lends his support to 65 Roses Day
Pictured making a final rallying call for people to support Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s 65 Roses Day this Friday April 9, is An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. Coalesce Photography.
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AN TAOISEACH Micheál Martin was among the well-known faces to strike a pose with a purple rose for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s (CFI) annual flagship fundraising appeal.
65 Roses Day, which gets its name from the way children often first say the words cystic fibrosis, takes place today, creating awareness around the hereditary disease while raising funds.
With public collections canceled for the second year running due to Covid-19, Cystic Fibrosis Ireland is instead encouraging the public to support people with cystic fibrosis.