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.
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:51 pm
The
rescue of a badly injured surfer off a remote beach near
Karekare has won Rescue of the Year at Surf Life Saving
Northern Region’s annual Awards of Excellence in Auckland
on Saturday (subs: 17 July).
The Award was presented
jointly to United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) and
the Piha Paid Lifeguard Service whose lifeguards combined to
effect the rescue on 17 February this year.
Lifeguards
at the two clubs were alerted to the surfer’s plight by
members of the public who had spotted him from a walking
track above the beach at Mercer Bay writing “HELP” in
Press Release – Surf Life Saving Northern Region
The rescue of a badly injured surfer off a remote beach near Karekare has won Rescue of the Year at Surf Life Saving Northern Region’s annual Awards of Excellence in Auckland on Saturday (subs: 17 July).
The Award was presented jointly to United North Piha Lifeguard Service (UNPLS) and the Piha Paid Lifeguard Service whose lifeguards combined to effect the rescue on 17 February this year.
Lifeguards at the two clubs were alerted to the surfer’s plight by members of the public who had spotted him from a walking track above the beach at Mercer Bay writing “HELP” in the sand before collapsing. The Patrol Captain at UNPLS immediately tasked the Rescue Water Craft (RWC) to respond, and requested a crew member from Piha SLSC, to ensure both patrols continued to operate unaffected.