Sydney Northern Beaches Branch 2007/2008 Award Winners

A number of our club members were honoured at this year's Sydney Northern Beaches Branch awards.

• Distinguished Services Award - Ross Lambert
• Presidents Award - Highly Commended - David Murray
• Youth Athlete of the Year Award - Highly Commended - Lauren McAleer
• Competition Team of the Year Award - Highly Commended - U14 Girls Board Relay Team

Congratulations to our winners, and also to those that were recognised as nominees in various categories, including Phil Godbee, Claire Hagon, Michael Kember, Louis Tassone, Alice Thurgood, and the U19 Mens Beach Relay Team.

North Curl Curl SLSC 2007/08 Season Presentation Night

Another successful year of patrolling our much loved stretch of coastline was celebrated at the North Curl Curl SLSC Presentation night. Outstanding contributions in managing our beach, as well as supporting the club community were recognised, including our successes in the Surf Life Saving competion arena.

The Major Award winners for 2007/2008 are -

• Mark Watson Memorial Award for Best Patol Person - Carmel Howard
• Best Patrol Captain - Ian Thurgood
• Best Junior Patrol Person - Joshua Spedding
• Best Patrol - Patrol No 5 - Greg Stretton, Ray Merton, Tony Natoli, Rich Lacey, Nick Shorter, Giles Day, Paul Burkett, David Quinn
• Cadet of the Year - Mitchell Callaghan
• Junior of the Year - Joint Award to Michael Kember & Josh Spedding
• Honour Blazer - Harry Coltman

2007/2008 North Curl Curl SLS Awards

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U19 Beach Relay Team Win Silver at Aussies 2008

After 3 years of coming so close to medalling at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships, our U19 Male Beach Sprint Team have finally realised their potential, and won Silver at this year's Aussies held in Scarborough, Western Australia.

Matt Coulton, Chris Tassone, Phil Lougher and Michael Kember have had a fantastic season after coming together as a new combination this season. Under the coaching of Bob Langbein, and the mentoring of Pat Kember, the boys have been a strong competitive unit all year.

Having beaten their arch rivals Manly at State this year to win Gold, the tables were turned in the Aussies final, with Manly taking out the Gold with a sensational run, with our boys bringing home the Silver. Emotions ran high with the realisation of a dream for these young men, who have toiled hard all year, and especially so for Chris and Michael who together have been the nucleus of our beach relay team since their early Nippers' years.

The same team stepped up to make club history when they placed 6th in the Open Men's Beach Relay Final. We are still checking the archives to verify this, but we believe this is the first time in over 40 years that North Curl Curl have made a final in this event. Well done boys - mission accomplished !!!

There were other great results for the club, with our U15 Cameron Relay team made up of Adam Atkins, Aaron and Alex Zimaras, coming 10th in the final at their first Australian titles. Aaron backed that effort up coming 19th in the final of the U15 Surf Swim. A great experience for some of our debutants.

Zac Auton made the final of the U19 Surf Race, coming a creditable 15th in a hot field of swimmers. And Michael Kember was within a few hundreth's of a second from getting a podium finish in the U19 Beach Sprint, when he came 4th on finals Sunday, a superb effort in a super fast field. Michael also made the final of the U19 Beach Flags, coming in 8th place.

All in all we had a great carnival, and many thanks must go to Harry Coltman, who put the whole exercise together, providing an excellent week not only for our competitors but also for those that made the journey to support the team. Thanks Harry, and thanks to the support team that cheered on the green and gold!!

2008 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships Results

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Michael Kember 3 Gold Haul at 2008 NSW State Championships

Michael Kember has continued his outstanding form that saw him earn state and national selection earlier this season, by winning 3 gold medals at the NSW Open Surf Life Saving Championships held at Swansea Belmont.

After taking out the U19 Flags, Michael backed up to take out the U19 Beach Sprint convincingly on finals Sunday. He then teamed up with Matt Coulton, Chris Tassone and Phil Lougher to take out the U19 Beach Relay, beating pre-race favourites Manly, and defending Australian Champions Coogee, in what could only be described as an emphatic and sweet victory.

Rhiannon Lougher had a great result in the Open Female Board Riding competition, picking up a Bronze medal, and came 2nd in the same event in the U17.

In the Masters section, we had team of just 6 competitors, with all of them collecting medals, led by Glenn Slater and Mark Nicholson who picked up Gold in the 30-34 Double Ski event. Steve Atkins and Michael Johnston won Bronze medals on the sand, whilst Ray Merton and Clinton Hall teamed up with Glenn Slater to get a Bronze in the 110 years min Taplin.

All in all, this capped off one of our best State Championships for some time.

2008 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships Results

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North Curly Nippers Success At 2008 State Championships

Our North Curly Nippers have capped off a great season by coming 12th overall at the 2008 Westpac NSW Age Surf Life Saving Championships, and being the 3rd most successful club from the Sydney Northern Beaches branch.

Around 5000 Nippers competed in the 3 day carnival at Swansea Belmont, and our team of 80 plus, all kitted out thanks to McGrath Real Estate, continued their great form shown over the year, with many great individual and team results

The green and gold North Curly caps were present in many finals across multiple disciplines, with the medal tally being -

• 4 Gold medals
• 3 Silver Medals
• 3 Bronze medals

Thankyou to all the parents who worked tirelessly over the weekend to manage teams, communicate results, help with beach setup and make sure the kids were well looked after. Thankyou to Paula Woolley and Helen Williams for arranging the State gear, the wind jackets were sensational in the blustery conditions we had to deal with. A huge thankyou to all our competitors for proudly representing North Curl Curl, you were all outstanding.

A special thankyou to Rick Chown and Tony Williams for devoting their time and effort into coaching our kids. Without their dedication we would not have achieved the results we have this season.

2008 NSW Age Surf Life Saving Championships Results

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North Curly Opens & Masters hit their straps at 2008 Branch Championships

Our competitors have put in a sterling effort at this years Sydney Northern Beaches Open & Masters Branch Championships held at Newport, coming in at a creditable 5th place in the Opens carnival. The clubs combined points score from Juniors, Masters and Opens has seen us place 5th overall at the combined Branch carnivals. This is a great result considering we were down on the number of competitors participating in the Masters area this year.

There were great performances across the team, with standout efforts from -

• Rhiannon Lougher taking out both the Under 17 and Opens Board Riding events, continuing our great results in this discipline
• Aaron and Alex Zimaras, who featured in multiple finals, with Aaron backing up from placing 3rd in the Opens swim event to go straight into his Under 15 Swim and come 2nd, a fantastic effort
• Michael Kember, who took out both the Open and Under 19 Beach Sprint & Flags double, continuing his great form, as well as anchoring the Under 19 and Open Sprint Relay teams to 2nd and 3rd place respectively

Open & Masters Branch Results See coverage of events in our Photo Gallery

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North Curly Nippers excel at 2008 Juniors Branch Carnival

A huge congratulations to all North Curl Curl Nippers who participated at the 2008 Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Championships at Newport. 95 of our Nippers proudly wore the green and gold of North Curl Curl and were absolute champions.

Our results all through this season have surpassed any other and this weekend was no exception. We placed 3rd overall but were only a few points off Freshwater in 2nd place. (Manly 550, Freshwater 341, North Curl Curl 307, Queenscliff 210, Collaroy 170.5, Newport 162, Mona Vale 160 & North Steyne 150)

Overall our Nippers brought home:

• 14 Gold medals
• 18 Silver medals
• 14 Bronze medals

Nearly every final had a North Curl Curl competitor in it which was outstanding. Our younger competitors are proving to be a force to be reckoned with with our U8 girls dominating in all events.

Our U14 Girls Board relay team, Lauren McAleer, Amy Callaghan & Gemma Saunders made history in winning Gold in the Board Relay for the sixth consecutive year.

The girls have won every board relay event at every Northern Beaches carnival they have ever entered throughout their Nipper career. They have displayed great teamwork and friendship throughout their time in Nippers and we hope to see them competing in Cadets next season. Congratulations girls.

To cap off a great carnival, the annual Sydney Northern Beaches Junior Life Saver of the Year Awards was officially announced at Branch Championships. Our club was represented by Lauren McAleer and Alex Zimaras.

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Alex Zimaras, won the male Junior Life Saver of the Year Award. This is a wonderful achievement for Alex and really is the pinnacle achievement of Junior Surf Lifesaving. Congratulations to Alex, you have done us proud.

Junior Branch Results See coverage of events in our Photo Gallery

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eVive Ocean Thunder Pro Surf Boat Series

The North Curly boat crew went head to head with 23 other elite surf boat crews from around Australian in the 2007/08 eVive Ocean Thunder Pro Surf Boat series. Held over 4 rounds at Dee Why Beach, the Your Style sponsored crew placed well in the early rounds, coming 2nd in round 2, and 3rd in round 3, and finishing in the top 10 overall, an outstanding effort given the quality of teams participating. For more details, check the Boaties Web site

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Kerry Broomham Day 2008

This annual event was held on January 20th this year, with fun had by all who attended. This traditional annual event always ensures some friendly competition amongst the club members, and this year was no exception. Visit the Photo Gallery for some snapshots of another great day.

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Annual NCCSLSC Golf Day

The 2007/08 NCCSLSC Golf Day was held at Long Reef Golf Course on Friday, December 28th. Thank you to all Sponsors, players and those who assisted on the day. A great day was once again enjoyed by over 120 people and at the same time raised good funds for our Club. Again competition was fierce on and off the course with very competitive golf scoring and bidding for auction items and horses. Magic and the boys from Mona Vale again supported the day with a half a dozen groups.

There are many to thank and if I leave you out I will apologise now.

Thanks to:.

• - Russell Smith, Scott Agnew and Chris Stoneman for their organisation. Russell Smith a special thanks for arranging the starting packs for the players.
• - Kay Smith - Starter
• - Warringah Home Loan Staff - Halfway refreshment stall
• - Bill Highway on the 13th Hole
• - Phil Waddington, Joanne Duff and Janette Phippard - Nth Curly Kitchen.
• - Ross Lambert, Keith Stoneman and Kevin Martin for cooking the BBQ for lunch.
• - Carl & Kim for putting out signage on the course and Carl for making som additional signs.
• - All of the bar staff.

Winners on the day were James Hobdays group. Runners up were Magic's group from the Mona Vale Social Golf Club.

Thanks again and I hope you can all make our next day in December.

Watto

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BBX 3 Points Challenge & Definition Health Clubs Ocean Swim

Well, once again mother nature conspired against us, but despite the inclement weather, we were able to put on another polished event when we held the 2007 BBX 3 Points Challenge & Definition Health Clubs Ocean Swim on Saturday, December 1st. Despite being the first day of summer for 2007, it looked more like a scene from a deep Atlantic shipping disaster in the making when daylight broke. From about 4:30am, the weather turned from a benign overcast day into a nasty wind blown wet miserable day. Despite this, the event proved to be another success, thanks to the tireless effort of a multitude of club members…

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Social Events

North Curl Curl is renown for it's Social Events to raise funds for the following:

• 1. To update and purchase new Lifesaving Equipment.
• 2. To provide training equipment for club members and Guests.
• 3. To maintain the Club Building and surrounding area.
• 4. To provide educational services to all member and the community.

All these community activities require a great deal of funds and your help by any donation or by coming along and having a great time helps keep our beach safe.

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