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Annual Dinner and Trophy Presentation Evening

The Mexican Fiesta held at the Sunshine Coast University was a great night with around 250 members, friends and guests partying throughout the night.
The night was not only a great social occasion but also an evening to acknowledge and reward our patrol members and competitors.

The supreme award being the “Mae Gardiner Club-person of the Year” was won by David Mitchell who is well known around the club for his tireless efforts assisting with water safety and patrols. Well done Dave.

Queensland Club of the Year

The Club was recently awarded the prestigious award of Queensland Club of the Year.  The award is a credit to the Patrol Captains and Trainers who have worked hard all year. Thanks are extended to Lee Purchase and Joanne Tibbits for the their work in compiling the application.

Congratulations are also extended to Lee Purchase for being awarded the Queensland Lifesaver of the Year. This is a great result for Lee, the Club and the Sunshine Coast Branch. Lee works tirelessly both actively at the Club and also behind the scenes at Branch to deliver services to Lifesaving along the Coast. Well done Lee.

Australian Champions

The Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships proved to be very successful for the Club this year with over 30 medals brought home over the week long Carnival. The Club finished in 7th position overall in the Open Championships and the Masters came in 4th to be the best placed Club on the Sunshine Coast. Our Cadets proved to be unbeatable with fantastic results in all areas. Our new Australian Champions are:- Kareena Lee—U15 Surf Race Champion Kareena Lee, Hayley Lemarseny, Claire Harris, Tianni Hing—U15 Surf Teams. Hayley Lemarseny, Jordan Mercer, Kim Anthony—U15 Board Relay. In the Masters Carnival, Rod Taylor came away with Gold in the 55-59 Ironman, Gold in the 55-59 Ski Race, Gold in the Double ski with John Harris and Gold in the 150yr Ski Relay with John Harris and Craig Vipond. Jeff Lemarseny won Gold in the 35-39 Double Ski with Darren Mercer and Nadine Derriman won Gold in the 30-34 Beach Flags. The Club officially entered a team into the Australia Pool Championships with Alex Tibbits coming away with an incredible 6 Gold Medals, a Silver and a Bronze. An amazing effort. Mitch Miller also won a Gold Medal with Ben Sheppard winning 1 Silver and 2 Bronze and Claire Harris also collecting a Bronze Medal. This is a fantastic result and one which the club hopes to improve on next year with a bigger team. Well done to all competitors who have represented the Club so well.