Event Reports

There has been a small update to the patrol lists, as we have recently qualified some new lifeguards, and also we have new rookies for the 2011/12 Season. The patrol lists and roster are available here New Lifeguards Darian Moore (C2) Carmen Daniel (C1) Luke Jennings (C1) Korrin Spice (A1) Michelle Talbot (A1) Courtney Burgoyne (D2)... > read more

Due to some changes in the patrol lists, and switching of some of the patrols due to the eastern region champs, we've had to issue new patrol rosters, which are available here > read more

Muriwai's three surf boats were named at ceremony after the club's AGM, on the 21st of August. The following article appeared in the Nor-West News, on the 25th of August. Written by Katie Shepard  > read more

Preliminary work on Muriwai's new surf club has started, with construction of the access road. Article appeared in the Rodney Times, on the 11th of August > read more

$1m has been allocated to the Muriwai Lifeguard Service Amenities Trust for its new surf club and community centre from the Auckland Council. This allocation will join grants from the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board and the Trusts Community Foundation, and means the Muriwai VLS is very close to... > read more

At the SLSNR Awards of Excellence Muriwai members Oliver Tyack received the U19 Lifeguard of the Year Award and Pauline Butt the Administrator of the Year. Oliver contributed over 230 volunteer hours lifeguarding at the beach this season, gaining his First Aid Level 1 and IRB crewpersons... > read more

The lead contractor for the Muriwai VLS clubhouse was announced at the club prizegiving on Sunday 15th of May. Naylor Love will construct the building as designed by Jasmax. The Muriwai VLS and the Muriwai Lifeguard Amenities Trust thanks all who got us to this stage. For more info please visit... > read more

A big thank you to the community for supporting our first “Movies on the Green” night. Approximately 500 people carried down their bean bags, blow up furniture and in some cases armchairs down to the Village Green to snuggle up and watch some fantastic short films and the surf doco... > read more

Muriwai lifeguards competed in the recent King of Rangitoto, held from Takapuna Beach in Auckland, on Saturday 16th, October. The Muriwai Girls Surf Boat Crew (A Craigie, J Parkin, R Cray, L McCallum,D Tenheuvel) placed 1st in their division. A Muriwai Girls Double Ski crew (B Stark, E Wilson)... > read more

Muriwai's small pool champs team did well at the the recent event held at Henderson's West Wave pool, on Saturday the 19th of September.  100m swim with obstacles Open women : Jamilah Hudson 3rd U19 Men : Andrew Whyte 3rd... > read more

Muriwai teams placed 1st, 2nd and 5th in the 90 Mile IRB Classic. The 90 Mile Classic runs the length of 90 Mile Beach in Northland. Teams of three race the four stage race, which differed from the... > read more

Please email me any shots that you have from Saturday .... As usual the presence of many out of town athletes at the Owen Chapman raised the level of competition several notches, as did the record... > read more

With Bethells getting a shade gnarly, the carnival was moved to the quieter havens of Omaha. 3 cycles of swim, board and ski tested the endurance of most, if not all of the athletes. Stand Out... > read more

Team events were the order of the day, strongly favouring the clubs with the luxury of large numbers of competitors. As expected, the Muriwai team put together teams as best they could, with some... > read more

Despite reasonable surf conditions on the West Coast, this event was moved to the sheltered enclave of Omaha. Muriwai fronted with a slightly below strength team due to the exam season being in... > read more