Muriwai Volunteer Lifeguard Service: Event Reports

Small Update to Patrol Lists

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:34:00 +1300

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)
Rosalie Van Dael (D2)
Jordyn Dangen (B2)

New Rookie Lifeguards

Ella Stanford (A1)
Bree O'Leary (A1)
Claire Norbitt (C1)
Helen Boyle (C1)
Ella Scopas (D1)
Isabelle Leremia (D1)
Olivia Broderick (A2)
Josefien Van Dael (A2)
Thomas Polo (D2)
Cambell Milne (D2)
Isaac Kibblewhite (D2)

Please make our new members welcome!

Source: Small Update to Patrol Lists

Muriwai VLS Patrol Rosters - UPDATED

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:24:00 +1300

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

Source: Muriwai VLS Patrol Rosters - UPDATED

Surf Boat Identities Live On - Nor-West News

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:38:00 +1200

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

Source: Surf Boat Identities Live On - Nor-West News

Surf's Up as new club starts - Rodney Times

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:45:00 +1200

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

Source: Surf's Up as new club starts - Rodney Times

Auckland Council donates $1m to new clubhouse

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:39:00 +1200

$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 beginning construction on its $4.5m clubhouse.

Photo: Muriwai VLS's new clubhouse

For more info please visit the clubhouse website here.

To read the Rodney Times article about the announcement click here.

Source: Auckland Council donates $1m to new clubhouse

Muriwai Lifeguards win at Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:12:00 +1200

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 award in just one season and is thoroughly deserving of the award.

Photo: U19 Lifeguard of the Year, Oliver Tyack

Pauline works tirelessly behind the scenes ensuring that all the administrative tasks that are required to run such a successful club are taken care of and ensures that members receive regular updates.

Photo: Club Administrator of the Year, Pauline Butt

The club had several other finalists : Tim Jago Volunteer of the Year, Mackenzie Cook Rookie Lifeguard of the Year, Bernie Limbrick Official of the Year, Patty Wilson Most Outstanding Contribution to Junior Surf. The Club was also a finalist in the Club of the Year Award.

The Club is in a strong position currently with one million dollars being confirmed this week from the Auckland Council for the club's new lifeguard and community facility. The council contribution is recognition that Muriwai Beach is visited by 1.5million people from across the region.b Further funding is still being sought to enable the project to commence. For further information or to donate www.thesurfclubatmuriwai.org

Despite winter the club is still very active with the annual YMCA versus Muriwai fun run on Sunday 26 June, registrations 9am at the club, cost $5 with all proceeds going to the club.

A surfer was rescued from the rocks on Saturday by on call lifeguards after he got in to difficulties. The club operates a call out system over the winter with local senior guards and members of the Muriwai Surf School. All beach goers are reminded to check the conditions, surf with someone who knows the beach, and surf within their limits.

Source: Muriwai Lifeguards win at Surf Lifesaving Awards of Excellence

Muriwai VLS New Clubhouse Lead Contractor Announced

Sun, 15 May 2011 23:32:00 +1200

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 The Surf Club at Muriwai's webpage here

Source: Muriwai VLS New Clubhouse Lead Contractor Announced

Movies on the Green

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:16:00 +1200

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 “Stepping Into Liquid”. Many thanks to all the volunteers involved, but especially to our financial sponsors, Harvest Fresh Ltd, Next Door Productions Ltd and Robbers Dog Films. Also, Auckland Council and the Rangers Scott and Lynette whose assistance prior to the night made it so much easier for us and the audience on the night as they supplied the portaloos!

Tim Jago, presented the building plans and timeline to the audience and outlined what a fantastic community owned building the new Surf Club at Muriwai will be. The new building designed by Jasmax, is expected to be completed in July 2012, it will be the new home to many local sports, leisure and interest groups, a purpose designed educational facility, a gathering point for the local community, and the foundation of a strong and prosperous volunteer lifeguard service ongoing.

Movies on the Green was a combined effort from Muriwai Surf Lifesaving, and the Muriwai Beach Progressive Association. This is a great example of two community based associations working together to bring a fantastic event to the community. If you would like to be informed about happenings around Muriwai and have the chance to get involved or make your opinions known, please come and contribute at the MBPA meetings held on the third Tuesday of every month, 7.30 at the fire station.

Thanks again,

Erin, Adam, Malcolm and Jayne

Source: Movies on the Green

King of Rangitoto - Oct 2010

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:20:00 +1300

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) placed 6th in the combined division. The Muriwai Senior and U23 Surf Boat crew also competed. The King Rangitoto race starts from Takapuna Beach, then crews race from Takapuna to Rangitoto in various surf craft, then run to the summit of Rangitoto, then return to Takapuna Beach.

Source: King of Rangitoto - Oct 2010

SLSNR Pool Champs Sept 2010

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1200

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

Masters Women : Rose Fox 1st

4 x 50 relay with obstacles

U19 men (Guy Williams, Anaru Clarke, Andrew Whyte, Steve Butt) 1st

U19 women (Brydhi Stark, Alice Rowland, Emma Wilson, Anna Mickel ) 2nd

100m manikin tow with fins

Open Women : Julia Toomey 1st

U19 women : Anna Mickel 2nd

Masters Women : Rose Fox 1st

100m Rescue medley

Open women : Julia Toomey 2nd, Jamilah Hudson 3rd

U19 women : Emma Wilson 3rd

50m manikin carry without fins

Open women : Julia Toomey 1st

4 x 50 medley relay

U19 men : 1st

u19 women : 2nd

Good luck to Julia, who leaves next week with the the NZ team to compete in the Worlds in Egypt

Source: SLSNR Pool Champs Sept 2010

90 Mile Classic - Sep 2010

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1200

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 course run in previous years. This year, 65kph winds and 4m waves lashed competitors over the entire course. The Muriwai A team of Matt Buswell, Jason Harvey, and Blake Ingram placed first, the Muriwai C team of Scott Buswell, Brad Pearce and Tom Clarke placed second, and the Muriwai B team of Andrew Lancaster, Mark Seaward and John Seaward placed fifth. Thirty teams were entered with five not completing. For full race results click here

Source: 90 Mile Classic - Sep 2010

Owen Chapman - Jan 2010

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1300

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 number of (400+) competitors. Saturday was a good yardstick for the level of competition to be expected at the NRC's at the end of this month.

With bright sunshine and light winds, the only element missing was a swell.

One of the most pleasing aspects of the team this year is the growing depth of talent in the Open and U19 mens competition, this was probably best demonstrated by being able to field a competitive 6 man Open Taplin team.

Stand Out Performances

Highlight of the day was the win in the U16 Womens Board Relay. Brydhi Stark laid the foundation for this win, showing the rest of the pack a clean pair of heels in the first leg, Nivana and Rishan gave their all to make sure that maroon and gold crossed the line first.

The Mens Open Board Relay team gutsed it out to come third, with Stephen Butt footing it with the big boys, easily maintaining the ground work laid by David and Tom Clarke.

Emma Wilson maintained her high standards, coming 3rd in both the U19 Womens Surf and Board Race and then teaming up with Anna Mickel and Rosie Howard to come 3rd in both board and taplin relays.

In the beach events, the Open Womens Relay, U19 Mens Relay & U19 Women all came in third.

Fiona Whyte got the best sprint result coming a very clear 2nd in the U19 women.

In the flags, for the second carnival in row a clean northern region sweep of 1,2 and 3 in the U19 Womens Flags was gained by Brydhi, Nivana and Rosie. Brydhi followed this up with a second in the U16 Womens Flags.

Coach's Comments...

Overall it was good to see that everyone was enjoying themselves and performing well. However there is still a fair way to go - in terms of our training and skills

Wave of the Day

Race 1 of Womens Boat. Used wave to make up 25m gap and then overtake Waihi on the run, to win the heat.

Drama of the Day

NONE :)

Full Results ....

Source: Owen Chapman - Jan 2010

Omaha Carnival - Dec 09

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1300

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 Performances of the Day

Rishan Poching was easily the hardest working Muriwai athlete on the beach, contesting and getting placed in each of her water events for all three rounds, including second in the U19 Ironwoman.

The girls beach sprinting and flagging saw the club getting our biggest haul of points. Alison Craige, Brydhi Stark & Fiona Whyte gave us a clean sweep in the U19 Flags with Brydhi also winning the Open Flags. Nivana Johnson came 2nd in U16 and 1st in the Open Beach Sprint.

The Womens boat crew exploding onto the scene, taking out both the Short and Long Course events.

Andrew Whyte was on fire and steamed through his U19 Surf races.

Tom Clarke seems to have discovered that kiwi trait of doing very well while sitting down ;) All you ski paddlers should check this guy out to see how you rate up large at the start of a ski race.

Courtney is continuing to perform very well, and most noticeably in the board.

David Butt is getting better with each carnival - coming a very close second in each of his three board races.

Cameo Appearances

Jenny Stark bravely throwing down the gauntlet to all in the masters surf race !!!!

Lauren putting in a very fast paddle out to the back bouy in one of the open board races and Kane donning a very sporty orange beanie to contest the beach sprint and the flags.

Manya showing that she didn't need to follow the black line to get a good result in her first couple of U16 surf races. Welcome to Muriwai :)

As surf was conspicuous by its absence, there were only a couple of decent waves all day, however ...

Wave of the Day

David Butt, Mens Open Board - Race 1

Source: Omaha Carnival - Dec 09

Muriwai Carnival - Dec 09

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1300

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 very good outcomes.

It was great to see such a great showing from the guys. It has been a while since Muriwai has fielded stong teams in both U19 and Open Mens Taplin, with the guys coming 2nd and 3rd respectively.

On the sand, wins were gained in the Open and U19 womens beach relays, with the U16's girls coming a very close 2nd. Chris Butt managed a good turn of speed to bring home the U19 guys into 3rd.

The board relays were well contested, with the best result being a win by the U19 women, 2nd's by the Open Women and U19 Men and 3rd in the U16 women.

Waves of the Day

1. Anaru Clarke - Swimmer, U19 Mens Taplin Relay
2. Emma Wilson - Swimmer, U19 Womens Taplin Relay
3. Nivana Johnson - U16 Womens Surf Teams

Full Results : HERE

Boaties

Fantastic Results for both the Mens and Womens Crews. With the Mens crew coming second overall for the day.

A result of the flash, new, go-fast paint job?

NZ Kayak Championships - Rotorua

While our team missed Rishan Poching's hard working presense on the beach, she had an extremely sucessful weekend at the NZ Kayak Champs at Rotorua, coming 3rd in the U17 K1 500m.

For many this will be no surprise, as Rishan has been making the most of the opportunities offered by the Waitamata Canoe and Kayak Club.

She has not been alone getting paddling time on the water over winter, with David Butt being heard to pronounce that he was extremely surprised at how much he learnt about ski paddling from these people and in an very short space of time.

Source: Muriwai Carnival - Dec 09

Omaha Carnival - Nov 2009

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1300

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 full flight.

The biggest highlight of the day was the overall points result achieved by the team. Muriwai with 155 points, finished second behind Orewa. This was an awesome achievement, and was a direct result of all of the team doing their very best in every event that they entered into. Muriwai demonstrated its growing strength in surf sports by gained placings across all categories of competition.

The Open Boat Crew had a very good showing and were in strong contention during each of their races. The Womens Crew, gained a very creditable 3rd place overall. Alison Cragie, from the womens crew, took out the U19 Womens Beach Flags, Muriwai also took out 5 of the 6 top places in this event.

In the Sports Arena, the U19's laid the foundation for the overall Muriwai result by convincing beating out all of the other teams. Andrew Whyte and Tom Clarke were consistantly in the front of the field in their preferred events, surf race and craft respectively. Emma Wilson and Anna Mickel grafted away in multiple events to bring in a large swag of points.

Courtney McConnichie is proving to be a force to be reckoned with in the Open Women's events and David Butt showed that he has still got it, gaining a very creditable second in one of his board races.

Not satisfied with dominating their own age group, the U16 girls did a fine job of bolstering the points talley by playing up in the sprints and flags. Nivana Johnson was on fire, especially in the open flags, and Brydhi Stark had a fine sprint result in the U19. Rishan Poching did the talking on the water, gaining places in all of her events, plus she is starting to looking extremely comfortable paddling the ski.

Steven Butt completed his first ironman in a creditable 4th place to add to a second in one of his board paddles.

Full Results: More

Source: Omaha Carnival - Nov 2009